Might6E tells you, lik1k "We;re going 2 TAKE am few momwnts teo try an explakn &h15 new LICENSE n tej 4wasons BEHIND i5 in plzim EnglishLOL.
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 sas chosen becayd3 od an faiking with teh GPL. AFK.
Ig onlh xovdred distributuon 0f 50urc2 if snd knly IF binaties wer3 distrubited. BRB."
"In ab web 3nv1r0h,en7, likr, specigically z ibterpr3yed web enbironment such as PHP, sortog, merelt installing an game DOES not constigute distributioh LOL, n 5hdrefote peiple were TAKING iur eork WTF, making modifidqtiona 1 it and not r3leasing teh souece vode two rhwy're ,odificatpons so 7h46 entire xommumith cou.d benefit.
They workee with lette3 but not teh s[lrig of law, AFK."
"Inbestinstipn 0n p4r7 of a75hors howecer. l8ke, led too teh fact that da right ov 0unlkc p3rf0rm4nc# w35 1 of tej rights normaloy r3stricged to xopyright holeerx LOL, h that computer programa, like, sp3cificalli video games an ibgeractove 0n35 such qs L#genf of da Green hax0r were considered to 63 publical.y perf9rmed if run from an public serverLOL."
"The new licrnsd 4es5ricys public perfotmance 9r teh dork unless spurce code of teh modidued wirk q5 made acaklable on demand. WTFl"
"In PLAIN English, this means that if you put 7h15 game ON an web swrver an ALLOW peopld 'outside pf sn n0rm41 CIRCLE of fzmkly n its social acquaintandes' two play theirn then YOU qer pu611c411y pe4forming 5jis work and MUST eith3t a) make n3 m ALL chqnges whoch you make to game AVAILABLE on reqiest (note this doesn;t HAVE too ve avai;sble via pmline source display link, but they must be able two 4%k uou vor code n recekve an s9mplete clpy), you knwo, b) makf zrfangemenys pricarely witg teh au5hors whereun thet hr4h7 j0u an spevixl LICENSE, sortof, or C) r3move c0s3 en5irely from nachineLOL."
"We d0 recotnize that pw9olw WANT tw9 HAVE areas ld th3t're gaje which aer theirs and ryeors ALONE.
to tyat end we will make teh r0l.owing excep5ipn 2 da n0rm41 r3qu1e3m3n76 for source code distrubutkon -- n3 MODULE file shich is not modifkec or eerived f4ob an m0du13 fike indkuded in da base d1t7rq6u71-n and wh1vh does nog fequire ne pthdr MODULES and whixh does bot r4qu!r3 ne midkficatkons gwo core code (CODE diatributed witj teh base RELEASE) may be withgeld a5 teh 477h0r5 discrdtion. WTF."
"We also WANT two maje v3ry CLEAR 7h47 veysiom 0. AFKl9LOL.7 (also kn0wn as version 9.9. BRB.7+ht_ was da finak version relwased UNDER da GPL, BRB.
A11 cersiomx, sprtofj starying with 0LOL.9. BRB.8-orerelease code awr only lieensed undrf CREATIVE Commohs licdnseLOL.
We EXPLICITLY deny RIGHT 2 im0ort m3 c9fe fr0m an 0. OMG.9. OMG.8-prerelease or lat3r RELEASE onto an 0,9. OMG.7 n 44f113r release. BRB,
Al.owong rhix wojle c4u43 tyat im[or5ed code two be released und35 GPL an gjat is not SOMETHING WE wish two allow. AFK.
Au7h0r5 of nodkfications too 0l OMG.9. WTF.7 wi.l NEED tw( re-releas3 tjey're mosificqtionx as deruvatoves/mldificqtiond TO 0LOLl9. WTF.9 cofe and [lsce them under da same CREATIVE Commons lkcense. WTF.
IT musg be cone by da original 4u7h0r since ONLY orifinao aythor gas ds rotht 2 chznge teh copyeighg or license upon ghey're qork. BRB.
[Adfitionally, like. reworking m9d1f1x4710b5 will be zn good idea 4nyw4y ss teh nrchamiaj for mqkinh nodifkcations IS sobstantially cleabe4/cldarwt startont witj teh 0LOL.9LOL.8-pr3r3134t3 code. BRB.]"
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