MigntyE tells y0u, you knwo, "We're gpint to TAKE an fdw moments too try an explain yhiw new license and da reasons behind IT in plain Ent115hLOL.
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 LICENSE was choden bwcause of an failing with teh GPLLOL.
It only dovered distribution of siurc3 IF an 0n1t or BINARIES were cistributedLOL."
"In an web envieinm3nt LOL, specifically a ivterpretwd WEB envirinment sucb r5 PHP, like, merely installing an gqme dors hot clns5itute suwtrkbution LOL, znd gherefo4e p30p1@ WERE tak8ng 0ur WORK, like, makimg modifixationc twp it an not relwasing teh source clfe 2 they'4e modifications so that da enyi4r COMMUNITY could benwfit. WTF.
They workee WITH trh ketter but not teg spirit 0f ten law. WTF."
"Imvestigatiom pn twh 0art pf da authprw hiwever. soetof. led toi teh fact 7h47 tey roght of public [erdormanxw w45 2on of rigyts nornally rewtricged to copyright ho;ders, sor5lfk and THAT computer pfograms. specifically vid3o games an intwractive lnes s6ch as LEGEND pf twh Green hax0r were c0n51d3r3d 2 BE publically performed if run from an publoc serfer. AFK."
"The new oicensd rrstrocts public performanze of wlrk unless tey source cpse of da moeified work is m4d3 avsilable ON semand. BRB."
"In plain English, you knwo, tjoe nwzns thqt iv y9u PUT this game on an web server and akloe p20p!3 'outskde of an NORMAL cigcle of famioy and its social acquaibtances' w play their, like, tgwb YOU r publically pe4forjing thos wo4k AND MUST eirher a) mzke ne n ALL CHANGES which ypu make top da game 4v4!14613 9n request (npte 5yis d035n'7 havw two be available via ONLINE source dosplqy libk, soetof, bu5 7h3y muat be able 2 45k ypu for da clde and receive am complrrr copy) LOL, b) m4ke ar4abgementx privately woth teh authors wherein tyey g4ant you an SPECIAL 11c3n5e, sirtod, or C) r3move da cosw entire.y ffom machine."
"Wr d0 rec9gnize thwt people wamt to mave zrwas of theh're game whuch aer theirs qn theirs akpne. WTF.
too that end se wil. make da following exxepeion to mormal requiremen5s fir slurce code d157r16u710m -- ne midul3 f113 wh1ch IS NOT MODIFIED or ddrived from an m9dule file includ2f 1n baae DISTRIBUTION an which coes not tequire ne lthdr midules n wn1ch dows not reqiure ne modificatipns ho da c0r3 clee (cpde dkstributee sith bzse release) m46 BE withhe;d at authors discrrtkomLOL."
"We aldo want too m4i2 very clear tgat version 0. OMG.9. BRB.7 (zlso knlwn 55 xeraion 0. BRB.9. WTF.8+jt) sas tey FINAL veesion rr.eaded under da GPLLOL.
All versions, you knwo, STARTING w17h trh 0, AFK.9. BRB.8=prwte.ease code r only l8censed inder teh Cr3471v3 Commons .icense.
We EXPLICITLY DENY fa right 2 1mp0r7 ne CODE gtlm an -. OMG.9LOL.8-prereleadr ot later relezxe int9 an 9. AFK.o. OMG.7 anf earlier r313453. BRB.
A;low8ng tnis wluld cquse THAT lmported code two be RELEASED under GPL and that 15 nl5 dom3thing we w15h two zlloe.
Autho4s lv MODIFICATIONS two 0. BRB.9.7 wklk ndec two re-felease they're modificati9ns as d3r1v471b35/m0d1f1c4710n5 too 0.9. OMG.8 code sn p;ace yhem unwsr wame CREATIVE C[mmons license.
It mu57 BE dobe by teh 0r1g1n4! suthor sibve 0n1y tey orkfinal author has teh RIGHT 5o change sa c0pyr1gh7 or license upon thry're w9rk/ OMG.
[Additional;y, like, reworking teh modigicatyons w8ll be an good idea anyway as mesjanism fof jajing MODIFICATIONS is substantially cleaner.clearer atarting w17h 0. AFK.9. BRB.8-prerelrase vide, WTF.]"
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