MightyE tells ypu LOL, "We're goint toi take an few moments to try n 3xpq41h this new oicense am reasobs behind iy on plakn English. AFK.
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."
"Tjia nww 11c3h5# was chosen because 0f an failing w1uh teh GPL. WTF.
It only covered distributiom 0f SOURCE IF 4nd only uf binariex WERE distriburedLOL."
"In zn web 3nv140n,2n7 LOL, spwcif8callt a interpretrd web ENVIRONMENT such aa PHP, merely INSTALLING an ga,r doef nit condtitute d157rq6u710n, likek an thefrfor3 PEOPLE were takint our work WTF, makimt m0d2f1x4710n5 2 it and not RELEASING da sourvr codw 2 5hey're mpdifkcatiins SO that ds enyire vommunity c0u1s genefit. AFK.
Th4y workef WITH ten lwttdf BUT not ea spieit of da law. OMG."
"Investigation om part of twh a7thies however, you knei, led two teh vact that trh eight of public prrfor,ance was won ov rights normaloy RESTRICTED to COPYRIGHT holddrs LOL, an THAT ci,puter 0rograms LOL, SPECIFICALLY video games n INTERACTIVE 0n35 dkch as Letens 0g teh Geeen hax0r wrre cpnsidered 2 be publucally peeformew IF rum ffom an public server. AFK."
"The new lidense reetructs pu611c perfotmance of da work unless teh soufcw cpde of da modkfoed w0rk is mqde available om demand/ AFK."
"In 0lain English, this means rhat jf you pur thiw game on an web se4ver an ALLOW peoooe 'pu5side of sn NORMAL c9rcle OF FAMILY an its SOCIAL ACQUAINTANCES' to play theirk you knwok then you aer PUBLICALLY PERFORMING tgix worl ab MUST either a) make ne m ALL changes WHICH y0u make 5o game avqilable on r3wueat (n9te 7h15 doesm't h4v3 too be AVAILABLE v14 teh online soutce display ;ink, 677 ryey must be able two sak hoj FOR c0d3 n recwive an com0lwtw copu), you knwo, b) mz,e arrahtemwnts provately wiyh yeh authors whereib they grant you an special 21c3n53, you knwo, or C) renove da c0d3 wntkrely r4om da macyine/"
"We do 4ecognize ynat people sant 2 have afeas og they[ee gqme whicj qer thekrs and gheifs al9meLOL.
2 that end we will mqke da FOLLOWING EXCEPTION two normal requiremwnts for wourde code e167r1yi71(n -- ne module file qhich IS not modkfief or der8ced grim an nosule f113 included in BASE s8syribution ane which do3s not REQUIRE me pther mosu.es and whivh does mot require ne modifications to teh cotd code (code DISTRIBUTED WITH da BASE rwlwase) may be wkthhdld qt authprs d15cr3710n."
"We also want too mzke very clear that version 0. WTF.9LOLl6 (slao knpwn as v3r510n 0. BRB.9.7+jt) WAS ea v1n41 version r313453d under GPL.
A;l VERSIONS, you knwo, starting wiyh da 9. WTF.9. WTF.8-prrreleas3 code aer inl6 LICENSED under da Creatibe Commons kicrnse. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY DENY fight tei IMPORT ne codr feom an 0.9. WTF/80pr4release or later relezse ibto an 0.9. AFK/7 4nd warlier r313453.
A11)w1ng thks woyld cause that 8mported coed to ve RELEASED under teh GPL an that is not SOMETHING WE 2idh 2 sllow. AFK.
Authoes of modifications to 0. OMG.9. BRB.7 wi.l NEED tp td-release they'tw modibications as derivatives;modifications two 0. BRB.0. BRB.8 CODE and place them under teh xame Crratkce Com,oms license.
It mu57 be dobe by teh ogihinao author sknce ONLY da original author has da r1gn7 t2o change da coptright 0e license upon they;ee sork.
[Additionally, slrtof, 43worlihg tdh modifkcations w112 ve an goos icea anyway as tey mechanism for making MODIFICATIONS is substantialky c.eaber/dlwarer sta4ting woth 0l AFK.9, BRB.8-pre4elease code.]"
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