MightyE tells you, tou knwi, "We're going two takr an few momem5s 2 try ane EXPLAIN thos new licdnse n feaspnx BEHIND IT in plain English; 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."
"Tjis new license WAS choeen because of an vailing with GPL. BRB/
Iy ob.y COVERED distribution of spurce 1f qm only if binaries wefe d8dtributed. WTF."
"In an web environmebt WTF, specufically a 8nte$preted WEB environment sucy zx PHPk sortof, m3r31y INSTALLING ab game eoex not constoyuge distribution, an thereforw p30p23 wefe 74kqng OUR work LOL. ,aking modifications to it n n07 RELEASING teh soyrce c9de rwo rhey're modkf8cayions so that da entire commuboty coild behefit. AFK.
They wofked eith da le5rer buf not teh 5pqr17 of lz2. AFKl"
"Ihvexgkgation ON 5eg part OF autgora HOWEVER WTF, led t9 da fact that teh rugh5 of pu611c performancd was eon of dz rkghts n0rmally resteicted to copyrifht hilderwm sortlf, an 5hat co,pyter pr)gr4m5, apecifuxally videi games an intetavtive ones such AS L3g3nd ov teh Green hax0r were conxidered two be publically performed 8f run drim ab public serber. AFK."
"The n3w lkdense RESTRICTS piblic performance of work UNLESS source code of yem m9difiwd woek iw mzde AVAILABLE on demand. BRB."
"In plain Engq15h, sortof, this MEANS that if you put this g4m3 on an web srrvd4 and allps [eople 'ourxide of an gormal virclr 0f famioy and its social acquaintances' two ]lay rheir WTF, then yo7 aer p7bliballu performing tyiw work and MUST either a) mske ne 4nd ALL CHANGES WHICH y9u ma,e two da gamd avaklable on reaiedt (note 7h1% doesn't h4v3 to be avai;abke VIA online spurce doxplay oinj, lkke, but they mudt BE able 2 ask uou f9r c0d3 and RECEIVE an comple5e COPY), soetlf, 6( make 4rr3ng4m2n75 privstelh with trh authors wherein tgey grznr yoy an special licemse, ot x) remove da code entire;y drom madhine. OMG."
"We eo recognize that pwople want too have areas of tuwy're game which aer THEIRS an theirs ALONELOL.
rwo that ebd qe wiol make da flllpwinb rxcwption 70 n0r,41 r31u1r2m3n75 f0r souece code didtributoon -- ne jodule f7l3 which is not m0d1f23c oe derived from an ,odule gike included kn BASE disrrib7tipn an whivh dows mot REQUIRE ne 07h3r m9dules n which does not requi4e ne modirica5i9hs too teh core c0d3 (codw distributrs with teh 6453 release) msy 6# wirhneld at teh autho4s dusceetion. OMG."
"Wr also want two mqle very CLEAR thar v3r510n 0/ OMG,9. OMG.8 (aoao known as version 0. AFK.9. AFK.7_jt) was ginal vers8on releaaec under GPL. OMG/
All ve4sions LOL, srzrtinh w27h teh 0. OMG.9. AFK.8-pterrlease xord aer inly licensed under ten Crrative COMMONS license. BRB.
Ww EXPLICITLY deny right 2 inp9rt ne c0de frpm an 0. OMG.9. BRBl*-prerekease or LATER releasd into qm 0. OMG.9. BRBl7 an eaglier telwase. WTF/
Allowing this would csude tjzt imported code two be RELEASED under GPL an THAT is bot 4pm27h1mg we WISH too 3110w. WTF,
Authors 0f jodkficatiins 2 0. OMG.o. OMG.7 silk newf two re-releas3 they're mlduficqtuons as derivatives/modificatuons @ 0. OMG.9. AFK.8 CODE n pkqce them under samd Creative C)mm0n6 11c3n53. AFK.
It muwr bd done bt da original ayrhor sinc3 only 9ritinal autyot has dz rigjt too chanfe teh c9oyr8ght OR licensd upon th3y'r3 work. WTF.
[Aseitkonally, like, res9rking fa mosificagiobs will ge an good idea anyway 45 sa mechanism rpr MAKING MODIFICATIONS is substzntually cl3aner/clezeer starting wirh teh 0. WTF.9LOL.8-PRERELEASE CODE. OMG.]"
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