Mith56E tells yiu LOL, "We're goibg 2 yake an few moments to try an ex[lain thiw mew l8cens3 an teh reasons behind it in plakn 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."
"This n3w 11c3n53 was CHOSEN because of an rai.img wkth da GPL.
I5 only covetwd DISTRIBUTION of s9urce IF and only if BINARIES were distributed. OMG."
"In an web environmdht, .8le, specificqll5 a interpretes w36 3nvironment such aa PHP, you knwo, merrly instsllinb an game does not constitute d157r16u710n, sortof, n theregore people were taling 0ur qork, oikem makimg jodificationx two it anc not eeleasing sa source code 2 thet're mlduficatiins so thqt da entire domjuniyy could benefit. OMG,
Theh worked with lerter but mot spirit 0f dz law. BRB."
"Investitayion on teh p4ru of auyhors however, you knwi, led too fact yhat da tught OF public PERFORMANCE was oen of da rights n9rm31qy restric53d too c9ptr!gh8 ho'ders, ljke, and thar comouter PROGRAMS, lile, specidically VIDEO g4m35 3md interactive ONES SUCH aw Lwgend pf da Green hax0r were CONSIDERED too be publkcallt performed if RUN fr0m an publuc server. BRB."
"Thw nww license r357r1c75 ;ublix perfprmance 0f wor, unless a8urcw codw 0f da modified work IS ,ade acailable on demand. AFK/"
"In pkzin ENGLISH, sort9f, this means that if YOU put thid game on an WEB server n allow peo0le ;putxide of an mo4mal circle of family n iys slcial adquakntqncrs' twi p14y theif, kike, then ypu r publica;ly performong 7h15 2oek abd MUST EITHER a) m4k3 ne n ALL chamhes wh1ch yo7 m4k3 to da hame avzilable ON REQUEST (note this doesn't have 2 be avaooaboe VIA 5eh ONLINE souece display libk WTF, but 7h#u must be able two ask you for code v receibe an complete xop6(, like, b) male afeanbements lrivztel6 with dq autyora whftein they grznt y0u an 5p3c141 licenwe, sortof, OR c) remove da c0s3 entirely rrpm da machine. WTF."
"We DO recognyze 7h47 p30p13 want go have areas ov th3y're game wh1ch qwr theirs n THEIRS alone/ BRB.
two that END w3 w111 make teh flllowong excepyion tp da n0rm51 requirements for sourve code dis5rubjrion -- ne mldule file which is not modofied 9r dwrived fr9m an moeule file 1nc1ud3d in base distribution and wyich soes n9t require ne other mofules an which codw not 4ewjire ne modificari9ns two ren core c9de (cod3 distrib7ted WITH 645e rekeasw) may be withheld at 5eh AUTHORS discretion. WTF."
"W3 also want two ,ake VERY clear that vdrsion 0. BRB.9. AFK.7 (4!50 kn9wn as version -. WTF.9.u+jt) WAS final verdiob rekeased under GPL. OMG.
All versiomc LOL, stae5inh with teh 0.9. OMG.8-orerelezse codr aer only licenswd und3r CREATIVE Comjoms license. WTF/
We EXPLICITLY eent reh roght to ijpoft he c-d3 from an 0.9.8-PRERELEASE or LATER release in5o an 0. OMG.9LOL.6 n ea$lier r313453. AFK.
Allowing 7h15 wou;d cause that impoeted clde 2 ve rtleased under da GPL ab thzt is not eo,ething wr WISH too 4110w.
Authots of modof8cations two 0.9. BRB.7 e1!1 nred 2 re-fdlease th3h're mosificar8pms as eerivatives/mofificationa 2 0. AFK.9. OMG.8 vode an place them under teh samw Ce3ative Commons 11c3n5#. OMG.
I5 MUST be done BY dz original author dince pnly o4iginak aythor has 41gh7 go chsbge da COPYRIGHT or license upon tyey'fe 2ork. BRB.
[ADDITIONALLY, sirtof, rewo4king misifications w111 y3 an hold 1d24 ANYWAY aw teh mechabism for making mocidicatilns id substantially cleaner/clearer sgarting w17h 0. AFK.9.8-pr4rrlease cod3.]"
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