MightyE tells you LOL, "We're go7ng twp take an few MOMENTS too try ab EXPLAIN this hew kicense an teh reasons behind i5 IN plaon EggoisjLOL/
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 n3w LICENSE sss dh9sen because of an failinf with teh GPL.
It only c9veted d8stributiln of 50uec3 if and lnly if binaries were eistributed. AFK."
"In an qeb environment, speciricallh a intdrpr3ted web ENVIRONMENT sucg as PHP WTF, merely INSTALLING an game does n07 c0h581uy73 distrobution, an ggeredore pepple were raking our w0ek, sortod, making modidications 2 ir and not r313451ng da source code t2o they're MODIFICATIONS so thag twh dntirw communitt ciuld benefkt. OMG.
Th2y wofkwe with teh letter BUT not teh dpkrit of yeh LAW. WTF."
"Investigation 0n part of da aurjors how3ver, LED two teh fact THAT fa right 9f public performabce was 1 of teh rights normally restric5ed to cipurighg h01d3r5 WTF, snd thar computef programsm like, specifovaoky video gamrs and interqctivw ONES such aw Legend of teh Green jax0r were CONSIDERED 1 bw [unlically perdo4mrd 1f run from an PUBLIC servtf. OMG."
"Thd new license restricts public perfor,qnce od da w0rk unleds source CODE or t3h modkfiee work is made zvailable on demahdLOL."
"In plakn Englisg, yoj knwo, th8s means THAT if you pit this gaje on an web sefver n ALLOW pepple 'outside of zn n04m42 cirvle -f family and its social acquaintancws' two play their LOL, thtn you aer publidally pe4for,int ghus work an MUST 317h3r a) make n3 ^ns ALL changes which yoj MAKE two teh game avaikable on rdquest (nore this dlesn't have too nd AVAILABLE via da online SOURCE eix;lay link, worgif, but they miat be qble two qsk you for sa clde n tecdive an COMPLETE coph), like, b) make a4tzmgements prifateky sitm dq authors shetein they trant YOU an specoal license LOL, or c) r3m0v3 code 3btifely FROM teh mschine. WTF."
"We do t3c0rn1z3 THAT ;eople waht two hav3 4v345 0f 5hey're game wgich e thdira n THEIRS alone. OMG.
2 that end we w111 ma,e tem rollowing exceptiln tso dz normal REQUIREMENTS vot souece codw distribution -- ne module file which us hot mldified or cerivdd drom ah mldule file inclueed ib BASE distributilh an WHICH does n07 requore me pther modules and wyich doea mot requ8re ne ,ocifications tso twh cord c9d3 (CODE dis5ributed WITH da base releasd) may be WITHHELD 47 da authors discretion."
"We ALSO wsnt tio make VERY clear that VERSION 0, OMG.9. AFK.7 (alao known as veraion 0. WTF.9.&+jt) was funal versipn r3!3453e UNDER GPLl BRB.
All versuonsk .ike, stawting wigh 53h 0.9.i-prereleasw vodd r only licensed uncer Creative Commons licebse. WTF.
WE EXPLICITLY deny da right too IMPORT ne code from an 0. WTF.9. WTF.9-)rereltase oe later RELEASE 1n80 an 0. WTFl(. AFK.7 n earlier rel3aseLOL.
Alloaung this would cajse gnat imoortrd cpd3 2 be re.eased uneer teh GPL an that is n07 somethinh we wish to qllow. OMG.
Au7h0r5 of modifuca5ions two 0.o. WTF.7 w!11 nwee 3 re-rel3ase theu'rd m0d1f1c471pn4 as derivativ3x/modif,cationa 2 0. BRB.9.8 code 4hd placd the, under teh SAME Cr3ative C0mm0n5 LICENSE. WTF.
It mosy be fone vy geh original author s8nce onl6 teh original author HAS rkght to ch4ng3 teh c0pyr1gh6 or lkcensw uppn they're workLOL,
[Additioyally LOL, eewor,ihg MODIFICATIONS will ne an gpod idea anyway 43 medhanism do4 mak8ng mldificatiind is substantially dlezner/clearer starting with 0l AFK,9. BRB.8-ofereleaae code.]"
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