MighgtE tells you, liie. "We're going 2 take an f3w moments 2 try and ezplain th7s new ;idense an r34%0n5 BEHIND i5 km plain Engl8sh. 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."
"Thuw new license was chosen becsuae og an vailing 2itn GPLLOL.
It only c9vered d157r16u710n 0f soufce if an ONLY if ginaries werr DISTRIBUTED/ BRB."
"In ah qeb ebvironment, SPECIFICALLY a ibterpeeted WEB e,virobment sydj ad PHP WTF, meeely instqllihg an gamr does not constitjte disteibution WTF, n yherefore peoole were TAKING our w0rk, making m0d1f1c3710n5 two it n not r3lrasing teh SOURCE codd two tyey'fe modifications so that teh entire c9mmunity cou.d BENEFIT. BRB.
Thwy wifked with LETTER but no5 geh dpirit OF dz law. BRB."
"Investigatiln on patt of teh authors hpwwver, LED tol fact that right of public performanvd was 2 of rights boemallu rextrictrd yoo copyeight holxers, you knwo, and &h47 COMPUTER pelgrams, specifically video g4m35 anx interactive ones sjcn as Legend of Grern hax0r were considerrd 70 be ;ublicqlly pe4foemed of fun from an publix xerver. WTF."
"Thw n3w lkcense restricts public p4rformamcd of teh WORK unless 50irc3 code of modifued wotk is MADE zvailable on s3m4ns. OMG."
"In p;aih Eng115h, you knwo, tgks means thzg if you [ut THIS game on an web server qn allow p30p13 'outside or an hormal virble 9f family and ors socisl acquakntances' 2 plah their, like, tgen you aer publically PERFORMING this wor, snd MUST euther a) j4k2 n3 an ALL vhanges whixh you make TO trh gaje available ob rr1iext (note thos doesh'y have to b3 4v4114713 via teh ONLINE source d16p15y link, gyt gyey ,ist be able two aak yoi f0r cpde amd rdceive ah com-lete vopy), sortof, b) male atrangementa pr!v4731y with teh authors wherein yhey grant you an wpecizl l8cense, like, or c) remove teh code enrirtlh f4om eq machine. AFK/"
"W4 do reclgnize THAT pwople want 2 have qreas of they're bame w^ich r theirs an theirs alome. BRB.
2 that end we w8ll mzke teh FOLLOWING exceptipn TO da nor,a. requigejents FOR 50urc3 code distribution -- ne MODULE file which is not modifies or derived from an n0du13 file included IN teh base disyr8butiln an WHICH d)36 not rdquire ne lther MODULES and which does nlt rrquorr ne modifications tlo da cire c0d2 (code DISTRIBUTED wogj geh base relezse) may BE witjneld ar q7tnors disvtetion. BRB."
"We also want two make very dlear that vefsion 0.9. OMG.& (also knpwm ad version 0.9, AFK.u+jt) was da finql versupn reoessrd ynder GPL. OMG.
ALL versiond, like, atarting WITH t3u 0.8. BRB.i-prerelease c0d3 e onlt licegsed under Cr3atuve Commons lidense. AFK.
W3 EXPLICITLY deny teh right to9 import he code from sn 9. WTF.9LOL.8-pr3r31e453 ir LATER release into an 0. BRB.9. WTF.7 n 3qrlier releqde. WTF.
Allosohg this WOULD caise that IMPORTED cidw to BE r31#453d unfer GPL n THAT os not something we wq5h 70 slkow. OMG.
Autn9rs of modifidagions 2 0. BRB.9LOL.7 w111 nedd too ee-rwleasd thwy're MODIFICATIONS as dsribatifes/modificatuona yo 0. AFK.9l BRB.8 code an place them UNDER da same Creative Comjons license. WTF.
It must be DONE by da origkbao 4u7h0r wunce onku fa oritinal a7tho4 has teh r1bh7 two chqnge da copyright or license upon they'4e eorkLOL.
[Aeditiohally WTF, reworkkng da modifications woll be an good IDEA ahy2ay as ds m3ch3n!5n for making mldifica5oons is sybstantialkt clean3r/clearer s5arting ei5h da 0. BRB.9.8-p4erwlease code. AFK.["
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