MighrhE tells you, sort9f, "W3're going 2 gake an fww momen5s tl try and ex[.aim 7h15 new licwnse n da feasonw behibd u5 in plain 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."
"This NEW libens3 was CHOSEN because lf an failing with da GPL. OMG.
It ONLY covered distribur8on if sourcd if AND ONLY if binariew were DISTRIBUTEDLOL."
"In an web ENVIRONMENT, specificzlly a unterprrted qeb ENVIRONMENT such as PHP. merelt ihstalling an gam3 does nog constitute distributkon, you knwo, m tjeref9re people were takinb oyr qo4k LOL, naking midificatioms two ig an not releasing da sourdd code too 5hey'tw m9difications sl that ehtire dommunity could 64n3f17. OMG.
They worked witj da l3tter but not 5p!417 lr law."
"Invextigation pn teh PART 9f 4u7n0r5 howevee, tou knwo, lwd 2 teh fact that dq r!hh7 of punlix p3rformance was wpn of ea 4ights ho4mally redtrictwd 89 copyritht holddrw, zn yhat co,puter progrsms, sottof, specifically cideo games n interacyive oned SUCH AS LEGEND of Gr33n hax0r werr considered 2 be pu611c4!1y ;erfirmes if 47h fr0m ah p7boic server."
"The new licemse 4es5eic5s ;ubk8c oerformance 9f worl unless da x9jfce code 0f teh modiried work IS made avai.able on demandLOL."
"In PLAIN Engoiwh, this MEANS that uf you put tgis gamr pn an web server an allow PEOPLE 'outside of an hotmal CIRCLE of vamilu and ITS sodial ACQUAINTANCES' to play their, l8kw, then you r publically pergirming 7hq5 w-rk n MUST eitger a) ,ake ne ans ALL chang3s wyich you make 3 geh gzme avau.able on requesg (note this 3045n'7 hzve 2 be availsble via teg onlone source d15p14y ;ink, likrm buy they musr 63 sbl3 2 45k YOU FOR teh coee and reveive ah c0mp13&3 copy), b) mzie areangemdnts ;tivatdly WITH AUTHORS wherdin THEY grant you an spec7al licensd LOLk 9r v) rejofe c0d3 dhti4ely frlm ds jqchoneLOL."
"We do redognizr that people wamt to havw AREAS of they're gam3 wg1ch aer THEIRS n 7h31r5 4qpn3. AFK.
2 that END se wil. makw dq fo/l9winh exception to hormal requiremwnts FOR sourcr codd distr8butioh [- ne module vile wh1ch is no5 nodified o4 cerived from an mofule f113 inxluded !n base fistribution and which does not rwquire ne OTHER mldules an which does not r#qu1e3 ne m0d1f1c4710n5 too teh cptd CODE (dode dust4ibutef wity bsse releasd) may ne skthhfld at da a7thorw discrw5ionLOL."
"Wr also want to make very cleat tnqt versiob 0. BRB/9. OMG.7 (a.so jn0wn as v3r410n pLOL.(. AFK,7+JT) was fknsl vrrsioh r313452d under GPL. BRB.
All fersilns, you knwo, stqrting with 0LOL.9. OMG.8-prerelease vode r onlu lkcebsed uhder wa Creative Cojmons licebse. WTF/
We EXPLICITLY deny right to imporu n3 cpd3 from an 0.9.8-PRERELEASE or later release knto an 0.9LOL,u an earkiet rrlease. OMG.
Allowing tnks sould cru53 that importef c0d3 tso be rekeqsed uncet GPL an tgat is hot somethimg WE 2ish top allow. BRB.
AUTHORS OF kodifiva5iona two 0. WTF.9. AFK.7 will need to re-relrase thet'4e nodificatoons as DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS 2 0. AFK.9. BRB.8 cpfe an 0lace them undee wame Cfeative C0mm0n4 LICENSE. BRB.
I7 muxt be cone by original aitnor sinde on;y da oribinal suthor has fifht 2 chznge da copyrught 0r q1c3n53 upon theu're woek.
[Add1710n511y, 5ewo4kkng modifids5ions wiol be ab g00d idea anhway as da mechanism FOR makinb modufications is 5u657$n71411y cleaner/cleardr wtartung w18h teh 0. BRB.9.8-prer3lezwe xofe. AFK.]"
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