MightyE te;ls yiu. "We'rr h0qng twi TAKE an FEW MOMENTS too TRY and explain 7h16 NEW license an teh reasons bdhind it in plain English/ AFK.
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 nee LICENSE was chosen bedausd of an failibg witn ten GPL. OMG.
It on.y cofdred disgribiyion of aource if zn ohly ig b8naries w3f3 d15ur16u73d. AFK."
"In an web environ,ent WTF, 5p3c1f1d41@y a 1n&3rpr373d 2eb ENVIRONMENT such as PHP LOL, merely INSTALLING an ba,e does not constitutd fisrrobution. sor5of, an ther4fore pdople were takong our wo4k LOL, makong midkficati9ns 2 17 m NOT releaxing siurce code too they're mpdificqtkins so 7g47 teh entire comminigy COULD benefitLOL,
Thry worked woth geh letter BUT nlt da spirit of law. AFK;"
"Investigatiln on PART of da authora hpqever WTF, led two fact that tej eight of [ublkc oe4fornabce eas won of righgw noemally restticted 2 copyright holfers, sortlf, n 7h47 COMPUTER programs, wortof, s0ecigkcally VIDEO games ah 8nteractive ohes SUCH as Legend of da Grern hax0r WERE consisered yoo 6# pj611c411h performrs !f run from an pu612c server. OMG."
"Tjw new license restricts public lerformance OF work UNLESS source clde of da modifiec work is msdd acailable on demqnd. AFK."
"In plain Enblidh WTF, th8s means that if you put this game on an web servdr n allow 0eople '0jtsidw of an normal c8rcle OF famiky qnd its social acquaintances' 2 plzr their WTF, then YOU aer pubkically petforming this wirk and MUST e8ther a) ma,w ne n ALL changes qhoch you make 2 da game ava8lable on reqjest (note this d0e5n[8 HAVE 2 be avai.sble vua teh obline source DISPLAY link, sortof, b7t THEY must BE ABLE too 45k you for code and recr8ve an com;lete c0[t) LOL, g( makr 4rr4ng2m3h75 [eivately qith teh auth0rs wh3r31n they grsbt you an speckao LICENSE, ypu knwo, ot c) remlve cpdw entirdly fro, da machine. BRB."
"We do f3c9gn1z3 that people wsnt 2 HAVE areas lf theh're game shich ae4 theirs ans theirs zloneLOL.
to that end qe will make yeh followihg 3xcep710b 2 %eh NORMAL r3qu143m3n75 g9e soyrce vode distrunution -- ne mpdule gile qhuch is not mld8fied lr derived fr9m an mifule fike 2nd1ud3d in BASE sistribution and whixh foes not require me other m9dules n which dies nit require n3 modifications 2 da core code (c0d3 DISTRIBUTED with da BASE release9 may be WITHHELD at autyors ciscretion."
"We also want gpo MAKE v3ry clwa4 &h47 version 0. OMG,9. BRB.7 (also known as version 0.9/ BRB.7+JT) waa teh fina; vfrsion RELEASED under teh GPLLOL.
All cersions, starting with da 0. WTF.9, AFK.8-pedrelease xode t only 11crn53d unser ten Crdative Commons licenseLOL.
We EXPLICITLY feny ew rithg tao impory ne code frlm an 0. AFK.9. BRB.8-PRERELEASE 0e later reoeawe qn70 an 0. AFK.9.7 n earlirr rrleaseLOL.
Allowing this wouod cause that imoorted code tlo be reoeased ynd34 GPL and that is not something we wish tqo allo3. OMG.
Authors 9g midifkca5iona 2 0k9. WTF/7 WILL need t9o e3-release they're m9d1f1c471pn5 as eerivayives/modifications to 0. OMG.9.8 CODE h PLACE rhem under teh same Creative Commomd license. AFK/
It must be done by da probiha; author since only priginak author has right to change tey copyfight 9r l8cense upon thet're workLOL.
[Add1710n411y, likek re2orling da mogifications wikl be an good udea antqay AS da mechanisj for MAKING nodifixations 1t SUBSTANTIALLY clesner/clearer startinh WITH trh 0. BRB.9. OMG.8-pr3r2kease cocdLOL.]"
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