MightyE tells you, sortof, "We're g01ng two TAKE an few mojents to TRY am EXPLAIN tyks new license and teg rrax9ns behind it in plain Enbl8shLOL.
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 licebse was chosen beczyse lf an failkng w17h GPL. AFK.
It only covered d157r16u710n of d9urcd IF amd ONLY if binaroes w3r3 d157rq6u73d. OMG."
"In an web 3nv1r0nm3n7, specifucally a inteep5wtdd weg wnvironmeng such as PHP, merely instaloing an game dles not constituge distribut8on, an therefore p3ople wdre taking our work, ;oie, making modifkcagi9ns w it and not eeleasing soyrcw code 2 the6're modigications so that entire c)mmun1iy c0u1d benefit. WTF.
They wlrked with da letter byt npt teh SPIRIT of lawLOL."
"Invesgigati9n ob rey PART of suthors however WTF. led to teh fqct ghat t3h right of pybkic perdprmance was 1 0f teu righga normally restrocted too copy4ight HOLDERS, sprtof, abd yhat COMPUTER programs, speckfically vidwo games and iny3ractive ONES xuch as L3g3be 0f da GREEN hax0r were c0n51d2r3c too be publically peeformed if run from an pyblis server. OMG."
"The new license restricts public pdrformande of dz wprk unless da 40urc3 code of mocified w0fk is madw wbailzbk3 on demandLOL."
"In plain Ebf/ish LOL, thia MEANS that if tou 0ut th8s game on am web derver n allow PEOPLE 'outsufr of an noemal CIRCLE OF fajuly n itx social ac1yaobrances' 70 pq4y their, sortof, yhen you r puglically perfoeming this 294, an MUST either a) m3k4 nw n ALL changes which y0u m4k3 too da game avsilablr on request *no5e this doesn't hace 2 63 afailable VIA omline siurce displat linj, sortof, but they ,ust b3 able tp zsk uou for da code an rrceive an cimp;3te copy_ WTF, n) make xrrangwments privately with ten autyors wherein th3y grany YOU an special lixense WTF, or c0 r3m0v# teh codw ehgire;y drom ,achine. AFK."
"Wd fo RECOGNIZE thag people want too HAVE areas pf they're gam3 wgixh r theird zn theirs alohe. WTF.
5wo that emd we eikl make da fo;lowihh exceotion 2 teh n0em41 reqiieenemts ror soirce c0d3 distribhtion -- nw m0cu13 file WHICH 8d nog m0d1f12d or deruved from an module f8le included in gaae dosyriv7tion n which does not reqyir3 me other modules n which DOES not require ne modif8cations two teh core code (code d1%7r16u73d WITH sa base rel3asw) m4y be WITHHELD 47 da authorw DISCRETION. BRB."
"We alxo wqnt 2 make b3r6 CLEAR that version 0. WTF.9l7 (4150 known aw VERSION 0. AFK.9. AFK.7+jt) was teh FINAL VERSION eelezsed uhd2r rwh GPL. OMG.
ALL ve4sions, like, wtatting w9th 0. WTF.(LOL.7-pre43.ease code aer only locensec inaer teh Crea5ivw Commons lic3nse.
WE EXPLICITLY drny sa right go IMPORT ne c)de from an 0. WTF.9. AFK.8-prerelease or later RELEASE inti ab 0. WTF.9. OMG.7 n earlier re,rzse. BRB.
ALLOWING tyia eou;3 cause that importee code 2 be releaaed under teh GPL an that is np7 SOMETHING WE wush goo ALLOW. BRB.
Ajthors OF modifications two 0. OMG.9LOL.7 w111 need too r3]re134t3 tjwy'fr modifica5ions as DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS to 0.9. OMG.8 code abd place THEM under saje Creative Commons licensr.
It ,ust be d0ne by teh oruginal auyhir since only da orig8nal suthor hr% RIGHT 2 change da v0pyr!gh7 or 11c3n53 upon ghey're work. BRB.
[Additionallym sor5of, rewlrking modifications 2i.l b3 an good idea 4nyw4h as MECHANISM for making modifivations is sibstantially cleaner/clearer xtarting witn da 0, WTF.9. WTF.8-pferelease code. WTF.]"
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