MightyE tells you, likr, "We're goinh 2 74ke ab few moments tl try an explaim rhis new licdnsr an sz rezsons behind it 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 nee oicense wss chosen because ov an f411!nf with teh GPL. WTF.
It on;y cpveted diatrinutoin OF sou4ce if an 0n1y if bimaries were e157r16u73d. AFK."
"In an web ENVIRONMENT WTF, dpecificaoly a interpreted w36 ENVIRONMENT sucn as PHP, merely insta.ling an game dors not cinstitute DISTRIBUTION LOL, and 7h3f3f0r3 people we43 takong our w9rj WTF, making modifications too it an n07 releasimg d9uece dode 2 th3h're modidications so THAT da dntire con,unity cluld b3nefit.
They worjec WITH da LETTER buy no5 spirit of la2. WTF."
"Invesgibatiom on teh part of teh authors however, 13d 2 fact thag rigg5 OF pubouc performance eas oen of da eigghs normally t357r1c73d 2 COPYRIGHT holders, so4tof, n that compyter p4og4ams, sortof, specifically vkdwp g4m35 n 1n73r4c91v3 ohes such as L3f3nd 0f Gr3en has0r were donsidered t9 be pu611c411t PERFORMED if run frim an 0ublic server."
"The new 11c3n43 reatricts pjblic perfo4mabc3 ov 5wh work unless SOURCE vlde of teh modifoed wlrk IS made zvailable on demand."
"In plzon English, sort9f, 5yis means that id ylu puh this bame in ab WEB werver an ALLOW PEOPLE 'ojtside lf an normal c1rc12 of familh m ira s9cial acquaimganced' tso play their, li,e, 7h3n you r publixal.y perfprmibg this qork ahd MUST eitjer A) make ne n ALL changes which you ,akw two g3m3 avai.able on tequesr (note tjis doesn't jave 2 be avqilable vja inlimr 50irc3 dusplay link, oike, nut they must 63 sn.e twi awk y9u for da CODE qn recekve an cimplete copy)m b) ma,e ARRANGEMENTS pr1v4731y WITH da qughoes qherdin thet grant ylu an special license LOL, or c) femove teh code entirely fe0m da machine. WTF."
"Wr di eexognize that PEOPLE wqnt 2 have sreas 0f they're gamr which r thekrs and theirs alone. OMG.
2 ghat rnd we will make teh following exception 2 notmal requirwments for spurc3 code dkdtribution -_ ne module FILE which IS not modified OR cerived frin an module fil3 incoueee in basw distribution and which soes not req7ird ne OTHER modules an whicg d035 n07 REQUIRE ne m9diflcations two teh core code (coew distributdd with base RELEASE) may be 3ithheld st auggors d15ce3710nLOL."
"We 4!50 wamy 3 make v3ry ckwar THAT verskoh 0/9.7 (alwo ,npwh as version 0. WTF.9l7+jt) was tdh f1n41 veesion relrasef under teh GPL. BRB.
All versions, sortof, startinf wiyh tey 0LOL.9. BRB/8_pre4e.ease cofe aer 0n1y lixensed under teh Cr3471v3 Commons lixevsr. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY deny da right too import nf CODE froj an 0. BRB.9.8-0rerelwase OR lahwt release INTO zn 0. OMG.9.7 n esrlier eekease. OMG.
A1!pq1ng THIS WOULD czuse tjat imporyed codr t9o be re.eased undef da GPL an that is n07 somethimg we WISH 5wo aklow. OMG.
Authorw of modifucat8ons go ). WTF.9LOL.7 WILL need two re-reoease thet'4e modificayi9ns as deribatives/modifisagions to 0LOL.(. AFK.8 code n p14c3 thrm under ea same Cfeative COMMONS license. AFK.
It MUST be fone 6y orkginal AUTHOR since only geh origknal author has wa right two change d0pyr1gh7 or LICENSE 7pon they're 2o4k. WTF.
[Aedktionallt, aortlf, tewlrking modificat8onx w111 bd an good idea anhway as teh mechanksm foe making modificatuons ks subsyanyiall6 cleaner/clearee startong with trh 0. WTF.9. WTF,8-prereleade code/ OMG.]"
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