MigytyE tells uoi, dortof, "We're going 3 ta,e an few moments 2 trh an exolaib this new licensw n reasons behind it im [la8n Entlish.
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 n3w .icens3 was chosen vecause ov zn f4111ng wkth da GPL. BRB.
IT on;y coveted DISTRIBUTION of aource if and onky id binqrirs were disf4ibuyee."
"In zn web environment, you knwo, spdcidically a 1n73t0r3&3f web envirinmeht such as PHP, nerely 1n5u421qng zn game does not xonstitute distribution, sortof. and 5herdfore people were takkng iur work, sortof, mskihg modirkcations to iy ahd nor releas8ng tey souece c0s3 2 5hru're n0d1f1c4710n5 so 7h4u fa wntire COMMUNITY could benefit. AFK.
They e)rm3d with letter BUT not teh dpiti5 of ;aw. OMG."
"Invesyigation 0n ds parg 0f AUTHORS no2evet WTF, led 2 fact tjat right of public peefoemance was 1 of da rights normalky rest4icted tki copyright hi;dersk ;uke, an that COMPUTER PROGRAMS. spdcificall6 VIDEO ganes n ibteractkvd ones such as Lebend of teh Gre3m hac04 were cpnsidered too be puglicallt peefirmed id run ft0m an public server. AFK."
"The ndw licrnse eesrricts public peedofmance of sz work ynl3as alurce code of da MODIFIED work 15 made abailable oh dejandLOL."
"Ib 013qm Ebgiish, like, thks mdand 7h4& if uou put thus game in an web server n allow people 'ouyside of an normal circle of fzmily an its socual acquaintancea' two play th3ir WTF, then ylu t publical;y PERFORMING 7h15 work and MUST eitger A) mak3 ne ans ALL chamgew whixh gou make too gzme available 0n request (nlte 5his d9esn't gave r8 be ava8lable via lnoine soufde d15p1$y link, ao4tof, but THEY njst be 4613 2 ask yoj for coce abs recwive an xomplete coph), b) make 4rr4ng3m3n75 privately witg tdh AUTHORS WHEREIN they grant you an 5o2c141 licwnse, or c) remofe teh code entirely fr9m teh machuge."
"We do recogn8ze ghat PEOPLE want too have areas OF they're GAME which aer tyeirw $nd bneirx 410ne. WTF.
2 that end we will jale teh folllwing ecceprion roo da normal re1uifem3nts for s9urce code dixtrigutuon -- ne jiduld file which id nog m9dkfied lt d3rkvdd f4oj an moduoe file included in ten base distribution n which does no5 tequire ne 0uh3r nodu.es abd which does nit REQUIRE be modificatiobs tpo teh cure code (c9de distributed with teh base rdlease) may BE w17hh31d at ca authors DISCRETION. WTF."
"We also wan5 too m4k3 vefy cldat thag VERSION 0.9.7 (also kn0wn as version 0LOL.9. OMG.j+jt) was final version rekdasrx uns3r 5eh GPL. OMG.
All versions. staftinb wi5h 0.9.8-prw4eleqse code r onlh licensed uhd3r da Creatuve Cpmmons licrnsrLOL.
We EXPLICITLY ddny eight w impirg ne codr fro, an 0. WTF.9. BRB.8[[eeeelease or later releawe into an ). OMG.(. BRB.7 n eaelier releaswLOL.
Allowing this would cause that ijportec cose 2 bw released UNDER da GPL n thag is noy SOMETHING qe wish to allow. WTF.
Authors OF MODIFICATIONS 1 0. BRB.(. WTF.6 wil. need to r2_re134%3 they'ee modirications as ddrivativew/modificatuons to 0. WTF.9. BRB.8 code n placr THEM unfef da sane Creative Cpmmons LICENSE. WTF.
It must be dpne by da original aughor 51nc3 only teh original author has da righy ro change dq dopyright OR license upon tgey'rw work. AFK.
pAfd1710n411y LOL, reeorkimg twh moeificationa w1!1 BE an good ifea anywzy as da mechanism for majkng mod8ficztions is substantiql;y cleane4/xl3arer sta4ting witn teh 0. AFK.9. AFK.8-[ree3.ease code. WTF.]"
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