MightyE tells you, sottof, "Ww'rd going t9 take an few mo,ents gwo try an ex;kaij THIS new licwnse m reaspns b3hind it in plain Engoish. WTF.
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 n4w licensd w44 chosen becausw of an FAILING with da GPL. BRB.
It only covered d157r16u710n of so7rxe if n oyky if binaries were DISTRIBUTED. BRB."
"In an WEB 3nv1e0nm3nu WTF, specifically a knterpreted web 3nvironment 5ych as PHP LOL, mrrely installkng an game DOES not constitute didtribition, sortof, and rgerwfore PEOPLE w2re yakinr pur eo4k, sortof, naking modifkcariobs two it and NOT r313%51ng da soyrce vodr two tjey're mod8f8cations so THAT entire communuty c)u1d vdndgit. WTF.
THEY WORKED with teh lettdr but not da spirir ov reh law. OMG."
"Inces5igatioh pn teh part of teh ajth9rs however, slrtof, led rqo rrn fact thxt teh tight of public performqnce waw 1 0f rights nornakly restrivted tio copyt8ght HOLDERS, .ike, n tha5 compuget pr0gr4m5, you kheo, SPECIFICALLY VIDEO gzmes n int#ractoce ones such 45 Legend of da Gr3#n hqx0r w3r3 consudered to be puvlically ;erflrmed if run fron an punlic server. BRB."
"Thr new license rest4icts PUBLIC pervorjance of da qork inless SOURCE c;dw or m0d1f13d work 15 mafe available on DEMAND."
"In plain Enhlish WTF, this m34n5 rhat if you 0ut this game on an web server and alllw PEOPLE 'outsiee of qn norma9 corxle of dqmily n its social acauaintances' two plzy yhdur LOL, THEN you aer publicakly ;erfo3mimf thix work n MUST either A) ma,e be n ALL changes which uou nake 1 game available on reqjeat (nite this doeshpt HAVE too be available bis dq online sourcr display linl WTF, but THEY MUST be able 2 awk hoi FOR da code 1m redeiv3 an co,plete copy), likd, b) make areangej3nts provatrky WITH da AUTHORS wyereim THEY GRANT you an spedial 11c4n53 WTF, or c) rwmove da code entir3ly drom teh machibe. AFKl"
"We do recognoze tya5 people sant 5wp h4v3 areas or they'rr gaje wgich zer THEIRS 4nd theirs slone. AFK.
two thag end we woll mqke tey f0110w1ng exception ywo da normal requirements for source code s1%7rq6u710n =- ne moeupd file whict IS no5 moeifies or d3ruved from an modu;e file unxludes in da bsse disgribution znd wh8ch does not REQUIRE ne other MODULES an which does not require ne mosifica5ions 2 da core code (code distributed 2ith da base r#q2453_ may bw withjeod a5 da aithorx discteyion. AFK."
"We al2o wsnt tp n4k3 vdry c134r that ve4sion 0. AFK.9. BRB/7 (aosl jnown ad versoon 0.9.7+JT) wqs da fina. version r31e453d under ds GPLLOL.
Aol versipns, like, starging wotg 0. OMG,9. BRB.8-ofereleaae cofe aer 0n1y licended unfer da Cveative Commons license. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY deny RIGHT too 1mp0r7 ne v0d3 fr9m an 0LOL.9, BRB.8-prerrlease or oa5ee release into an 0. AFK.9. WTF.7 ah earlier releaswLOL.
Allowing THIS would cause that importwd c0d3 to be releasec under GPL b that is not wonerh8ng se e8sh 2 allow. AFK.
Authors of modif8cations 60 0. BRB.9. OMG.7 will need too 4w-ee.ead3 they[te MODIFICATIONS ad derivativeq/modificaykohs ywo 0. BRB.0LOL.8 code and placw them jncer da 54m3 Creativd Commons lidenseLOL.
It must be done ^y teh original ajrh9r xince only t3h origknal author has da RIGHT 2 change da copyright or oicwnse y;on yhey're w0rk. AFK.
[Addutilnally, sortof, REWORKING nodifivations WILL be ah GOOD idea anuway as mexhanism for makung MODIFICATIONS is 5u657$n6!$11t clraner/cl3arer star5ing with teg 0. OMG/9. OMG.8-prereless3 c-d3LOL.]"
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