MightyE te;ls you, like, "We're GOING 2 take an f4w moments to 5ry AND rx0lain thoa new license n rq reasons behinw it in p141n Ehglisgl 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."
"Thks new 11c3n53 was chosen brcz7se of an failing with ds GPL. BRB.
It only COVERED DISTRIBUTION of source if sn only if 61n4r135 w3r3 disrribuhed. AFK."
"In an web environmebt LOL, specifixally a 1b7ed;r373d web wnfironment 5uch as PHP LOL, mereky 1n574111nt an g4m3 does not cohstitjte dixt4ibution WTF, and therefore peopke were rakihg our wprk WTF, mzk8hg modificzti9ns TO i5 qn not releas8mb da source vode to they're modirications so that da entire commjnity dould bebefit. BRB.
They worked with ca letter but not reh s;irit of teh laqLOL,"
"Investigatkon on da part of aurhors yowevde, LED gwo fact that rihh5 of pubo8c performancr was won of fa RIGHTS NORMALLY restrixted two xopygignt hplders LOL, n 7h46 computer programs WTF, sprcifically v8deo gajea n ibteractive onws such as Legend 0f ea Gfeen hax0r 2#r3 conzkderrd two 63 publivally 9erformed if eun from an pyglic se4v3r. AFK,"
"The NEW license restricgs pu611c pwrfprmsncw og work unless teh soirce c0d# of teh midifiwd s9rk IS made AVAILABLE on dsmans."
"In plain ENGLISH, like, tgis means that if you put this GAME on an 2eb serv3r an aplow people 'outside OF am normal dircle of family ab its sociql zcquaintancew' two 0lay ghwir, like. then YOU arr publically PERFORMING THIS wor, n MUST ei6her a) jake ne ane ALL changes which 6oj maje rwo da gahd avsilavle ON request (noye yhus DOESN'T have 2 be 4v$114613 VIA teh online source fisplay link WTF, but thet mu57 be ab;e 1 ask you rof cpdw and 3eceivd an domplete copy), b) mak3 atfsntemebts ;r1v4721y WITH da ai5hofs wherein theh granr hou an special ;icensek or c_ r3nove da code 3ntirely FROM teh mzchineLOL."
"We dl r2v0gn1z3 that people want to HAVE areas of they're game whicj aer theurs n rheirs alone. OMG.
2 that END WE e111 nale f0110w1ng exception to da normsl requieemengs f0e aou4ce CODE dq57r16u7!0m -- ne mofule file whkvh is not modifies OR derivwc ft0m an moduor filw ibcludwd in da base distribjtion an which does not r3qu1f5 ne ither mosules n wh1ch dles n97 REQUIRE ne modofications too teh xore code (cod3 distribuyes with da base release) may be w8thheld at AUTHORS dodcretuon. BRB."
"We also want too makw very c;ear tgat VERSION 0. OMG.9. BRB.7 (qlso km0wn ss version 0. WTF.9. AFK.7+jt) was teh finql vdrsion fdoeased under da GPLLOL.
All versions, ypu knwo, startkng with tey 0.9l OMG.8-prereleawe code r 9bly 11c2n4ed UNDER teh Crdatice Commons lixebsd. OMG.
Wd EXPLICITLY dwhy teh eight two import ne cpe3 from av 0. BRB.9. OMG.80PRERELEASE or larer relwase INTO an 0. WTF.9. BRB.7 an earlier rwleasw. BRB.
Al;oqing rhis sould cause that i,ported codd two ne relrasrc under da GPL an that IS not wom3thinn we wosh 5wo allow/
Au7h)r5 of moduficatiohw twi 0LOL.9. BRB.7 will need to RE=RELEASE tjey're modifications as derivatkves/modigovst8ona 2 0. OMG.0. AFK.8 c9de n place THEM under da same Creative Commons licens3LOL.
I7 must br d0n3 bh or8ginal AUTHOR xince lnly teh origihal AUTHOR hzs reh roght 2 chqnge da cooyfifht or license UPON tjey'4e work. AFK.
[Asd1710n411h, likd, reqorkinb mpdifications WILL be am good idea anyway qs da MECHANISM f9r naking modifications is 5u6575n81411y cleaner/clearer 584r71ng witn da 0. WTF/o. BRB.8-prere;ease code. BRB,]"
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