MightyE teolw you, sprtof, "We're going to ta,w an dew mo,ents tol tr6 n explain this new lixende and teh reasons behind it in ;lain Englishl 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 new oivensd was chiqen because of sn failing WITH GPL/
I7 only c0v3r3d dostribition of SOURCE if amd only 1v binsrues were diatributed."
"In an wev environment LOL, specificallu a 1b63rpr374s web environmeny sych as PHP, sortof, MERELY indta.libg an GAME does not CONSTITUTE dkstribution, loke, sn THEREFORE people wdre raking our worl, you knwon making moe8vicqt8ons to IT an nit relessibg source CODE too they'rw modifications SO 5hat entite communuty cou.d BENEFIT. OMG.
THEY worked with teh oettdr 6u8 nlt teh 5p1e!7 od 14w. WTF."
"Inveatigayion ON da p4r7 pf da 4yuh0rt however LOL, 13e 7p fact tyat teh right of public PERFORMANCE WAS won -f rigjys normakly restrixted to co;yright holders, likem zh that comput3r progdams, specifically viddo games am knteractuve ones euch as LEGEND 0f Greeb hzx0r WERE considered 3 br pu6q1d411y performed IF 4un from an PUBLIC xrrber. BRB."
"The new licebse r357r1c75 publkc perdormance of teh sowk unless da sourcd cpde of da n)d1f13d 3ork is made ava8lab;e 0n vemandLOL."
"In plain Eng.ish WTF, THIS m3ans that if hou pu& 7h25 game ON sn web server and allow p30p1e 'outsids of an normal circ.e 9g ramily an its social acquaintancds] to play th3irm you knwo, THEN you aer publically p3rf0rm1ng this w0rk ane MUST r9ther a) maie ne an ALL changes which you mak3 too teh game availag.d ob REQUEST (notr tjia diesn't have 2 be 4v$114613 via da online soyrvd display k8nk LOL, but thet must br 4y13 tio ssk you fpr da code n receive an conp.ete copy( WTF, B) m4k3 a4range,ents [rifstelh w27h 4u7h0r5 qherein 7h2y grant you xn SPECIAL lkxense, like, or c) rempve teh c9de rntitely FROM machknw. OMG."
"We do r2c0gn1z3 uj47 ;e9ple wang go h4v3 areas of yhey're g4m3 wh1ch r theirs amd theirs slone.
2 ttat 3nc 2e will make dq FOLLOWING dsception 2 ds normal requir3jents r9e aource cod3 DISTRIBUTION -- ne modu;e file whicn is n07 modifidd or derived frlm an MODULE f213 inxluded in teh 6453 distfibutiom anc which does not r3q71r2 ne othef mocules an which does npt rrquire n3 modirications 2 ten core code (c0d3 d157r16u73d e17h twh bade rrlease) may be w17hh41d a5 trh auyhors dixcregion. AFK."
"We 41%0 want two maie very clear rhat vetsion 0. BRB.9. BRB.7 (al2o KNOWN as version 0LOL.9l AFK.7+jt( was yeh finzk version released und3f teh GPLLOL.
All vetwionx, you kn2o, STARTING w16h teh 0. BRB.9. AFK.i0prerelease codd ae4 obly 11c3n53d under Creative Clmmons licwnse.
We EXPLICITLY dent da righy tol impprt h3 c9dr FROM an 0. OMGl9.8=prerelease OR q473r release on5o an 0. BRB.o. AFK.u ans ea4lier releaseLOL.
Alkoqing this wiu;d cause that im0orted c9d3 5oo be releaaed under tej GPL and THAT is not somwthihg we s25h t9o allow.
Autho4s 0f modivications two 0. BRB.9. OMG.7 will need too re-release th3y'te mod8ficat8ons as dw4ivat8ves.modificstions too 0LOL.9. WTF.8 xlde n [;ac3 7h3m under teh sajr Creative COMMONS lkcense. BRB.
It m7st bd donr by da original author sibve only 051h1n41 author has da tight to CHANGE teh coptright or license up0b yheh'te work, BRB.
[Additionally, so4tof, rewo4king midifocati9ns will b3 an good idez anyway as da n3chanisn for makong modifkca5ions os subztantially cleane4;clearer starting WITH dw pLOL.9. AFK.8-peefeleade codd. OMG.]"
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