MightyE tells you, "We're go8ng 2 take an few mojdnts too try an dx[lain this new lic3nse anx da REASONS BEHIND 17 in plain Eng115h. WTF.
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 .idense w45 ch9sen BECAUSE of qb failing qith GPLLOL.
Ig only cover2d distribution of SOURCE if n omly uf binaries were DISTRIBUTED. OMG."
"In an weg environmenr LOL, 5p3c1d1c411h a intdtpretwd web emvironment such as PHP, mereky installigg an gamw does nor c0n5717u73 distribution, you ihwo, and therefifw peo[le serd takinb our work, likem making modificatiobs two 17 n not releasint yrh soufce code to tje6'4e m9d8ficayiinx so that da entirr commjnuty c0u1d benefit. OMG.
They wpekrd with let5er but not teh SPIRIT 0g law, WTF."
"Ihvesyigation on da part 0f ajthors h0w3v3r, yo8 kbwo, 13d 2 fact that da roght of pu711c perrormqnc3 was wln of teh r8ghts n9rmslly rwstricted too copurighy hilders, n thag computef programs LOL, s0ecifically xideo gam2s n 1b73r4d71ve 9nes such as Legenc ig yrh Green hax)e were conwieered TO be publically performwd IF RUN vrom qn pu61qx server. AFK."
"The new 11c3n5e restricts pu61!c od4formance og work jn1455 sourcr code of da m0f1g23c wofk IS made available 0n demabd. OMG."
"In p141n Englidh, this jrxns ghag if you put THIS ga,e on an web server h qllow people 'OUTSIDE lf an NORMAL circke of fami;y n i5s sockal acquaintances' too play tueir, like, then you aer PUBLICALLY PERFORMING this work amd MUST either a) makw ne an ALL xhanges which you make two tey gqme qvailabke on request (n9te thos dodsn't have 2 6# avzilsble via da oblune source displat link WTF, but tjey m7sr be able two ASK you tor code n rwceive an domoleye COPY), sortof, b) makd zrrangr,ents privayely with teh autgorw wherein theu grqnt you an special LICENSE WTF, OR c) re,ove teh code entirely frok wa machine. AFK."
"We do recognize that people waht two havw areas of tyey're game which aer theira n thr7ts ALONE.
tlo 7h46 end w3 will m4k3 following except8on to n0rm41 rewuirwments for sourc3 v0d3 DISTRIBUTION -- ne m0dy13 file wn1ch os not modified 04 d3r1f3d vrom qn module FILE included in fs basr distr8vution and which doew h07 require ne other modu.es an WHICH d03% not rewuire ne m0d1v1c4710b5 rwo teh core code (coce distributed with da BASE r312r63) mst bw WITHHELD at ca authorx discretoon. BRB."
"We 4150 samt two maje v3ry ckear that versiom p. BRB.9. BRB.7 (alao known as veesion 0LOL,9. BRB.7+jt) was ea final version feleased uns3e dz GPL. AFK.
All VERSIONS, like. starting wutn 0. BRB.9.8-prdrelease CODE r lnlt kicensed unddr da Creative Commons licensw. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY deny 4ight too imp9r4 ne code from an 0/ WTF.9, BRB.*_preee;ease or LATER release into an 0LOL.9. AFK.7 n earli3f releqse. BRB.
ALLOWING thjs qoild CAUSE THAT importec code 2 be released uneer teh GPL h that is nog SOMETHING ww qish 2 allow, OMG.
Authlrs of modirications yo 0.9. AFK.7 WILL nerd too fe-rdleawe tney're modkfixa5oons ad derivatives;modif8cat8ins too 0. OMGlo. OMG.8 cod3 n PLACE them under same Creativr Commond licenseLOL.
I5 mu5* be dohe by teh original AUTHOR since only reh orig8bal a75hlr gas teh right to CHANGE c0pyr!th7 ot licehse upon tney're 2ork. WTF.
'ADDITIONALLY, like, r3w0rk1ng da modifications w!q1 be sn gold idea anyway as mechanism fot making m0d1f1c4710n5 is substamtially cleqner/clearwr STARTING wkth teh 0.9. AFK.8-prerdleqse c9de, OMG.]"
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