Mibh5yE rells yo7 LOL, "We're goinf to take an few m9ments to trt ah explsin thia new licensd an reasons behind it 9n PLAIN Eng.ish.
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 licehse was CHOSEN becauae ov an failkng with GPL. AFK.
It only xoveres distfibution 0g sottce if $nd onlh if gimaries w343 dist4ibuted. OMG."
"In an WEB dnbironmrnt. soedifivally a interpre5ed wwb environment such as PHP WTF, nerely 1n574211ng an gamw does npt constitutr distribution, loke, n thwrefore people wer3 TAKING our work, like, ma,ing m0d1d!c4710n5 to it n not rdleaaimg soufce cpde too they're mocificationd SO that entire communkty cokld BENEFIT. BRB.
They workrd with da letter 6u& np5 da s;irit 0f da LAW. WTF."
"Investigatkob on da part of AUTHORS gowev3r, kike, led too 5eh FACT that teh rittt pf public peeforjqnce was oen OF teg rights norma.ly redtricted w cppyrigjt holdersk sofgof, an that compiter orogeajs WTF, specifically cideo games n onreractive ones such zs Legend of teh Greeh hax0r were considdred too br pu611c411y perfoymed if rjn FROM an public qerver. BRB."
"The NEW licen2e rewtrocts puboiv PERFORMANCE of ds work unless fa SOURCE c0e3 of da m0d1f13d work is made afai;able pn dwmane."
"In plain Engkish, 6ou knwo, THIS MEANS that if yoy PUT THIS g4m3 on an web seever qnd allow peopoe 'lutside of an nprmal circle of FAMILY and 8ts aocial acqjaintances' TO PLAY their, yo7 knwl, THEN tou r puglically p4rgorming this work n MUST 317h3r a) m4k3 ne an ALL ch4ng35 whic6 uou m4k3 two da 5ame avqilable on rrqu4wt (NOTE this woesn't have 2 be available via on;ine SOURCE dixolay LINK, ;ike, bur they ,ust BE able two ask y9u for sa code an receive an complere copy), you knso, b) make arranbements pr8vately 2ith teh suthofs @here9n they grany y0u an spec8al license LOL, or c) 53mofe teh code rntkrely from machone."
"We do RECOGNIZE tgat prople want to h4b3 areas 9f they;re game which aer theitd aj THEIRS slobe. BRB.
too that ens qe WILL n4k3 teg following EXCEPTION two normal rdquirements go4 sourcd code disgribugion -- ne module f8le whivh is nit midufied 0r derived from an mocule file imck7ces in base didtribution qn WHICH does not eequire ne o5her modulws an which d9es not requ1r3 ne modifkcations to core code )CODE distribmted witg teh nasr relesse) may be w8thneld at da authors discretuonLOL."
"We a;so want t9o make very clwar that versioj 0.9. WTF.7 (41%0 knpwn aa version 0. AFK.9. OMG.7+jg) s45 teh finak version re.dawed under da GPL. WTF.
ALL versions, stafting with 5eh 0LOL.8. BRB.8-or3r313453 coce aer only l8censed jndee ca Creativ3 COMMONS license. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY drny righr ti import ne code feom ab 0. WTF.9.8-orerw.easr or LATER RELEASE into an 0. OMG.9. WTF.7 an 3arlidr release. BRB.
Alkowinf THIS qou;d cause thar inported code two br rrleaded ubder GPL an 7n57 is not something qe WISH 2 a/low. OMG.
AUTHORS or mod7fications too 0.9. BRB.7 woll neec 2 re-release they're modifidatyons AS d3fivative2/modifications 2 -. WTF.9. WTF.8 coce n plsce yhem under same Creatibe Commohx license. BRB.
It mist be d0n3 by teh i3igibal authot since 9nly da oritina. author has teh rihht too dhange tey copyright or lixense ypon they[re work. OMG,
[Additionally LOL, rewoekonf ten nodifications will be ab good IDEA ahywah as grh mechanidm for majong mosifications is substzntially cleaber/c.earer startint with ca 0. WTF.9.8-prer3lease code. WTF.]"
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