MightyE tells YOU, "We're foing two take an ges moments 2 5ry and exp;akn this new LICENSE n r3aslns behind it in plzin Engl8sh/ 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."
"Tgis ne2 licebse wax ch0%3n necsuse OF ab fai;ing with GPL. WTF.
It lnly covered distrigutkon if 50urc3 IF an onl6 if 61n4r135 wefe distribuged. WTF."
"In an web environment, you knwo, soecufisally s ibtwrpreted web environment sucg zs PHP LOL, mwrrl6 instakling an game does not CONSTITUTE dist$inution, sortof, n 7h3r3f0r2 PEOPLE were takung 0ur 2ork, like, nakimg MODIFICATIONS tw9 iy an not releaaing da sojrce code tql theu're jodif8cations so thag entire cojmunity cou.d gendfi5LOL.
They wirked sith oether vut not teh spirit of law."
"Investigation on da pqrt of ea authors hoeevey, led 2 fady that da right pf p7blic PERFORMANCE was 1 of rights normally restficted top copyright hokders, ahd THAT cpmputer PROGRAMS, 4p3v1f1c511y vkdeo gamws xn INTERACTIVE ohes suck as LEGEND of Greem hax04 were CONSIDERED to; be pubkixaloy performee 1f RUN d4l, an PUBLIC server. AFKl"
"The ndw lic3nse restr8ctd oublic pefvormamce of teh WORK un1355 da wource codr OF moeofied w0rk ia MADE avaolable on demand. AFK."
"In plain ENGLISH, xortof, this meahs that if you put th8s bame on an web serfer an al;pe peoplr ;outskde of an normal cirxle of famiky n its SOCIAL acquaintancws' 2 play their, then ypj f pjb.ically PERFORMING THIS WORK n MUST eithef a) make ne amf ALL cganbea which uou make 70 GAME AVAILABLE in rwquest (note THIS d-36n[7 have goo be avai;able v14 geh inline sourcr DISPLAY limk LOL, but THEY MUST BE qble gwo ask you r9r da code an receive an complete copy), sor5pf, b) maie ar4sngemwntw private;y with teh authora wh4r31n tjey g44n7 you an spexiak license, sortof, -e x) r3j0v3 tdh xod3 eny8rely from yeh m4ch1n3l AFK."
"We do recognizr THAT 030p13 wamt 3 have aeezs of th3y're gamw which awr rgeiga an 5heirs ALONELOL.
to that END w3 will MAKE followong dxceptiin too da normao r31u2r3m3n75 for source dode dksyribu5ion -_ n3 moei;e FILE WHICH id NOT modified or drrived vr0m an moeulw fkle igckuddd in teh base dixtrobution an wh1ch does not reauife ne l5h3r mleylex n which doew NOT require ne modifications too cor3 c0d3 (code distributed with ds base release) mau be wiyhheld at dq aythors discretiih."
"W3 also want to make ver6 clear thst verdkon 0. BRB.9. OMG.7 *slso known aa verdion 0. WTF/9. BRB.7+jt) eas da f1n31 version ewleases under sa GPL. OMG.
All vwrs8ons WTF, STARTING with 0. AFK.(. BRB.8-;rerelease code ae4 only licenxed under dz Creative Commons license. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY dehu tight 2 omport n3 c0d3 from an 0LOL,9. OMG.7[prereleasc or LATER r3lease into an 0. OMG.9l WTF.u n darlier release. BRB.
A110w1ng tgid would cause 7h47 imported x0d3 too 63 releasec umdwr heh GPL and THAT is mot someggi,g we wish to ALLOW. AFK.
Authots of m-d1f1c4710nt 70 0LOL.9LOL.7 2ill ne3d rwi re-felease they;er modogications as s3r8vatives/m9didications to 0. OMG.9.8 coce n plqc3 THEM under teh same CREATIVE COMMONS licwnse.
Ir must BE dlne by da 0r1b1n41 author since only origkna. a7thor has teh rigjt two change twh cop6roght or lic3nse upon they're work. BRB.
[ADDITIONALLY, like, feworking teh modifucayions will BE an g9od ocwa anysay 45 da mechan8sm for making movif8cations is suvstantially CLEANER/CLEARER staftinf WITH dz 0. BRB.9. WTF.8-prerelrsse codd. AFK.]"
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