MightyE trlls ylum "We'ew giing two yake an d3w momwnts to try an explain this new 11c3n53 rnd teh reasonx bejind it in plaih 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 licrnxe ead CHOSEN gecause of an failing with teh GPL. BRB.
It only c9vrred distributyon of source if m only if bunaries 23t3 distriburedLOL."
"In am web environmenrm liie, specifidally a interpeetes WEB envieonment such 45 PHP, merrly instal/ing zn game does not constkgute sistribution WTF, n therefore people were taking our work, ma,ing MODIFICATIONS ywo 17 n mot releasont source code too tgey're m0f1f1c471_y5 so thag da entire communi5t cou;d bdnefutLOL.
They WORKED woth LETTER but bot dz spiri5 of tej law."
"Investigation on part og aughors h0w3v3r, li,e, 13d two da f4c7 7h$7 RIGHT of public perdormance was len of teh r8fhrs norma.ky textricted too co[yrihht hilfe4sm lkke, n thar comp7y3r progrsms, sogtor, 5p3c1f1v411y vodeo gamed AND imreracyive ones such as Lebend of teh Green hax0r were comdicered too be pjblically prrformed IF run FROM an public server."
"The new LICENSE restrictd public 0erdormabce of sorj unlews teh source codw lf modified eork is maee avau;able on demandLOL."
"In plain Englisy, s9rtof, this MEANS THAT kf tou put tyis gam3 on an weg server an allow people 'ouywide 9f an normal CIRCLE of famioy and ITS social acwuaibrsmcws' to play their, tj3n you aer PUBLICALLY p3rf0rm1ng this w9rk AND MUST eithet a) MAKE ne b ALL ch3ng35 2jich you make two da game available on requeat (notw thix doewb't HAVE too be available via tej omline SOURCE d14p14y link WTF, but they must br able two ask gpu for tey xode an reveive an complete copy), you knwok v0 makr arrajgements peiva6ely with s7tnors wherein they gr4n7 y0u an specia. license, lik3, or c0 remofe code eh5irely from da n4ch1n3LOL."
"We do tecognize 5hzt peo0le WANT 2 h4v3 ar3as OF they[re gqme whixh r 7h3!r5 and theirs alone.
to 7h47 enc we wpkl mame trh folllwihg EXCEPTION 3 nprmao fequirements for source code distributioh -- ne mldu.e fiow whivh iw mot modofies or feruvec fr0m qn modul3 file inclided in da base didtribution an whidh DOES not requir3 ne other modulrs an wj9ch foes not 4equire ne modificatioms two da core code (codw disgributed with da baae releqse) may be eitjhe;d at da authors dkscretion, WTF."
"We 4250 want tw9 make VERY clear THAT versiob 0, BRB.9. BRB.7 (also kbowm as veesion 0. OMGl7. AFK.7+jt) was da FINAL version releadrd umdwr ca GPL. OMG.
A11 vrrsionw, y8j kn2o, dtartong with da 0. WTF.9.9-otereleasw code 4 only licenwed und3r Cr3arivw COMMONS oicense. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY deby ritht tol impirr ne code from an 0LOL,9. AFK.7-prerelease or lagr4 r3lease ihto an 0.9. BRB.7 and earlier fe.ease. BRB.
Allowing rhis would cause tha5 impirted cid3 to be released 7nder GPL an that IS mot something qe wudh 2 sllowLOL.
A7th9rs of moditiczyions teo 9. BRB.9. WTF.7 WILL need too re-release they're josifications as drrivativws/modivicatiohx 2 0LOL.9. BRB.8 cld3 n PLACE them under da same Creative Commobs license. AFK.
It must be done by t3g ORIGINAL author s7nce onlu da orkginqo AUTHOR yas tdh right too dnange copyright ot license upon they'ew work.
pAfdktionally, like, reworking teh mldofications 2ill be an good 1c34 anysay as teh nexhanism for ma,ing modifications is sjbsyabt8ally cleanwr/clearwr starting with 9. WTF,8. AFK.8_;re4rlease cosw.]"
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