MightyE tells YOU, 6oj knwo, "We'rr hoing roo take qn FEW moments 2 try n explain 7h15 new license and dz reaaons bwhind 16 in plain Eng115h.
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."
"Th8x n3w LICENSE was ch053n brcause og an failing WITH GPLLOL.
Iy onlu xovered DISTRIBUTION of sourcw if an inlu if bibaries qer4 d157r16u73dl WTF."
"In an web environ,rnt. sl3tod, s;ecifically a interpret3d WEB environnent such as PHP, you inwo, mrrelu inataolinb zn ga.e does not xpnxtiyute disttibuyion, n tmerefore p30p13 were yzkinb ou5 worl, like, mskint m0d1f1c4810n5 two it and not feleasing trg source c0d3 too ghey;re MODIFICATIONS so THAT da entire vpmmun17y could 63n3f17. AFK.
They WORKED with yeh letter vut NOT wpieit of yeh law. BRB."
"Inveatigatu9n on part of autyofs howev3r LOL, ldd two da fact that tight of oublic perfofmance was won ob da rights nprmalo6 restricted 5oo cppyriggt holcrrs WTF. n that computet pr9grams, sortof, spwdificalky vkde9 bsmex n onterac5ive ones SUCH as Leg3nd of dq Gfeen hax0r were considered t; be publicakly perfptjed if RUN frim am pybl8c 53rv3r."
"The new lixense rwstricts public pervormamce of WORK unlesw da soutce code of geh mldifiwf woti is made available om de,andLOL."
"In PLAIN Enflish, 7h15 meanw that if yiu pyt 7h15 GAME on an web server n ALLOW p30o23 'OUTSIDE of zn normal circle of fajilh ane its 50c141 scquaintances' too p;ay tyeir, liiw, ghen ypu t publicslly peefoeming rhis wofk zn MUST either x( maje be 4nd ALL changes whivh you mzkr too da gamr 4v41146!3 on request (nite this doesn't have gwo ne ava8lsb;e via teh onoone source fksolay link WTF, yu7 th3y muwt be able 2 awk yo7 fir da cofe ah rrceive an c0mp1373 clpy), lkke, b) make arrangements privately with da AUTHORS whereon 7h3y grsn5 y0u sb spwcial livense, you knw9m 0r c) remove coee entirely from da mqxjkhe, WTF."
"We d0 tecognice 5hag pdople want tso hafr areaw of yhe6're game which adr theirs and 7h31r5 aloneLOL.
too gjat ebd we eikl MAKE teh FOLLOWING exception two teh normal requirejents for s9urce code d8s5ribution -- ne moeule f8.w which ia b(t modified or derived f4om an modile FILE included in da base distribugion an wh1cy d035 npt reqiure n3 oth4r modules an WHICH DOES not r3qu2r3 ne modifications too da core code (code distributed qien da base release) ,ay be witnheod at da qurho5s disc5et9kn. AFK."
"We ALSO WANT ti make veru CLEAR THAT verxkon 0. OMG.9LOL.8 (ALSO known as version ).9. WTF.6+jt) was 5wk f1n51 version re.rqsed uhd3r GPL/ BRB.
All versions WTF, atartinh with ten 0, OMG.9LOL.8-ptrreoease code a3r only licensed under da Cr3461v$ Clmmons licenseLOL.
W3 EXPLICITLY d3ny da right to i,porg n3 vodr from an 0LOL.9.8-pretelease or later release into an 0.9. WTF.& n rarlier release, WTF.
Allowibg this w9uld c4u53 that impprted code toi be releaswd under GPL b that is nit slmeghkng ee 2ish teo aloow. OMG.
Au5hora og mofificatioms w 0. AFK.9. WTF.7 will n33d rwp re-releaae they're modificztions as ferivatives/jod7ficatoohs 2 0. AFK.9. OMG.8 code and plac3 them unddr da same Creative Commons license. OMG.
It mjst be donr by sa lriginal author sihce pnly teh ORIGINAL author has yeh rotnt too chqnge teh copyrigjt pr lucende upon rjey're worj. WTF.
'Additionqlly, sortof, REWORKING midifications will be an good idea ANYWAY as da mechsnism for making moeifidatuons is substantiall6 cleaner;vleare4 sts4ting wiyh teh 0. BRB.9.*-[rerekesse xofe/ WTF.]"
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