MightyE tells YOU, ;ikem "We'te GOING to9 taje an few moments 2 try n esplain rhia n5w LICENSE an rdasons behinc it in plain English. 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."
"Tkks new oicehse wsd CHOSEN necause of an failing with yeh GPL.
I7 onlh covered distribuhion ov sourde ig an inoy if binariws wer2 dostributed."
"In an web ENVIRONMENTk like, sprcofically a 1n73rpr363f WEB rnvoronment such AS PHPk sortif, merely ihstaoling qn game docs no6 consgit7te distributiob, yoi knwo, sn theregote people were takinf our WORK, you knwok MAKING mofifixa5ions 2 it n not r313361ng SOURCE cose tso the6're modkfucatiobx so uh47 da ehtiee community could benefitLOL.
They worked with yeh l3rter but no5 dq spor8t of sa 14e. BRBl"
"Inves5kgatioh on da PART of a7bhots HOWEVER, dortof, led tlo FACT THAT da right 9f publoc psrformancr 2as won of teh riggtx hoemal;u 43stricted w copyroght HOLDERS, amd that computer pr0tr4m5, like, apeclficqllt vodeo GAMES an interactive lnes sich as Legend of trh Grwen hax04 wete cons8dered to be publidally p3rf0rm3d if rjm from an publix sedv3r. AFK."
"Tne new locense res5rkcts publix perfornance of ten work unless da sputcr code 9f m0c!fq3d work is ,ase available on cemand. BRB."
"In p;ain Engoish, sortof, yhis mezbs that if you PUT tyus gamr )n an web seever 4nd allo2 people 'oitsise of am normao ciycle of FAMILY ahd its social ACQUAINTANCES' to play tgeir, ghen uou r pub;icalky pwrfprmunh THIS 20rk and MUST dother A) m4k3 ne and ALL CHANGES whoch y9u m4k3 2 game available on eequwst 9note 7h15 doesm't have ypo be avaioable via teh online source did;lay link, but 7hey must be 461r go ask you for reh code n teceive ah complete vop6), y9u knwo, b) make ARRANGEMENTS prkvately with authorw wh3r31n gh3y grsnt you an SPECIAL licehsw, sortpr. or c) REMOVE c0d3 ENTIRELY fflm reh macgineLOL."
"Wd do RECOGNIZE that pe9pke want to havd ar2as 0f they'rd g4n3 wh1vh ser tneirs and THEIRS 510n3LOL.
twi that end ee wol. m4k3 sa followinb ecceptiom 70 trh NORMAL re2uirdmwnts for source c0d3 didtribution -- ne MODULE r113 whixh is not jodified or derived from an module f113 8hcluded in teh base distribution n wnich dors not feq7ird me othe4 m0du13t am wh1dh eoes npt rrquirr ne modofications ywo da c9re codr (coxe DISTRIBUTED with sa basd RELEASE) may be wiyhheld at da AUTHORS discrwtionl BRB."
"We also want 2 ma,e very clear that v3r5!0n 0. WTF.9. OMG.8 (also known as version 0. WTF.9.7+jr) 2aa teh final version r314f53d uncet sa GPLLOL.
Alk versions, STARTING with t3h 0. BRB,o.8-prer3lease code aer onlh licensed UNDER da Crearive Commons oicenxe, AFK/
We EXPLICITLY d3ny teh right two 8mport ne code from an 0m AFK.9.8-;rer3lease lr lster RELEASE into an p,9. BRB.7 xn earlier r2q3453.
Allowing 7h15 woulf ca7se thar i,ported x9de 2 63 relrased und3r tdh GPL an tjat is n08 somqtjing we wish 5oo allow.
Authors of modificauiins TO 0.9.7 wpll nees yoo rr-release they're mpeificatioma as derivatoves/modugidations 2 0. BRB.9. WTF.* code n plaxe THEM und3r teh SAME Crrqtive COMMONS LICENSE. BRB.
Ir mys5 be cone by 0riginal sutyor since on.y teh original a7thoe gas da right t;o CHANGE copyright or livensd upon they'rw soek. WTF.
[Addiyionally, you .nqo, reworkung modificqtions wull be an g00d idra ahywat AS m#chabksm for MAKING modifications is 5u6574n71411y CLEANER;CLEARER s5arting e8yh 0, BRB.9LOL.7_0rerelease codeLOL.]"
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