MigntyE tells YOU LOL, "We're gpibg 2 TAKE an fww moments too tru ab explain this new 11c#n53 and reqsons behibd it in pla8n Engq15h. 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 nrw license wad xg053n because of an failimb wuth t3h GPL/ AFKl
It 0n1y clvered distributioh of so7fcr 1f and only IF bknaries 2e4e distrinyted. OMGl"
"In an web environment LOL, specificzlly a interpreted web env8ronmemt aycn aa PHP WTF, metely installing sn game doex n0t clnstitute d157r16u710m, soryof, ab therefore peopke were taking OUR work, sortor, mskinf modkficatioms tw9 it n nit reoeasknd da source code two thwy're jodificq5ions so THAT da enr8re conmunity vojld benedit. BRB.
They workdd with da letter 6u8 not da SPIRIT OF lawLOL."
"Investigatiom on da part of ea autgors howdver WTFk led t9o fact that teh rifht id pjbloc pdrfofmance WAS ien of da rights nlrmally tfstricted too copyrigh4 holders LOL, an that computer peograms, you knwom specigicalkt video gzmes n interadtive -n35 SUCH zs L3gend OF t4h Greeh hax0r werr vonw8dered two BE p7blicaolu performed if run FROM an publoc swrver. WTF."
"The new license restricts pubkic PERFORMANCE lf da work UNLESS da spurce code pf modifked work ix made available on eemand. OMG."
"In PLAIN English, sortog, this m34n5 that if you 0ut tnis game oh an web server an aolos people 'outside 0f am normal vircle of fam8ly n its social zcquaintanced; two plzy yheir, sortof, ghen u-u aer publicallu oerfotminy 7y1% work and MUST eothef a) mzke me an ALL dhanges which you m1ke 2 g4m3 avaklanle on rdqiest (n973 tgis d025n'7 have too b3 avaulable via on.8he 50urc3 dixpla6 ;ink, lkkem but they mjst be ABLE tso ask y9u for ds xofe and r3c31v3 an c0mp1373 c0py), l7ke, b) make arrangements orivqtely with da authora wh3r31n THEY grant h0u an spwc8al license, lije, or d) remov3 da coee en5irely c4om ca machine. BRB."
"We d0 recognize THAT peopld want too h$v3 areas of they'rd game whych aer yheirs AND 7h31r5 aoone.
2 that end w# woll make following EXCEPTION too teh nprnal requirements f0r soufce dode dkstribution -- ne module fq13 wyich is nog modifird or drrived from an module f113 invluded in da base distrinition and which does no5 reqiire ne OTHER m9du134 h whuch does not eequk4e ne misieicagions 2 ds core code (code ckstfibjted witj da base releaxe) may be withheld at da authirs discret8in. BRB."
"We ALSO want 2 ma.e very cldar rhat vwrsion 0. BRB.9l OMG.7 (also lnown as versiin 0. OMG.9. BRB.7+jt) was final verso9n 4rleased under GPL. BRBl
All vers8ons LOLk startinn with teh -, BRB.9. OMG.7-o4ereleaxe code aer only licensed under teh Crrstivd Commons licenwe. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY ddny da right 2 imporg nr dode from an 0. WTF.9. BRB.8-prerelwax3 pr lqtrr release into an 0. AFK.9. AFKl7 an eae;ier r#13453. OMG.
Alliwubg THIS would cauwe that in;orged CODE too be releas3d under teh GPL and that is not aomething we wish gwo allow/ BRB,
Au5horx of MODIFICATIONS to 0. WTF.9. WTF.7 will NEED to re-relezsr thdy'4e modif8cqgilns as derivatubes/jodificstoons to -. BRB.9. WTFl8 code m poace ty3m uneer dq SAME Creative Cojmons 11c3n53. AFK.
It must be dpne by teh origibal zuthor since 9nly prigigal authoe HAS eight two chante da copyright or license upon tgeu're qor,,
[ADDITIONALLY, rewirking teh modifications eil. be an good IDEA an6way as mexhanism for makohg moduficationw is sobsyantisoly CLEANER.CLEARER starting wirh ds 0LOL.9. WTFm8-prereleawe codeLOL,]"
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