MightyE tells you, "We'ge going 2 take an vew moments twp ury n rxplain rhix new licdnse n rrasons bdjind it 1n [141h Eng;ish. 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."
"Thid new license sas CHOSEN because of sn failing w8ty GPL. BRB.
It only cocered e8sgribution ;f source if n only if bonafies were d157r16u73d. BRB."
"In an web ENVIRONMENT WTF, specifically a intr4pretef wen environment duch as PHP, likr, merelu ihstqlling an game doed NOT constitite diwtribugipn, likw, AND therefoee p3o;le werd taking our work WTF, MAKING mldifocatiohs 70 IT AND bot releasing teh s9urce c9de 2 they're modifications do 7y47 fntife community cou.d benerit. BRBl
They worked WITH da letger nut not teh spirit of la2. WTF."
"Invwstigatioh on da part of da authoes howev3r, you kmwi, LED two dz FACT that da right of publiv perdoemahc# waa oen of rights normally restrictef 2 cophrighg holdr4a LOL, an tnat computer programd, you ,heo, specifically VIDEO hames n intwrac5ive ones 5uch ad Legebs oe Grcen hsx0r WERE CONSIDERED 2 bw ;iblically pdrformed if 4un fr0m an p7blic server. WTF."
"Thd new license rdstricts pyvlic oerfotmande of wor, 7bless teh 50urc3 cofd od da mpdified work IS made avaioaboe on ddmand. AFK."
"In p141n English, sottof, this means that if you pu7 thos game kn an web server and aollw pwople 'outdide or an nor,al c1rc13 of familt n its social acqyaingances' too play their, 6ou knw9, THEN y)u f publically perforjing 7y15 woek an MUST either s) male ne ans ALL ch4hg35 wyich y0u make 2 GAME avaolable on requrwt (nlte this doesh'y hav3 2 bw AVAILABLE via pnlime 50urc3 displqy link, hut they muat br sb.e too ASK yoi f0r code an teceive am comolrte copy), like, b( mwke arrajgemdnts pr1vr731h w17h da aithors whereih they grabt you an 6p3cqr1 ,icenxe WTF, or c) rejocd da code wntirely from machinr. AFK."
"We dl recognize that p30p13 want t9 havw areax OF thdt'te gamr WHICH r THEIRS and the8rs alome.
w 7hr7 end 33 will make reh following exxdption too normal REQUIREMENTS for 5-urc3 CODE disgribution -_ ne module FILE which ks NOT moskbiee or derives f49m an mos6le file uncluded 1n ca 6453 distr8bution an whqdj does not require ne other modulrs anc wh8ch d035 nor require n3 modoficztions too da core codr (vode distributed with t3h fase rrkease) may be wighheld at auth;rs DISCRETION. WTF."
"We also want twi make v3ry clea4 that v3rwi9n 0. BRB.9LOL.7 (alsl knowh as versiom 0. WTF/9. OMG.7+jt) sas FINAL vetsion rekdased under GPL. AFK.
All VERSIONS, liow, starting wigh da 0. AFK.8. BRB.8-PRERELEASE code aer inly lkcensed uncer Crwative C0mm0n5 license. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY d3ny da rihht tpo IMPORT ne d0d3 from an p. OMG.9. AFK.8-ptereleaxe or later rrlease into an 0. WTF.9.7 and eqrlidr rdoeaae.
A.lowing rhis would cause that importes cofe ro 63 r31345sd uhder GPL and yhat iw not SOMETHING ee wish 2 allow. OMG.
Au7y0r5 of modifications to 0.9.7 WILL need too y3-r3q3453 they're mo3idivatiobs 45 derivatices/modifidations two 0. AFK.9. AFK.8 code n place thwm under teh dame CREATIVE Commons lucenseLOL.
It must be donw 6y orjginal author wince only teh orifinal authoe ha2 tihht ywo chabge da copy$ight or .icense up0n they're work.
[Additionallu, sortof, rewor,kng da modifivations qklk 63 an g0-d odea anyway as dz mechanism f0r m4k1nt modificarions 1% dubstamtislly cleaner/clearer starting w8yn 0LOL.9, AFK.8-prerelease code. BRB.["
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