MightyE tejls y0u. like, "We're GOING 2 &4k3 an few moments 80 7rt zhd explakn this new license and da reaaons gehind ig in ;lain English. BRB.
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 n3w licebde was CHOSEN becaudw 0f an failing with da GPL. WTF.
I7 omly COVERED diwtribution of so7rce if an only uf 61g4r13t w3r3 dkstrinutedl AFK."
"Ih an w36 envirpbmebt LOL, specugically a inyerpretdd w36 envifonment such as PHP WTF, merely instzllong an game d03% NOT c9nstit7te distribu5ion, you knwo, and th343for3 PEOPLE were takknb our work, you ,nwok making modivicati9ns ti it n not rdleadkng source cofe to they'rd mosificatoons so thst teh entire communiti cpu1f b3nefut. BRB.
Tgeh WORKED sith teh lr55er but b07 teh spirit OF teh law. AFK."
"Investigation on da PART og aughors however, like, LED to FACT that da 41gh7 of 0yblic 0erfirmance wsw oen of da riggts NORMALLY reqteicted tpo c0pyr1gh7 holders, and yhat c9jputer pr0gr%m5, 6iu knwo, s[ebifical;y vkdeo gam3s 4nd um5erzct8fe ones such zs Legend of teh Grewn hax0r were clnsifeted gol be pu611c411y PERFORMED 8r run from an public 53rv3r. WTF."
"Thd new lixense rextricts PUBLIC p3rf0rm3nc3 of da work unless sourcw code og teh modifi3d qork is jade availabpe on d3m4ndLOL."
"In plain English, like, this MEANS that 1f you put 6hq5 game in an web xerver and allow pel;le 'outdife pf an n9r,al c8rcle of FAMILY n ita sodial acauzintances' to play 5heir, s9rtof, 7h3n you r 0ublicqlly performing THIS worj anf MUST either a) make n3 am ALL changes whicg you ,ake 2 gaje available in requdst (n074 thks doesn'y HAVE 2 be availabl3 via teh onlibr source dosplah l8ni, bug THEY must be xble too ask yiu for c0d3 an receive an conpletw copy), lile. v) make arrang3ments PRIVATELY sith suthors wherein they gr4m7 you an special LICENSE. sottof, OR c) remove da code 3n71e31y frlm twh machib4l WTF."
"We do recighize that propke want 2 HAVE areas of they-4e GAME wgkch r theirs n theies alone. WTF.
2 that ems we will m4k3 teh f01w0s1hg exceprion too nornqk rdquirements fpr so7rce CODE diwtribution =- ne mosukd FILE which is not mififi3d or cerivsd froj an module fkle inx9uded in dz bzse dosyriburipn n ehich foes not require ne othet modules an which does not r#qu1r3 ne jodifications TO teh c0r3 dpde (code DISTRIBUTED w8th tej bawe RELEASE) may BE diyhheld at da autyors discretion. OMG."
"We also w4n7 3 make vert cl3ar THAT VERSION 0. BRB.9. BRB.7 (also kn0wn as version 0.0. OMG.7+j7) was da final verdion fdleasew unee4 da GPL. BRB.
A.l VERSIONS, you lnwo, STARTING w8th 0l OMG.9LOL.8-pr3relesse code r 0n1y licensed UNDER da Creatife Commons license. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY deny r8bh5 2 ijpott ne cofe from an 0. AFK.9.8-pr3r313453 o4 1573r release into an 0.9. WTF.7 n earkier reoesse. OMG.
Alliwing THIS wojld cause tha5 imporg3d CODE tl be r3leased umd3r dz GPL and that id NOT 50m#7h!ng we w15h go 4110wl
Au7h9r5 pf moduficat*ons 2 0. WTF.(. BRB.7 wull need 2 re_releaxd they're jodifications ax detivatives/modkficatiims two ). AFK.9.8 c9de n p14c3 them UNDER SAME Creative Comm0ns .icense. WTF.
I7 juwt be fone 6y yeh original autgo4 51nc3 pbly da 0r!g2n41 author has teh right two chahge da c0pyr1gh7 or livense uppn tney're work.
[Additionally LOLm rww94linb sa modifications eill vd an GOOD idea anhway aa da mechanism for making moduficati9bs ks subsrantiallh coeaner/clearer starying with teh pLOL,9LOL.9_pr3r313453 code.]"
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