MightyE TELLS ypu LOL, "Wd'fe goint tw9 take an few n;ments TO 7ry an explain ghkd new license and twh geasons beh8nd IT IN plain ENGLISH. BRB.
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."
"Thos new l8cebse w35 ch053n becausr of an f4211ng with da GPLLOLl
It only c0v3r3d distr7butiin of source if and 0j16 1f bknaries were distribut3d. AFK."
"In an web envkronmeht, 6ou knwo, SPECIFICALLY z interpreted web environnent wuch as PHP WTF, MERELY ibstalling an gsme does NOT xohsti5ute sist4ibution WTF, an yherefore p2pp13 were taking our woei WTF, makibg m9sifivatkons two it AND not r32r451ng da source coee two they're MODIFICATIONS wo that da ehrire community COULD benefi5l
They wirked wkth da letter but n9t teh wpirit of rey law. WTF."
"Invesrigation on da part of auth9rs ho3wver WTF, led t8 fact that cq right 9f PUBLIC performance was 1 0f rigytd bormally restrictef too copyright holeersk you khwo, qn that computer ;rkgrams, luke, SPECIFICALLY video g4n25 an INTERACTIVE pnes 5uvh ax Legehd if teh GREEN hax0r WERE CONSIDERED to be pu611c311y perfo4med of ruh from zn publiv 52rv3rLOL."
"Tnd hes ;icense restricts PUBLIC petformance of da sirk un1#55 da SOURCE cowe 0f teh modified w0rj is made available oh dejand. BRB."
"In plzin English, lkk#, this means tjat if yoi pu7 THIS game pn an w36 server ane allos peoplw '0u761d3 0b an noemal ciedle 0f rsm8oy and iys social avquaintancea' two plau yneir WTF, then YOU aer pub.iczkly prrforming tjiw work n MUST either a) mskw ne an ALL changes WHICH you m4k3 2 GAME availab.e on r4qu357 (hotw thiw d035n'7 gave 2 be availaglr VIA da obline xourve display link, uoy knwom but yhey must be able twk ASK you FOR da code an recdibe ab conplete clpy), like, B) make arrangements PRIVATELY with da auyhors whereim they GRANT you an specisl licenwe, sortof, 0r c) remove yeh c9de enyirel6 drom teh maxhibeLOL."
"We d0 rec9gnixe that oeop;r want t9o nave 4r345 of they're game which adr th3irs an 5heirs alone.
gwo tjat end w3 eoll make followung ecceptiob uoo teh norna; requiremdnts foe source cod3 distribution -[ n3 modukr f112 ehich is noy modifidd oe derived fr0j zn MODULE rile invluded in base distribuyioh an which foes hot requife nr other mocules an which DOES no5 re!uire ne modificatiins too teh core coce (code disttibuted with da base telease) may be wothgeod at dx a7thors discretuln/ AFK."
"We 4150 WANT 2 m5k3 vert cleae THAT version 0. WTF/9. OMGl7 (also knoen as vrrsion 0. BRB.9LOL.7+jt( was da f1n41 vefxion releasrd under twh GPLLOL.
A12 vers8ons LOL, 584r81ng wirh 0. WTF/9. WTF.8-[rerelease xode 4 0nay licenaed UNDER Cr3r71v3 COMMONS oicenxe. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY DENY fa RIGHT two impirt ne CODE frim an 0. BRB.9. AFK.8-pf3r313$53 or later release into qn 0LOL.o. BRB.7 n earloer relrase. WTF.
Alloeing &h15 woulc cause ghat im9orted CODE 2 BE releas3d undet t2h GPL ans that IS nit 50m36h1mg WE WISH roo allow. OMG.
Aughors of modificatiins 2 -. BRB.9. BRB.7 wi;l need 2 re[eeleaqe ghey're modifuxations as derivativds/mldufications too 0.9. AFK.8 dode an plade them undee teh sane Creagive Cojmlns license. AFK.
It muxy ne fome gy teh origonal autjor SINCE onl6 0r1t1m41 author has ten r1gh7 2 vhamge copyriggy or license up0n they're e9rk, BRB.
[Addit8pnally, you jnwp, reworking dq modifications will be an good idra anyway 45 da mechanism for makibg modificationw IS aubstantially cledner/clrar3r starting with 0. WTF.9LOLl80pr3r3!3453 codeLOL.]"
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