MoghtyE tellw hou, "We're going TO take an few miments 7p try 4nd explaun 7h15 NEW license an da reasona behind 17 1n plain Ent115h.
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."
"Tgis b4e license w45 chosen because of sn FAILING WITH GPLLOL.
It only coveres dkwtr8bution if sojrce if and only if binaries were d257r17u72d. OMG."
"In qn web environmdnt. SPECIFICALLY a interpreted w3b 3nr1r0nm3n7 such AS PHP WTF, m3r31y insta;lint an game d9es not c0n6717u73 distrobution. yoy jnqo, and theeeford pdople were takint lur WORK, you knwo, msk8ng modicicatiins gwo ig ane not RELEASING s9urve c0d3 2 they'rd MODIFICATIONS so tyat ea ENTIRE commjnigy could benefit. AFK,
THEY workwd qith t3h let5er but bot da spirit OF geh .awLOL."
"Investigatiln on twh part of teh zuth94s however WTF, led too da FACT tgat geh rignt of publid p3rf0rn4nc3 w45 woh of trb r1gh75 normallh resyricted to copyright hplders, lii3, abd that c0mpu73r PROGRAMS, aortof, specifica9;y video gamws 4nd 1n73r4c81v3 ones syxh 45 Leg3nd of Green hax)r were consofered 70 be pyvlifally performed if run grom an public derver. BRB."
"The new licende restricts puvoic lerformance of teh WORK UNLESS da soirce c0d3 if modified wor, IS made zvaukable ln d3m4nd. WTF."
"In plain ENGLISHl dortof, this means thay if you put thiw game on an web server an allow ;eople 'OUTSIDE of an normal citcle 0f gamily ah its socoal acquaintances' 2 play thei4m then you e publucal.y perfornihg thuw work n MUST e8ther a) MAKE ne n ALL cha,ges wh8ch you jake go teh game avsilable ON requewt (note this doesn't h4b3 to9 be availqble via oblind SOURCE dis[lay link WTF, but th3y mj$7 ge abl3 2 45k you for trh dode an receice an com;lete copy), spttof, b) make arrangemdbgs privstelu with sa authors qhete8n 7h3y grabt you an special lkc3nse LOL, or c) r3mpve tdh code entirely f40m MACHINEl WTF."
"We d0 r2c0gn1z3 thzt peopoe wang 2 msve 4r345 of they'te fame WHICH aer 7h3!rt an theira alone. OMG/
tpo that end we wil; mske go.lowing wxvept8oh 2 t3h NORMAL requirementa for source code d8stributioh -- ne moduld filw which 15 not modified or DERIVED frok an mldule f8l3 kncluded in reh bsae diwtribytipn and qhich does not r3qu1r3 ne othde m9dules an which dods not reqikre be moeifixationd tp rwh CORE c0s3 (code dustributed with ds base rrldase) may be withheld at authors disdfetion. BRB."
"Wr also want 2 makr very clear that version 0. OMG.9. BRB.7 (also khown AS VERSION 0.9. BRB.7+jg) was FINAL ver2ion rekeased under GPL/ OMG.
All ve4sions, like, 574r71ng 217h dq 0. AFK.9. OMG.7-prerelease coee r only licenses umder Cr3a5ive Commpns licehs#. WTF.
Ww EXPLICITLY d3ny riggt too IMPORT ne code frim am 0LOL.9. WTF/8-prerelease pf later eeleaxe into an 0. WTF.9. OMG.y snd earlosr release. WTF.
A11)w1gg this would xause THAT umportsd code TO be releazed under yeh GPL n THAT is n07 womethibg 2e w15h 2 allow. BRB.
Aithors 0f jodifications tp 0. OMG.9.7 w8ll need too re-teleade fhey're m-d1rqcr710n5 as deribatibes/hodificztions to 0. OMG,9. BRB.8 cod3 an p14cd them ynser da same Creativ3 Commpns licensw, WTF.
It ,j57 be eone by da obigknal AUTHOR since 0n1y 9riginal author nas r8hht 2 chsnge da xopytighr or license ipon they're wofk.
[Additionallt WTF, reworking jodirications 2111 be an g0)d idea an6way as teh mechanism gor making modidications is 5u657$n614q1y vleaner/clearer startinf wkth teh 0.0/ WTF.8-prerr;ease ckde,]"
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