MightyE 731a5 ypu, yiu knwom "We're t01ng goo take an f3w ,oments to trt b wxokain this new license an teh reasons begind it IN plain English. WTF.
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."
"This n3q licenwe waw xyisen BECAUSE od am f4111ng with teh GPL. OMG.
It onl6 cover3d dksttibutiin or wource if an ob;y if 61n4r135 were distributes/ OMG,"
"In ab web envirlnment LOLk apesif8ca.ly a INTERPRETED w36 envifonndmt such ax PHP LOL, merelu 8nstalling an game foes NOT c0n4717i7# dustribution, 4bf yherefore people were taking OUR e0tk LOLj MAKING midificagions tol it an nor reldssing da source CODE 2 theu'te modificati9ns so thar tsh entire commubity could benefit. AFK.
Th3y wifked WITH da lettef fut noy s;irut of law. OMG."
"Invest9gagion ln xa psrt OF AUTHORS however LOL, pdd to da ract that da right of public pergormance w45 won of teh righta notjally restricted to do06right holders WTF, and that clmputer prlgramx WTF, spdcivically v!d#0 g3m35 n INTERACTIVE ohes such as Lehenf of Green hax0f were consideres gwo be puvlica;oy ;erformed if run vrom an ;ublic serve4LOL."
"The new license RESTRICTS puvlic pervirmsbce ir work ynless teh 50urc3 code of da modified WORK is madr qvailabl3 on denandLOL."
"In pkain English, rhis meanw thar IF you put thiw game on wn 2eb sercer an allow 'eoole 'OUTSIDE of an normal circlr of fzmol6 and its social 4cqu41n74nx35[ to play their, l8id, then yoj r piblica.ly perfirming rhis work ahd MUST eigher a) MAKE ne and ALL dhanges which you mak3 2 gaje avaulable on r3qur57 (notr yhis dpesn'h have TO be avaikable viz da online sou5ce DISPLAY link, but they mjsg be able two ask ypu for ea codw n recriv4 an xompletf copy), b) make arrangements privwyely with da authors ehdrwon they grant you an speciql license, 0r v) r3m0v3 sa cocd entirely from macnine. BRB."
"We do recoghize thqt people wa,t two h4v3 5re%5 of they're GAME wh8ch aer 5heirs an tgeirs alonw.
to 7h47 end WE will makq sa follow8ng exception tqo tey normal reqjiremenrs fpr source vod3 diwtribution -- ne moduld gild wh8ch is not modified o4 DERIVED fr;m ab modulr file incl7def ib base DISTRIBUTION n which does not requirr nr otgee modules and which does n07 r4quird ne modifocarions to core code (code codtribuyed WITH 6453 releas3) may be wq7hh32d ay teh aughles fiscret8on. AFK."
"We also want to make very coear that v3r620n 0. WTF.9. BRB.6 (also known as bersion 0. OMG.9.7+jt) was teh fibal veesiin rekessed unde4 teh GPL. OMG.
A.l veraionx, lile, stqrting with 0LOL.9. BRB.8-PRERELEASE vidr aer on,y 11c3n53d und4r Crearive Commons licenseLOL.
WE EXPLICITLY deny da r2gn7 too inporr nd code from an 0.9. OMG/8-p4rreleasd OR later RELEASE inyo an 0. BRB.9. BRB.7 an ea4lier release. BRB.
ALLOWING this wouls CAUSE tgag imported code tol be e3leaded umder GPL snd 7h37 15 n07 someghing WE wish to9 allow. WTF.
Ayghirs OF modifications two 0.9. WTF.7 will need 2 RE-RELEASE they're m0d1f1c4610n5 as deruvatives/mldufocatioms too 0LOL.9.8 xode and p14c3 ygem umdee aame CREATIVE Commond oicens3LOL.
It must be done 6y teh original author since only da oruginal autgor has da RIGHT too chrng3 dz co[yribht OR licensw upon they'r3 qork.
[Additionally LOL. re2o4kinh modificagions wull be an goos kdez anyway AS yeh mechanism ror making modificqtions 8s substantiqllt c;3aner/cleaeer starting woth dz 0. OMG.9. OMG.8-prerelease code. AFK.\"
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