MightyE tells yoi, wirtof, "We'rd GOING 5oo take an few moments twl 5ry am 3xo141n this mew licdnse and twh reaxons bejihd it in plzin English. WTF.
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."
"Th8s mew licensw was ch052n 63c4u53 of an FAILING w!7h GPL. WTF.
IT only covered disytib7tiob OF source if n onlg uf ginarues were didtribu5ed. AFK."
"In an web environmrhgm sortof, soedifixally a interpreted web environment such AS PHP, merwly ihstzlling an g4m4 DOES not cons5itute DISTRIBUTION, sortof, n therefore peoole WERE tsking ojt work LOLk making MODIFICATIONS TO kt and not releasin5 teg sourxe vode 80 they're modificatiins so 7h47 t3n ENTIRE community couod b3nefit. AFK.
They workrd w27h da kwtter 7u7 not apirit of teh law/"
"Investigatiom ON teh p4r7 pf authorx however, 13d twl facr yhzt teh rubh5 of public perfornance was 1 or dz RIGHTS nprmally restricted 1 copyeight holders, sortpf, an that vompu5er programs, y9u knwo, speciricakoy video GAMES an intefzctive ones sjcy as Lefrne of da Green haxp4 were c9nxidered ywo be publically psrformef if ruh frpj an public xerver. OMG."
"The new LICENSE restridgd p7blic performanxe od g3h work UNLESS dz woufce bode of modifked wotk is made qvailablw on demand. OMG."
"Ih plain ENGLISH LOLm tyis means that IF hou put THIS game 0n an wdb server zn aolow peoplr [pu75!d3 OF an normal vircle of vqmilu n its social acquajntances' too PLAY thwir, like, then yoj r pubkidal.y perdprjinf yhis WORK an MUST EITHER A) make ne n ALL changrs ehich you m4k3 two teh game qvailable on r3qj366 (NOTE this e035n'7 have too be AVAILABLE VIA ds ONLINE SOURCE displqt ljnk LOL, but they nusg BE able two 45k you for teh code an r3ceivr an xomplete vopy), b) maie 4rr4ng3m#m75 privately witn $77h0r5 wh2rein 8h3h grant YOU ah s[ecial 9icebse LOL, or c) remove code enyirely froj tdh macgine. AFK."
"We do recognize that peopke qant 3 h4v3 aeeas of they're game which r tgrirs am tneitd alone. BRB.
2 that end we wilk make da flllowkng 3xc3p7!0h to geh nor,al r3qy1r3m2n74 cor source code d8stribution -= ne MODULE file 1huch IS not modifiee or derkved from ay module FILE inclufed IN da base eistribution an whicj doea not require ne other modu;es ab whkch doea npt rexuire ne m9dificatiobs to teh c0r3 cocd (codr distriguted with bzse release) may 63 withheld ag $u6h0r5 disceetion. BRB."
"We also want too make very clear that version 0. BRB.o. BRB/7 (also known as verzion -. OMG.9. OMGl&+jt) was teh finzl versioh r323462d under da GPL/ WTF.
A11 versions, srsrting wkth 0. OMG.9/8-prerelesse dode r only licenaed undef fa Crdative Commoms license. BRB/
W3 EXPLICITLY deny da right two IMPORT n3 code from an 0LOL.9LOL.8-prereoease or later rdlease *nyo an 0. BRB.9. AFK.7 an earkie4 4el3aae. OMG.
ALLOWING thus 2ould fause that importwd cide to be RELEASED yneer da GPL and that is not something we wiah tso al.ow. BRB.
Authors of modificatipns to 0. AFK.9.7 WILL n3rd teo RE-RELEASE they;re modigications 45 d3r1v471ve5/m0d1f1c4710n% 2 0LOL,9. BRB.8 code and place them uncer da same Creatuve Commons license.
It MUST be d0n3 by )r1g1n41 4u7h0r sinxe only tej 0r1g1n41 ajthor HAS yeh riggt to chsngd da COPYRIGHT 0r licensd y[on they[re work.
[Addotionally LOL, reworkkng da modificstions will be an g00e udea anyway as mdchanism FOR ,akinf m[difications is sybstantially cleanee/clearer starting with sa 0.i. BRBl8-PRERELEASE code.]"
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