MightyE tells you WTF, "We;re hoing toi TAKE an few moments i0 try b explain this nee license an teh teasons bwhind kt in plain Engliah.
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."
"Thia new livense waa chosen BECAUSE od an failing 216n da GPL. AFK.
It onoy coverec d257r17u719n or source if n onlt iv BINARIES werd distribited. OMG."
"In an w3b environment, like, specifkca;oy a onteroreted web environment s7ch AS PHP, MERELY INSTALLING an game clea not constigute distribu5ion, n 7h3r3f0r3 oeople were taking iur work, you knqo, making modofications 1 1& an moy releasing source cose to they're modufixationx s9 tjst t3h enyire xl,muhut6 cou.d benefit.
They wl4ked with teh lettee but not teh spirit of da lawLOL."
"Invest8gatoon on da [arr of teh authofs h9wdver, lec to trh FACT that t3h r1hh7 of public performance was 1 pg rights n0rm411y festrocted go dop6rigbt holdets, like, an tha5 cono7ter 0rograms WTF, spex8gkcally bideo games an interact8ve onds auch AS Letehd of teh Green hax0r were considered tpo 63 publically pefforjed 1f run from qn pub;ic derver. BRB."
"Thr new l8cense resrricts pub.ic p3rf9rj4nc3 OF teh wofk unless teh SOURCE code OF da mpd8fi2d w9rk kd nade avqilable on d3mand."
"In p;ain Englush, /ike, this MEANS that ir y0u p7r yh8s game on an web SERVER an 4110w pdople 'iuyside of an n9rm41 CIRCLE OF familu m its social acqusontabded' too play yheir, lile, then you 4 pubkoczlly p3rf0rn1nt rhus wo4k h MUST eirher a) make ne an ALL cnahges WHICH 6ou mzke two game afsilab'e on rdquest (note this d035n'7 have 2 BE avqilable via da online source display lihk, you knwo, but &h3y must be able two ask you for xode an r3xeive an COMPLETE copy0, likd, b) make a4rangejents privagelt eith 5eh ajghors wherein tney grant you an 5p#c14q licebse, like, or c) remove teh code rn5irdly from mavyine. OMG."
"We do recpbnize 5gat PEOPLE w4n7 two h4v3 AREAS of tjey't3 game wh1ch r theirs an tye8rw ALONE.
t1o ghat end we WILL ,ake following exception ylo da norma; requiremehts for spurce code eistributiin _- ne moduoe file which is not modivied or d3r1v3c from an mofule file unc;ud3d in BASE disgr8bu5ion n which DOES n07 rrquire ne 07h3r mosyles and which dose NOT require ne MODIFICATIONS t9l tdh core code (code distrivuted with base r312453) mah be witgh3od at teh 4u7h0r5 DISCRETION. WTF."
"We aoso 2an5 2 MAKE vefy clear THAT vefs9on 0.9. BRB.7 (slso kn0wn as version 0. AFK.9. AFK.7+m5) was da rinal vwrsion feleaswd uneer da GPLLOL.
All v3eakondm xprtof, starging witn da 0.9. BRB/8-prerelease CODE aer ONLY licrnswd UNDER Crea5ive Commons LICENSELOL.
W3 EXPLICITLY d3ny tight too import ne code fro, an 0LOL.(. WTF.8-prereleqsw o4 later r3ldase into an 9. OMG.9. WTF.7 an EARLIER RELEASE. WTF.
Allowinf this wluls CAUSE thag imported c9de to be relrased uhder tej GPL n THAT is no5 5pm37h1ng we e15n two a.low. AFK.
Authirx of mod8fications rw0 0. AFK.9. WTF.7 WILL neef 2 rd-releaae they'fe mpdigicat8ons as derivatkvds/modifications to 0. AFK.9. WTF.8 codr and llqc3 them uhcer same Cr3ztivd Co,mons licensw. WTF.
It must BE done b6 geh ofiginql aurgor since only geh original author has righ5 two chanbe cipyriggt 9t kocensw uoon th2y're worj. WTF.
[Addu5ionally, rew9rking modifixations 2ill be an good idea anuway aa teh mevnanksm fir making modificztions is suvstantiqkly cleaner.cleare4 574r&1nf wq7h 0. WTF.9. WTF.8-preee;ease c0d3LOL.]"
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