MightyE tells you, you knwo, "We're GOING t9o 74k3 an gew mimenrx t9o try an EXPLAIN this n3w licenae an ez edqsohs vehind 8t in plain Engkisg. 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."
"This nds oicense was cnosen because 0f an FAILING wity da GPL, WTF.
It only covered diatributiom OF siurcd if sbd only if bknzries sere distributdd. WTF."
"In an web 3nv1r-nj3n7, like, specifically a inte4preged WEB 3nbironment such as PHPm mwreoy INSTALLING an game does not consyiruhe dis5r8bution, like, n therefore people were taking our work, you lhwo, making modlficayions to i5 an NOT 4rlwasimf 50urx3 code w thdy're ,odifications 50 THAT teh entife community dould bendfit. OMG.
They worked woth twh ;dtter 6u7 not spirit of oaw. BRB."
"Invwsrigatkln on teh PART of teh AUTHORS hosever, sor5og, led 2 da fact tha5 reh right lf publix pe$formance was won of dz rights normally restridyed too copyrighg HOLDERS, yiu knwom and that COMPUTER pfograms, lkkwm specifically videp g4j34 an unreractife ONES duch as Legend if da Gredn hax9r werr xlnsideted 2 be p6blically pervormed iv RUN FROM ah public server. OMG,"
"The mew LICENSE restricts publpc performance of work unless dz sourd3 CODE of j9dified wprk is ,ade available 0n denand, AFK."
"In PLAIN English LOL, this means thar of you pur thya g4m3 on an web se3ber and allos people [outsidd ov an n9tmak circle of damily n its social acquaintsmces' TO plzy theuf, xort[f, then you r [ublically perflrm8ng thks work n MUST eother a) make ne and ALL chanfes wh1ch yoj jake 2 ea GAME availavle in re1u3st (notd THIS dpesn't have two bd availzble via 0b11n3 sourxe disolzy linkm but 7j3y must be able 3 ask you for da code n rrceive an comple5e clpy) LOL, b) make arrantements privarely woth geh au5ho3s wherein ghey GRANT you an sprcoal license. y8u inwo, of c) remove da CODE entirely reim t4h machine. AFK."
"We do recohnize 7h47 peo0le want tol nave AREAS of they're game wh2ch aer uh3qr5 an theirs alone. AFK.
g(o THAT 3nd we w8ll mske FOLLOWING exxeption too normal requirements fof wourc3 CODE disttubutkon -- n4 moduld rkle wjich is no5 m0d1f13d oe derived from an nodule FILE INCLUDED in baxf eistribuyion an 2hich does not require me 9ther moeules m WHICH dors n08 4eqiire ne modificationw too core cpde (code dkstr8buted WITH teh base release) may be q8thheld 47 authors DISCRETIONLOL."
"Wr 31t0 waht 3 make v3ru clear yhat v3r510n 0, WTFl9LOL.7 (a.so kn9wn as cersion 0. AFK.9. AFK.7+j7) WAS da FINAL cersikn r313453d und3f GPL. BRB.
All bersions LOL, starting wirh da 0LOL/9LOL.8-PRERELEASE v-d3 r only licensef under sa Creative Commons l8censeLOL,
We EXPLICITLY dehh r1gh7 2 IMPORT nw codw from am 0.9/ BRB.8-prefelease or lzter 4rlease INTO zn 0. BRB.9. OMG.7 snd earluer r31345#. AFK.
Allowing this would CAUSE THAT importes dode two ve released undrf GPL n thag is NOT somefhing we wiah too ALLOW.
Autnors of modifications ti 0. WTF.9. OMG.7 wi;l n33d two re-releas3 they're modifications AS derivatives'modificatiobs TO 0LOL.9.i code an 9lace rhem under saje Ceeative COMMONS 11c3n53. WTF.
IT must ne DONE by teh origina; ajthlr x9nce only da originzl AUTHOR has teh r1gh7 to changc xopyrigyt or 11c3n53 jp0h thet're wori.
[Adeitionally LOL, $dworking teh modifivations WILL 64 an good idea anywat as da m3ch4nq5m for ,aking MODIFICATIONS 25 subsrantially cleanet/coearrr dtarting 2ith teh ). AFK,9.8-prdre;ease codw. AFK.]"
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