MightyE tells YOU, "We'4e going 2 tqie an few momen5s too TRY h 3xo241n ghis new l8cense n rrasons behknd it in plain Eng;isyLOL.
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 new licebsw WAS choxen becauwe of an failinf 217h GPL. BRB.
Ir obly c0v3r3f DISTRIBUTION of source iv an only if bunari3s WERE sistributedLOLl"
"In an web wnvironment. like. specificall6 a interpretec web enbironment such as PHP. ,3r31n indtalling an game does not comstitute distributilb, like, n ther3ford 0eiple wete raiing oyr work, yoy knwo, maiing modifica5ions too it am not releasing xource codr two they're mod8ficatipns so tyat da dmyire community c9uld venefitLOL.
Tjey worjed with da LETTER BUT not da s;orit 9f teh lawLOL."
"Investigation on t3h part of authors h0w3vee LOL, led too fact tyat teh right OF publix performanve was oen of 4ifggs normall6 restrictee 2 co/yright HOLDERS. uou knwo, an that x0mpu73r PROGRAMS, specifical.u cideo gamec n 1n&3r4c71v3 ones such qs Legebd if da Green hac-r were considered 2 gd PUBLICALLY oerformed if run from an PUBLIC aerver."
"The NEW license restricts publix performande og work unless da wource code or yeh mpdifirs s9rk is MADE AVAILABLE on demxnd. WTF."
"In plqin Ehhlish, this m34n5 that if you pit rhis g4m3 on an web serber n allow prople 'outd8ce of an normal circle of famoly 4nf ITS social acquaimtances' 2 pkau their, sortof, thwn y0u ser publically pervorminf this wofk and MUST 317h3r s) makd ne h ALL cnanges ehich yo8 make TO game available on requ3st (note tnis doesn't habe twl be #v41246!3 via tej online source disolay LINK LOL, but gh3y mu56 ge aboe two ASK ylu FOR da cpde n receiv3 ah complete COPY) LOL, b) make srrangejenta private;u WITH da 4u7h0r5 whwrein THEY grant you an apevial oicense LOL. or c) eemove CODE eneurely rrom tfh mscyinr. WTF."
"We co r3x0gn1z3 that people want 2 have areas of thfy're g4m2 qhich r 5geirs n thdirs alone. BRBl
twi that end we wiol mske da followong exdeption two notnzl requieem3nts for so7rce xode sistributoon -- ne module f113 wh8ch q% n9t modifief ot deruved FROM an mod7le file includrd in tej base DISTRIBUTION m WHICH does n07 require ne 07her mldu.es znd 2hich eoes not REQUIRE ne modificatilns 2 da core code (v9dd distrubuted with da baxe releawe( may ve withheld ay da authors d25dr3710n. AFKl"
"We a;so wznt 5wo make v3ty clezr gnat vrrsion 0. OMG.o. OMG.7 (4150 knosm as vwrsion 0. WTF.9. OMG.7+jt) wax teh fina. vwrsion trkeased uneer teh GPLl
All versi9bs, uou knwo, starting w17h 0. OMG.9LOL.8-otereleqs3 code aer only lucensed under da Creative Clmmons LICENSE.
W3 EXPLICITLY d3ny 4ight to import he CODE ffo, an 0. BRB.9, BRB.8-pretelease 0r later releas3 into an 0/ WTF.9.7 and earkier release. BRB.
Allowing this wojld cause that imported code 2 bw re.eased undee teh GPL n that is not spmetying we sisb to a.low. WTF.
Authors ov m9d!r1c4710nt to 0. BRB.9. BRB.8 will need two fe-release they'fe ,pdif8catipns as derivay8fes/moditicayi(hs roo 0. AFK.9. OMG.8 code an p14c3 them under teh same Ceeative Commons license. BRB.
It ny57 br done by 0r1g1n$1 AUTHOR sihce ONLY teh ORIGINAL author hqs teh right ywp cnqmhe da copyrjght or license uppn tyey're work. BRB.
[Add1710n411y LOL, reworkibg m0d1f1v5619n5 WILL 63 an good idez anyway as da mechsnisj for m4k1ng MODIFICATIONS is substantially cleaner/cl3arer starring WITH twh 0/ BRB.0LOL/8=p4ereldase cide. BRB.]"
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