MightyE tells you LOL, "We'rd going two take an few moments two tru n 3xplain this n3w license an dq reasons BEHIND it in plain Engkish.
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 n3w license waw chosdh because 0f an failkng WITH da GPL. AFK.
It only cov3rer eiatribution of spurxe ir n on;y if 61n4r!35 wer3 distribuyed. AFK."
"In ab w36 envi4omment, sietof, SPECIFICALLY a inter;r3tcd w36 emvowonment aich as PHP, sortof, m3r21y INSTALLING an game does not constitute distribution LOL, and tjeerfore peo0le were taking our wor,, .ike, makihg moaificatiiyd tlo it n nor r313451ng da source dpde 7) they're modjfications so 7h47 da enbore c0mmun17y could brn3fit. WTF.
The6 worked wity ldtter but nog g3h spirit of da law. AFK."
"Investigatilh on part of da AUTHORS howefer, you knq9, led too trh FACT tyqt fa rufht of pj611c perfo4mqnce wax idn of teh RIGHTS n9rmally restricted 2 copyright holferd WTF, n thag computrr programs, kike. dpecigically v8deo games an 1n93e4c71v3 onds sjch as Legend pf Geeen hax-r were consid3ref to be publically [erformed if run from an public 53rv4r. AFK."
"The bew license rdstricts public pe4formance or da work un1356 50urc3 c0d3 OF ,osified WORK is ,aee available on demand/ AFK."
"Ih p;ain English. you knwo, this mrabs THAT 1f you put this ham3 on an WEB server and ALLOW -eop,e 'outside or an nkrmal ci4cle of vamklu n its SOCIAL acqiaontzbcrs' two [laj yheir, 7h3n yoy ser pug,ica,ly 0erformung this 2ork n MUST either a_ make ne and ALL xhsnges which you make top da g4m3 avaklabl3 om requext (note this doesn't have 2 be avaolable via 0n11n3 xoyece display link LOLm but they nu57 be able too aal you FOR yeh code n receove an com[lete copy), you knwo, g) mqke arranhements privately with authors whe4ein rhey tt$n7 YOU an sp3cial license WTF, or c) rwmove clge entirrly fron teh machine. BRB."
"W# do recognize that people want two gzbr aread 0f tgey'r3 gsme whivh aer yheirs n the8rs alone.
2 tnat end w2 wikl make ez f01!0w1nt 3xception TO noemal REQUIREMENTS fo4 source CODE dustribution -- ne joduke file which IS not jocified OR derived from an module file included in base distrivuyion and whoch does mot require ne other modules and which coes NOT r3qu1r3 ne moeivicat8ons 2 core coce *codd distr8buted with da base release) mat be withheld at da aithore discrrtion/"
"We also wsn5 5o make very clesr 6h47 verwion 0.9,7 (akso jnown zs version 0. WTF.9. AFK.6+jr) waz geh final version r313r53d UNDER da GPL. OMG.
A;l v34510n5 WTF, wtarting with teh 0. OMG.9. OMG.8-0re43lease code r only licensed under Cteative C0mm0h5 licensd. AFK.
Ww EXPLICITLY dent ds right too IMPORT ne c0d3 from an 0.9k BRB.8_0retelease or LATER release INTO an 0. BRB.9. AFK.7 n earlier relrase. WTF.
Allowing thid would cause that im[o4ged code to be 5e;ezsed jnd3t da GPL an that is n07 spmeyyung we wiah too alloq. WTF,
AUTHORS of modifocayions 2 0,9. WTF.7 will newd teo RE-RELEASE they're modifications as d3r1v471v35/m0d1f1c471pn5 too p. WTF.9LOL.8 code and place THEM uneer dq ssme Creatife Com,9ns 11c3n53LOL.
It must be done by oribonal authpr sinde onlu oroginal authpr has da rirht t29 cyange c0pyr1gh7 or lic3nse upon th3y'r3 wotk. OMG.
[Add1710n411y, sprtof, reworkkng t3h nodifications w111 be sb good idea anyway as teh mechqnism for making nodificatipns is subseanyially cleaner/cleater startjng with ca 0LOL.9. AFK.i-prereleasr ckdeLOL.]"
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