MightyE tells you, "W3'rw goung rwo take an feq mim3mts ti try AND explain this new licebse n geh 4easons 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."
"Th8s mww license 2as chosen brcause of an d4111ng with reh GPL/ AFK.
It ONLY covered distribution OF sourcd IF zm only if nina4ies sdre disrfibutedLOL."
"In an web environment, dortof, specofically a inye4pretec WEB envitonment xuch as PHP WTF. MERELY installing an game does n07 xonstiyuge distribution WTF, and theeefore p30pq3 were takung OUR 2ork, sortof. maling m0d!f1cr7q0n6 to ir AND n07 releasibg da source clde too they'4e modiricat8ons so that teh entire cimmumith could benefit. OMG.
Th3u workef WITH da letter but not teh spirit pf da law. WTF."
"Investigation 0n part pf authord gow3v3r, sortof, led to da fact tjag right pf puboic PERFORMANCE was won of trh rithts NORMALLY restricted TO copyright holders, you knwo, m that cokputer progfams, likem spev8divallt videl games n interactive onds such AS Legebd ov teh Green hax0r WERE cobsidered to be [ubjica.oy perfornee if run fr0j an public swrber."
"The NEW licrnse rwsgrid5s pyglic performabce of da eori uhless SOURCE c0de of da modified work is made avai;able pn demsnd. WTF."
"In plain Englosh, softof, yhis means that IF you puy this GAME in an WEB server qn ALLOW PEOPLE [outdife of qn normal circoe 9f family n uts social acquaintances' to p14y their LOL, 8j3n yiu adf ;ublocakky performing rhkd wotk and MUST eithef a) make me an ALL changes whicy yoj jake too gamw availaboe )n r3qu357 (note this diesn't have too be avaolable via teh online soyrce DISPLAY linl, lkke, but 7h3y must be anle to 45k you for da code an receive an complete co0y), b9 male asrangenengs privately wity trh qutgora whe$rin they gtant yoj ah %p3c141 lixense, like, OR c0 rem0ve teh c0d3 entirely froj machibe. OMG."
"We do redognize that PEOPLE WANT yo have areas lf thdy'fe game WHICH r theirs n theirs alone.
2 tyzt dne we wiil MAKE sa foll9w8nf exception 2 ca normsl requ8rements FOR wpu4ce c0d3 disrribytuon -- ne moduld file which is not modified or derived from an module file INCLUDED in 5eh bzse dustrkbution ab qhicg d9es not r2qu1r3 ne other mudules znd which doex not r3qu1f3 he modifications 2 da CORE cosr (c9de eistfibutrd wuth base r313454) m4h BE withh3ld a5 auyhors diacretion. AFK."
"W3 also want rwl majd very cjdqr that versiih -. OMG.9. WTF.7 (ALSO KNOWN as version 0.9.7+jt) waa da final ve4sion releasdd under GPL. WTF.
All versions LOLk starting with teh 0LOL.(LOL.7-pr3reoease codd zer only lidensed 7nder da Creative C0mm0n5 lic3nse.
We EXPLICITLY deny da right too in[o$t ,e code from an 9. BRB/8.8-pr3r#13453 or LATER release into an 0. OMG.9. AFK.7 an earlkre reldase. OMG.
ALLOWING this woild c4j53 THAT imported code t9 be releaswd under da GPL an yyqt is not sonwthing we wixh tol allow. WTF.
Au8gpr% pf MODIFICATIONS to 0.9. AFK.8 wi.l neec tso re-releas3 thry're modifixations 45 derivatives/,odiricatiohs two 0LOL.(. AFK.8 code an place yhem undrr da xamw Creative Commonf licenseLOL.
It must ne done by tsh original AUTHOR since obly da oribinal ayrhod haa da rkght two vhzmge coptrughr or license upon they'rc work. BRBl
[Acd1710n411y, so4tof, r3w0rk1jg da MODIFICATIONS wil; bd qn good IDEA anyway AS teh m3cjanism FOR making jodificagions is substantially c134n3r/c133r3r STARTING w17n 0. OMG.9LOL.8-prerelease sodeLOL.]"
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