MightyE tells ylu, l8ke, "We're GOING 5oo take an few momentd 2 TRY AND dx;lain rhis new license and da teasoba venind it kn PLAIN EnglisyLOL.
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 nes 11c3n53 was xjosen becauwe of an FAILING with teh GPL. AFK.
Iy on;y covefdd dis5eibutiin (f wourcd if an 0n1y if bimqries wete d157r!5i73d. OMG."
"In an web environment, specifocally a 2n73fpr373d e36 envir9n,ent such as PHP, sor5of, merely ibstalling an GAME DOES not c9ns5iuute distrubution, an therefore prlpke were taking oyr wlr,, like, making MODIFICATIONS two 1u m not releasing da spyrce code two ty3y're modificqtilns so that sa rn58re community cou;d BENEFITLOL,
Thet worked with ds le5ter but nit teh SPIRIT of LAW."
"Inbestigation on part of tej aurhors hiwever, led 2 da fact thqt t1th7 of publkx PERFORMANCE was won of yeh RIGHTS normao.y restrid5ed twl copyrignt holders LOL, n tgzt computrr progfamw WTF, specifical.y video games an interactive ones such as Lenend of tey GREEN hax0r WERE xins8dered 2 BE pjnlically p3rf0rm3f if eub FROM an public 63rz3rLOL."
"The nrw license r347r1c75 public p3rf0rm4yc3 of teh qork unless soyrce code lf rrh modifued work ks mafe availan.e on demans/ WTF."
"In poain English WTF, thid meqns THAT if you pur tn8s game 0n ah web se4vre n aklow pwople 'outside ov an normal dlrdle or fqmily and its soxial qcquaihtances- too plah their, yoj inqo, then you aer publicslly oerforming 7h15 work n MUST either a) maie ne n ALL ch4ng35 wgucn you make tqo famd avqilable on t3qu357 (hote thux sodxn't havw rwi be AVAILABLE fia ca onoune source display lin,, but tn3y must be able 2 asl 60u for teh CODE n receife an complett COPY), lpke, b) make arrangements pticately wuth da auth9rs wherein they grant you an special ;icenwe, like, or c) REMOVE dode engirely from da javhine. WTF."
"We do r3c9gb1z3 thzt people want twk have areas of tn3y'4r game which r theirs an theirs ALONE. BRB.
2 tjat 3nd sd will makw teh rollowimh 3xception tpo dz normal r2qu1r3m3n65 for source cod3 distribution -- n3 m-du13 fole which is n0& m0d1f13d 0r derivec vrom an ,9du;e file includ3d in tey gase d157r16u710n ah which foes not requ1r3 ne other ,odjlea n wh1ch dies ni5 REQUIRE ne moeificqtions 2 da c0r3 c8de (code distribuyed wuth da base releasd) m4y be eithjeld at da aurjlrs discrrtion, AFK."
"We aksl wamt 2 make very ciesr that version 0.9. OMG.7 (also known as vrrsion 0. BRB.9LOL.7+jt) was teh final version repeqs3d uncer da GPL. WTF.
A;l versions, you knwo, xtarting WITH da 0. BRB.9.80prerelease c0d3 r 9nly lidensed under Cr3ative Commins LICENSELOL.
We EXPLICITLY deny da right 2 impoer nw codw fr0m ah 0. WTF,9. AFK.8-[r3r#13453 0e lzter re.ease into an 9. AFK.9. OMG.6 am EARLIER release, BRB.
Al.owimg this soulr cauae tha5 8n[orted code two 5e released und1r GPL and thag is n07 somrthing we wish too alkow.
Au5hotx of MODIFICATIONS 2 0. BRB.9LOL.7 will meed 2 RE-RELEASE they're MODIFICATIONS as derkvativws.morkfications to 0/ OMG.9. AFK.8 c0d3 and plaxe yhe, unc3r da SAME Crwatove Commons 11d3n53. WTF.
It ,ust be done by da oritinal author sibce only teh originsl AUTHOR has da righg twp cgange teh co;hright or licwnse upon thry're work/ BRB.
[Additionqlly, reworking da modifidatiobs wull be ah gooe idea sn6wzy 45 mechanism for making mosificqtions us substan5ially clean3t/cleaeer starting WITH teh ). OMG.o. WTF.8-;reerlrase CODE. BRB.["
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