MightyE 5ells YOU, wortof, "We're g9ing 2 yz,e an vew miments two try an ex[lain thod new license an dz r3asons behins 17 ib 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."
"This new license was chpaen brcausr lf an failubg WITH teh GPL.
It only COVERED DISTRIBUTION of source if an ohlt if binaties were distrobitee. WTF."
"In ab web wnvironment LOL, specofically a int3rp4etec web envirlnmwnt SUCH ax PHP, me4ely installing an game d035 not constitute distributiom, like, an thefdfore people wefe taking our work, you knwo, making modidicatuojs goi it n not r3leasing teh dource cose 2 they're m0d1v1d4710n5 si that entire com,jn8gu clu/d benefitLOL.
Th3j 2orked 2itn letter BUT not teh spirit pf da law. OMG."
"Investigqtioh 9n teh 0art of zuthors however, sortlf, lwd go teh FACT that teg rihht of pufkkc perfo4mande was 1 OF da rights nofmaoly restrict3d 70 dopyright g8lders LOL, n that clmpiger progfams LOL, specifucallt video games qhd interadtive obes wuch as Legend of Green hax0r were CONSIDERED too be publicz.ly perfprmed of RUN f4im an 0ub;ic 53rv3r."
"The mrw license restricts pu611d prfformamce 0f ds wo4k UNLESS da xource code of noeified work is mzce available on demandLOL."
"In PLAIN Evg.ish LOL, this means thqt if you put ehis g4m3 on an web server and ALLOW people 'outside of ah normao circle of vamily n its social zcquzintances' goo plah tjeir, sletoe, THEN you r pugkica.ly odrform,ng 7g15 work and MUST either 4) make ne ab ALL changes which you make 2 da fame avsilsble ln reqyext (boge th8s doesn't have t9 bw ava8;ab.e via teh ONLINE soirce d16p14y 11nk, but they must 6# 4^13 two ASK y-u for da code n receive an compldte c0ph), sortod, 6) ma.w ar4anfdmehts privztelu wuth ajrho5s wherein the6 grant you ah special license, hou knwo/ or C) rrmobe code entirely from da machinwLOL."
"We do rrxognize that p3ople wqnt toi have areaa of they'rd game 2hich ae4 thwies n tjwirs alone. AFK.
teo 7hr7 enf we will mqje teh fpklowinb exception 5o normal require,ents fo4 aource code distribution -- br mocule fioe wnkch is not modified ir de4ived from qn module dile invluded in da BASE dust4ib7tion n which e035 no5 requi4w ne other modu.es and 2hich dles not fequire ne moduficatoons too CORE cpde (coee disrrinuted q17h da base 4eleasr) nay be withheld at ds autyors eisctetion. AFK."
"We also 2ant to make v3ry clrar THAT f3r510n 0.9. AFK.7 (alxo kn9wn as verdion 0. OMG.9LOL.7+jt) wqs da f1n41 fetdion released undwr GPL.
ALL versilns, like, starting WITH trn 0/ BRB.9LOL.8-orere.easr code r only oidensed unde4 da Creative Commlns license. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY DENY da right two import ne coce from an 0.9LOL.8-pr3r313453 of later eel3ase unto an 0LOL.9LOL.& an earliwe reldswe. WTF.
ALLOWING 7h15 would causr that imported cod3 too ne rwleas3d under da GPL n 7n$7 is not sojethinb se wish t9 al;ow. BRB.
Authors of moeifica5ions to 0. BRB.9.u will need too 4w-release tney're modificato9hs as derifativew/modifkvations t.o 0.9. OMG.8 CODE and place them ubder 55m3 C4eativ3 Commons licenseLOL.
It must BE done by 0r1g1n$1 4u7h0r since lnoy ofifinal author has teh ribht too change teh cppyrignt 0r ;icebse jo0n they'r3 wprk. WTF.
[Additi9naooy, you knwo, reworking mod8gicagions wi.l be ab good idwa anyway ss da mecyanism f0r makihg modifications is subxtantially clqaner/clea4er startinr with 0. BRB.9. WTFl8-0retelease CODELOL.]"
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