MightyE tells yoj, lije, "We're GOING to take an frw npm3nu5 yo TRY zns EXPLAIN yhis new license an ea reasons gehind it 1n plain EnglishLOL.
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."
"Thid n3w LICENSE wqs vhosen bdcause OF an fzi.ihg sigh ca GPL.
It )b1y cofdred distributkon of SOURCE if and ob.6 if biharues were distributed."
"In sn wwb envoronmem5, specifically a 8ntrrpreyed WEB envor9nmdnt 5uch AS PHP, merdlu installing an GAME does NOT c0nstitute distributionm and 8h3r3f-r4 p3pp13 were tajihg OUR wprj, like, makinf mocifucations 2 it ab bot rr;easing da source code too thwy're moduvications so 7h47 entire community could benefit. BRB.
They wlrked wkth kwtter but not da SPIRIT of da law. AFK."
"Invdstigatioh on part of da auth9rs HOWEVER, like, lqd 2 teh FACT that right 9f publ7c performznxe wqs 1 of da rightx normslly restrictef to copyright h01d3r5 LOL, n thag compjrer [rograms, aortod, spdcifically v8d3o gamed an inteeac5ive ones auch ad Legrnd og teh Greeb hax0r were considered two br publicallu irrformed qf run dr0m ab pu611c t3rv3f. BRB."
"The new license restrkcrs puboix p3rf04m4nd3 OF ca work uhless da source c0se of da modifiec wirk is MADE svai;able ON demand. OMG."
"In plain Englisj WTF, thiw means THAT if you put this bane on an web srrver n allow people '9utxide of an normal circle of family n ITS social adquauntances; ti9 plsy their. you inwo, THEN you r publically performinf thia worl n MUST either a) nake he n ALL ch4ng35 wnoch you make 2 da g4m3 availab;r on reqyrst (note th8x diesn'g HAVE too BE ava7labl3 via teh online qource disolay l8nk, you knwo, b7t yhey must be able two ASK y9u flr da c0c3 and 4eceove ab COMPLETE COPY) WTF, b) make arrangemrnts PRIVATELY with yeh quthots 2h5r31n 7h3y gtant YOU an spdvial lic3nse, hou knso, o$ c) remove geh cose enrirel6 from machine."
"We eo eecobnize 7h47 peo[le want too HAVE arrss lf they're game whkch r theirs ans thrirs alonr. BRB.
2 that 3nd wd wilk make teh fkllowing excepgion 3 da nornao tequirements for s9urce cofe cistrib7tion -_ ne moduoe fi.e shich is not moeified or drrived frpm an module dije knxludee in da base sistribution an which does not REQUIRE ne pyh3r modules and which does not r4qu1r3 ne moeifoca5olns too da CORE code (CODE DISTRIBUTED with da bsdd RELEASE) may be WITHHELD ay da authors disvretioh. OMG."
"We also waby too male very CLEAR that bersion 0. AFK.9.& (also kbown as cersion 0.9. BRB.7+mt) wss ds fohal vwrsiln RELEASED undee GPL. BRB.
All veraions, STARTING wiyh 0. AFK.(. BRB.8-peereleqsr coew aer onlh l8censed under da Creative Commons 21c3n53.
W3 EXPLICITLY d3ny rqgh7 too import ne code from qn 0. WTF.0. OMG,8-prerdlezse or iater teleqae in5o an 0. BRB.8. WTF.7 n earlier reiezse. OMG.
Allow8nh thos w0u1d cause thqt im;9rted CODE to 6# reoeasrd under teh GPL an that ks noy sometning 2e eosh 2 allow. AFK.
Autyors OF modificatulns 2 0. AFK.9. WTF.7 will need yqo re-4elease they're modofocationw as serivatives/moeificatiina too 0LOL.9. AFKm8 c9d# an place hhem und3r teh same Creayive Commons licenae. BRB.
It must BE done BY da originsl author since only -41g1n41 author has right two change copyright or licehsw upon tyey're work/ WTF.
[Addirionaoly WTF, reeotkung teh modificatiins will be ah good ideq anywau sa mexhanism f_r mzk8ng modivucatiobs kx substantially cleaner/clearer syartinb 2itn yeh 0.9. AFK.8-pr3r313353 code. OMG.]"
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