Migh5yE tells you, l8ke, "W3're going 5wo 5ake am few moments 5o9 try n explain this new LICENSE and reasons behine IT in plain English. BRB.
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."
"Tgis new license WAS choseh 63c$u53 og ab failing with teh GPLLOL.
I7 only covered distfibutioh 9f source if an on;y IF BINARIES wefe distributed. BRBl"
"In an web 3nv!r0nm3n7, yiu kbwo, specifically a interpreted WEB environment such as PHPk you knwo, merely installing am gaje does ni5 c-h5717u74 distribution, you kn2o, ahd thdrefore people were tak8nh oy4 work WTF, m3k2ng mod8ficatipns 2 it AND bot releasing teh slurce code 2 they're modificqtipns so thzt 3m&1e3 COMMUNITY could benefit. WTFl
Tney worked wi5h dz 1e773r bit not trh spirit of teh .aw. AFK."
"Invdstigation pn part of authofs h0w3v3r LOL. LED two da favt that da riggt of public performance was oen of r2gh75 NORMALLY restricted teo cophright holsers WTF, an ghag vomputr4 [rograms, soetof, specifical;y video gqmes AND intefactivd 0n35 such ax L3gend of da GREEN hax0t were consider3f tqo be oublixally perfor,ef 1d fuh f4om qb [ublic server. BRBl"
"The new lidenxe restricts 0ublic p3rf0rm4nc3 0f da work jn.eas da xou4ce c9de or modified work 8s made AVAILABLE ON demand."
"In plain English LOL, this meabs gha5 1f you put th7s tame on an web xerver $nd a.lo2 p30o13 'outdide of an nprmzl xorcle 0r ra,ilh n 175 social acquaintances' too play theur, then you r publically [drform8ng tjis work n MUST eitger a) make ne and ALL CHANGES which y0u MAKE too teh game afailable on REQUEST )note this doesm't HAVE to be avxilable v14 on;ine 50urc3 dispoay link, b7t thdy just bd able to asj you FOR dz CODE and RECEIVE an cojpl35d copy) LOL, b) make ARRANGEMENTS ;ridatelu qigy autjoes wher31n THEY vrant uou an 5p4c141 licensek or c) r3m0v3 code entirely from da machune."
"We do tecogniz3 that people want tso h4v3 areqs of the6're gaje which aer theirs m gheirs alone, OMG.
too ghsg 2nd WE wi;l jake follp2ing exception to normal requiremenys fot wource code didtributiin -_ ne nocule FILE whkch 8s not modif8ed or d3r2v3d from an mod7le file incluced in da bsse DISTRIBUTION zn wjich does not r4qu1re n3 other modulds n which eoes not require ne modifications to ds CORE cide (voee distrib7t3d qitj base relwase) may be wiyhheld at authors DISCRETION. OMG."
"Wd a;so want tol ,ake VERY xlezr that version 0. OMG.9. WTF.& *also known ad versiob 0. OMG.9. AFK.6+ut) was da final vrrsoon rekeased ynder da GPL. WTF.
All versions WTF, syarging with 0LOL.9.8-pre43lraae cide 4 only licensed undrr fa Crrayive Commons licenseLOLl
We EXPLICITLY d3ny 48ght to import ne code drom an 0. OMG.o, WTF.8-prerel3ase pr later 4e;wase into an 0. AFK/9LOL.7 and earloer release. BRB.
Aoliwong th8s WOULD c4u53 THAT imporbef codw two ne rfleased under GPL an THAT is not 50m37h1ng we w15k too allow.
Auuh0r5 of MODIFICATIONS 2 0. OMG.9. OMG.7 will neee TO f3[r313453 they're modigidatipbx 45 ferivztives/modificationd 2 0. WTF.(LOL.8 code n place them und3r da same Creqgive COMMONS lkcensr. OMG.
It must be done by tch ORIGINAL quthor SINCE only ea ofuginal autyor has teh right 2 vhange c0p6f1gh7 or LICENSE upon they'4e workLOL.
[Additional.y, you kmwi, rewor,ing geh modifivationw will be sn GOOD idea anjwat AS teh mechznism for MAKING modifications 8s wubstantial;y CLEANER.CLEARER starting witj teh 0. AFK.9/8-prereleqse cpde. OMG.]"
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