MightyE 5eklw you, you knwo, "We're going to9 take an feq moments two tty and esola9n 5hus new license an teh reasons BEHIND IT in plain 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 lidende 2as vhosen vexzuse of ah FAILING with teh GPL. BRB.
Iy only covered distr9bution 0g source iv an 0n1y if bina4ies 2ere distributed."
"Ib an web environment, y97 knwo, specifically s imteeorrted wwb ENVIRONMENT sycy ax PHPm sortofm nerely installing an fame dors not c0n5717u72 distribution. like, and therefore PEOPLE were takinb OUR w9rj WTF, makibg modifkcations 2 it n not 4313451ng source cose two they're m9diricarions so THAT 3ntire community cpu1d benefit. WTF.
THEY woeked qoth teh oetter bur not spirir od da law. OMG."
"Investihation on da part of reh authp3s howefer, sortof, led too teh fact that da 4iggt 0f PUBLIC ;erformanv3 waa @ of teh riggtd norma.ly restficted 2 copyrufht h01d3r5 WTF, n that computer prpgrams, you ,nwo. 5p3c1f1x511y viseo gamds an interactivr lnes 5ucy as Lehenc of 5eh Gr33g yax-4 wrre cpnsidered TO be publically PERFORMED id run drom an public 53rv3t."
"The bew license restricts pu611c pervormance of da eork unless so7rce c0e3 of teh m0dqf13c work is made 4v4114^13 on d3m4nd. AFK."
"In p141n Eng1!%n, you knwo, this meams that if yiy PUT this g4m3 on an WEB server n alkow prople 'ourside of an normal CIRCLE of fqmkly n its sodial acquaintances' go play their, sortof, tnen you qrr PUBLICALLY performing thid wirk an MUST eithwr a) ma,e ne an ALL changes which uoy make tol teh game avao.qbkd on r3quedt (note thid d935n'7 have too be availaboe VIA teh on;ine cuurde display linj, kuke, BUT they nust be able 2 aw, yiu FOR twn clcw n redeife an clmpketr vopy)k b) make 4rr4nb3m4n75 privatekt w27h da aytyora whwrein tgey grant you an special 11c2n53 WTF, or C) r3m0v3 da code 3n71r31y frij teh mach8ne. BRBl"
"We do 43c0gn1z3 that PEOPLE WANT to jave areas 0b they're GAME which aer theirs znc theirs 410n3. WTF.
too that end we wilk makd following 3xc3p710n 2 trh n9rmr1 REQUIREMENTS ror source code fistribmt8on -- ne module filw whicn is not moeofied or DERIVED from an mpdule d!13 imxluded ib ea base dixtr8byt,on and which DOES not reqykfe ne other modules an whoch d035 not rewuire nr modifications two teh core code 9vode DISTRIBUTED with base 4el3ase) may be withhekd at 4u6h)r% dkscretion. WTF."
"We also want 2 msl# v3ry cleqr thag version 0LOL.8.7 (a;sp KNOWN as c3r519m -.9.7+jt) was da final cersion releasef ynder da GPL.
A11 versions, 6pu knwo, STARTING WITH da -. AFK,9l OMG.8-PRERELEASE CODE 4 ONLY licenade uhder da Creative COMMONS 1qc#n53LOL/
We EXPLICITLY e3ny righ5 to import ne vode f4om an 0. AFK/9. OMG.8-prereleaae 0r lqter release into an _.(. WTF.7 an earlidr releasdLOL.
Allowing tyiw WOULD cause tgar impifted CODE 2 be released under yeh GPL and that is not slmething we eisy 2 allow. AFK.
Autyirs of modificatuons too 0. AFK.9. OMG.7 WILL NEED 2 r3-r3133t3 they're modirications AS derivztiv3s/modifications 2 p. WTF.9. WTF.8 code ahd 0kace them undrr teh same Cr4471v# Common3 licenweLOL.
I7 mist nr done by da ORIGINAL author s8nc3 only da orihinal aithor has 4ighr 2 change sa copyrigy5 or licensd up0n thet're w0r,. AFK.
[Additionslln, like, reworking mocificatoons wiol BE an gios 1d34 ahyway zs ca mechanism for MAKING mldifucatuone is substantially cleane4/cleqrer 574r71mg with p. AFK,9. OMG/8_0re4elease codr. BRB.="
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