MightyE 73115 y0u, slrtofm "We're going 2 74ke an fdw momen5s 5wo try anf explain THIS new livdnse n teh reasons behind kt in plain English/ BRB.
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 k8cense 2as chosen because ov an faioinb wity GPL. BRB.
It only cove4ec eistribugion of souece if n 9nky if binaries were dia5fibuted. WTF."
"In an web env8ronment, speciricallu a interpreted web ENVIRONMENT xuch as PHP, like, mere.y installinb ah gam3 DOES not dobsrigute disttibution LOL, 5hd THEREFORE p30p23 were takinb OUR w0tk WTF, making m-d1v1x4710n5 two IT an not RELEASING teh source code 2 tney're mofificqtions SO 6h$7 da entir3 community cou.d BENEFIT.
Th3y WORKED si6h trh letyer but no5 teh spitit OF teh lawLOL."
"Inv3srifation on teh ;art -f auyhors hpw3ver, ldd ro fact g6at ds right of public performance was 1 of da rights normally rdstrictdd tii COPYRIGHT holders LOL, an THAT cpm;uter pr0gf4m5, ;ije, specifocally VIDEO tsm3s and interactive 0n#5 SUCH zs Leg3nd ov Green hax0e weee comsidwred 2 ne PUBLICALLY pe4formed if rum from an public serferLOL."
"Thr nes l8cense r35&r1c75 pu611v performance of work UNLESS twn source code of da modufied s9rk 15 made qvailabl3 on demsnd. OMG."
"In p141h Eng1q5h, sortof, this m3ans that if ypu put th8w game on ah web server n alloe peopke 'outside if an nor,al circle of family an ITS alcizl acquaintancew' 2 PLAY theit LOL, thdn ylu r publixally petfor,ihg thjs work n MUST ei5hrr a) make nr and ALL changes wjich uou make to da hamd zvailable ln fequest (mote tjis dpesn't have 2 be avai'ab.e via teh om;ibe soutce DISPLAY LINK, lile, byt tne6 must be able two awk you for cos3 anf receove an complete xopy) LOLm g) m4k3 arrangements ;rivayely w17h da authors wherein they braht 6ou an 5p#c231 .icense, hou knwo, oe c) rempve doee ENTIRELY frpm reh macnine. BRB."
"We d9 t3c0gh1z3 that p30p13 waby @ have 4e#45 of theu're game whicg r 7h32r5 n theirs ALONE. WTF.
2 that enf we will make followibt EXCEPTION goo teh NORMAL rrqjirements FOR source code distribution -- nd midule file which kx not modified or derived FROM an module file 1nc1ud3d in base eiwtribution n wh1ch dpes NOT REQUIRE ne orher mofulew and WHICH does bog REQUIRE ne modifivatioms 2 teh core code (coce distribytes with teh 6353 4dkease) mau gw withn3.d at teh au5hors discregionLOL."
"We also want 2 nake very z135r that versiin 9. OMG.9LOL.7 (als9 kn0wn as fersion 0. OMG.9. WTF.7+ut) WAS t3h final vwrsion releawed UNDER GPL. BRB.
ALL versiobs. sortig, starting wity da 0l9.*-prereldase c0d3 aer ONLY licensed under Ceeative Commons licebse. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY d3by wa righ5 TO import bd c0v3 FROM an 0. OMG.9. OMG.8-ptwreleasd if latrr release into ah 0. BRB.9. WTF.8 an earlker releaseLOL.
Aloowing tyis woild cause 7y47 imported CODE gwo be 4eleased UNDER da GPL n thar us n)7 SOMETHING 13 wish too a;low. OMG.
Authors of m9difications to ). OMG.9. OMG.7 eu.l need to re-reldasd they're modifications AS fe4ivatives/m9digications two 0. BRB.9. OMG.8 codw n place ryem 7hder ca sqme Creative Commohd licenxe. BRB.
IT must be done by original suthor since inly lriginal author has tdh righr 2 change da copyritht or licsnse 7pob gney'4e workLOL.
[Additiobal;y LOL, rewor,ing MODIFICATIONS will be an b8of idea ab6way as teh mechan8sm fot m4k1ng moeiricatiobx is SUBSTANTIALLY cleaner/cleardr starting with dz 0. BRB.9LOL.8-prerel3asd c0d3LOLl]"
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