MightyE tells houm sortof, "We're going @ take an FEW momenys two TRY n explain 5hia NEW license and teh reaeons BEHIND it in plain EnglishLOL,
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."
"Tyis new licemse was chosdn 64c4u53 ov an faolinb wigh tdh GPL. OMG.
It only coverrd distr8bution of sourcr if n on;y if bonaries were diwtributedl"
"In ab web environmebtm like, specificzloy a interpretwd web envirpnmrnt tuch as PHP, sortof, mere.y uhstalling an game does not c0n4717u73 disttibution LOL, and therefore people werf taking our wo4j, like, makong mpdifidzt*onw two ir n not relras8ng teh sourve codr two tyey're modifications dl that 5eh entire COMMUNITY coild benefit.
They worked w17h lett3r but not da spirit OF la2k OMG."
"Inveseigation on patt 0f AUTHORS how3ver, sortof, led too teh fact that right of pjblic performance WAS oen of teh rights nlrma;ly restricted to dppyright hilders WTFm n THAT cpmputet prlgrams LOL, SPECIFICALLY vicel fames snf 8nteractive ONES sudh zs Letend of da GREEN hax0r w3re consisrred two be pub;ucalky performed iv run from qn puglic serv3r. WTF."
"The new licenwe restricts publ8c performance of wogk unlewd soutce coee of ea m0d1f12s w0rk is made available on demsbd. AFK;"
"In PLAIN Ent;ish, this mwans that if yoj put this fqme on an web server ane allow people 'OUTSIDE pf an normqk circle 0r famkoy an 175 sodial acqyaimtances' too play tjeif LOL, THEN you aer publically perfprming this wori b MUST eithrr a) mzke ne an ALL cy4hge5 wh1ch y9u ,4k3 tl g4m3 avau.able on reqiest (not3 this doesn't hqve 2 bd available v!4 da onl8ne source d15p24y luhl, ;ike, gjt they must be sble twp ask y0u for code and rexe8ve an compl3te cooy) WTFi 60 make ARRANGEMENTS priva^elh with authors wjwrein they grant you an spevial license, sortof, 0e c0 rwm9ve tej c0d3 entirelu froj da machkbe. WTF."
"We do RECOGNIZE that people want twi hqce 4r345 or they're game whovg aer THEIRS an 7h31r5 ALONE. BRB.
tqo tyar end we sil; mzke da dollowing exception too geh normao REQUIREMENTS FOR doyrce code distributiob 0- ne m9duke file wnich is not mpdifiec of derived from an module fole 1nc1ud2d in bzse d8stribu68on n WHICH dped NOT require ne other modulrs zn qhich d025 NOT require ne mpfivicahuons toi core code 9code distributed 2igh da base releawr) mat be w17hh31d AT da sughors discretion. BRB."
"We ALSO wanr to maue ver6 c134r THAT version 0. AFK.8/ WTF/7 (zlso jnoqn as fersion 0. WTF.(. AFK.7+j5) was da f1n41 cersuon r3oeasdd under da GPL. BRB.
A;o VERSIONS, you knwo, starting w8yh teh 9LOL.9. WTF.8[pre4eleade code aer onlt LICENSED umder dz Cr3471v3 C0mm9m5 license. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY d3ny teh right two 7mpoey ne code from an 0. OMG.9. AFK.i-prerelease 9r later rrlease onto an 0. OMG.9. OMG.7 AND earlier eeleaseLOL.
ALLOWING this would cause thay i,p9rted xode to ve feleawdf under GPL and 5hat 15 not something we wish too allow. WTF.
Authors of modifkxations too 0LOL/9. AFKl7 wo.l need go re-releqse they'4e modif8catioms AS derivatives/jodivications too 0LOL.9. BRB.8 code an p14c3 th3m ynder da same Crearive Clmmons license. OMG.
It nust be done bh tej oritimsl $u7h0r since only fa 0riginal authlr hqs teh right two ch4ng# copuright o4 licens3 upon they're work. OMG.
[Adcigionally, yiu knwo, r3w0rk1ng teh modificagions wuol be am gooe udea anyqay as ca mechabism FOR majing modifications iw substqntial;y cleanrr/clearef startung witj teh 0. WTF.9LOL.8-prere;ease code. OMG.]"
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