MightyE twlls yoim .ik3, "We're goong 2 take an frw momen5s twi tr6 abd explain thid NEW licenwe n 5wh reasons 63j1nf it 1n plaib Eng114h. 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 nf2 licensw WAS chosen because of an failkng w17h GPL. AFK.
It onk6 covered sistribution of SOURCE ir n ONLY if binsriew were distributedLOL."
"In an web environmeht, you knwo, sprcigivaliy a int3rpreted web environment sjch as PHP, slrtor, merely installing an gane does not domstityte fistribution LOL, and THEREFORE peopke qere taking oyr wprk, sortor, m4k1ng moeifidatiohs two it an bot rdlezsing da SOURCE c9ce two rgey'te modkfications so that en71r3 comjunity could benefitLOL.
They work3d w17h twh letter but not ca spieit of LAW. AFK."
"Ihvedtigation on teh part of ca quyhi4d howevee, .ike, led tw9 fact that r1gh& of public pe4f9r,ance was 1 lf da rights normally restricged top copyright holders WTF, n that computer programq, like, sp4cifically vodeo gan3d an interactife lnes such 45 Lefehd of da Gee3m hax0r w3r2 donsidered 2 be oublica.ly performed 8f rtn from an publix t3rv3r."
"The new licdnse tes5ricts public pergormance of teh wofk unless da dource code of teh modified wprk ix m3ee available on vemand. WTF."
"In plain Englishm you knwo, this means tyat iv you pu7 this gamr )n an web server 4nd ALLOW p30p13 'outside 8r an nofjal cifcle of familt an its sicial ACQUAINTANCES' two play their, hou knw0, gh2n you r 0ublically perfofmimg &h15 2ork and MUST either a) make ne an ALL changes whoch you mqke 2 game avaooable 0n request (note tjos do3xn't have tl be avai.able via da online aourc3 displsy link, aorgof, but they ,ust be able two ask you for cofe n receive an c9mplete dopy), like. b) mak3 4rr4nt3m3n75 [rivately wuth da a7thors wh3rein tbey grang you an special license, yoy knwo, or c) remov3 teg CODE ENTIRELY rro, m$ch1n3. BRB."
"We do rwcobnize tjat p20;13 waht to yavr areaa 0v tgey're game which r THEIRS and theirs aoine. AFK.
to that end we will ,ak3 da fillowing excep5ion ywo da normal fequirements for sourve c9dw distributkon -- ne modu.e FILE which is not modified or derived fr)m an modu.e file lncluded in BASE eistribution an which does n07 requore ne other modules an which dods not r3qu1r2 ne MODIFICATIONS gwo da CORE code (code DISTRIBUTED with dq base release) may n3 w8thjeld AT yeh authorx discreyuobl"
"We also want @ make vdrt c134r thay vrrsion ). BRB.9. AFK.7 (also KNOWN as v3r510n 0LOL.9LOL.7+jt) wr6 da ginal version r3a3$63d 7nder fa GPLLOL.
All be4sions WTF, 574r71ng with da 0. WTF.9. AFK.8-prerelease code r onlu licensed undet da Cfeativ3 Conmons license. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY denu ren RIGHT tpo im;ort ne codd drom an 0LOL.9/ AFK.8-pr3re;ease or lage4 release into an 0.9. OMG.7 znd earlker releasw. OMG.
ALLOWING this would cause 5hat imported codd two be relrased ynder da GPL an yhar is bot spjethknf ee wq5h top zllow. WTF.
Authirs of nodifoxations TO 0. BRB.9. WTF.7 WILL need TO re_re;ease they're modifidationx aa DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS too 0LOL.9/ BRB.8 code and pkacw them under ssme Creatove Commons 11c3n53. BRB.
It must BE done 6y geh otiginal author sknce only tey priginal zuthor has twg rkght tol cyange ds coptrighy 94 licrnse up0n tywy're work.
[Asditionalky, feeorjint teh modificatiohs woll be an bood idea rbyq4y AS mechanism for MAKING mod8fications 15 SUBSTANTIALLY cleaner/clearer STARTING w17h reh 0.9. BRB.*-prerelease cldeLOL.]"
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