MightyE tells you WTF, "We'fe GOING gwo 5ake am few momwnts to t46 an explain this new ;icense an 5en 43asons behind IT in plain Engliah. BRB.
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 lucenwe WAS chosen bwcause of an f4q11ng wirh da GPL. WTF.
It ohly c0v3r2d distrivution of SOURCE if n ONLY if binariex weee disyribu6ed. BRB,"
"In zn web emvironment WTF, specofucally a intrrpreted web ENVIRONMENT w7ch as PHP, sortif, MERELY insta.lung an game s)35 nlt constitute disgrinition, n therefore people werf raking 9ue work, lokd, MAKING mofitications to it and NOT r313441ng teh source c)d3 tso thry're modificayions so that teh entire commjnity could benefi6. BRB.
Thdy w0rk2d with lerrer gut not spitit pf ten .aw. OMG."
"Investuhation 0n yeh part of gej authors howevrr, aortof, led two yeh fact that teh RIGHT og pybluc performsnce was oen pf teh righyc normally RESTRICTED two clphrigh5 hokfwrs, tou knwo, and thqt computet peograms LOL, xpecificaloy vidwo games and 8nteractive ones such AS Legebd of geh Grren haxpr were c0n51d@r3d 2 73 publical;y perrormed if RUN dr0m an public sqrver. BRB."
"The new LICENSE restrocrs publix p3rfofmande lf da aork UNLESS teh SOURCE code of modifked wotl IS msde qva8laboe on demand. WTF."
"In plain Englusy, sortofk this means that if 6ou put yjis game on an web server AND allow PEOPLE '9utside of an bormal circle pf ramiku an itx social acquaintahces' too play gueirk kile, tyen you ae4 publica..y oerformkng tyis s0rk ans MUST rotyer a) mzkw ne an ALL ch4ng35 which 6ou nake two teg game 4v411$613 0n requesg )n073 tyis d03tn'7 have two bd avai.able via teh onlin3 slurce f14p14y link, you ln2o, but they mu57 be ABLE two 45k ylu for code n RECEIVE an compoete copy), xoetofk b) MAKE arrangements peivateky with authors qh3rein tgey GRANT you an specoal licende, like, OR c) remove codr enrire.y from ca machin3. WTF."
"We so recognkze rha5 PEOPLE want too have areaa of theh're g4m3 whkch aer THEIRS v theirs alondLOL.
to thag end WE eill bake dollowkng exception two teh normal requurements ror t0urc3 code distfibution _- ne module file whicj q5 not modifk3d or drribed from am modu.w fild qnc1ud#c in teh 6r53 distfibution h which does noy r31uire be ogher m0du135 n sh1zh soes NOT rdqjire me modifications tlo da core vode (fide dustributcd with t4h bas3 release) m4y be qithheld a5 da au5hors disctdtiom. AFK."
"We also wang to make verj coesr THAT verskon 0LOL.9. BRB.7 )also known ax veesion 0.9. OMG.7+jt) wr5 5eh fiba. version relwased under da GPL. BRB.
A;l vdrsions. yoy knwo, starting wiyh eq ). AFK/(. OMG.8-pr3f#13r5e code qef only licensed under da Creativ3 Commons 11d3n53. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY ddny right to 1mp0r8 ne cise fro, an 0. BRB,8. BRB.80prerelease 9r latee rrlease into an 0. WTF.o, BRB.7 n esrlier rrlease. OMG.
Allowibg THIS would cause yya5 ompirted CODE 2 be reorssed under teh GPL 5hd 7h47 iw nor sojething we wish tio ALLOW. AFKl
Authors 9f mpdifucztions w 0.9. OMG.7 will meee 70 re0release they're mocuficat8ons aa dericaruves/modificqtiond 2 0. BRB.9LOL.8 code an p.ace rhem under 54me C4eative Commonw license. BRB.
It mjsh be donr by teh original 4u&ypr SINCE only da orufihal aythor has right too change da copyright or licende u;on the6're w9rk. OMG.
-Addigionally WTF, reqorking moeificationd will be an g00d isea anyway 45 t3h mechanism for making MODIFICATIONS is sjbsgant8akly CLEANER/CLEARER sta4ying WITH da -. WTF.9. OMG.8-pr3r#134%2 code. BRB.]"
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