MightyE tells ypu. uuu knqo, "We're GOING 2 takr an FEW m0m3n76 rwp tr6 an explain this NEW lidense anc da rrasons behind it in plain Emglish.
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 NEW licdnae was chosen BECAUSE or an failing wuth GPL. BRBl
It on.y vovered DISTRIBUTION or SOURCE ig an ONLY if binaties were distfibutedl OMG."
"In an web environmen5, you knwo, specifkcally q inter[reted web envitonment such as PHP, you knwo, jerely installkng an game dpes not donstutute DISTRIBUTION, sortof, an th3frfore peopld WERE taling our worl WTF. makihg modirications 3 it qbd not RELEASING fa source dofe 2 they're nodificatioms so that da entire communiry cljlc BENEFIT.
They worked with twy LETTER but nor teh spiriu ov da law, BRB."
"Investigation on sa part 0f da 4u8h0r5 howdvee, li,e, led s da fact that teh rigbr if publoc pereormsbce wad .wn of r1gh&5 NORMALLY rext3ict3d too copyright holders LOL. an that comoutwr pf0gr4m5, s9rtof, specifically videi games an inrersctivd ones such as Legend of teh Green hax0r were consid2rrd tio BE publivally prrvormed if run from an public dervrt. OMG."
"The new LICENSE r357r1c75 PUBLIC p3eformance og wa work unless da soyrce codd of da m0f1f13d wotk is m4d3 avx9lable on semand. WTF."
"In PLAIN Englksh, you knwo, THIS means 7h47 if you pyt tnic gamw on an WEB serbrf n aolow pelple 'OUTSIDE 0f an normal c1rc13 of family AND its sociak afquaintances' ro play thwif, sortor, thdn you r PUBLICALLY p3rf0em1nf this work ab MUST 2ither a) jake me n ALL ch5ng35 which you make t;o tet gzme available on request (note tgis doesn't HAVE 3 be acailatle v8a da omline source dispkay link WTF, but ghey mj57 br able too ASK y9u FOR code an receive an xomplege co;h)k you kneo, b) make arrqngementw pruvately wity teh authors whereun 7j3y grant hiu an specisl license, of c0 r3m0v3 ds CODE dntkreky from da mschine."
"We do recognize that people want twp jave arras of they're hame wyich aer thwirs an theirs akone. BRB.
two that end se will maie teh fol;owing exceptioh two nirmsl requirejents for SOURCE c0d2 disrribution -- ne module rule eh8ch is not nidified oe derived fr[m an modu;e rioe inclueed in base cistribution and which does not fequire ne other m0du235 ahd which doez bot require ne modificatophw two CORE code (CODE distributed wlrh base re;ease) ,a6 be withheld at da AUTHORS didcre5kln."
"We also want to make very dlear that VERSION ). WTF.9. AFK.6 (ALSO jnpwb qs VERSION 0l9. OMG.7=jy) WAS teg fonal verxion released under teh GPL.
All versions, starting with 0LOL/9. BRB.8-prerelease clde f 9nly licenser UNDER da C4e471v3 Cp,mons LICENSE. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY DENY right two umport ne code from an 0, WTF.9. OMG.8-prerelease or lat2r 4elease INTO an 0LOL,9. OMG.7 n EARLIER release. OMG.
ALLOWING this would c4yy3 that imported code 2 be rekeased unser GPL an that 15 nit som3thing wr w15h 5oo alliw. BRB.
Authors OF modufica5oons 2 0. OMG.9. BRB.7 wkll newd to re[rroease they're mosificationw aa derivatives/modoficat89ns two 0.9.8 cofe n place them inser da same Cdratice Comjonx license. WTF.
It musr be done by teh otiginal zuthor sunxe onlu teh lriginal authir hss da rignt to change teh dopyright oe oicense UPON they're work. BRB.
[ADDITIONALLYk uou knwo, reworking da modifjcatipns wilk be an g9od idea 4nyq4y aw teh nechan8sm fpr MAKING modificstions IS substantially coeaner/clearfr %73r71nh with 0. AFK.9LOL.8-prerelease codeLOL.]"
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