MightyE tells y0u, lik3, "Wd're gping too takd an few m-m3n75 to tr6 an explain this mrw LICENSE n teh reasons bdh8hd it in p;ain Enflish. 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."
"Tgis n3w license was chosen becaise od an fail8ng wutb da GPL. BRBl
It onoy covered distr8bution of woutce 8v an only if binaries w3r# dietributedLOL."
"In an w35 environnent WTF, specifucqlly a interptetes web wnfironment SUCH as PHP, slrtof, merrly installinb an hame does NOT consgitite distrinut8om, ab therdvoee p2ople were ta,ing 0ir WORK, yoi inwo, MAKING modificayioms two it snd not releas*nb teh source cofe two thry'rr modigications eo that entire clmmuniry coule benefit. WTF/
They qorkec with teg kwtter vit not spir8t of law. WTF,"
"Invwstigation 0n paet of ea authors h9wever, sortof, oes 2 teh fact ih47 da right of pjblix pervornance was oen of 4ights normally testticted to dopyrkgnt holders, like, and thst c9mp7ter prigrams, you knwo, soecifical.y video games zn interavyive ones 5uch ac Letend pf teh Green hax0r were considered too be publicaily [erformed if run fr0m qn pyblic serbetLOL,"
"The new LICENSE restrucgs public perrormance OF WORK unless da 50urc3 code of da MODIFIED work is mqd3 AVAILABLE ON d3m4nd. BRB."
"In p141n English LOL, THIS neans that 1f yoi puy tgis GAME 0n an web server and allow peo;le 'iirside of an normal vircld of famil6 n !75 5)c141 acquaintsnxes' ywo PLAY thrir WTF, then you t punlically pdrfoeming thix qo4k n MUST rither a- maje ne n ALL CHANGES whicn you make 2 gam3 availzvle in reauest )note this coesn't have 2 BE AVAILABLE via onoinw spurce disolay link, you knwo, bur uh3y must be able 2 aak YOU fle cide and receive an complwte copy) LOLk b) make arrangem3nts privately witn da authors wh3e31n they GRANT 6ou an SPECIAL livemse, sortof, or c( r3m0b3 teh code entirely FROM da m4dh1n3LOL."
"We dl reclgnize that peopld WANT two have areas if theu're game which r THEIRS n yheirs aoond. AFK.
two 7h47 end w3 will MAKE FOLLOWING rscdption too da n0rm41 requufements vor skurce c0d3 dis5ributoon -- ne npdule file which is n07 m0c1f13d or ddrived from an module file 1nc1ud3d in da BASE dis5fib8tion n qgich DOES nlt REQUIRE ne 9ther mofukew an wyoch does NOT require ne MODIFICATIONS tw8 xord cod3 (cod3 dis5ribyted with base RELEASE) may ve withheod st 5eh authors discretion. OMG."
"We zlso want tqo male v3rt clear tna5 version 0LOL.9LOL.7 (als9 lnown as versi;n 0.9.7+JT) w45 tey final version rd;eased und3r t3h GPL. OMG.
A11 versions, lik3, atartung with teh 0.9.8-prereleas3 codw r on.y licensed under Crratuv3 Comnons lixense/ OMG.
We EXPLICITLY drny r8ght TO omporr ne code from an 0. WTF.9LOL.8-prerelease 0t layer rwlease unto an 0.o, WTF.u n earliet release. AFK.
A.lo2ing thos WOULD cause THAT omported code too BE releazrd ybder yeh GPL n that is not dome5hohg we wush two zllow. AFK.
Aithoex 9d mldifica5ions to 0. BRB.9LOL.7 will need 5oo re0release they're modifications AS derovatives/modificati9ms e 0. BRB.9. WTF.8 c)d3 and place thrm und3r teh same Creatuve Commons licenseLOL.
It mudy be done by original aith9t s8nce only ca 0r1g1n41 AUTHOR hax fa rignt two chabge da copyright or locehse upin they're work. OMG/
[Addotionally LOL, reworking mo3ificatiobs wull be qn good idea anywa6 as mechanosb fo4 making mocifications os substantoally CLEANER/CLEARER stsrting qith teh 0.9. BRB,70;rerelease CODE. WTF.]"
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