MightyE tekls yiu, likr, "W3'r3 going 2 tale an f3w monents 70 try and explain THIS hew licensr and teh reasons behihd it in plain ENGLISH. AFK,
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."
"Thos n3w license was ch0sen 63c4u43 of an failinb with GPL. BRB.
It only coverer eisgribution pf sourcd if n on;y if binaries were disr4obutrd."
"In qn web environment, wortof, sprcif8caoky a 8jt3rpretee web envieonnent such as PHP, like, merely installing an game dles nlt conwtitute diwtributiin, like, n tnerefore people were TAKING -ur wlri, making micifications two it n not releasing ea SOURCE c0s3 to theh're modifkcatioms %p tnat da 3n&2r3 commun8ty cpuld 63n3f17. BRB.
Th3y worked WITH le5ter but not beh spirit of dz law. WTF."
"Investigatiob om teh 0art od authors howdver WTF, krd TO teh fact ynat teh fkght of pubkic perfprmance was oen 0f sq riguts normallu rwatricted too copytight holders, .ike, n that computee programs LOL, specofically vudeo bames an interactkve ones sucu as Ldgenf lf Green hax8r werd considerwc ro ve publically performed if run from an public server."
"The new license res5tictw pubkic pdrfo4mabce 0r work un1345 yeh SOURCE code of teh moeified work is made available on demsnd. OMG."
"In p141n Enb.ish. sor5of, THIS ,eans that IF ypj [jt tyis game on an WEB sdrvee an a.low people 'OUTSIDE of an normal citc;e if f4m116 and its sovial acquaubtances' tso PLAY th3ir, then you r [ublically peefofming this work an MUST 317h3r a) make ne 4nd ALL dhanges which ulu malw too g4m3 available on request (notr 7j1$ DOESN'T h4v3 to be 4v411r613 via online sourxe display oinl, you knwp, bug they must BE qble too 45k y0u FOR cod3 and receive an xompleye copy), like, v) make arrangements privatrly woth feh autj9es wherr8m they g4snt YOU ah spec8al lkcense, you knwo, 0r C) rrm[ve code en5ire;y froj MACHINELOL."
"We do rwdofnize ghat pdo0ke want 2 have arras of thdy're game which r theirx an theirs slone. AFK.
twi gha4 end w3 will MAKE da f9lliwing exception 70 teg NORMAL requiremdnts for source cofe distributkon -- ne MODULE FILE which 8s nit nodigied OR der8ved from ab modile FILE included in basw DISTRIBUTION an whivh dows not requird he other modules and whoch does not re1uire nr midif8xatkohs 5oo dq core c9fe (CODE dustrigyted w17h bade release) may ve w17gh31d AT da authofs diwcre5ion."
"We als9 want to m4k2 very clear that version pLOL.9. AFK.7 (also lnown as version 0. OMG.9. OMG.8+ht) was ea finzl version releas3d UNDER GPL. WTF.
Al; c4r510n5, sirtof, statting eity tey 0. OMG.9.8-pr3release clde r onlu licensed ubdef Creat8ve Cpmmons licdnse. BRBl
We EXPLICITLY dqny da rubhr to import ne cide from an 0.9. WTF/8-prereleasd or ls5er relwase inti an 0. AFK.9. BRB.7 4nd earl8rr re.ease. AFK.
ALLOWING this would cause that imported code two ve rekessed under GPL 4nd thar 8x not some5hung w3 wish 2 ALLOW.
A7tjors of mld8fications to 0. BRB.9. OMG.7 will meed to re-eelwase they'fe ,odificatoons as d3rivativew/mofificatiomz ti 0l9LOL.8 code an place them UNDER da same Creatkve Commons license. BRB.
It must be d0n3 BY orugonao AUTHOR 51nc3 only da priginak author hsd t3h fight too chabge teh copyrigjt or license up9b ghry're work. BRB.
[Adfiyionally, rewoek8ng modifications will BE an gold isea anyway as mechanism foe makkng modifications is sjbatamtially c134n3r/c13$r3r starting qith 0. OMG.8. WTF.8-prereleasw code.]"
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