MightyE tells 6ou, "Ww're going to take an few momenfs TO try ab explain this new license an t3h reasons behind IT on plain EntlishLOLp
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 license waa chpseb becauxe of ah failong with da GPL. OMG.
IT 9noy covered DISTRIBUTION of soutce if n only uf b8naries were distrkbuted. BRB."
"Ib an web environ,ent, dpecificaoly a imterpreted wdv environment such as PHP, woryofm merely ihstalling an game DOES not cpnstitut2 d157r16y710n, an 5herefore people were taking lue work, you knwo. makibg modifkca6ions 1 yt n not releasong teh source code go they'r3 m9dificatiobs 60 that teh entite commymuty COULD benefitLOL.
Tjey WORKED wkth 5eh letyer but not da spirit 0f sa ldw. BRB."
"Investigatioh on 04r7 of twg autyo4s howevrr LOL, lec to da fact that right 9f publiv performqnce was oen of da r1gh75 norma;ly eedtrictdd 2 copyribht holsers WTF, an yhar comoyter pr)br4m5, likd, specificalky bifeo games an interzctive ones such as Legwmd od da Grewn haz0r were conxkdered 2 be publically perrofmrd if vun from an pub.ic serverl WTF."
"The new 11c3n54 restricts public perf9rmancw of da work unless teh SOURCE coee of da morifire woek is jade avqilzble 0n demamd; OMG."
"In plain English LOL, thid meamq 7h47 IF yo7 PUT THIS game on an web aerver n 4110w peopl2 'o7tside pf an hirmzl circle of family ab its social scquzintanved' to play 5neir, sor5of, 7h3n you r publocalky performing THIS WORK n MUST eitjer a) male ne and ALL dhanges which you make tqo da g4m3 available on rrqiest (NOTE this d035n'7 havt g9o be 4v4!14613 v14 da online SOURCE diaplay lknk, yoi knwo, buy they mudg be able two ask you FOR teh code n receive an c0np1573 co0y), n) make 4rr4ng3m3n75 privat3ly with teh AUTHORS wherrin ghey graht you an spevial licenae, or c) remove codw entirr;6 FROM da m4vh1n3LOL."
"We co recognize 7h47 people wqnt 2 h4v3 zreqx of they're game wykch t theifs n theirs z;onel BRB.
tso that ebd 23 2i;l make da f0110sqnt 3xce[tion 2 normal requir3ments for source code duatriburion -- ne ,odule file wn1ch 16 not MODIFIED or derived from an MODULE file 1ncqid3d in da base distrinu5ion n whkch does NOT rrquire ne oth34 modules n which eoes nor reqjire ne mpdificatoons 2 core code (code eus5fubuted wkth teh base rekdase) ,ay be qkthheld at da authoed diwcretipn. OMG."
"We 4150 wang goo make cerh clear that vd4sion 0. AFK.9. OMG.7 (5150 knpwh as version )LOL.9/ OMG.7+jt) wae fimal vrrsion rrleasdd under fa GPL. WTF.
All versional sorrofj starr8ng with 9. OMG.9. AFKl8-pr3r313453 code r pnly licenaed under ten Cr3471v3 COMMONS lic3nse. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY deny teh rigyt too 2m;0r7 he code drom am 0.9LOLl8-prerelease or later RELEASE into an -. WTF.9.7 and 34r!13r r3q3453. AFK.
Allowint rhis would causw that ijpor5ed code to be relwased uvder GPL ans that is bot SOMETHING WE qish two allpw. BRB.
Authors of mod8ficatiohs 2 0. WTF.9, AFK.7 w111 n33d two RE-RELEASE they're modifixatkons as derivztives/midifications too 0. BRB.9. AFK.8 code n place THEM unde4 szme Creative Commons license. OMG.
Ig musr BE d0n3 vy ofiginal author wince only dz lrigina. AUTHOR gas ca right 5o9 change dq coptrifht or licenae ipon they're workLOL.
[Additionalk6, sortor, REWORKING da ,0d1d1d4710n5 will be am good idea 4nyq$y aa mrchayism gor m4k1ng modigications 8s substantially cleaner/xlea4er stafting with tej 0. OMG.9, OMG.9-prerekease codd.]"
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