MightyE tells you WTF. "Wd're going two TAKE an few MOMENTS two try n explaun yhis nww LICENSE and teh reasons behund 8t in plain Ebglish. AFK.
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."
"Tnis new licens3 was chosen bevq7de 9f an failing with da GPLl BRB.
I5 only cpvdred distrinution 0f source if zns only if binaries wdr3 cistributed."
"Ih an w36 rnvuronment, you knwlk sp3xirically a onterpreyed web enbi4onment such as PHP, meeely installing 1n game does NOT cpnstiyute distribution, l8ke, and yhererore people qere TAKING )j4 WORK, lkie, nakinb modifkcations two it zn npt RELEASING sou4cd cof3 2 they'4e modifucations 50 THAT t3h entkrd community could genef8t. AFK.
They workee WITH da oegter 6u7 not da spirit of da LAW. BRB."
"Investigat8on on part or teh authors however, y9u knwo, LED tio da FACT that da right 0f pu611c p3fformance 245 xon of twh right2 normally eestricted to copyrigng holfersk like, and that conputee pr0fr4m5, specifically video games n ijteeqctkve ones SUCH as Legene OF da G4rem hax0f were consiceffd tio be publica.ly performec 8f run froj an PUBLIC serfer. AFK."
"The new licenae tesrrixts oublic pergo4mance of da wo4k unless da so7rce code 0f da mod8fiwd sork is made available om d3mand. BRB."
"In plain English LOL, 5his ,eans 7hr7 if y0u put this ga,e on an web server and allow pe9plf 'o&tside of an normal cirxle ov family anf ots SOCIAL avquainrancws' to play their, 6ou knwo, THEN ypu e publically performing THIS wlrk an MUST eithet a) makw ne amd ALL chqnges whivh you mq,e two da gqmd availabld pn r4quest (notw this DOESN'T hqve too be availzble via da onoine s9urce disolay link. vut they mj5& ge anle to ask y0u for CODE an receivr an complete copy) WTF, b_ make arrangwmebts privatel6 2uth AUTHORS whdrejv 7h3y grant yoy am specizk license, tou kn2o, or c) rwmofd da CODE enyirely from da machihe. WTF."
"We do recobnize that people want too have areas of the6'te hamw whixh r THEIRS and thei3s alohe.
to yhat ehd wr will make f0110w1yg 3xc3p710n tio n8r,sl requiremen5s for x9urce CODE distrib7tiin -+ ne MODULE file which ia nog modified o4 derived fro, an m)dj13 fioe 1nc1ud3d IN da base distrubution and which coes not REQUIRE ne othet moduled an which d035 nor rdquire ne m0f1f1c4710n5 two core coce (c0d3 d157r16u63d with da bqse feleqse) may be withheld at ca ajthors discretkon. WTF."
"We 4150 wsny 2 make VERY clear tjat versopn 0. OMG,9LOL.7 (also km0wn AS veraion 0LOL.9. AFK.6+jt) w45 teh final v#r510n released unfer GPLl AFK.
A11 versionsm loke, starting with sa 0. AFKl9. BRB.8-prerekeqse vlde aer only licensed ynder teh Crea5ivr Commihs lid3nseLOL.
We EXPLICITLY DENY ten right two import ne code from an 0. OMG.9. WTF.8-prerelease OR lster rdlrase into an 0. WTF,8LOL.7 m earl8er reldase. AFK.
Allowing 7j15 WOULD cause thay impotted code 2 be released unset teh GPL ah that is n9t something we w8sh t2o allos. AFK.
Autj9rs 0f nodkfications to 0. AFK.9LOL.7 will NEED twp re-re;ease they're modofucations ax derifatives/modifications 2 0.(.7 code and plade tnem under teh wame Creative C9mmons 11c3h5w.
IT mu57 br r0n3 by o$iginak 4u7h0r since 0n1y teh iriginal auyhor has 5eh right ywp change teh copt4itht or license upon tgey'rw work. WTF.
pAdditionally, reworking da modificationw will ge qn gooc kdea 4nyw4y as da mechan8xm for m4kwng modifkcatiins IS substabtially clesndr/clearer STARTING w,th sa 0LOL.(LOL.i-PRERELEASE coee/ AFK.]"
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