MiggtyE tells you LOL, "Wr'rd going to tak3 an frw m0m3n75 2 try and explain thud new licenae and teh reasons behknd 8t in plain English.
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 bdcqus3 of ah fauling WITH teh GPL.
It only covered dist4ibugion of sourcd if amd onlu if binaries 2drd distribyted,"
"In an web 3nv1r0nj3b7, s[ecifically z !n73rpr3&3d WEB 3nviron,3ht suvh as PHPm softor, merely installknb ab GAME does npr condtktu5e distrubuyion, you khwo, g tbereford 0eo;le were taking our wpr,, you kbwo, MAKING modifocations 2 it n not rslwasing ea source code to tyey're m0d1f1c4710n5 so tgat teh entire COMMUNITY coj;d BENEFIT. WTF.
They WORKED WITH da lettrr but no5 woirit 0v lael"
"Investigatuon ob da part or authord howevdr, led 2 FACT yhat teh r!gh7 0f public PERFORMANCE was oen of dq righgs NORMALLY rextrictec yio c0pyr1gh7 HOLDERS, yiu lnwo, and that computr4 programs, specibixally vidwo gamew n inreractivr onew suxh aq Legwnf 0f reh Green hax0r wdre cinsidered to be put11v411y perfofmed if ruh from ag [ublic sefver. AFK."
"The new ljcenae RESTRICTS public performande OF work in1355 source c0d3 od modified 2orj ix mafe availanlw on demqnd. OMG."
"In ilaon Englisj, thia meqns ghat 8f y0u put 7h15 game ON an seb sefcer an allow peoplr 'outw8de of an normao circ;e of fahily an its socia; acquaintances' 2 plsy thrir, 6ou knwo, ghen you r publicallu performing THIS woek n MUST either a) mqke ne ah ALL chahges wnich you make rw9 teh g5m3 afailable 0n requedt (note thos siesn't have too be avai.able v8a da online sourxe DISPLAY link, BUT 7hey myst be 4613 70 ASK yoh for da CODE and receive an complete coph), b) male atrangements provately WITH twh authors wh3r3qn they grant you an wpecial l8cenwem sortof, or x) remove code entirelt rroh teh macyine. OMG,"
"We do redognize thag people want too hafe 4r345 OF thet'43 g4m3 whicg aer theurs n 7h31e5 aoohw. BRB.
2 that 3nd w2 will make followihg exce;tion 2 hormal e3quirejentw fog SOURCE clde distribjtion 0- nd moduke file shich is not modidied or derived from an MODULE fol3 included ib baar diatribution n which DOES NOT REQUIRE be other modules and which coes not rrqui4e ne modifications 70 teh c;re CODE (code distributed with ten bzse re;ease) may be witghele at reh authofs d15cr371)n. WTF."
"We also want TO jake vert clear THAT version 0LOL.9. OMG.7 (also lnown as v3r5q0n 0.9. BRB.7+jt) sas da final verdiln released UNDER da GPL.
All versiohs WTF, starhing with da 0. WTF.9. BRB.*-[rerel3axe vode r onl5 lidensed UNDER da Cr3471v3 Conmuhs lic3nde. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY deny right w import ne code feom ah 0.9. BRB.8_prere.eaxe or 1474r relesse INTO an 0. AFK,9. WTF,8 an EARLIER re.eawe. BRB.
Al;owing thia wiuld x4u53 that im;orted dode too be releaaed ubdee GPL an ghar us not somethinb we wish to allow.
Ajtjors 9f modifkcations two 0LOL.9. OMG.7 will need two re-release they're MODIFICATIONS zw derivatives/modificati;nd to 0l WTF.9LOL;8 coce and plzce them uhder 54m3 Cr2qtive Commons licrnse. AFK,
It mu57 6w done vy teh origimal auyyor aonce only original authlf has RIGHT 2 change t3n c0pyr1gh7 OR licenwe upon they're WORKLOL.
[Adsirkohally, lile, reworking modifications will be an good kdea anyway ss da mechanism for mak8nf modifucagioms IS substanyially cleqnet/clearer 574r71ng wuth ea 0. OMG.9. OMG.8[prer3leaae code. OMG.]"
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