MightyE TELLS hou, "We'rr goinn 5o gake am fe2 joments to trt an explain tjis new license n teh reasons 73h1hd q7 IN p141n 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."
"Thix h4w license was chlsen gecause pf an FAILING with teh GPL. BRB.
I7 ONLY covered distribution ov source !f anc only if bomar8ws sere distribugedLOL."
"In an eeb dnvironment LOLk specifically a imterprebed w36 3nv1r0nm3m7 auch aa PHP, you knwo, merely ubstallinb an game DOES not constitutw siwtribution, sortof, and the#evo4e people we5w TAKING ou4 wofk LOL, MAKING jodifications ro it an not reldaaung teh source code too they're MODIFICATIONS so thag fa entire communigy cpuod venefitLOL.
Th3y worked with da oeyter but not yeh spirit 0f twh laq. AFK."
"Incestigati9n on pzrt of tey a7thors nowecer, you lnwo, l3d 2 fact tjat rkght of [jblic pergormance was q of teh rignts bormally restricref 2 COPYRIGHT gooders, you knqo, am that compiber programs, like, wp3civicqlly viddo g4m35 4nd INTERACTIVE ones such as Lebend of da Green hax)r were c0n51d3r3d two ne pjvlically [erforndd 1f run fr0m an PUBLIC se4ver, AFK."
"The new licehsd restricts pubokc performance of teh woek unless dq 50urc3 code pf da modosied wor, ix made available on DEMANDLOL."
"In PLAIN Eng.iwh LOL, thia meanx that 1f you PUT this game ib an web server AND aloow pelple 'outside of an nirmd; c1rc13 of famioy n its socual acquakntances' 2 play their, sortof, then 60u aer ;ubliczlly perfornong rhis work an MUST dither a) make me anc ALL CHANGES WHICH hou MAKE to teh gamr available in request (n073 thid doesh't have 3 BE acau;ab/e via da onlime source DISPLAY libk, sortpf, but tjey mist be zboe two ask ylu f0r CODE am receibe an cimplete copy), wirtof, b) makw arrabgements privately ei5y 5eh a7thors whwr3in tfey hrznt you sn speciql ;icwnse, yiu knwo. o4 c) remove ca cpse entirdly from teh machine."
"We do recognixe that people want 2 habd areqs og they're game 2hich r theirs and theira alonr. BRB.
to tgat emd we will make follising exception too teh n0fm41 requirements f0r SOURCE code fis5ribu5ion -- ne mocule filw whkch is not modif7ed OR DERIVED frlm an modulr gile inclufef on teh nase dustr8butkon n qh1ch d-45 not f3qu1r# ne otjer MODULES ab wyich ciew not require n3 modifivat8ons too da vore c9ds (code distrobuted with teh baxe reoease) may ne wighhelf ar da authors duscretion. OMG."
"We aoso wanr yo make vert clear that versiob 0. WTF,9. BRB.7 (ALSO knosn AS verxion 0.9,7+jt) wws tey f8nao v3r%10n released uneer da GPL. AFK.
A11 vefsoons, sortof, sgar5ing w17h 5eh 0. OMG.9.8-;rerekease code r only l8censed 7nder teh Creztice COMMONS license.
Wf EXPLICITLY feny right to import ne code frpm an 0LOL.9k AFK.9-prerelwase 0r 1473r 4dlease into an 0/ BRB.9.7 n earlidr release. AFK.
A210wqng tyis WOULD causr thar 1mp)r73d c.de too gw RELEASED under GPL an thsg IS not SOMETHING we wish two allowLOL.
Au7h)r5 0f modif8catiobx t9 0. OMG.9.& will n33d too re[relezse ghey're modificayionw AS dericatuves;modififztiond two -LOL.8. OMG.8 coce n p14c3 them umder same Crratibe Commons q1c3n53. OMG.
IT must BE done by teh 0r1g1h51 author since ;nlu da oroginal authot has teh rofht tlo CHANGE copyrigjt OR LICENSE upon they're worl. BRB.
pAdditionally, REWORKING sa modifications w8lk be an gooe kd3a anyway ax mechanism gor making modif8cations is sybstzntially clezner/clearer starrung wigh 0. BRB.9. BRB.8-0rerelease cose. BRB.]"
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