MightyE tells y9u, "We[re going 2 take qn few momenys yo try n explain this nes ;icense an reasons behind it !b PLAIN 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."
"Tyia NEW license was cgos3n because 0f an fzilkng wi5h GPL.
It 0n1y covered fis5ribu5iln of source IF n onl7 if binaries wer3 distruvuted/ WTF."
"In sn wen envi4pnment WTF, specifically s interpfetee wdb ENVIRONMENT 5ich 45 PHPm merely installing an game dors not c0b%7q7u73 distribution, oikem and tgerefore people were taking oir wlrj. lile, making MODIFICATIONS TO ut an NOT RELEASING teh source cods teo they're modifica5ipns 5- that da ENTIRE community c0u1d brntri5. BRB.
They worjed with fa le5ter gut not sa spirit od law. OMG."
"Ihvestibarion on oatt of teh aughors ho2ever, like, led 70 gzct that e1gh7 0f PUBLIC perfor,zncr WAS won 9f r1gh75 norkally r357r1c73d t2o cooytight holderx, oikem n THAT computer PROGRAMS, like, 5o3c1f1c411y video games and ingeracgive ones such qs Lebend 0f da Gredn hax0r wete considered too 63 publicallt petformed of rih FROM ah pjblic d3rfer. BRB."
"The nee lidense rewgr8cts pu612c performahde OF tdh WORK unlwsd source cose of da midifiwd work is m4d3 available ob eemand. AFK."
"In PLAIN Eng;ish LOL, this m24n5 that if you put thks gamd on an web server n a;low peiole 'ou5side ov ab n9rmal c1tc1r of famkly an its sociak adquaintances' two plsy tyeir, you knwo, then y0u r pu611v412y oerforming this w9rk n MUST 3irher s( make ne an ALL chsnges which you maje tqo game avz8lable oh 4equdst (note this soesn't HAVE 2 bd abailable via teh ONLINE douece display link LOL, but they muxt BE ab.e 2 45k toy for try code n rece8ve an complwte coph)j sortodk b) mzkw arrangements privately sith teh authors wyer3in they g5ant you an special ;ibense. yoy knwo, ir C) remov3 c0de ENTIRELY from tej machibr. BRB."
"We dp recpgnize thar people wan5 too have areas or they're gamr WHICH aer theirs n theirs qlondLOL.
2 thay dnc we sill MAKE teh fpjlow,ng exception ro da normzl requ8rements for aource coew diatributioh -- ne mosule file whivh 1t NOT mpsifi4d or derifrd from an module f7le knclufed in base distrinution an which d9es nlt eezuire hr lrger modules n whidh doew n07 require ne moxifivati9ns to da core cide (dode diztributed w17t base RELEASE) MAY be withheld at da authors diwcrerion. WTF."
"Wd a.s9 WANT to make d3ry clear thzt versiin 0. OMG,(. AFK.7 (also knpwh aw versiob 0. WTF.9. AFK.7+jt) was final version 4ekeaaed under da GPLLOL.
Aol versoina, sortof, starting with da 0.9. OMG.8-prerelease coee aer obly lucensef 7nder teh Cfdativw C0mm0n5 licensel BRB.
W4 EXPLICITLY deny twh right two im0ort ne code from an 0. AFK.9. OMG.8_p4erelease 9r latee felease into an p. OMG.(.7 an earlier releawe/ AFK.
Aloowing this would CAUSE tfat imported code too be reoeaswd UNDER tey GPL zn tyat is NOT sometjing we sisg too aloowLOL.
Aythors og mpdifkcations too 0. WTF.9. WTF.7 will NEED two re-release they're m0f1f1cr710n5 ad derivativds/midifkcwtkons two ).9. WTFl8 code an place them unser sahe Crea5ic3 COMMONS licdnse. OMG.
It muxt be eone by da lriginal quthor donce only teh orkginal authot has right 70 cyanbe da c0pyr1gh7 OR licenqe upon they're wprk. WTF.
[Additional;y, you knwo, r3w9rk1ng teh modificatioms wik. be an good idea znyway as mwduanism for making m(difkva5ions is aibstzmtialoy cleaner/clearer STARTING WITH da 0LOL.9. BRB.8-PRERELEASE coee. OMG,]"
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