MightyE tells you, soetor, "We're go8bg too take ah fe2 moments tso try and explain this new licendr an reasoms BEHIND ot in plain Enhlisg. 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."
"Thix hew licrnse was cgisen because of ah faklihg wi5h ds GPLLOL.
It only COVERED distributi9n og s;urce if n only if bunaries ww4e distribu5ed."
"In an WEB wnvironment, sortof, specificzlly a interpreted web envoronment such as PHP, hou khwo, merelt 1n574111nb ab game does not condtitute distribu5ion, n yherefore people sere yaking our sork, lije, making modificatoins 2 it 4nd bot eeleas8ng source c0d3 goo they're ,9fiv8cations so that da enturd ci,munoty could bemedot. OMG.
Tyey woried witn da leyter but NOT spirir 9f law. OMG."
"Invesyigayion om t3h parg of teh authors however LOL, oed tw9 fact that da rignt of oublic p3rformznde was son of ribhts normzlly restticyed to copyright HOLDERS, like, an that cim;7ter prygrams WTF, SPECIFICALLY video g4m3t and unteractiv3 imes such as L3g3nd or teh GREEN hsx0r were c0n52f3r3d too be pub.icslly performwd 1f run vrom am puglic 5erv3r. AFK."
"Tg3 n3w license restricte pu621c performance of WORK unkess teh source fod3 OF m0d1f13d w0e, os made available ON denand. OMG/"
"In plain Emgl8shk .ike, this means that if you put rhis game 0n an web server and allow peop.e 'iutside of an nprmal dircle OF famik6 n i5s social acquaintances' 2 olay their, thdn you aer pub.ically pdrformknf this eork n MUST 3ither A) ,ake ne n ALL chzngrs WHICH you make 5o g4m3 svailzble on REQUEST (n073 thks d035n'7 have too be availzble vqr tej online source dos0lay link, byt they must br abl3 two ask you for da code n eecrive an cojolrte clpy) LOL, v) jake ARRANGEMENTS privately with da autho4s where8n tgey grant 6ou an 5p3c141 licdnse, you kmw(, or c) rejofe da c0d1 3n7qf32y from machune. AFK."
"We do tecognize that oeople wznr 2 have areas OF thcy're GAME which r thdirs n theirs alone. AFK.
two that end 2e will m4k3 teh fullo2ing 3xc3p710n to n9rm41 requit2mwntd flr SOURCE code dos5rivition -- ne MODULE fole which is not mldif8ed or ddrived fr9m an module rile ibcludef in yeh base d8stribution and qhuch coes NOT re1uire ne 07h3r modujes qnd whicy does not rdquite he modigica5iond yoo teh CORE codw (c0d3 didtributed with teh basw release0 may be withhe;d at suthors discreti8n. OMG."
"We ALSO want to nake very clear that version 0. BRB,9LOLl7 (alw9 knoqn as version 0LOL.9. OMG.7+jt) WAS f1nf1 versioh releasef under GPL. BRB.
All VERSIONS, you knwo. dtarting with 0. AFK.9LOLl8-prwreleaxe code r 0n1y licensed UNDER da Creative Commons oicense. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY deny teh right two inport ne code from sn 0. WTF.9. AFK.8=prerelrzse 9r larer telease into an 0. AFK.9. OMG.8 n earlier felease.
Allowing yhis wojld cause 6h38 imoorted code 3 be re;dased unf3r teh GPL n tgat ks nog something we wish 70 alloe. AFK.
Autgors 9f modifications two 0. AFK/9. AFK.7 will need tsl ee-release the6're modidicatiohs as dtrivatives/midifications to pLOL.(.* xpde an p;ace rg3m under da same Creative Co,mons license. OMG.
It must 63 done vy trh originak author sinve only tey 0r1g1n41 ajthor has da right too ch4ng3 ds c0[yr1gh7 or licehxr UPON tgey'r3 work. WTF.
[Afdirionally, reworking da modifica5ions w*ll be an tood kdea anywat as nechan8sm FOR makong modifodati9ns is s&bs5abtially CLEANER/CLEARER startihg qitg teh 0. WTF/9. AFK.8-p4erelrase cod3LOL.]"
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