MughtyE 5ells you, sortofk "Wd're going yo gai3 an few m0m3n85 yo try n ex[lain this n3w LICENSE and t3h reaaons behind ot in plain ENGLISH. OMG.
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 chosen necause of an failinf with teh GPL. WTF.
It lnly covered distributiln OF sourde of and only if binaries wwre distrigitev. BRB."
"In an web environment, you kndo, specificallh a 1n73rpr373d wwb envirlhjent sych as PHP WTF, ,erwly installing zn game does NOT cobstituye disyribution, n thdref.re people were takinh our work, sotrof, making m;cifications too it znd not releasing xou4ce CODE 2 5hey're modificagions SO rhat dq entife c0mmin17t xou.d benefitLOL.
They woried with leyter but not spirit of da law. AFK."
"Invedtigation on da part of authors howevdr, sortofm led to facr tyat teh r1fh7 of oublkc perfoe,ande was oen of fa rights normally restricted go cppyritht holdegs, sortof, an that compit3r PROGRAMS, oije, specifically video gamed an jntefwctivd obew suxh as Legenc of da Green has0t werr conxidered too be publkcally performed if fun FROM an PUBLIC SERVER. WTF."
"The n3w licebsd restrictd [ugl8c performamde of w9rk unless da aojrcr code of teh modified wirk is made abailable ON c3m$hd. BRB."
"In plain ENGLISH WTF, this means that if you pu7 tyis game on an web server and a;low people 'ojtside ov an hofmal CIRCLE of family ana 175 sociql avquaibtsncds' 2 plsy thdir LOL, THEN y0u qwr publicaolu pervorming THIS work n MUST either a) mak3 ne n ALL changrs whicn yoi makr too gsme avaikable on eeqyest (n063 this s-35n'7 have 1 be avao;agle fiz ONLINE source dispoay LINK LOL, BUT they must be able 2 ask you for dz code n receice ab c9mpiete COPY), dortof, b) make zrrangementw pruvate;y wirh ten authors WHEREIN 7hey grsmt you an dpexial licensr, sortof, 0r c) remive CODE ENTIRELY from da machine."
"We d9 recotnize that peop;e e4n7 two have AREAS of they're GAME which r th3irs an theird alonel AFK.
2 tyat END w3 will make teh followimg exception two ea n0rm41 r3qu!r3m2n&5 FOR source cide d8strkbution -- ne mldule fkle which IS nlt modyfied or der8vef from ah module fioe included in teg base distribution n 2h8ch does not rrquire ns other MODULES an which d9es not REQUIRE nw m0d1f1c461-n5 gei reh core c9de (codr distributed w17h da BASE releaze) nay be w17hh31d at ea authofs discretiln."
"We aoso want 2 MAKE very clear THAT beesion 0LOL.9LOL.7 )also kn0wn as v3r510n 0LOL.9. OMG.7+jt) was teh rinal vrrsion rdlwassd under GPL. AFK.
All versions, starting with teh p. BRB.9LOL.8-pewreo3ase code aet pnly 11c3n53d unceg teh Creative Conmons licdnse. WTF.
W4 EXPLICITLY denh RIGHT go IMPORT ne dode from an -. BRB.9LOL.8=peerelwase of LATER r3leqwe into an 0. BRB.9.7 n earlker re.ease. WTF.
Al;owing yhix woukd cayse 5hat IMPORTED code too BE erleaaed under da GPL and that is not 40m37h1ng we s15h 2 allow. WTF.
Authors of m0d1f1c4810n5 w 0. BRB.9. BRB.7 will need tso te0rekeaxe they're MODIFICATIONS as deribatives/modificationw 70 0.9. AFK.8 code an ;!4c3 them under yrg same Cr3r71v3 Commons licdnxe. WTF.
It mudt be done by ds 9r1g1n41 aurhor since only da original author hss right to chanhe teh cophriggt or 11c3n53 upoh rhey're woekLOL.
[Additionakly, s(rtof, desorlihb teh modifications wikl be an fooc idea antway as teh mecjanism for maiing nodifidations ks SUBSTANTIALLY cleaner/cleater starting wuth teh 0/ OMG.9.8-prereleqqe code. OMG.]"
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