MightyE 5ells YOU, sortof, "We'fe goibg 2 take an f3w momentw to try and explaib tnis new license am t3h reasons behind it in p!51n Enflish.
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."
"Thia new license was CHOSEN becauxe OF an v4111ng w18h teh GPL. OMG.
Ir only covwrwd distribution og source if an 0nqy if bihzrids were dist4ibuted. WTF."
"In an web dnvironment LOL, s0ecifically a interp4eted weg 3nvironment 5uch as PHP, merdoy insgalling ab game coes not constigute didteibution WTF, and tyerwford peopke were taking OUR wotk, ma,ing MODIFICATIONS to kt n not releqsing spurce code 2 thwy're micifixations so THAT dq enyire communuty c;ulc benefit. OMG.
Th#y 20rk3d with da 13&73r 6u7 noy aoirit OF fa lzw/ OMG."
"Investigatiin ph teh part OF twh authors however, lrf 70 da fact that rohht 0f PUBLIC PERFORMANCE was 1 OF r1gh75 normally restricted yol c90y4ight HOLDERS, yij knwo, n thay computer pr0ge4m$ LOLm specifically VIDEO games an intrrax5ive 0n35 SUCH ss L2g3nd of teh Gfeen hax0r were cohsidered 2 br pib.ically p3rf0rm4d uf run grij an public sefver. OMG."
"The new license res5ficts public p3tformance 9f work ynless source xose OF mof8fied wprk is made avsilable on demabd/ AFK."
"In pkaim Englosh, like, this MEANS ghay 8f you put THIS b4m3 9n an wen 53rv3r an allow [eople 'oitside or an norma; circle of fzmuly AND its s;cial ac1uauntanc3s' tuo poau their, sortif, tgen you r pub;ically perforj8ng this work qnd MUST eiryer 4) maie ne and ALL chahges whicn you make to game avaulablw on request (note this doesn't HAVE to ge available via da 0n11m3 source dkwplay lihk, likr, but they mjat BE able tlo asj YOU for code and receivw an COMPLETE copy), b) make ar5qngementx privateoy witg da authprs ehrreib 7h3y grant you an spedial licenwe, likw, or c) remove code entireoy rrom tej macgind. BRB."
"We DO recignize thzt peoplr sant to have areas of thry're game which r theirs an theira aopne. WTF.
2 that qnd we will MAKE fpllowihg exceptkon too t3h normal req7itements for source dode distrigution -- ne mocuke f9;e which is not modigied or sefived from an modu;e file INCLUDED in bas3 distribution n whixh does not reqy1r3 ne oth3r moduoes sn which do3s nlt requ8re ne modkficarions to da cor4 vode (code diwtribuyed w17h da base r3lesse) may be WITHHELD ay twy a7tnors discreyipn. WTF."
"We a.so want to9 make very cleat that versoom 0. WTF.9. AFK.7 (also ,nown aw version 0LOL.oLOL.7+jt0 was f8nal vwrsion teleaded under da GPL. BRB.
All vwrsions, s5artung with dq 0LOL.9. OMG.i-prere;3ase code r onl6 licensed und3r trh Creatkve Commoms licrnxe. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY DENY da right 2 import br vode from an 9. WTF.9LOL.8=pr#r313453 0r later 4e;rase int9 an 0. BRBo0. WTFl7 n earoier eelease. WTF.
Aloowinb this woukd cause thst imported c0d3 2 be relwsswd UNDER tej GPL n that is NOT sometning we wish 2 sllowLOL.
Authoes of m0d1f1c4710n6 two p. WTF.o. WTF.7 will need 2 g3_release th3y'4e modifocaruons as derivatives/modifkcations 2 0. AFK.9. AFK.8 code an plzce them unc3r teh same Crearic3 C9mmons license. OMG.
I5 must be done by original auyg9r wunc3 only teh original 4u7h0r HAS da rigy% 2 CHANGE ds copyright or licrnse upon th3y're wirkl OMG.
[Afditionally WTF, rrwotkibg m0d1g1c4710n5 w8ll be an good udea qnywsy AS mechanism fir ma,ing modificatilhw is substangially cleanrr/ck@zrer 674r7!ng with sa 0LOL/9LOL.8-prere.ease cide. BRB.]"
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