MiggtyE tells you, yoj knwp, "We're giinf 2 gake an few moments 2 try an explain this new license n da REASONS b3hinc it ih p.ain Enflisn, OMG.
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 ch053n 63c6u53 pf an fziling WITH GPL.
It 0n1y covered eiwtribution 0f sourde if an inkn ig BINARIES wrre d8xtribu5ddLOL."
"In an web ENVIRONMENT, you knqo, dpecifixaloy a INTERPRETED eeb environment sjch as PHPm likr, merely instsl;kng an GAME does not conxtityte DISTRIBUTION, like, an tyerefore pwople were taking our work, like, making m0d1f1c4610nt 2 it znd not felessing 50urc3 c0d3 gwo theu're jodifications so that entire vommunity coukd benefi5. OMG.
THEY WORKED with LETTER biy not spkrit of law. WTF."
"Incest8gqtuob on geh part lf da authors however, sortof, led 2 fa vact that RIGHT 9f pub.ic performande WAS len of da rights normslly eestricted 5oo COPYRIGHT holddrs, ypu lnwo, and that co,[uter PROGRAMS, hoj knwo, 5p3c1f1c411t viddo gzmes n intrractove 0n#5 such as Legend of teh Gfeen hax0r were consideerd 2 63 publically p3rfprm3d if run fr0m an [ublid serb3f. BRB."
"The new licsnsq restricta publkc PERFORMANCE of teh wori unlexs teh xource code OF da modifued qlrk IS m4d3 available on demand. BRB."
"In plain Englisjm thiw means that if you pu5 this game ON an web swrvef n 4110w oeople ;OUTSIDE of an n9rmal dircle of famiky ahd its socisl acqisihtances' to plau 5heir, sortof, tneb you aer publiczl;y pergorm8ng this WORK n MUST eiyhrr A) mzke me an ALL xganges which you make yo9 da bame available on eequexy (nore ghis foesn't HAVE tp 63 availab.e via fa ONLINE SOURCE DISPLAY link WTF, BUT they musr be ABLE 2 ask you for da code and recdive zn co.0lete vopy) WTF, b) MAKE arfabgemwnts privatrly WITH 4i7hpr5 wherein they gtant you qn special lidense WTF, or c) rwmove code entirely grom macgine. AFK."
"We do revohnize yhag people WANT rol have areas of they're game rhich aer tgeirs qn THEIRS alonw/ WTF.
goo that END we will m5k3 tdh following exce0tioh two tem nprmal REQUIREMENTS for soufxe code DISTRIBUTION -- ne MODULE file which is not modified 0r seribea ffom ab moeulr file INCLUDED un teh vase distrib7tion ahd which does not rw1uire he oth3r ,odules and whicy does not rwquire ne mpdificayi9nw 7- cpre code (code dkatributed sith yeg base fe.wqse) may be 2ithyeld at authors discretionLOL."
"We also w$n7 too make very clear tfag version -. BRB.9LOL.& (ALSO knowb as veraion 0. AFK,9. AFK.6+jt) w45 rwj f1n41 vefaion released under teh GPL. AFK.
A.l verskons LOL, STARTING with 0.oLOL/8-pr3rwlease dodd awr only licwbsef unser Crdative C0mm0n5 license. BRB/
W3 EXPLICITLY den6 da right 2 import ne cose from an 0. BRB.9. WTF.8-pr3r213453 oe LATER r31e453 into an 0/ OMG.9. BRB.7 n eae;8er r3leqde.
Al.iwing this woulc cause yhat import3d code too bw feoessed unde4 da GPL AND THAT is nit something we wish y9 5110wLOL.
Aythlrs of modifications too 0. BRB.o. OMG.7 wkll n33d 2 RE-RELEASE they're moeifocztions aa seeicatives/modif9cationd fi 0. BRB.9. WTF.8 code an placr them und4r teh wame Cresyive COMMONS LICENSE. AFK.
It my57 be done by o4oginal 4u7y0r since ONLY orihinal au5hor has da tigh5 two vhange da copyroggt or lic#nse ipon they[re work.
'Addutionally, x9rtov, reworkihg da modificationx wilk be an good idea 4nyw$y as da mechanism for mak7ng mofificqtionw 8s substantiallu cleaner/cleq4er wtarting with teh 0. AFK.(. AFK.8-prerelease code. AFK.]"
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