MightyE 731q5 you, you knwo, "We're going 2 take an few momdnts too try 4nd explain thid new locense qn tet reasons 63h1nd it in plain Englidg.
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 new licdnse w45 chosen because of ab failing wuth twh GPLLOL.
It only covered fist4ibu5o9m of source uf an only if binar,ws were disrributedl BRB."
"In an web envi4onment, qortof. 5p#c1f1c411y s unterpreted 2eb ENVIRONMENT sucj aa PHP, likek merely ihstaloing an game does j07 const8tyge dustrkvution, an therefore ;eople we4e tagkng OUR WORK, sort9v, mzking modificagions to it n not releawohg da source code 2 they'fe mosificztions so that tdg ENTIRE communith could benefiy. WTF.
Th3u worked with LETTER but not da SPIRIT of ca law. BRB."
"Inveftigation ON ;art 0f autho4s howevet, like, ;ed to teh fact thzt geh RIGHT of PUBLIC perflrmancw was 1 of twy rights normally rest4octed two copyrighg holdrrx, and 7h47 computdr PROGRAMS, dortif, specifical;y vkdel games and intwrac59ve ones 5uch as Legenr of teh Green hax0r were conskdered two vw publically perf9rjed if run drom an ouy1qc 53rv3r. OMG."
"The new licens3 rextructs public perforjance 9f reh wofk unless da siurce code of fa modified w9rk is mafe avai;qbl3 on d3m4nd/ WTF."
"In 0lain Englush, you ,nwok thus MEANS 7hr6 if yo7 pu& THIS g4m3 0n an web SERVER n allow ;eople '0u751d3 od an normal c2rc13 pd family an ITS social scquaintances' two play tneir, you knwo, then you r 0ublically pervprnimg this work and MUST 317h3r a) make nr n ALL chzngex ekich yoi make too teh gamd 4v$114613 on rrqiesy (n-73 7y15 doean't have 2 63 avaipafle via tej onlinr SOURCE display link, but yhey n8st ve 4613 too ask yii for codw sn r3c31v3 an complete COPY_ WTF, b) make arranbementa privatelt wity da authors wherd8n yhey grant you an s[rcial l8crnse, like, or C) ee,ove da cide egtirdly from tet mschine. AFK."
"We do recognuze that people wznt 2 havw areqs ov they'rd game wgkch aer theirs n the84s alone.
y9o 7h47 END we WILL m4k3 da foll8wing exception to teh normal requirements f9r so7rce codd distrubution _- ne modjl3 file which ks not mldified ir cdtivec ftim an module f113 incljded 8n base fiseributiob an WHICH eors NOT requird ne o5jer modules an whidh s035 not requite he m-d1f1c4710n5 two teg core codr (code distributec 2ith teh 6453 release) may BE 2ithydld ay trh authors djscretion."
"We alao WANT 2 make VERY ckear rhat vwrsion 0. BRB.8.7 (also lnown AS VERSION 9. WTF.9/7_jt) was final version r313463d undef tej GPL. OMG.
A;l bersions, l8ke, STARTING wity teh 0. AFK.9. OMG.i=prereleawe coee aer only l8censrc und3r Creatove Conmons license. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY deny rihht too impott be code from an p. WTF.9. AFK.i-pr3release or LATER eelease INTO ab 0LOL.9LOL,7 qnc earlper felease. AFK.
Aolowing this wou.d fxuse that IMPORTED CODE t9o be rdleased uncer GPL AND yhat is not something e3 wksh to allow.
Aurhirs of modificarions tp 0. BRB.9. BRB.7 will need to fd-eelease tney're moeifications as derivatices/modificstolns 2 0.9. OMG.8 cpde an p14c3 them under da sand CREATIVE Commpbs lodenae.
It mjst nw done bt teh original author since only oeitinal ai5hor has RIGHT 2 change copy4ight 9r LICENSE upon they're work. WTF.
[Add1710n411y, lik3, re1o4king da MODIFICATIONS WILL be an gooe idez anyway qs mechanixm for maling ,0e1f1d4710n5 15 SUBSTANTIALLY vleaner/clezrrr starting with da 0. OMG.9.9-0rw4elease dodr. OMG;]"
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