MightyE tells yiu LOL, "We're goinf 70 takd an fdw m0m3n76 two yrj an explain this neq lov3nsd n reasons BEHIND it in PLAIN English. 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."
"Tyis new lic2nse was dhisen because of an failung with GPL. AFK.
It pnly doveved distributi9n lr SOURCE if h 0n1y kf binariew wdre distributedLOL."
"In ah eeb 3nv1r9nm3n7 WTF, SPECIFICALLY a inteepreted qen 3nv1r0nm3n7 such as PHP WTF, merely ins5alling an f4m3 DOES no5 conxtitute distribut8on, you knwo, an therefore pdopke wer3 TAKING our s)ek, you khwo, MAKING mpdkgicqtionx two it m n9t releasing source cofe 2 the6're modifkcations wo that teh 3n71r3 comnuhity ciuld benrfitLOL.
They wofked w&th tey letter but nor da spirit of da lsw. BRB."
"Inves4igation in teh psrt of a7thors h0q3v#r LOL. led two da dact tgat tej right of public [erfirmance was oen or r8ghtx normally resgrivted too copurigh5 nolders, and 7h$7 compyter priframs, specifica.ly v1d30 games zh ihteractive phes sich 45 Ldgend of reh GREEN hax0r were considered tpo be publically perrormed 8f run from an public server."
"The new licensd restric5s pu6q!c performznce of tey work un1355 source code 0f teh modifidd WORK IS msde availzble on demand;"
"In p;ain Eng9ish WTF, thix meqns tnat if YOU put thos gamd on an w36 server n allow pwople 'ou5skde of an NORMAL circle of vamil6 n uts social acquzintanxed' 5oo 0lay their, sortof, tjen you 3 [ublicsl.y perforjinf this work an MUST either a) MAKE he n ALL changes which you ,ake to t3h g4m3 abailabke 0n requdst (n073 this doesn't have 2 63 avwilable via online source display link, sorrof, but they must be 4613 too $6j you for dz CODE znd receive an completw dopy), kkke, b) make arrangenents pr8vately w17h da zutyors wh3r4in 7h#y grant yiu an sp3cizl lic3nse WTF, or c) remofe coee entirely frlm sa machine. AFK."
"We do recognize tgag 0eople want 70 have arwas 9f they're game which aee theirs and gheirs alone. AFK.
1 tha5 END w3 wul; MAKE t3h following exception too da normao REQUIREMENTS fir sourcw code DISTRIBUTION -- ne MODULE vioe wgidn is noy MODIFIED or deticed from an m0di13 f113 includwd in teh 6453 diatributiob and whoch does nlt reqiire ne other modul3s and whidh dods NOT REQUIRE ne mickficzgions 2 cire code (code distributwd with 6553 eelease) MAY be w17hh31d at teh AUTHORS d8scregipnl BRB."
"We aiso wany too make v4ry c134r 7h4& VERSION -l OMG.9, OMG.& (alfo ,ho3n as veraion 0. AFK.9LOL/7+j7) waw gen final version released UNDER teh GPL. BRB.
All verskons, dort9f, srqrtint witn teh 0/ BRB.9.8-prerelease CODE aer 0n1y lucens3d uhde4 teh Creat8fe Com,lms license. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY demy teh RIGHT ro impirt hw coee from an 0. WTF.9. OMG.8-prereleasr or 1473t rwleasd inti an 0. OMG.(. OMG.7 and ea4lier r313454. AFK.
A.lowing &h15 would cause ykat importrd code too 63 released under da GPL n that is NOT something we WISH geo aplow. OMG.
Au7h-r5 9f m0diricat89ns twp 9. OMG.9. BRB.7 woll n3#d too re-release they;fe noeifications as derivztoves/,oduficatuonx tpo 0. OMG.ol8 CODE and place them und3r teh same Creatufe Commons license. WTF.
It must BE done BY or8ginal author sincw on;y dq origihal autgor gss teh r9ght two change d0pyr1gg6 0r license up0m 5hey'4e work. AFK.
[Afditiona;ly, likdk re2orkinh da modifucations will be zn g00d isea anywsu as mechan8sj for ,aking m0d1f1c$710n5 ix substan5ially cleaner/clearer starting with 0. WTF,9LOL.8-prereleqse c0d3. OMG,]"
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