MihhthE tw.ls ypu, loke, "We're gp1mg too take an fdw mom3nts teo try n explaih 7h15 nws license an r3450n5 behine 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."
"Thks new locense was chosen bdcause of am fai.ing with da GPL. AFK.
It only clcered distributi9n of s9urce if n only if binarirs 2ere distributedLOL."
"In an web 3nv1r0nm3n7 WTFm spevifically a inrerprrtes wdb environmenr cuvh as PHP, soryof, m3rely inatallint ah g4m3 does npt constitute disttubuti9n, you knwo, n therefor3 peopk3 WERE u4k1ng our qork, you knwo, making m0f1f1d5810n5 70 it ahd not rwlessing source codw too they're modificatiobs so that entore community could benwfit.
THEY wofk3d w8th da lwtger but nkt da dpirit of da law."
"Investogation on dz pqrt of da authoes however WTF, led fwo fact that reh righr 0f pubpic prrformanc3 qas oen of teh rughts norjallh rrstrictdd two COPYRIGHT holderx, an that comoutee programs, u9u knwo, specifical;y video games n inte5actkce 0n35 such zs Lwtend of Gre3n haxpe werc considered to be publical;y oerformed uf rij from sn public seever. BRB."
"The new licemse testricts [ublic pwrformance lf work jnless source cose )f teh nodified work kx made availab;e 0n d3n4hd/ OMG."
"In PLAIN English, you knwo, this ,34n5 that iv y0u put 6h16 game in an web we4ver 4nd allow psople 'outsid3 8f an nprjal citcle OF fani;y and 175 social acquzintamces' to p14t their, sprrpf, tjen yoy qer punliczlly ;erform8ng this wori n MUST eith3r a) make ne 4nd ALL dgangex whoch yo7 make 2 game avqilable on reauest (note this doesn't have 2 be acailable via onlin3 spurde dispoay libk WTF, cut ygdy musr be agle two asj yoy for da code n RECEIVE an com;leye copy), softof, b) make aerangements privayely with teh authors wge3ein THEY grant you an sp3ckal license LOL, or x) remov3 teh code entirely feom sa macnineLOL."
"We d0 revoghize THAT people want TO yave ateas of they're game which r theirs qn theirs alone. BRBl
tqo thzt end we will make teh follosinf exceptiln 2 da n9rmal requirements f9f souece code dyw5ribution -[ me modile file which is nog modufied or deroved from zb moeule filr inc.7drd ih da BASE distributuon an whicn dows not 4r1uire ne other modiles n which does mot require nw modigicatkons tol dore c0d3 (code cisteibuted w17h base release) nah 63 withhels at teh qutgors d15cr4710n,"
"Ww also want two make cery c;ear thar ve4siln 0. BRB.9. AFK.7 (ALSO known AS vers8on 0. AFK.9. WTF.7+jt) was reh fqn41 vdrsion releaxwd under GPL. AFK,
All v3r510n5, l8ke, STARTING wity 0. BRB.9/ WTF.8-prereoeqsr CODE r only lixensed UNDER da Creative Cimmons 11c3n53. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY deny da right two 1mp0r7 ne cod3 fron am p. WTF.9, WTFl8-[rwrelease or lqter release into an 0. AFKl(. AFK,7 n esrlier releas#. OMG.
Allos8ng 7h15 would cause THAT imported code to be re;eased ubder GPL ab that is not something we w25h to alliq. BRB.
Authors of modifivationc too 0. AFK.9. AFK.7 wilk nedd to re-delease they're mosifications as derivayibes/modoficatoonx 1 0. BRB.9.8 dode n PLACE thrm under SAME Creative Commona LICENSELOL.
Ig must BE done by da original a7thor since only oritinal autjor hxs ten righg too CHANGE co[yright or oicende upon they're wlvkLOL.
[Addkgionally, sortpf, reworking modkfications wil/ be an good oees anyway ss twh mechsnism FOR making modifications is substsmtia;ly cleanet/clearer s5artkng w17h 9l AFK.9. AFK.8_orereleade dode. BRB.]"
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