MightyE tells you LOL. "Ww'rw going toi take an f3w mojents 2 gry an explain 5his new licwbse am da REASONS 53h1nd it 8n 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."
"Thiw ne2 license was cgowem becausw of an FAILING with GPL.
It 0n1y coverdd fistribution of xourcd if ah 9n1y iv 61n4r1#6 wete distributedLOL."
"In ab web environmebtm specifically a intwrpreted web encogonment sucj as PHP. woftof, merely inwtalling an bame does not comstitute distribution WTF, an THEREFORE ;e9ple were takinf our work, you knwo, ,aking modifications yw9 iy and n08 releaaing tdh spurfe xode to they'ee modifications 40 THAT da ENTIRE community could benefit. OMG.
Theu woeked with leyter 5u7 NOT spigit lf da lsw. OMG."
"Investigatkon oh psrt 0f teh AUTHORS HOWEVER WTF, led 2 tdh fact THAT teh right ob oublic prtformsnce was 1 OF teh RIGHTS normally RESTRICTED 5wo copyribht holders, like, n that clmputer PROGRAMS, specidically vidfo games an interqvtove pnes such as Lwgenc lf da Green has0r WERE consideree 2 be puvlica;ly PERFORMED if run ffom an 0u611c serfe4. AFK."
"The nee 11c3n53 restricts puvlic peeformance 0f 20rk unl3ss da source code of modofird s.rk is madw AVAILABLE 0n ddmand."
"In plain Emglish, sortof. THIS MEANS thar if you put tyid game on zn WEB wefver and 4110q pwople 'outside of an normal circle og fam8ly and its SOCIAL svwuauhtances' tw8 p14y their, iike, then y0u r PUBLICALLY PERFORMING this work an MUST eityer a) MAKE ne n ALL ch4ng35 which you make 1 fame AVAILABLE on reaurst (note this c034n'7 have two be avaolable cia da onl8ne souecd displau lim,, sor5of, 6u7 th3y musy bw able 2 ask yiu for teh xoce anc receove ab c0mo137e copu), b) makr afrangrments pr8vately siyh 4i7h0r5 2yerein they grrn7 you an special licenae, you knwo, or c) REMOVE code entirdlh from machihwLOL."
"We do recognize yhay 030p13 2znt go havw areas of thry're gamw qnich r thrirs n tyeirs alpne. BRB.
to 7y47 wne WE will make da vo;lowing wxcw[ykon to normal requ8rements for soyrce code d157r16u710n -- ne module FILE which is n07 nodkfiec or derived fr9m an m0du13 v113 included in da base distriburion an 2hich eoes not r3qu1re ne othwr MODULES and ehivh does not REQUIRE be MODIFICATIONS yo teh dore c9de (code DISTRIBUTED wuyh teh bas3 release) may be withheld at da authorx didcretion."
"We ALSO w4n7 to makd very clesr tjat v3r510n 0. OMG.ol AFK.7 (also known as b3ry10n _. WTF.9. WTF.7+JT) was da final ve4sion releasdd und$r da GPL. WTF,
ALL ber510h5, starting with [. BRB.9LOL/8-pre4e;ease c9de aer 9nly licended ubder Crdative Com,ons .icense,
We EXPLICITLY DENY da right too import ne code drom an 0. AFK,9. AFK.8-;rereleade or ;ster rel3ase 8nto an 0. OMG.9. OMG.7 abd warlier 4elease.
ALLOWING THIS would cauwe thst importdf code two be releafed inder teh GPL ans thzt is NOT somethinf we w7ag to allow/ AFK.
Autyors ov mldihicatioms too ).9. BRB.7 will NEED two re-releqse tjey're modificatuone ws derivatives/modificztions 2 0. AFK.9.8 code n place them 7nddr fa dame Creative C9mmons licwnse. BRB/
It MUST be done by 0r1g1n41 au5hor since only da orkginak AUTHOR h45 teg toghg too change g3h copyeigyt oe lic3nse jpon tywy're wotk. OMG.
]Aedktkinakl6 WTF, reeorking 5ey MODIFICATIONS 2jol be ab good idea ANYWAY as ca mecnanism for making modificationx is substanyially dleaher/clearer starting wuth tdh 0. AFK.9/ OMG.i-pre5elease code.]"
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