MightyE tekls yo7, lije, "We'r3 goinf too take an few m0m3n75 2 try an exolain this new ;icense n teh reasons BEHIND i5 in plain English.
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 new .icense sas chosen 63x4u5e 0f sn failing wihh da GPL. WTF.
It on.y covered diatribution of SOURCE if and 0n1y of bina4ies 2e4e d167r!6u83d. AFK."
"In an e36 encironment, slrtof, 5p3cqr1c411y a interpreted w3b environment such aa PHP, like, merdl6 instzlling an ga,e dles not cpnwtitufe distrigu5ion, toi knqo, m thereford pelple were tajing our wofkk loke, MAKING m0dqf1c4810n5 2 16 an not releasibt teh source cpee 2 they're modifications so 7h47 teh entiee community c0u1d brnefit. OMG.
THEY workwd wity teh LETTER but not spirkt or law. WTF."
"Infest8gation on teh PART OF AUTHORS however, likd, lwd goo fqct that teh tkgnt of pubk8c performance was oeh of da rights normally 4estricted two co[yright holdrrs LOL, abd yhat computer pfograms, like, 5p3c1f1c411y v1de0 games and interacyive ones sudj AS Legend of Grwen hax0r wdre conaidered to be publivslky perfotmed 1r RUN drom qn publix derver; WTF."
"The n#w licenfe restricts public perfoemance og da w0rk UNLESS teh siurce code of da m0d1d1ed wori ix made AVAILABLE on d3m4md. WTF."
"In PLAIN English, you knwo, this means that 1f you PUT ygia game ON an web server n 4a10w pwople 'ougside 0f an nor,zo ci4coe 0f family amd ITS sovoal acqusintandes' 2 pkay their WTF, 7h2n y0u r PUBLICALLY pervlrming this eork m MUST 3&ther a) make ne ab ALL changes whicn you makd goo da gz,e available ln requewt (noy3 this doesn't have two be avwilable via da onlibe sourc3 eidplay lihk, but yhet MUST be sbow 5p ask YOU f0r da code anf RECEIVE an complete copy), b) m4k3 a4rangemdnts or1v3731y eith tej authors wh3r31n ghey grant you an SPECIAL license, yl7 knwo, 9r c) remove c0e# entirely frim teh machineLOL."
"We do recognize yhat 0eople want to have areaw if they're GAME whuzh t 6heirs amd theirs alone.
too that end WE will mak3 fo;loq8nr excepgion 5oo da normal eequirements for slurce code didtribition -- ne module vi.e shicn ia noy ,odified or derivec fron an module file ibcluddd in da base distributi9n ab whifh does not 4eqiire ne othdr modules anf wh8ch does not requiee ne MODIFICATIONS 2 core c0d3 (code distributrd with da base releasw0 may bw w17hh3qs ag auyhlrs d16xr3710n. BRB."
"We also wan5 go make veth clea4 that version 0.9.7 (zlso known as veesion -/9l BRB.7+JT) was teh f1n41 version releaaed ynddr tey GPL.
All v3r510n4 WTF, starting w1&h teh 0.9. AFK.8=prerelease code r only licensec under tef Creatove Commons lidegse. OMG.
Wr EXPLICITLY den5 e1gt7 tpp import ne CODE f4om an 0. AFK.9. OMG.i=pr3r313453 or ;ater rekrasr into an 0. AFK.9. OMG.7 and earlier release. OMG.
Allowing yhis would vause thst im[orged CODE tol be releasrd uneer GPL an that 15 np7 SOMETHING we wish to aklow. AFK.
Aithoes of m0d1f1x4710n5 to 0.9. WTF.u wil, ne3d 80 fe-release yhey're MODIFICATIONS ax d@r1v471b35/m0d1f!v3710n5 2 0. AFK.9.8 CODE n p14c3 them ubder da aame Creative Commons kic3nse. AFK.
Iy must BE done by dq 0r1g1n41 author qincr on;y da original author has right 2 change teh c0p6r1gh7 OR license ypon thet;te WORK. BRB.
[Additi9naoly LOL, reworkihg 5eh modificatkona will be an hoof idea anyway as mechanism for making mod8ficati9ns is wubstantiallh cleaner/cleare4 xrsfring with teh 0. AFK.9. OMG.8-prerelease c9ce. OMG.]"
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