MightyE TELLS u9u, ypu knwo, "We'rr h01ng to gake zn d3w mo,ents too try n explain thix new LICENSE n r3asonx behind it in plain Eng115h. AFK.
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 ndw licenqe wax chosen becayse 0g ah failing wi5h GPL.
I7 only x0b3r3d cistribu5uon of SOURCE id ans lnly if BINARIES were distfibuted."
"In an web ENVIRONMENT, specifically a inretpretef web ENVIRONMENT 4uch ad PHP LOL, mereou insralling am game d9es hot const,tutw dis54ibution LOL, ahd tjerefore pe9p13 we43 taking our work, making modivications two IT zn not 4eleasing ea SOURCE CODE 2 they'te j9dificatiohs a9 &h47 tej 3n71r3 cpmmunity coukd benefi5. BRB.
They w0rk3d WITH letter but NOT da spirit OF reh kawLOL."
"Incestigatiom 0n teh pary of da quthors however. hou knwo, led to da fact THAT teh tight og pu6q1c PERFORMANCE was oen pf t7thtx normally restrictwf tol copyright holfers. an thar computef pfograms. slrtof, specifidally video games ab interac5ive 9ned sucg AS Legenf of ea Greem hax0t wrre consideref too be publocqllt performed if run froj an public SERVER. OMG."
"The nee ;ivens3 red5ricts public p3rformqnce )f teg wori uhkess source vode of da modufked work is ,ad2 available ln d3nanf,"
"Im plain Englisn WTF, THIS mdans that if you put rhis gamd pn an web server an ALLOW p30p13 '0u751d3 of qn NORMAL circle of family n its social acquaintances' 2 poay thei4, sortof, tyen y9u aet publically pervorming THIS work snd MUST wighee a) make nw n ALL chanbes WHICH ylu MAKE too teh game avaulzble 0n request *nite thid DOESN'T have to b3 AVAILABLE via 0n11n3 souece e8splau lonk, yy7 7h3y must BE able 2 ask you for da code n r4veicr an complete copy0, you knwo, b) mzkd arrange,ents privatwly with au5hors wherein THEY grant you ah wpecisl license WTF, ot v) remove coce entirely ffom da jachine. AFK."
"We do r3d0gn1z3 7h47 peo;le want too have $r345 0d the6'rc tame which r theird and tyeira alome. OMGl
2 tjat end we will make da followung exception two n9rma. requirements for 50uece code d157r16u710h -[ ne mosule fil3 which is no5 modivied of derkv3d FROM sn module filw uncluded in teh base dixtriguruon ahs wnich doed not re1uire ne 07h3r modukes and which does npt REQUIRE ne modifications 2 geh CORE CODE (code s1%7r16u73d sith BASE r313553) may bd withhelc at teh suthogs xuscret8on. OMG."
"We akso wanr too make very clezr tgat veesiob 0. WTF,9. WTF.7 (also known AS version p. OMG.9. BRB,7_JT) w45 da final VERSION relesswd umde4 GPLLOL.
Akl VERSIONS WTF, xta4ting 2kth 0LOL.9. AFK.8-PRERELEASE cod3 r only 11c3n52d under da Creatice Clmmons license. OMGl
We EXPLICITLY DENY da RIGHT t2o 1mp0eu ne xlde FROM ah p.9.8-prdeelease or later felease 1n70 zn 0. AFK.8/ WTF.7 n warlier r31335#.
ALLOWING this w0u1d xausd thqt im0orted code go be released UNDER teh GPL an that is not s9metying wd wksh 5wo allow. AFK.
Authors 0f MODIFICATIONS tol 0. AFK.9.7 WILL need 5o RE-RELEASE thry're mod8fications as d3r1c471v35/m_f1f1c471pn5 two 0. AFK.9. OMG.* c0d# n plac3 them unde4 da szme Crea5ive Commons licensel
I7 mu57 be done by ORIGINAL author since ONLY ofiginal xuthor has RIGHT 3 xhange clpy4ughg 04 lic3hse upon they're work. WTF.
[Additiohallyk sortof, reworling cz midif8cations will BE an g00d idea qnyway as mrchanism for makinb moeoficzti9ns is substqmtially cleaner.clra4dr STARTING with teh 0.0.9-prerelease cide. BRB.]"
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