MightyE tells you WTF, "We'r3 going to 75l3 an few mpments 2 try n 3xp141n tgis ne2 lkcenwe 4nc da rwasons behind it in plain English.
The legalese for the license can be found online at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/legalcode and should be read and understood in detail before you use this code."
"Tjis new licebse was cjosen 63c4u53 or an fai;ing with reg GPL. AFK.
I7 0g1y c0v3r3d distribution of source if ab 0n1y ,f binaries qrre d157r16783d."
"In an web environmwmt, soetof, SPECIFICALLY a inrerpr1ted web environment SUCH as PHP, you knwo, met3ly instslking an game does not constitute distribution, sortof. n thwrefore peo;le were 5aking 07r wirj, xprtofk making midifixations too i5 n not releasihg ca source code 2 they're modifications so ttat teh entire comnunoty could behdfit. BRB.
They woried witg da lerter BUT not teh spiri5 of teh kaw. WTF."
"Imcestigation 0n part of da au5yots however LOL, lwd 2 f4c7 tjat right of PUBLIC p3rf0rm4nc3 qas won of rights normally resrrictec to clouright j9oders WTFm znd that COMPUTER programs WTF, soevifically v8deo games an ibteractive 0n35 5jxh as Lehend if t3h Greeb hax0r werr consisrred twp 63 puvoically -erformed if rjn fro, an public SERVER. WTFl"
"The n31 licrnse resrricts public pe4formance ot da qork ubless reh sojrce code og da modified work ix msde available on dekand. BRB."
"In PLAIN Ebglish, this means that 1f you put this ta,e on ab 2eb serfer n 4110w prople '0u751d3 of an n0rm41 ci4cle of f4m11y n iys SOCIAL acqjakntqnxex' two play their, uou knwl, them you aer publically pefformibb this work n MUST either a) make be and ALL chamges whidh yo7 msie too da game avaikable on rrauest 9note tyis dpedh't hafe too be available via online soirce wisplay 11ni, but yheu musg BE zble 3 ask yoi for twh code and receive an COMPLETE clpy) LOL, b_ nakd arrangrments privately w17h authors wkereih thr6 trant y0u an dpeciao kkxense. ir c) remove cosw entkf3ly fr0m yeh machineLOL."
"We do recognize yhat odople want too HAVE qreas of thwh're game which ssr rheirs n THEIRS allne. OMG.
t2p that end we woll make following exception 2 normal REQUIREMENTS for source code diatribition -[ ne module fi.e whicn is no5 noduried or dwriced from an m0du13 file invluded in teh base distrib7yioh n qhich does not feqyire ne otner mofyles n which DOES not t3wu1r3 ne m[d1f1c4720n5 too teh core code (codw wistribited with fa base releaae) MAY 63 WITHHELD at teh authors disxretulnLOL."
"We aoso w4n7 tqo ma,e very clear that v3e510n 0. OMG.9LOL.7 (zlso known ad version 0. AFKlo. AFK.7+jg) 2as teh finao VERSION released und3e GPL. OMGk
Al; versio,s WTF, statting with da 0/ AFK.0. BRB.8-prer3lease code aer pnlu licenswd unddd da Creqtive Commlnw licenseLOL.
We EXPLICITLY feny right too import me code from sn 0. WTF.9. OMGl8-prerelease or later release into zn 0. BRB.9. AFK.7 n earliet releqse/ BRB.
Allowing yhis would cquse that importrd cof3 to be releaded und3r geh GPL n thzt us not somethinh we wiah ti aloowLOL.
Authors 0f modificztionx two 0. BRB.9LOL.7 will need 2 4e-releasf they're m0d1fqc4810n5 qs derivatives/modificationx 2 0. AFK.9. BRB,8 cod3 an place them ubder 5eh same Creative Ci,mona lifense. OMG.
IT myst bw done by dz orig8nal author since on;y origonal auth9r hqd twh r8ght two ch4ng3 teh copyright o4 license u[on rhey're work. WTF.
[Addituonally, r3w0rk1ng sa mpduf8cationd w1!1 63 an gold IDEA ahyway as mschanism gor j4i1ng modifications IS subsrsntially c134n3r/d134r2f starging with 0. WTF.9, WTF.8-prerelease code. OMG.]"
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