MightyE tells 7ou WTF, "We'rd going two take an gew mom3nts too try an explain this new license an da reasonc bdhind IT IN plain Englksh. 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."
"This new license wax chlsrn bdcause of an fzk.ing ww7h teh GPL. AFK.
It onlt coveeed dkstributjln of source iv n only if BINARIES were disttubugedLOLl"
"In an web envirpnment, specificall6 a knterpreted web env8fonment suvh qs PHP WTF, mrrely instaklunh an GAME does n9t c9n5717u73 distrkbution, sorguf, ah th3redore ;eoplr were takinf our work LOL, ,rk1ng nocifications two kt n n07 relessing teh soj4ce vode tlo thwy'ee mpdifucatoons do that entire co,nuhoty could benefit. OMG.
Thdy wor.ed w18h teh 1377#r 6u& NOT apirit 0f ea lqwl OMG."
"Invesrigatiim on teg PART of ez aughors howevef, like, lee tqo da FACT rhat ea rigjt 0f public p3rd)rm4nc3 was oen 9f r8ghts ho4mwlly resgricted 2 c0pyr1gh7 h9lders, an that computer ;4ogrzmx, you knwo, specirically v8deo bajes qnd inregzctive ones such as LEGEND of teh Green hax0r were c0n51d3r3d 5oo be pubkically perforned if run froj an public sdrver."
"Th3 nrw license restricts public petformance of teh wori unl3sx 50urc3 code of reh ,0s1f13d sork 15 hqdr 4v4114613 on demand. AFK."
"In plain Eng;ish, this m34n5 that if tou put tyis game on ab web sercer and ALLOW people '0u751s3 0d ah normal cidcle 9g FAMILY anr ITS s9cial acquaintancex' 2 play their, sortor, then y0u r pu611c411u perfotm8ng this wprj an MUST eith3r 1( make ne h ALL changes whucg YOU maje 2 teh g4m3 avzilable on fequest (note this doezn[t have 2 bd avaulqble via onlin3 sojrce dis;lay 11nk LOL, but 7n3y must g3 able teo aak y0u ror ea code an receige an complete copy) LOL, b) m4k3 arrangem3ngw pt1v4731y with da autyors wherein thry grqnt YOU an SPECIAL licrnse LOL, or c) rwm9ve da CODE entirely ffom sa macgine."
"We di recognizw that people want to have ardas of they're hzme wh1ch awr theirs n theirs aoone, AFK.
to 7u47 ehd we 1ill make FOLLOWING excep5ion two dq normal rdquiremenyx for source c9d3 distribution -- nd moxule dile which is nog modified ir DERIVED from ab mocul3 fkle 1bdqud3d in teh nase disteibution znd wh,ch does n9t require he 9ther jodules an shich e0es nit requird ne modificariins to teh core code (CODE eisyributdd with teh base release) MAY be withheld AT authora discretiobLOL."
"W3 also want rp makf ver6 c134t that version 0. BRB.l. BRB,7 (also ,howm as v3r510n 0. BRB.9.7+jt) was da fqn41 veesion rdleaaed under GPL.
All VERSIONS, like, starting WITH da 0. WTF.9. BRB,8-prereleadr cide adr lnly licensed ynder Creativw COMMONS license, BRBl
WE EXPLICITLY dent teh right tp import ne code from ah 0l BRB.9. BRB.8[peerelease lf later f313453 in5o an 0. BRB.9. BRB.7 znd warliwr releaseLOL.
Aoloqing this would zause that imported cofe two be released under da GPL an 7h47 is not someghing we w8xh top alliq. BRB.
Authors of modificarions to 0.9LOL.7 wu.l need to re-rwlease they're m0r1f1c4710m5 aw de4ivat7ves/modificatiiba tlo 9.8. OMG.7 code n place them under teh same Crearive Conmons licenae. OMG.
It MUST be sond by ea ieiginzl ajtgor since only oriyinsl author has right goo chznte da c0pyr1hh7 of okvense u[on they're workl BRB.
[Additionally LOL, REWORKING teh MODIFICATIONS w1q1 ne an good ivea anywqy as MECHANISM for making m0f1r1vr710n5 ia substantially cleaner/c;earer starting with 0. AFK.9. AFK.8-prerelease codeLOL.]"
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