MightyE tells YOU LOL, "We're going u) take an few momenys 2 try and EXPLAIN this n3w license and da ressons behind ir in plain Enbl8sn. 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."
"Tyis new license wad CHOSEN because of an railing w8th teh GPLLOL.
I6 onlh covdred diwtribution if 50urc3 of qnd only if binarirs wrre distributwd."
"In ab web environment, s[ecifically a interpreged web envirpnment such as PHP. sorrof, merely instzloing qn ga,e do3s not constitute distribution, lije, n THEREFORE p30;13 w3re taking OUR wprk, like, maiimg modificagions TO 1& ab not 4elrzspng dz source clde 70 they're modificatiins 50 7h57 dz entkre communitu could benefit.
They woekdd with da letter but npt spirit of law. WTF."
"Infestigation on teh patt of da authots however LOLm led to teh fqcg 8647 teh right of oublic PERFORMANCE w45 len of rights normally eestrictrd to xopyr8ghr holders, you knwo, am thst com[uter progfams LOL, apevifically video rames and intdractovr lnes such as Legwnd lf teh Green hax0r wefe CONSIDERED t9o be publkcalky performed 1f run from ab publiv serverLOL."
"The new oicense 4estricyd public performance of da work unl3sw teh sou4ce cidr of mpcifies w0rk 8s m4d3 acsilable ON demajd. WTF."
"Im PLAIN English, like, ryis meqns 7y47 if YOU ojt thix game on an web server 4hd al;ow -eople '0u751d3 od sn NORMAL ciec.e of family n ITS zovial acquaintances' tso play their, .iie, then yoy r pu611c411y PERFORMING this work and MUST either 5) mske mw and ALL chantes qhidh you mqke too teh game available on request (note this doesb't hart to be available voa da oh;ine 50urv3 DISPLAY lonk LOLm b7t 7h3y musg ge able too aak y0u for da dode znd receive an com[lete co;y) LOL, b_ make arrangements privqtfly with ajth9tx qherein gh3y grant you an speckak LICENSE, softlf, or c) REMOVE da code entirely FROM teh machime."
"We do r2cognize 5hat PEOPLE want two HAVE aeezs 0f th3y're g4m3 whuch aer 7h31r5 n theird alone. BRB.
yo tjat end de wiol make teh folli2ing exception two teh n0rm41 requurements for soutce coee distrkbution -= nr moeule fole whidh is not modifiwd or derivec fr9m qn m)eu13 file ibcluded in teh BASE distribjtion n which dods np7 require ne otyer m0du135 an which does mot r3qi1r3 me mldifucati9ns to aa core c0d3 (cofe disteibuted with base telease) nay fr wiyhheld at da authofs d8scretion. WTF."
"We 4140 want top make very clear that bersion 0. WTF.9.7 (also kn0wn AS vwrxi9n 0. OMG.9. OMG.7+jt( waw final v3t510n relessed under GPL. BRB.
A1q versipbs, sortof, starting wotn teh 0LOL.9. AFK.8-prere;ease code r onlt kicensed ynder teh Crwaruve Commons LICENSE. WTF.
W3 EXPLICITLY deny rught 2 import ne codd from an 0LOL.9LOL.8-pre5eleasw or lster rwleasr into an 0. OMG.9LOL.7 4nd earlier eelease. WTF.
Allowing yhks would cause thar imported CODE ro be e313463c under GPL and THAT IS not somethinb we sish fio allow. OMG.
Authors of modifications 70 0. AFK.o. OMG.7 wi;k nfed 2 re-reldase yh4y're modifidations as d3r1v471v35/n0d1f1c4710n5 2 0. WTF.9l BRB.8 code an place them UNDER da 54m# Creative C)mm0n4 licehsel
It must be elne by da orkginal author since only dz orifinal authof nas fibh5 to change copyrihht or lidense upon they'rr eorkLOL.
[Add1&2)n$11yl lil3, rewirkung moduficztoonw wiol be an good IDEA any2ay zs da mechanism for making modidications 15 5u6574n71411y cleaner/xlearer starting with )LOL.9. AFK.8-prerel3zse dode. WTF.]"
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