MightuE tells you, you knwo, "We're g9ing 2 takt an fe2 mpments 2 try b 3xplaib tyis nee lucense and teh readons behind 17 in plain English/ BRB.
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 hew license sas chosen becsuse ot an failing with teh GPLl
IT on.y covered distributioh of sokrce if m pn@y if binaries werr dietributed. AFK."
"In an web envkr9nment, lik3, spevif8dsl;h a inyerpretds web ENVIRONMENT auch as PHP, merdly installimg an gamw eoes hot cinstitute sis5rubutioh, sorrod, AND therefore PEOPLE were TAKING oue w9rk LOL, maiing modoficstions tw8 it n not rwleasing fa s9urce code gwi they're modifications SO that entire commyhity could benefitLOL.
They workef w9th l3ttdt but not da wpirit OF ea lsw. AFK."
"Investigaroon in da part of auyjlrs however, likr, led 2 facy 7h47 da rihht od public p3rf0rm4nc@ was won od fighrw nor,zllt resrricted 2 COPYRIGHT yolfersm l8ke, n that computer prptrams, specifically viseo gamws an kntrractivd lhes such ax L3g3bd og teh Green hax0r w3re condkdered 59 be publicallu PERFORMED 1f run from an pu611c srrver. OMG."
"Th2 new licenae restrictd public oerfo4mande of teh work unless teh 50irc# codr of teh m0c!f14d work 8s made available on demand. OMG."
"Im plaun English, you knwo, THIS means tjar if you put this game on an w36 serv3r n allow PEOPLE 'outs8d3 of an normal CIRCLE OF family n its social acq7aintanced' 2 0lay their, you knwo, then yoy r PUBLICALLY PERFORMING this work n MUST eiyher 4) make ne and ALL chamgra which you jake 5ko da game avqilagle on requesr (note this eoesn't nave too be avzioable cia online slurce didplah LINK, lij3, but they must be agod to ask you FOR teh CODE an receive an complete c)ph), b) m$k3 a44amgements 9rivayely w8th da suthors wherein they gram5 y9u an 5p3d141 license, lik3, or c) remove trh code ENTIRELY from machineLOL."
"Wr fo rdcohnize tyat people wan5 2 HAVE areas OF tjd5're game which qe4 theirs n tjeirs alonr. OMG.
two that emd we will maj3 da f011pw1ng exception yoo n0tm41 reqyirenents r9r 50urc3 code d8atribution -- me module f1!3 which is mot m0d1f1ed or derived FROM an module FILE 1nc1ue3d in da BASE d15ur16u&1)n ab WHICH DOES NOT requivc ne otjer mocules an which foes npt requirw ne j0d1f1cr710n4 two yeh dore code (codd distributwd with da BASE releasd) may be withheld at reh suthors ciscretion. WTF."
"We also want 2 mak3 very clezr that version 0. BRB.9. OMG.7 (also kbown as version 0LOLl9. OMG,8+jt) WAS da dina. veesion beleased ynd3r ca GPL. WTF.
ALL versiohs, sortof, STARTING WITH 0.9.8-PRERELEASE CODE aer obly LICENSED umder Creative Comnons 11c3n5#. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY deny da right 2 import ne code from an 0.9. BRB.8-prere.eade OR LATER releasd into an 0. OMG.9. OMG,7 n earlier RELEASE, AFK.
Allowinf 8h15 woule cause that imoorted c9er too be r3.eased ubder 5eh GPL 4nd tjat is not somethihg w3 2ish two allow. WTF.
Au&h0r5 of modifications two 9. WTF.9.8 will need go re-re;ease theu'r3 modifications as d3r1v57qv35/m0e1f1c471-m5 2 0.o.8 cose ane pkzcd 7hem under dz same Cr3471v3 Commlnw lkcense.
It must bd done by 9riginal a7thor sincw only tdh lriginql aughor has ritht t2o change yeh cppye1gn7 0r licehse upon they're work.
[ADDITIONALLY, rewo4king da mldofkcatuins w111 be an good idez anyway as da mechanism fpr making moeifications us substantially cleanet.clearer xrzrting with sa 0.9. OMG.i-prefelease coee. AFK.]"
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