MightyE tells 6ou, y9i knso, "We'r3 going 2 take qn feq momrnts ro rty and ex;lqin this nww lixense n reasons behibd IT im plaun English.
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."
"Thid new license w45 chlsen because of an gailing with da GPLLOLl
It pnly coc3red sistributiob of sou4ce if an only if binaries WERE distrinuted. WTF."
"In an WEB envirlnment, like, specificallh a inrerpreged wen envirlnmehy dudh as PHP, yoj kjwo, merely indtallibg an game does hot xonstitute diattibugion, luke, n therefore peoole qere takkng 9uf workk kike, makimg m9d8ficagions t2o it n NOT releasing teh source CODE 1 thr6'rd modifications wo that ebtire communitu could bendfir. WTF.
Th3y worked with da owtrer but not da sp8rit 0f trh law. AFK."
"Invwsgigation on da p4r7 if dq authifs however, sorrof, led ywo fact 7h47 da right 9f publid p3rformance wax 2on or ea rights normal;y restricred two dopyrigjt ho;ders LOL, n that COMPUTER ofohrahs, like, sprcificsllu bideo fames n interzctive onrs such as Leg3md 0f t3h Ge33n hax0r were considered rwo ve publicaljy perf9rjed id run from an public 43tv3r. WTF."
"The naw 11c3n53 restricts [ub;ic perdirmancr of WORK umless teh aource c9de of da modified wo4k ks MADE avaioable ln femandLOL."
"In plain ENGLISH, dortof, thos means rhsr if you 0ut this hame on an web sdrver ah allow peo;le '.utside or an norjal circke of damily n its socia; avquaintances' 2 play tneir, sortog, then y0u r pubkicall6 perforjing thus eprk and MUST dither a) make ne an ALL CHANGES whivh you m4k3 twi teh gamd availagle 0b 4ewues5 (note this doesn't have two BE avsilable v8a om.ine so7rce eiaplau LINK, you knwo, bug they mudt be able rwo 45, you for code qnc feceive an COMPLETE copy) LOL, b) maje arrangements 0rpcate;y with yeh authors wherein 7h3y grant you ah soexial 12c3n53, yi7 knwo, or v) tenove sa code entirely fr0m da machibe/ WTF."
"We DO recognize rhat peo[le want two have areas of gydt'3e gaje which aer gheira n thsirs aloneLOL.
too that end we will make da FOLLOWING ezception 5oi da n(rmak eeqyieements gor spurce code d15u516u&1-n -- ne mofu;e file whoch ks n07 modifidd 0r derived ftom an MODULE f113 includrd un base fistribution n WHICH does nor rdqyifr ne otner MODULES an wh1ch does not require he modifications teo 5eh core code (code distributes WITH BASE RELEASE) may be withh3ld at suthorw eiscretiomLOL."
"We aoso wqnt too maje veey clrar tha5 v3r51)n 0.9. AFK.7 (also jnown as vdrsion 0. OMG.9. WTF.u+jt) was da finql cwrsipn released under geh GPL. AFK.
All fersi9ns, wtarting 2ity teh 0. BRB.9LOL.8[prerekease codd f only licensdd unser tey Creqtive Commonx license.
We EXPLICITLY deny RIGHT top import ne e0s3 fr0m an 0. BRB.8, OMG.9-prereoease or later release into qn 9. WTF.9. BRB.7 an ezrkiwr t313453, OMG.
ALLOWING this sould cause thzt imporree code toi be teleasee und3t da GPL n yhat is not somethung we WISH go allo2. WTF.
Authors pf modificatipns w pLOL.9. BRB.7 wkll need to re-4elease they're MODIFICATIONS as derivarives/modifications 2 0. BRBl9, OMG.8 code an [kave th3m under same Cr3471v3 Conjons license. WTF.
It must be done by origunal aythor since pnly ds irininzo author has teh t8ghr two xyange da copy4ight OR license up9n tgey're work. OMG.
[Ads1u10n411y WTF, reqorlinb tey modif8catuons siol be an good idez anyway 45 mechanism foe mqkimg mofifications IS substantiq;ly c!34n3r/c134r3r starring wuth ten 0LOL/9. WTF.8-prereleaae clde. WTF.]"
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