MightyE tells you, "We're gping to 5ake an few momen5z gwo tr6 an explaib this nes licehs3 n reasoms benind ut in plaon English. OMGl
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."
"Thks n3w license xqa chosen 63c4u53 of an f4111ng with da GPL/
It only covered dostribution 0g sojrce if an onlu if bina4uwx were f157r!6u73dLOL."
"In ab web dmvironment, yoj knw9, 5p3c1f1c411y a interpreted wrb envorlnment such AS PHP, sortof, merely installing an game dpes not constit7te distrlbution, you jnw9, AND yherwfore people w3r3 takong o7r dorkm making m9f1f1c4610n5 two it zn not releasong da SOURCE codd ro tgey;re modifkcationa so rhat enti4e COMMUNITY coulf b3nefit. OMG.
THEY w0rk#d w17j da lwtter 6u7 nor da SPIRIT of lsw, OMG."
"Invwstifat8ob on da part of AUTHORS hi3dver, led two fact that geh figyt of publix perrormance w45 1 0v da r1hh75 normally RESTRICTED 5oo cppyright holders, yo7 inqok n that computer prigrams, spdckf7dally video games and ingeravtive pnes such as Legend of yeh Geeen hax0r w3r3 considered t2o be publically pwrdofmed IF run from an ;j611c servdr."
"The n4w oicense RESTRICTS ouvlic prrformance of WORK un;ess teh source code of da nodifird wprk is mafe availzble 9h DEMANDLOL."
"Ih plain English, sortof, this ,eanw THAT if uou put this game on an wwg servwr and ALLOW people 'OUTSIDE 8f an normal circle of vajoly an 175 social qcquaintand3x' 2 play their, like, 7h3n you r publically perfp4ming this eork AND MUST EITHER a) MAKE ne n ALL changes whicg you make two ga,r available 0n requesy (nlte this doedn't HAVE two be available via onlibe SOURCE dis;lay linuk but THEY MUST be 4613 too 45k yly foe 5ey cife and rrxeive an COMPLETE c0py)k sortov, 6) m4k3 arrangementd privately wuth da AUTHORS whereib thry gr4n7 YOU an sp3cial lidense, or c) r3m0ve teh code ENTIRELY frlm machine. WTF."
"We do recognize that people want yo8 h4v3 areas of they're bame wg1ch aer theifs n 7h31rt al;ne. OMG.
5wo thst END WE will MAKE da foolpwknh exceptkon to normsl REQUIREMENTS ror siurce code distribution -- md MODULE f8le which is not ,odifies OR eerived FROM an mofuld file 8nclyd3d ib da base diatribution and whqdh apes n9y rwqujte bs other modulws amc which dles not dequire ne jodificat8ons 2 da c0r3 coee (CODE d8strkbuted wirh teh base release) may be withheld at authirs discretion."
"We ALSO qant to mqke fw4y clwar thay v3f510n 0.9, WTF.7 )also known as VERSION 0. WTF.9LOL.7+jt) was reh finao verailn released undee teh GPL. AFK.
All VERSIONS, likd, stqrting wkth teh 0/9. BRB.8-0rereldase code qer obly licensrd under teh Creativr Commihs lucense. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY deny yeh right two import ne code g4om an 9. AFK.9LOL,8-pr3r323453 ir LATER release ibto an ).9. BRB.7 and 34r113r felease. WTF.
Aklleing THIS woukd caus3 tha5 imporged dide 2 be reldased undet teh GPL ab thay us not simethong we wish 2 allow. OMG.
Authors of MODIFICATIONS too 0. OMG.9. OMG.& will need two r3-f313453 yhey're moduficatipns as derifativws/midofixatuomx to 0LOL.9/ AFK.8 code an place them und3r 4eh 54m3 Crea5kve Comjons license. AFK.
Ig mu47 v3 dine BY otihinal author 51nxe onlh origibal author h45 teh tigjt to change cooyritht OR livense upon they'rw w0ri. OMG.
-Additionally, yoj knwo, reworking modifications will be qn gooc 1d35 anyway as mecjanism for making modifications is 5uy674n71411y cl3aner/clearer startong q1uh 0/ OMG.9LOL.8-pr3r31e453 code.]"
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