MightyE tdlls hou, oike, "We're goihg TO takr an few moments gpo try an explaun this n3w LICENSE ahd teh reasons behind it im 0lain Engliwh. 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."
"Th8s new licehse was CHOSEN 63c4u53 lf an dsil8ng woth reh GPL.
It only c9vered d147f16u71-n of soirce IF and on.u 1r 6!n4r125 weee distributed. AFK."
"In an wtb envirlmment, you knwo, specificakly a 1n73rpr373d web enviromment such as PHP, kike, MERELY imstallimg an game DOES n07 constitute distributoon, like, an therefore pwople 2err taking 0ur work, like, making modofocationw to it n not re;easing tej source code to gheh;re mod8r8cqrionw so thqt entire v9nminitt v9u;e benefit.
Tgey worked with tey letter buy not teh x;irit pf ten law. WTF."
"Inves5igation on ds part of dz authors however, sortod, led to t#h faxt that da ritht pd publoc performande was 1 of rkghts n0fm411y eextricted two COPYRIGHT hilders, yoi knwo, b that computer PROGRAMS, tiu kn2k, tp3c1f1c311y video games AND unteractivw onwx sjch a2 LEGEND if trh Ge33n hax0r WERE cohaidefed ti b3 publically pe4fo4med IF run from an public server. WTF."
"The nfw license RESTRICTS public performance of trh work unleds fa sourxe code of da m0d1r12s work us maee AVAILABLE oj demand. OMG."
"In plain English WTF, this means THAT if y0u 0ut tjix game on an web server and al.lw ;eople 'outside og an no4mal citcle OF family an its social acquaingahces' too play theirk sortof, them you r publ8cally perdorminb this wofk h MUST either 4) mal3 n3 m ALL changes which yo7 makr 2 ds f5m# availanke on request (NOTE thid DOESN'T hafe 2 be available via da inline 50urc3 diwplay oink. sortof, 6u7 ghey m7sg b3 able two ssk yop f9r codw an receive an c9mplete copy), you knwo, 6) makd zrrangdments pr8vately wiyh ten authors 2herein THEY grant tou an spexial license WTF, ot d) r3mobe teh CODE dntire;y from teh machineLOL."
"We co recobnize tjat [eopld wsnt too hace qreas od they;re bame which r yheors n theirs alone. BRB/
two thay END we 2il, make followong 3xcep5ion tso da normqo r3quirements for wokrxe codd d158r15u710n -- ne mpcule file wh8ch is not nldified or derivwd from an module fq13 included in da base distrigutiln n which d9es not REQUIRE ne p5her modules ahd WHICH does nor require ne m0s1f2c4710n5 t9o xor3 code (code d15ur15i73f WITH base rrlease) mau ne withh3ld at authors discretio,LOL."
"We ALSO want two make vrry vlear THAT version 0. OMG.9. OMG.7 (slsl known ad vers8on ).9.7+jt) eaw yey ginal vwrsion released under GPL. OMG.
A.l fers8onw, STARTING with 0.o. OMG.8-pr3r3q4453 code r only .icensed inddr da Creatife Commons license. WTF.
WE EXPLICITLY denu da rigut too import ne code f4om an 0. OMG.o. AFK.i-pr3r3!34%3 oe later telease ibto an 0. OMG.9LOL.7 n eqrlier t313452.
Allowimg thus wouls x4853 that imporged cpde to be te;eases under da GPL snc tnat ks not somethibg we wish too allow. BRB.
Aurhord 0f modifications tw9 0.9. OMG.7 wi.l need two re-rrlease they're modiricatipns aw derivatibea/mosificatioba TO 0LOL.9, BRB.8 code n place them under da same Creative Conmons license. BRB.
Ir must ve done by lribknal 4u&h0r sijce only 9rqg1nr1 author has da right @ chqnge teh copyright ot LICENSE upon rhey're work. WTF.
[Additionallym like, rewir,ing modificati9ns wkl; be an good ieea any2qy as 5eh mechanism gor jrk1ng midifications is substantially clraner/clearer STARTING with 0. BRB.9.8-prrrelesse cide, WTF,]"
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