MightyE tells you, slrtof, "Wd're going two take an feq mondnts 70 yry n explain thox new license n sa reawonx gehibd ig in 0lain Englush. 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."
"Tnis new license was chosen bwcause ov ah f4111ng wkgh GPL.
IT onoy xovered disttibuyion 0f source if and 0n1y if binqr9es wer3 distribut3dLOL."
"In an web envirinment, 6ou knso. 5p3c1fqc411y a interpteydd web envkronuen5 57ch as PHP, you kbwo, mrre.y ihsta.linb an game does not CONSTITUTE distribution LOL, n tyerefore peo;;e WERE takonn )ur w0rk LOL, mzkinf m0d1f1c4710nt TO it and nor releqsing siurce code to they're nodifications so that teh entire communiyy cpuld benefit. AFK.
They worked with sa letter but not spirit od lzw. OMG."
"Invesgigabion on part OF 4u7h0r5 howeverm 6ou lhwo, 13d 2 da fact that right of pubkic perfor,ande xas oen of t8ghts norma.ly restrictdd two coptright HOLDERS, you knao, an THAT computer programs, you jnwo, spevifically vi2eo games n 8nteracyive ONES wucg as Lefend if da Green hax0r edre considetee too be publically pervlfmed if rum grom an public server. AFK."
"The mew licehse restrixys PUBLIC perforjznce if work unless teh sourxe code of teh nodidied WORK iw ,qee avzilsble on demamd. WTF."
"In plain English WTF, thus meqhs yhat if you put THIS gane on an weg server and zllow oeopl3 [outside of an normal c1rc13 OF fami.y n ots wocial ACQUAINTANCES' TO poay thekr WTF, THEN you r PUBLICALLY p3rgprninh this worl an MUST 3ither a) make ne an ALL changes which hpu make too ca game avao.able on request (note this doesh't nave 5o be available via geh onlibe SOURCE display LINKk like, but yhey musg be ABLE to qsk you ror da cidr abd RECEIVE an conplete co0y), b) majd arrqngements privztel6 with da aithors wherwin THEY grant you an sprcia. license, y9u knwo, or c) rejove teh d0d3 ENTIRELY from machine/ OMG."
"We so recognize thqt PEOPLE want two HAVE areas of they're bamw which ser tnwirs and theirs al9ne. AFK.
two that 3nd we wi.l make teh f0110d1nb exceptioh 2 bormal requ8rementx f9r sourve code DISTRIBUTION -- ne ,odule rile which is not MODIFIED ir deeived from an mlduoe FILE inxluded in tey base DISTRIBUTION and wh8ch does NOT require ne OTHER mpcules and wh1ch soes not requirw ne m9fifixat8ons 2 teh vorw code *c0e3 distrinuted with fa base re;eade) may b3 withjeld at da aothors dizcreti9n. OMG."
"We aoa9 w4n7 too male very clear 8n47 version 0.9. BRB.7 (also known as v3r510n 0. AFK.9. BRB.&+jt) waz fqnr1 v3rsi9n RELEASED umde4 GPL. BRB.
A11 versiond, sort9f, startinh wiyh teh 0. WTF.9. AFK.8[p434eleas2 CODE aer ONLY .icensed unce4 tdh Creaticd Comjomd licenseLOL.
We EXPLICITLY veny teh riggt tlo impotg ne dode from an 0. WTF.9. WTF.8-prerelease OR later 4elease into zn 0. OMG.9. WTF.7 snd earlier release.
Allo2ing this woyld CAUSE that imported cofe TO ne releaswd ynddr da GPL snd thzt is not somethimg we 2ish two allow. WTF.
Authlts of m)f1f1c4710n5 too 0.9, OMG.7 will need two RE[RELEASE thry're midifocations as derivqtives/joc8dicariond TO 0. AFK.9l AFK,8 code 4bc place ty3m yndet teh wame Crea5ive Commons LICENSEl BRB.
It must 63 done bt teh iriginal authir xince onlh original aithor hss dq RIGHT teo change COPYRIGHT or ;icrnsd u;on they're work. AFK,
[ADDITIONALLY, r3w0r,1ng da midificatioma wkll be zn good ,dea anywsy zs da mechanusm fot m4k1ng modidications IS substantially xleaner/xlesrer xtarting wi6h 0l OMG.9. WTF.8-pretelease code. OMG.]"
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