MightyE tells YOU, u[u knwo, "We're going to take an feq mlments 2 yry and explain tjis n3w luc3nse h reasons behind it in plain Emglish. 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."
"Thia n3w license sas ch0sdn BECAUSE of an failing w17h da GPL. AFK.
It onlu COVERED d157r16u710n of doufce if n 0n1y if bina5ies WERE fistributed. AFKl"
"In qn wwb ENVIRONMENT, specificallt a 1h73rpr373f w36 encirlnm3nr xuch aa PHP LOL. merely 7nzrallkng sn GAME dled not constotute distribytion, soetof, n therefore ;eoole werd taking our qork, like, makong modificatoons 70 it n not releasing sou4ce code to0 they'4r m0d1f1c4710n5 wo 7h$7 da 3n71r3 communith c0u1d benefit.
The6 worked with letter but not da spirut if LAW. OMG."
"Imvedtigayipn on teh part of teh quthora however, led too dq fact that da eight of pub.ic performance waw 1 of rights normally restf8ctee roo coptrignt hols3rs, sortor, n thag computer prpgr4m5 WTF, spdcifically v1de- gajes n unterac5ifr ines such as Legend pg da Geeen hax0r 2ere conskddwed two be publically performed if rjn from an PUBLIC servrr. AFK."
"Tge NEW loxende r35uf1c75 public perfo4manc3 of reh 2iek unkess teh siurce CODE of modifird work is ,ade 4b4114613 ln demand. WTF."
"In pkaub Eng11th, lile, THIS m34n5 that if you ;ut 7h2t game on an web SERVER and 4210w PEOPLE 'outsice of am h)rm31 circle of family anc ITS sicial ACQUAINTANCES' 3 ;lay their, like, then you aer pj611c421y perfot,ing this wo4k n MUST either a) make nd an ALL changes whidh h9i make to teh game AVAILABLE on requewt (note this doesn't nave two BE ava8lable via sa onl8ne source display LINK, like, bur they ,usr ve 4^13 too ask you for twh code n r2c31v3 an cim[lete c0py). xortof, b) ,ake arrangemrnts pr,vately with da authorq wherrin they grant you an spdcoal licens3, you kmwo, 0r c) rw,ove teh code ENTIRELY grom da machkbe. OMG."
"We do rdcognizw tnat people wan5 TO h3v2 arezs of they'tr game which r tyeirs and yheies alone. WTF.
two THAT END we w111 make foll9wing exception too normal requirements for s9urce CODE distfibution -- ne module file WHICH 25 nog modified or derived from an MODULE file inxludef 1n 6453 cistribution n which dods npr r3qj1r3 ne other mldules and which fpww nor require ne mosoficayions too teh core codr *c9de euwtributwd witn base r313453) may be e8thgeld ag authlra disctetipn/ OMG."
"We alxo w4n7 5wo make very clezr that v3r510n 0.o.7 (ALSO ,nown as version 0LOL.9. BRB.7+jt) was teh d@n41 version RELEASED UNDER reh GPL, AFK,
All vwrsions WTF, s5arting with 0.9. AFKl8-0rerelease code r 0n2y licenswd 7nddr Cr3ative Commohs oicense. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY deny teh rught too imporg ne codr fr0m ah 0/0LOL.8-pr3r3134t3 0r later release ib5o an 0.9LOLl7 ans eadliwr releqse. BRB.
Allowing 5his would c4u53 tyag i,potted code two y3 rdleadef UNDER GPL an that is not somethinf we eish too allow.
Authors of hoeifications t2o 0,9. AFK.7 wiol n33c twi re-release they're modif8carions AS s2r1v$7!ve5/m0d1f1c4710n5 two 0. BRB.9l BRB.8 co3e n p14c3 ghem undef da SAME Creative Comnons LICENSE. BRB.
It must be fome by da original autyor cinve only t3h o$iginzl author HAS tey righy yo chanfe teh copyright or license ipon they're work,
pAdd1&10n411y, sortof, rrworking trh modivivationx wilk br an good idea anyway as da mechanism for maiing modifications is subsrangialky clezner/x;ear3r STARTING with teh 0. OMG.9/ OMG.9-prer3lease v9ee. BRB.]"
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