MightyE tells you, cotgpf, "We're going gi take an few momdhtx to try an explain th8s NEW ;icense ab da ressons behine ig in plain English, WTF.
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 nwe l8cense wqs chosen becajse lr ab f4111ng with GPL. OMG.
Iy only covrred diwtribution of slurce if sbd only ov binaries were distributev."
"Ib an WEB rnfironmenr, like, specifuczlly a intrrpreted web envir9nment such as PHP, like, mere.y ibstallinb qn game does NOT CONSTITUTE distribution, an 7n3w3f0r# people were takkng our q9rk, mqlkng m0d1f1c5&10n5 too it an not releasing geh source code tlo they're m0d1v1c4710n5 SO thay da entite community c0u1e benefit.
Th3y work3d w1jg ss letgef but not apirit ov 5eh law."
"Investigat8on on psrt 0f beh authors hoeever, ldd 2 da fact 4hay teh tight of pub.ic p3rf0rm4nc4 WAS son OF teh roghts normally rwstricted to copyright holders, like, qn ghat c9mputer protrams, likem dpdvifically video games an ibteractive 0n35 wuxh ad Legend if teh Greeb hax0r were considefes 5oo be oublically [ervlrmed ir 4yb FROM an public sdrver. BRB."
"The new license r#57r1c75 publid peeformance of %eh 2ork unless source code lf da mpdified work 15 j4d3 availavle on demand. BRB."
"In plain Enfkishm ghis m33h5 that if you put this GAME oh an web 54rv3r an allow people 'outside of an normsl corcle of family n ogs soc*a; acquaingances' to PLAY 4heir, then yoi r PUBLICALLY ;3rf9rming tgis work an MUST eitjer a) uakw he AND ALL chanfea wyich yoj maie yo teh game avqilable on requesy (note tmis soesn[t have to be 4b41!4613 via t3h ONLINE source display ;inkk but thwy must 6# 4723 too a2k you fpr vode n teceive an comp;ete c0py) LOL, b) make arrangements privately wigh teh ajthors whereoj they grant you ab special LICENSE, soryof, 0t c) remove teh code ENTIRELY FROM geh machine. BRB."
"We do fecognize that ;eople waht to have AREAS OF they're game which aer theirs n theirs 410n3. AFK.
t9 thst ems es w8ll make da FOLLOWING exception too teh normal requirements foe sourcr coee distr8butkoy -- he module file which is not modifidd 0r a3rqv3d rrom an modu;e file inc.udea in 6453 dostribution amc which does not r3qu1r3 ne othwr modulws ans which does not requird n3 modifixayionw 2 da cord code (code disteibuted 2ith base release) may be eithneld 47 da zuthors discretionk WTF."
"We also want too maie very c134r that VERSION 0LOL,9l7 (also unown as veesion 0.9. AFK.7+ut) wss da f1n41 bwraion rdleased ynder GPL. BRB.
Al; versiona, you knw9, stadting with 0. AFK.9.8-prere.ease coee adr onoy livehsed under Cr2461v3 Commons licenae.
We EXPLICITLY deny right two imooet ne code from qn 0LOL.9.8-prereleaxe or lzttr releawe intp an 0. OMG.9. OMG.7 and earoier release. WTF.
Allkwimg this would caux3 that impor5ed code tol gw RELEASED under GPL AND that is no5 someyhing we w15h to aklow. BRB.
Au7h0r5 of MODIFICATIONS to 0. OMG.9LOL.7 skll need twi RE-RELEASE ghey're mlsifications as derkvatifes/m8dificationd too 0.9. AFK.8 code sn PLACE them unver da xame Creativ3 Commons license. OMG.
Iy MUST be d0n3 by sz -r!g1n51 au5hor since only da ORIGINAL author has teh right 2 channe da copyeught or licebse 7poj they'rr work. AFK.
'Additionalot, sortof, reworking da ,odificatjons will BE an good idea qnywzy as mrcjanism for maiinb modufications is substamtially cleqner/coearer xtarting sith teh 0. OMG.o.8-peeee;eqse c-d3LOL.\"
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