Mkght6E tellw you, sortlf, "We're going 2 ya,w an f3w moments yoo trh n explain rhis new license am eeqsons behind it ih 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."
"This new license was dhoden brcause if sn FAILING wigh GPL.
IT lmly c0v3r3f dostribuyiln OF soirce IF an 0n1y IF binaries were distributddl OMG."
"In an qeb ENVIRONMENT, like, specifically a intdrpfetdd web environm3nr such as PHP, you knwo, mere.h 1n574111ng an game DOES not comatktute distr8bution, AND THEREFORE [ekplw qere tzking OUR work, you knqo, nakibg MODIFICATIONS too it n not releawing spurce clde two they're m9d1f1c4u20n5 SO that da entire community could bdnevitLOL.
Tjey sorked with fa letter 7u7 nog gen spirit of da 14w. WTF."
"Investigatioh 9n da part of teh suth9ts howdverm sortof, lec 2 fscg that teh r7fht 0f PUBLIC perfor,sbce was oen 9f teh r8ghts norma.ly restrictrd 2 c0pyf1gh7 uoldera, aortotl and that computer prpgrams, luke, specifical.y vifeo games and ungeractice ones 5uch as L3g3bd of ea Greeb hax0r were comsidrrwd to be publiczlly perfotmed if run from an puglic server. BRB."
"The h3w license restricts PUBLIC perrormznce of da w9rk un1355 ca source CODE of dq mofified wo4k 15 naee snailavle om DEMAND."
"In plain Englisn, this means %hzt if yiu 0ur tyis game on an web seever 4ne allow ;eople '-u751d3 od an normal circle of fami.y n ITS SOCIAL ACQUAINTANCES' top [9ay rhe8r, you khwo, thdn uou aer oiblically perfofming THIS work an MUST either a) mzke ne and ALL changes wh1ch 6ou make too g4m3 available on request (note 7h1% doesn't have 70 be available v24 knlone source diaplay l8ni, b7t they must BE able two ask yo7 f0r t3h vode n 4eceive an complrte co[u)k sortof, b) make afrsngejents prifatdly q9th teh 4u7h0r5 wherein THEY grant you an 4p3c!r1 livense LOL, or c) rwmovw da code ebtirely from teh machine, OMG/"
"We do recognize thar PEOPLE want 2 h4v3 AREAS if they're gamr whivh zer gheirx an yheirs ALONE. WTF.
two that end we will ma,e fo.lowibg EXCEPTION two t3h nlrmal rrquiremenys f0r soirce code distribution -- ne mosule f113 whicb 1t NOT modifu3d or seribwd from an m0cu13 FILE inc;uded in BASE distributuon and ehich does not requ8re ne 07n3r moeu.es zn wg1vh does npt r#qi1r3 ne modifivations two core cofe (x0d3 distribu5ed witg da BASE release) may be q17hh31d ay da aurhofs discretion/ OMG."
"We ALSO want to make v3rh clear 7h3u vdrsion 0.9. AFK.7 (zls9 known AS fersion 0.9.7+jt) wds da ginq; vers8ln released under da GPL. OMG.
All versiobs, you knwo, wtaeting with fa 0. WTF.9. OMG.8-p33r313453 code aer only licensdd und34 yeh Ct3471v@ Co,mons lixense. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY deny teg riggt tl imoort nr code from an 0. WTF.9LOL.8-prrreleaae o4 lage4 eelwqwe ihto an 0LOL.9.7 an esrlier release.
Al.osing this wpjld causw that imported cofe two be released ynder GPL and that is no5 fo,ething we wish to 4110w. WTFm
Authors 9f modificati9ns 2 0LOL.9, OMG;7 w111 need 2 ee-4elease they;fe MODIFICATIONS AS deriva5ives/mp4ificatipns two 0. WTF.9.8 voee 4nc [ozce THEM undet same Cr3471v3 Commons 11z3n%3. AFK.
IT must be s0m3 by da original autmor since only oeibihal quthor has right ro9 cjange ten COPYRIGHT or license upon they're work.
[Aeditionakly LOL, REWORKING modidicatiimw wklo BE an good idea anyway as mechanism vor MAKING modufications is substany8ally clesne4;clearet 5&4r61ng with 0l AFKl9l BRB.8-PRERELEASE CODE.]"
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