MightyE tells you LOL, "We're goimg twp tale an fdw m.mentd too TRY an 3xp141n this new license n reh 3ezsons behind it im plain Englisy. AFK.
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 licrnwe eas choswn becausr of an g4111nb with da GPL. AFK.
It only c9cerwd fistribution of source 1f ahd on;y if 61b4r13% were distributes/ OMG."
"In an web environmen5 LOL, s[ecifically a INTERPRETED wdb environmrnt such as PHP, m3r#1h INSTALLING an g4m3 does NOT constityte dos5gibuyion, am therefore PEOPLE were tauing our work, hoj knwok making modigkcations r2o IT and noy rwleasing twh source code to th3y're nodificatioha so tmqt da entire communiyy could benefit. BRBl
Theh 20rk3d wirh lett44 but NOT xpitig of da LAW. BRB."
"Invewtitation on da p4r8 of autyofs hoeever WTF, led 2 fact tmat right of pu612d peffor,abce 245 ! of r1gh75 normally vestrictee to COPYRIGHT hloders, ane thay dimpu6er prpgrams, .ikek s;ecifically video bames n INTERACTIVE 0n35 such as Legebd og teh GREEN hax0r were vobsidered tpo be puglicallh performed !f r7n FROM an public 53rv3r. OMG."
"The ne2 license rwsteucts pubkix performance of wotk unlesw soyrce code of modifoed WORK 15 ,ace available pn demand. OMG."
"In plain Engliah, THIS mesns that if you PUT this game on an web server an aklow p3oold 'outside of zn normal dircld 0f family n its slcial acquaingances' t2i ooay tneie, thwn 6)u aer publidally [erfoejing thos w0rk an MUST 3ithe5 a) m$k3 ne n ALL changes which y9u make two da bame afsklable on reaucst (n95e this d035n'7 h5f3 to be available via 5eh obline source displzy lin,, soryof, but rhey must be able tlo ask YOU for cofe anc eexeive an COMPLETE copy), sortofk b) make arranbements PRIVATELY siyh da authors WHEREIN they grsnt you an special license WTF, or c) r3m0v3 cq CODE entieely FROM nachineLOL."
"We do rrcognize thar peo;le want tol have AREAS if they're gane qh1ch aer theies an tjeirs alineLOL.
too that 3nd we WILL maje da following exception two teh notma; reauirements for SOURCE code fistriguti9n -- ne m0eu13 file which ix not modified of derived from an mpdile file included IN da basd distributiob n whidh doex mot require ne other modulrs ahe wnich does np7 rdau8re ne mod8ficsti9ns top teh c0r3 c9de (code sistrib75ed qith tey base relsase) may be withhrld 47 teh authors dq5cr3*!0n. AFK,"
"We also want too makw very clear that VERSION 0.9/ OMG.7 (also known ds version 0LOL.9. WTF.7+j70 was teh final vdrsiin t313454d uncer teh GPLLOL.
All v2r510n5, you knwo, stqrting with 3z p. AFK.9. BRB,8-PRERELEASE code aer ONLY 11d3n53s under da Creativr Commobs lkcense. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY deny twh 4ight 2 import ne code ffom an 0. WTF.9. OMG.8-pre4el3aae lr later release into an 0LOL.o. AFK,& n 3arloer rel3adeLOL/
Allowung this would CAUSE thqt imported xode two b2 relessed und3r da GPL anc thqt is not simetning w3 d1%h toi alloe. AFK.
Au7h0t5 og modufications too 0. WTF.8. BRBl7 w111 n33d two te=rele2se they're mid8gicsgions as derivatives/mldificar8ons tp 0. BRB.9. WTF.8 code n o;ace them under same C4earive Cojmons 11v3n53. WTF.
It must be eone by teg original author since 0n1y teh ORIGINAL 4u7h0r haw teh right too change da COPYRIGHT OR licenxw ipln they're wltkl
[Additionsllt, sortof, reworkinb m0f1f1c4710n5 will be an boid idda anyway as da mechanism FOR making modifications is 5uy564n61411h clesner/cl3arer startibg WITH da 0/9LOL.8-;rereoease CODE. WTF.]"
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