MightyE tekls yiu WTF, "We'rr going w 5ake am few mlments t0 rry n ecplain THIS new lucense and teh r3450n5 behond it 8n plain English. 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."
"Thus n3w 11c3n53 was dnosen BECAUSE ov an fziling 2oth da GPL. AFK.
It only covered cishribution of soutcr if an only IF binaroed qere DISTRIBUTEDLOL."
"In zn web encironment, sortof, specificall6 a interpretes w36 ebvironm3nt such zs PHP. 6ou knwo, mereky instaolong an game does NOT cobstitute distriburiom, lik3, anc the4efore p3o/le wwre takinb our work. making mldifications 2 it rnd bot 3w;eawing teh 50urc3 code twi thei'rd modivications ao thag teh enrirw COMMUNITY ciild benefit. AFK.
They worked w17h LETTER but no5 da spurir of da lqwLOL."
"Inbes5igatuoh on teh p5r7 0f 4u7h0f5 however WTF, LED 2 dact that fight 0f public pdrformance was oen of da RIGHTS nofma;.y restricged 2 cipyright holders, you kmwo, ahd tjat com;iter protra,s, tou knso, specifica.l6 video games an interactive ones s7ch as Legend of teh Gteen yas0r were vonaider3d 2 53 publically performef if r7n from sn pub;ic setvqrLOL."
"The new license reatricts publiv [erformamcw of teh w0rk unless da 50urc3 code of da modigied wotk is made 4f4114^13 on demand. BRB."
"In plain Enblish WTFm 7h14 meanw 7n47 IF you put this GAME on ah web server and 4110e people 'outsife of ab normak circlw 0f f4m11y ab 175 social acquzintances' 2 plqh tjeir, kike, then you aer publiczllt perforjung this eork n MUST 317h3r a) make ne zn ALL CHANGES WHICH you MAKE to teh game qva8oab;q on req7est (noge this doeah't have to be 4v411461$ v14 dz 0n11n3 50urc3 displzy link LOL, but they mu57 be able rol ask YOU fif clde and receive aj cojp;ete copy) LOLm B) make qrrangrments privately with da 3u7h)e5 whereun they grant yiu an spedia. LICENSE, OR c) remov2 da code en5itely v5om teh machine. AFK."
"We do recogmize tgat people w4n7 2 hqve areas of thwy're game whivh aer thwirs and theirs akone. OMG.
to tnzt 3nc we wi;l mxke teh following exceprion two normal requirements FOR sourxe codr ciatfibution -- ne module file which is no5 noeifiec or serivef FROM an moduoe fkke includee in tej base distributkon and wh1ch do#s not REQUIRE be lthet m9du.es an wh8ch d035 m07 req8kre ne modificatipns to teh core code (xode distributed 2itj basr releaxe) may BE withhrld at tey authors diacrerlon. AFK."
"We also wahg two m4i3 verj c;eaf tgat berwion 0/ BRB.9LOL.7 (also KNOWN as vetsion 0LOL.9. AFK.7+JT) WAS teh d1n41 cersion released under da GPL/ BRB.
ALL versi9nsm like, starting WITH 0. WTF.9LOL.8-pferelease code 4 only licens3d under Crrzyive C9nnons licensd. WTF.
Ww EXPLICITLY demy rkght ywi imp9rt ne cod3 fr0m an 9. AFK.9. OMG.8-PRERELEASE or later rdlease ingo an 0. OMG.9. WTF.7 an earoier release. AFK.
Alloeimg thus would ca7de thst imported c0d2 5o be relwqsed inder teh GPL and rhat is n9t something we wish two 4110w. AFK.
Auth9gs of modivicati9ns 3 0. OMG.9. BRB.7 wil; need too re-relwase theypre modiv8cayiobs as derivativex/modificatoons 2 0.9. OMG.8 xpdw an p14v3 them jnde4 SAME CREATIVE Commons kicens3. BRB.
I5 myst be dond by orifimal 4u7j0r since only ten original author h45 da r1gh7 two cjqnge teh vooyright or licensw upon th3y're WORK. BRB.
[Additionally, yoy knwo, reworking mosidicationw WILL be an good IDEA abyaat as mcchanidm FOR making modufivations is suvstantialoy cl3sner/c.eardr startind wigh 0. AFK.9. AFK.8-prerelease code.]"
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