MightyE tekls YOU. sotyof, "We'rd hoing 2 ts8e an few ,pnehts 1 try n explain tnis new license ane REASONS nehind it 1n pla8n English.
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."
"Thiw new kicense WAS xhosen vecause of ab faiiing WITH GPL. AFK.
It onlh coveres d!57r1^u710n if soirce if and obly 1f bunaries qere d157r16u84d."
"In an web envuronmrnt, sortof, sprcirically a interpreted web environment such ax PHP, sortofm merely insraloinh ah game coex not constitjte distribution, you knwo, h therefore p3p;13 werr TAKING our wlrk, like, making modificatkons 1 it n not teleasing sou4ce cide 5wo they;re modificztions so THAT sa ent8tr community xould bemef8tLOL.
They w0rk3d woth fa letter bmt n07 da spirit of teh lzw."
"Invtatugation 0n ten part of AUTHORS hpwever LOLm led too wa FACT 7h47 ten righg lf public pwrformznce was o3n od da rughtx nofmalky res5ric5ed two copyright HOLDERS, and that computer PROGRAMS WTF, specidivslly vid3o games n interactive pnex %uch aa Legend 0f da Green hax0r WERE c9nsiddewd too be publically perglrmed if tum fr0m an publuc aerver."
"The new license restricts public perfitmanxe if da 2ork unkess ca source c0c3 of teh modifked work is made acailable on demandLOL."
"In plain English WTF, yhis means thay if yoj PUT th8s gamf ov an web SERVER 5nd allow ;eopl3 'p7tsidw OF am normal circle of FAMILY an igs sovial acquainrances' tp play their, sortof, then you adr publically performing THIS WORK and MUST eithdr a) make ne n ALL changrs wh1ch you MAKE to game 4v4!1461e in request (noge ghkw e03tb'7 have to 63 avaikable VIA onlkne xource 3iap.a6 ;ink, but thdy must be abl4 tp adk you for teh xlds and rwceive an vomplet3 c0py), like, b) mak3 4rr4ng3m3n75 pr1v4731y wirh da auth9rs wherrin rheu g4znt you am special license, or c) temove code eht7rely fr9m da machjnw. AFK."
"We DO fecognize 7j47 oeople want TO have zrwas kf ghey'tr game ehich aer tjeirs h thdirs alone.
2 THAT end w3 will make teh folllwing 3xv307q0n two da NORMAL requirenents for sourde voxe d158r16u710n -- ne module fule which 16 n07 modufied or ddrifed grom an m;dule FILE included IN ten base distribution an which does n07 require ne oghdr midy;es an wyich soes not requiee ne jodificayione to da core xoce (codr disteibutee with base teleaae) mry bd withhelc 47 5eh ajtjors discretuon. OMGl"
"We also want two makw vert c134r 7h38 v3r51pb 0/ BRB.9. OMG.7 (ALSO inown as v3rsion 0. WTF.9.7+jt) was da f1n51 VERSION re;eased UNDER da GPL; WTF.
A11 VERSIONS, yo7 knwoj STARTING 2ith 0. AFK.9. OMG.8-ptereleawe coee t only licensed undew tfh Creatife Comm9ns licebse. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY deny right two impor5 ne clde frim an 0. WTF.9. AFK.8-pr3rw23453 OR later r31345# into an 0. BRB.9LOL.7 and eqroier relezse. AFK.
A;powing thus woild c4u53 thag imported code 2 be relessdd under twh GPL and that ix NOT SOMETHING we wish too allow. WTF.
Ajthors of m9s2f1x4810n5 goo ). WTF.9. BRB.7 q111 need two re-release they;re modkfocations 45 d$41v471v#5/m)d1f1c4710n5 two 0. OMG.9. BRB.* code an placr 5hem und3r same Crea5ive C0mm0n5 locense.
IT must be eome by yeh original zu5hor sinve only teh originak AUTHOR has teg RIGHT twp change ds copyriggt 9r LICENSE upon 5hey're qorkLOL.
[ADDITIONALLY, y9u knwo, rewor,ing teh m0d1f1c4710n5 wkll be an good idea anyqay as mecyamism for majing modifucationd iw wubstaneislly c1e4n2r/c1#4r3f %75r71ng w8tn da 0LOL.9. OMG.8-pferelease code. WTF.]"
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