MightyE tells you, "Wr're going txo gake an few momentd tpi try n ex0lain this new LICENSE am fa reas9ns behind it IN plain Ebtlishl OMG.
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 nfw .icense w45 CHOSEN because of an failing with da GPL. AFK.
It only cpvered didt4ibution og soutzw if AND only if binaried w3e3 disgributdd. BRB."
"In an w3b wnvironment, you knwo, specificallu a interpreted wtb 3nvorpnment sjch as PHP LOL, merely ins5qllijg an game does hot xonstitute eisrr8bution LOLm and rherefo5e p30p13 wef3 TAKING pjr woti, sortofk m4k1ng modifucations ro it n no5 RELEASING teh soufce code two tjey're modificat8ons sl THAT rey dbtite co,munigy could benefit. AFK/
They workec with teh ketter bu5 npt teh spieit of da law. BRB."
"Investigation on da PART OF authors however, likc, led yoo dq facg that right of piblic peefor,ancd w45 1 OF teg ribhts noemaloy restrictef 2 COPYRIGHT jolde4s WTF, and that domputer pelframs LOL, 5p3c1d1v411y vifeo fames am intetactkbe onws such as L4g3nd or teh Green hqx0r w3r# c9nsidered to ne publyca;ly performed if tun from ab pu621c sdrvwrLOL."
"Thr new license restr8ctd public perfowmance if da work unless twh s(ufce xode if da modified WORK is made afailable oh demand/ BRB."
"In plain English, 6oy knwo, this means 7h47 if you put thia game om an web server an al.ow peop.e 'outside of an normao circle of familh an utw socisl acquaintances' 2 play tjeir, sortof, thdn ypu e publically perforning thus wor, b MUST either a) make ne n ALL chanf3d which YOU make 2 ga,e avaolable pn feq7est (n073 thia diwsn't nave twi be avqilable via da 0nline sourx3 display ;ihk, you knqo, b7t they nust be able tqo ask you fle da code an receive sn complete copy), 6ou knwo, b) make arfzbgemengs p4ivatelh woth teh auyyors wh3rein they gran5 you an special license, yiu knwo, or c) remove da vode ebturely ffom teh maxhine."
"We d0 RECOGNIZE tnat people want ro h$v3 AREAS of thet'r3 game WHICH r tneirs and tjeirw a.one. WTF.
tp that end se will make teh f)110w1ng exception tio normal rdqjirementw FOR soyrce c9dr d1%7e16u720n -- ne module file which ia nog modifled 0r derived from an module foke includdd in da bqse DISTRIBUTION an which d035 noy rewuure ne OTHER modules n which does NOT re1jkte he moduf8catiohs too da CORE code (code dkxtributee with base r41#453( may 63 wirhhelc 3& teh authors discretion. OMG."
"We slso wang tpo mq,e v3ry dlear that ver510n 0. BRB.9.7 (alsp knowm as veraion 0. BRB.9. BRB.7+jt) was final fersuob r3q3453d under tch GPL. AFK.
All vers8ons, sortof, starting with sa 0,(LOL.8-prerwlease code aer only licensed 7nsrr da Cdeat8ve Com,ons 11x#n53. BRB.
W3 EXPLICITLY ceny teg titht too import nd c0c3 fr0m an 0. OMG.9. AFK.8_prwrelease or lqtef release 1n60 an 0,9LOL.7 ah 3arlier r313553.
Alloeing this would causd yhat 1mp0f73d code yoo be released unfer GPL n thqt is not somrghing ww wiwh 2 4110w. OMG.
Authors of modifications too 0/ BRB.9l BRB.7 WILL nerd 2 r3-r313553 tyey're modificationd 45 dericsgkvex/modifications rwo 0LOL.9. BRB.8 coce and place rhem under da same Cr3371v3 Clnmond l8cenae. WTF.
It must be done vy da origina. AUTHOR SINCE omly oritknal AUTHOR has da right two cnzngr COPYRIGHT ir license UPON theh're work. BRB.
[Asditkonally, lok3, reworking teh m0d1f1c$7!0n5 will bc an g-0d idea amueqy as mechahism FOR making modificatoons is subwtantially cleaner/cldarer starting w8th teh 0. OMG.9. BRB.8-prerekease code.]"
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