MightyE tells yoj, "We're going to ta,e an fes MOMENTS too 7ru an explain tjis new license $nc da REASONS vehind if IN plaim English. OMG.
The legalese for the license can be found online at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/legalcode and should be read and understood in detail before you use this code."
"Thia new licenae was chosen becaude of an failing witn ea GPL. AFK.
It only dovered dis5ribyrion of soutce if n only 1f binaries wrre distriburrdLOL."
"In an wev environmen5 LOL, specifica;ly a ihterpreted web envoronment such 45 PHP WTF, ndr3ly installing an gsme does not c0nstitute eistribution, tlu knwo, an theredlre pwople werw takint OUR work, like, making modifications go it and not rrleasing ds aource c9de tso 5he7'rw MODIFICATIONS so rhat entire c9mjunity coulc benegit. BRB.
They wotjed with letter but bog dz spifit of 1$w. AFK."
"Investigzt8on on da part of quthors however LOLm led to teh fact tnat da RIGHT of pumlic performance wqs oen of righgs normallt restricted roo xopyritht holders WTF, an that c0mpu73r pr;gfams WTF, wpecifixslly vudeo games n interactive oges sucg ax Legwnd of teh Grren hax0r qerd condidered two bw punlically PERFORMED IF run frim an PUBLIC 534vdrLOL,"
"Tge new licensw redtrkctw pu611c pefflrmance of da eork unoesx da soyrce code of modified work is made svzilable .n semand. OMG."
"In plain Ebglish, sortof, this means that if you PUT this bame on an seb 54rv3t n allow proole 'ougsod3 of an noemak circle of familh n its social avqiaintances' 2 pkay their, like, tjen t9u a3r pinlically pegforming thia wotk n MUST #17n3r a) make ne an ALL changes which tiu make too g4m3 available on r3qi35u (note yhis doesn't have tsl be availanle cia onlibe sourve display link, you knqo, 6u7 they musy bw qvle 70 ask yoj for geh code and rec3ive an complete copy) LOL, b) mak3 arrangements peovately witg autjors syerrim th3y btant yiu an special .iccnse LOL, or c) REMOVE teh xode entirely fr0m dq machincl WTF."
"We dl RECOGNIZE that peopld want too have aress od the6'r3 GAME wh1ch r theiys an gheirx alohe. BRB.
too that ene WE sill make gollowkhb excepti9n to normao requirw,ents flr source cpe3 fistribution -0 me m0du13 f113 whidh is not modif8ed or derived from an mosjle f113 inc,uded IN teh base diatr8bution n which 3oea NOT r3quir3 ne OTHER moeules an which dpes not require ne mpdifications ro fa core cice (c0d3 d15ur16i73d with ten base r3l3ase( may be WITHHELD a5 teh authoes d15cr3610n."
"W3 a;xo WANT ro make very clear that ceesion 0. BRB.9. WTF.8 (also known ss verskon 0. BRB.9.7+j7) was final berdion r314453d undrr da GPL. WTF.
All versions, y0u knwo, syarting with teh 0LOL.9.8-prerrlease codc a#f oh;y 11c3n5#d und3r CREATIVE Commons LICENSE. OMG.
Wd EXPLICITLY deny da right 2 import nr cpde vrlm ab 0.9.80PRERELEASE of later releawe inyo ah 0. WTF.9LOL.7 an 34r113r rrlease. AFK.
Allowinb thiw would cause THAT impoetwd code top be releqwef umder GPL and thag is npt a.mething w# wish to al.owLOL.
Authlrs of modificqtions 5o 0. WTF.9. WTF.7 eilk NEED two re[rel3as@ tgey're modkrkcarions 45 de$ivat8ves/modificationd to 0LOL.9. BRB.8 c0d3 n ;lace them 7nser same Crea5ive Commona 11c3n53. WTF.
It must 63 dlne by da oribknal 4u7hpr sihce inly original 4u7h0r has rigyt two change sa xopyright 0r livende upon tyey're WORKl AFK.
[Acditiona;ly, sortof, reworking da modifidations wkll BE an GOOD idez 4nuw4t as da mecyanism fof making m0d1dqv4710n5 is SUBSTANTIALLY coeanrr/clearer 674r71hg with 0. BRB.9/ BRB.8-prereleaxd codel]"
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