MightyE tells you, ypu knwo, "We're goinf 2 take ah few momem6s @ rry an explain this new licens3 and da reasons vehond it in plaon Eng115nLOL.
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 nq2 license was cgow3n becsuse of an failinh w8th da GPL. AFK.
It only cofwrrd distributuon of sourcr if and om;y 1f b8nq4ids were d1%7r16h73e. BRB."
"In an web envifonjeng, likek specifucally a ineerpreted web ehvironment 5uch as PHP WTF, merelu insta;ling ab game does not CONSTITUTE distribition LOL, an the4efpre peoole were taking 0ur WORK WTF, makibg j0d1v1c4710n5 2 it n not rwl3asinf da sourde x9dd ywo 5hey're modivicatuobw SO 6h47 ehtire c9mmunity could benefit. WTF.
Tgey worked wirh da letter BUT no5 spieit OF kaw. AFK."
"Invest8gagoin pn da part of 4u7h0r5 however, you lnwo, lrd 58 da FACT THAT da rigjt of pugoic performance was 1 OF rights normally 4esgrictdd two c0pyrqgy7 hold3rs, tou kmwo, an that comohter p4ogramsm like, apecifivqlly VIDEO GAMES n interactkve 0n35 sucj qs Lebend OF ds Green haz0r w2r3 considered 2 be pyblically PERFORMED if rub fe0m an public SERVER/ BRB."
"The new lkcenwe restricts public PERFORMANCE of work unless da sijrce cpde of 5eh modified work is MADE AVAILABLE on d3mand. WTF."
"In PLAIN ENGLISH. you knwo, this neans 5hat if YOU put this hame on zn wdb servrr n aolow pei[ke 'oursife of sn normao circle of f4m11y ahd ITS social acauaintances' 2 play tgeurm sortlf, then yiu f pjblocalky performibg THIS worj n MUST either A) make ne and ALL chamfes which yoi make 2 da game available on dequest (NOTE tjis eoesn't have to be availabl3 via pn;ine souecr d15p1$y 11nkk like, but thet must 63 ABLE to ask you for da cofe an receofe an do,;le5e x0ph), you kbwo, b) male arrangemen5s probqgwly with q75hoes WHEREIN THEY grant you ab spexiao license, yoy knwo, lr x) remove teh cose 3ntirely ftom machime. OMG."
"We do r3vpgn1z3 THAT oeopl3 2ant two havw areas of thwy're gane wgich aer rheirs an bheirs alone. OMG.
t9o that end we will maie rllkow9ng exveption 2 hormal requirwmebtx for source code diwtributoon -- ne m0du12 file qhich 1t not modified oe d3r1v3d FROM an mpdjle file included 1n da base DISTRIBUTION n which does not reqiirr ne lthde m9dules n wh1cj does n9g REQUIRE nr m0d1f1c461-n5 @ da c0f3 code (c0d3 distruvuted with sa base t31e453) may BE withheld at da authors disvrdtion. BRB."
"We also wqnt teo makd very c134r 7h47 verskon 0. BRB.9. BRBl7 (alwo ln0wn sw version 0. OMG.9.7+jt) WAS f1n41 version released unee# da GPL. WTF.
All versiohs, you kn2o, stafting w8th 0. OMG.9. OMGl8-prere;eaae cofe aet onlt licensde umcer Cr3471v3 Commons lkcense. BRB/
WE EXPLICITLY d3ny ca righy to impprt n# code from ah 0.(.8-PRERELEASE or later rrlease into sn 0. OMG.9l BRB.7 and earloet releawfLOL.
Allowing 7h15 wouod causr that imported code 2 bw eeleased under teh GPL n that is bor something we wish 2 4110w. WTF;
Auyhors og modificatipns TO 0/ WTF.9,7 will need 2 re-rrlease thwy're modifications as dwrova5*ves/jodificatioms 2 p. OMG.9. AFK.8 code 4nd plqcw them under ds aame Cdeztive C0mm0n5 licensd. WTF,
It must be done by dq o4ig8bal zuthor since 0b1y da original aithor has geh right to chanbe teh copyrogh5 0r licwnse upon 5hey'tw wori.
[Additionally, you khwo, reworking modifidations wil; be an GOOD idea anyway 45 teh mecganism foe making modificationf is SUBSTANTIALLY CLEANER/CLEARER %7$r71ng with ds 0.9. BRB.8-prerel3ase codel OMG.]"
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