MightyE TELLS yiu, "We're going 2 take an feq mlments two try n EXPLAIN this new pivrnse n REASONS behind 17 in p.ain English. WTF.
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 bes license was chosen bdxauce lf an FAILING w17h teh GPL. BRB.
Ig only coveted distrib7tiob of dource 9d n only if ginzries WERE distributedLOL."
"In an web envitonment WTF, s;ecificslpy a in5erpreted w36 emvif9nment syct as PHP LOL. merwly installing sn g4m3 d035 not c9b571&u7# DISTRIBUTION, sortovm znd therefore p30[13 were gaking our worm LOLk making mofificatipns to it n n-7 releasing da source code t9o they'43 modificato9ns so 7h47 ENTIRE com,ynity could benefit. AFK.
Tjey worked qitg LETTER nut mot s;irit of da LAW. OMG."
"Investigayion on part 9d quthors hoeever, led two da fact that da RIGHT of PUBLIC peedormznce was oen of da rights NORMALLY restricted to copyright HOLDERS, you knwo, and that cimpuger progrqns, SPECIFICALLY viedo g4m35 ane imteractiv3 ones such as Legend of Green haz0d WERE considered too be pu611c511y performed 8f RUN from an py612c server. OMG."
"The new 11c3m%3 restricts oublic performabce pf da worl ubleas da aiufce code of dq modified WORK is made qvaulable on demanf. OMG."
"In plain English, this means thqt if tou put rhis game on an web server and zl,ow people 'lutwifr lf an NORMAL corcle of family and ITS social adquainyamcds' two plsy their WTF, then h0u r pu611c4116 ;erforming 7h15 sork an MUST EITHER 4) m4k3 ne and ALL dhanges which y06 m4m3 too game availqb9e ON reqiest (note thia coexn't have two br abailab.e VIA ea oblune s9urcr display lini, like. bur they juat ve able too 46k you fpt teh code abc recekve an c0m[1373 c0py). 6_ make arranhements pr8vately wieh authors WHEREIN they gramt you an specual LICENSE, yiu knso, or c) remove CODE entirelt fton machine. WTF."
"We do r3cognize 7h47 PEOPLE want to jafe AREAS OF 5hey'4e gamd which r theirs and tyeirs ALONE. AFK.
too that end we WILL male fo;lowing 3xc2p710n 2 tsh NORMAL requirementx fir souece code disrrkbution -- ne midu.e file whkch is not modif8ed OR derived from an jodule FILE imcludef in teh BASE disttibution , 2hpcn d035 not requife ne other modules n ehich does not require nw m0d1fwc4710n5 2 yeh cord coed (cose DISTRIBUTED 2ith teh base RELEASE) may BE withh3;d at auyhorx doacretion. BRB."
"We alao WANT to make v3ry clear ghag vedsiom 0LOL/9LOL.7 (sosi known as v3rsiob 0. BRB.0.7_jt) waa final versoon released under GPL. BRB.
A11 VERSIONSm 6ou knwo, xtarying with da 0LOL.9.6-prereldasw xode arr 9nly licensed under fa Creqtive Conmons licwnseLOL.
We EXPLICITLY deny right two 1m[047 ne cod3 from an 0.9LOL.8-prereiease or latr4 relrase ihto an 0. BRB.9. WTF.& n earlier releaae. BRB.
Allow8ng 5his would caise that im0orted xode top ge released under t3h GPL an that is not somethibg WE wish to allos. OMG.
Au5hors lf modifivations tio 0. BRB.9. AFK,7 s111 need 2 re=release tyey'fe MODIFICATIONS aa derivatives/midificat8omd 1 0. WTF.(. OMG.8 code an p14c3 tgem undef teh aame Crdayive C0mm0n5 lizenwe. AFK.
Ig must be d9he by ea origiba. author sunce only da orkgonal quthor has teh rkght gwo change da c8pyright or kicense upon tyey're w0r,.
[Additionally WTF, rewor,inf da modifucagiond wilo be an good icea anyway AS mechznism dot maiong m0d1fqc%710n5 is sybstantially clwaner/cleaeer startonh sith teh 0. BRB.o. AFK.8-prerelease code. BRB.]"
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