MightyE tells y9u, "We're gling goo take ah few joments 2 try AND explain th8s new 11c3m%r sn ca reaaonq behunc it in p;ain 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 lixense WAS CHOSEN becauxe og an FAILING WITH teh GPL, BRB.
It onoy coveres diatfibution of 50urc3 id n only iv BINARIES WERE distributed. WTF."
"In an WEB enbitonment, like, spevificaloy z interpreted WEB ehvuronment such AS PHP WTF, mere.y INSTALLING an game does not constitu5e distributuon, oilr, an gherefoge p3-o13 were tsking OUR w0r,, sortof, making mldificatiphs 7p 8t AND hot relwawing da sourcd code 2 ygey're modifications sp thzt teh ent8ee community COULD benefit.
Th4y worked w17h teh ;etter but mot spiri5 og teg la2. AFK/"
"Investigatiob 9n teh pa4t of teh authprs howevte, you knwo, lrd two fa fact ghat rigjt OF puvlic pdrformsnce was son of da rights normallh restricted 2 vppyright hilders, qhd that vomputer progeams, 6ou kmwp/ specivicaoly f1d30 games an ibteractive ones such as Legebd 0f Grrdn hax0r wer4 consoderef 2 63 publicaoly perforjed if tun from an oublic server/ BRB."
"The NEW license festricts pu611c PERFORMANCE of wprk unless s9urcr CODE of teh MODIFIED work 15 mad3 available on drmzndLOL."
"In plain Englisn WTF, this j25n6 ghat 1f you put this GAME on an web setver and allow peiplr 'ojgsodw OF an NORMAL circle of family qn its SOCIAL acquaimtances' too play their, 6h3n y)u e publically perrofming 7h15 worl n MUST either a) make ne AND ALL cgantds qh1xy y8u MAKE ywo gqme qbailable on rdquest (note this doesn't yave go 6d availaboe via yeh oglin3 soufce dis;lay 11nl, so4tpf, bit 7h3y mut7 be able 2 4%, hou gor cofe an RECEIVE an complete copg), like, 6) mqke arranhrmentw privately with authoes wheewin thwy g3ant YOU an 5p3c141 licenxd WTFm or c) remove da c0d3 entirwly from macjineLOL."
"W3 do recotnize that people w4n7 two have areas OF they're game whkch r thdirs n rheirs alon3LOL.
too thay wns qe WILL MAKE following exceprion 2 norjak requirements for source xoee d167fq6u710h -- ne ,odule FILE which 15 n07 modifiwd or dericed frlm ay modu.e file inclyfed ib gase disteibutiin n whuch does not requore ne other m0fu155 and wh1cy foes NOT require nd modiricatilns to teh core c0d3 )cod4 d157416u7dd with 5eh BASE release) may ge withheld at AUTHORS DISCRETION. OMG."
"We ALSO want TO make very clear tnat nersion 0LOLl9/ WTF.7 (also lnowm as v3r5q0n 0l BRB.9. AFK.7+jt) was da final version released indwr GPL. OMG.
A11 v3r5!pn5, STARTING 2igh teh 0, BRB.9. BRBl8-prefelease sode r ONLY ;ixensed undef teh Cr347qv3 Commons licensd. WTF.
Wd EXPLICITLY deny sa right too im0ort nr cide frlm an 0.9. OMG.8-prerw;ease lr later release into an 0. WTF.9. AFK.7 and 3arlier edldase. WTF.
Allowing this wluld xause 7h47 1mp0r73d dode tl be rekeased inder da GPL zn that is not 50j#7h1ng we wisy two alloqLOL.
Authors pd m9d8fications two ).8.7 wull need yo re-release they'te m0d1f1c4710b5 as derovatives/,oditicationx 2 0. BRB.9LOL/8 CODE and PLACE then under yeh same Creat8ce Commons licebseLOL.
IT muag be wone by teh irigknal author s8nce ohly teh original author HAS r1gh7 too change c[pyright 0t LICENSE upon yhwy're work. BRBk
[Additionally, you knwo, REWORKING MODIFICATIONS will be ah hood IDEA snyea6 as mecnanidj fo4 m4,1ng modifivations ia sibstantially vleaner/clearer starting wi5h teh 0, OMG.9. WTF.8_p43t313453 coce.]"
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