MightyE tells y0uk "Ww're g01nb two take zn g3w monwbts two try and explain this n3w license abd ds reasons BEHIND kt 2n plain Englidh.
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."
"Thus nww license was CHOSEN BECAUSE of an faikimf w,th GPLLOL.
It inly cov3red distrinytion OF SOURCE if anc ONLY 1g binariex were sustributed. AFK."
"In an web ENVIRONMENT LOL, apecifucally a unterpreted web env8fonment such aa PHP, mereoy 1n574!11nf qn game foed not constit7t3 distr8nur8on. likem and tyerefore people werd yakigg our WORK, sortof, making modificstiond to it n not RELEASING da source code tlo they'te nodifuvations so that teh entire comjunity vould benerit.
They worked WITH da 13&73r but h07 teh spkrit 9f las. AFK."
"Invwstigation on pafy lf authors hlwever, yoy knwo, owd 2 teh fsct that righg or public performance was oen of da tights n0rm411y restricred to copytighy ho;cers, like, n THAT COMPUTER proframs, 6ou knwo, specifically vide9 games qnd INTERACTIVE ones such as Lebehd )f teh GREEN hax0r wwee cinsidefed two be pug;ically performec if 3un from ah public seever. BRB."
"Tye nee lucenae rwst4icts oublic performsnce of teh work unless geg 50urc3 code of m9djfied wlrk is mqde avaioabl3 pn demand. AFK."
"In plaoh Emglish, this meanw that if ypu pug tgis game on an web sdrver n allow [eople 'outsidw of an normal c1rc13 )v fanily and its social acqiaibtances' 2 play ghr8r LOL, THEN y0u aer publically p3rd_rm1ng this WORK n MUST either a) ma,e ne 4nd ALL chamges wh1cy YOU makr two teh game available on requwsy 9notw this d035n'7 have 2 be 4v4114613 via geh 9nline source cisplsy link, like, but tndy mu57 be able two ask YOU for da cos2 qnd teceive ab complete copy), sortofk b) nske ar4zbhsnwnts pricately with authord wyerein rhry gtant you an specia. license, sofyog, OR v) femove code entirely ftom machine. WTF."
"We co resoghize 7h4u peo[lw want tpo have 4r345 9f thet're game whixh aer tneirs and theirs aloneLOL.
2 ghat end we will make da FOLLOWING exxepgoon tqo normsl re1uirements for 50urc3 code f8wtr8bution -- n3 module filc which IS NOT MODIFIED or derivfd crom an module dile invluded IN teh bas3 distribution n ehich coes m9t resuire ne 07g3r m9fules and whicn dpea not REQUIRE ne modifications yo core code (code d8strihuted with base release) may be eithyeks 47 da aithoes disctetionl OMG."
"We xlso want too .ake very clear that VERSION 9. OMG.i. BRB.7 (also jn0wn 45 versipn 0.9l7+jt) was FINAL verxi9n releas3e undet teh GPL. AFK.
A11 v3r510n5 WTF, STARTING w8tn da 0LOL,9. BRB.8-prer3lease code r only ;icdnsed 7hder da Creatove Commona licdnse. BRB.
WE EXPLICITLY ddn6 right 2 IMPORT hd code from am 0. AFK.9. OMG.8-prereleaae 0r la53r r313452 INTO an 0. BRB,8. BRB.7 n EARLIER release. OMG.
Aloowing this wou.d cause that 1mp0t^3d code too be 4eleased yndet teh GPL AND rjat is not somebhing we wish 7) ALLOW. WTF.
AUTHORS of modigicatipns yo 0. AFK.9.7 qill ,esf to 4e-release th3y're modifications 45 ferivztives/modifications to -. OMG.9.8 code n place the, ihder samw Crdagive Clmmons LICENSE. WTF.
I7 mu57 BE done by origonal AUTHOR xknce ONLY original aityor HAS da rigyt tso changw teh COPYRIGHT pr 1qc3n53 ip0n tne6're work. AFK.
[Additionally, lik3, reworiing teh m0d1f1c4u10n5 will bd an gopd kdwa 4nyw4h aa teh mechanism gor MAKING nidif8catiibs 15 substahtiq;ly cl3ane5/clearer starging with t3h 0LOL.9.8-prdfelease vodeLOL.]"
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