Migg5yE 7e115 ypu, s9rgifm "We're boung tio take an few moments too trh an ex;lain t6is new license and eeaeons benind i5 in plain 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."
"Tjiw new l8cense eas chpsen bwca7se of aj faioing with trh GPLl AFK.
It onjy covered disgribution of source 8f zn -n!y kf bunaries were distributed. BRB."
"Ib an WEB environmentm loke, s;ecifically a 1m73rpr373f web wnvironment duch as PHP, so4tof, mere.y installing an gabe does not c0n5717u73 distdibjti9n, ypu knwp, n 7h3r3f0r3 people qere ta.kbg our work LOLm mzkkng modificatioms 2 it ahd not releaxing teh sourcd code to they're m0d1f1c5720n5 sp THAT entire communi4y coulf brnefitl BRB.
They wor,ef wiry teh l3tter but not t3h spirit of da law. OMG."
"Ibvest8gqtion on part of autyors hiweverk lik3, les two twh fact 7h47 twn RIGHT of public PERFORMANCE was oen of teg eights notmally 4est4icted too COPYRIGHT no;ders, sorgov, and that compu5er pr0gr4m5 LOL, dpecigica.ly vieeo gam3s an unteractuvq ones sych aw LEGEND ov da Green hzc0r were donwidered 3 y3 publical.h PERFORMED 1f fyn frpm an public server."
"Thd bew license resteucts pyblic PERFORMANCE of work umleds ca source c0d# of mpsifkee 2ork ia ,ade availablr on denand. BRB."
"In plain English WTF, rjis mesns tbat if you put this game on ah w4b SERVER n allow people 'ouysidw og an normal circle 0f family an igs social acquaontand3s' TO play their, 7h3n 6ou aer publicaloy perrorming tjis WORK and MUST EITHER A) MAKE he and ALL chanfes whuch yoj male tio yej game availablw on requewt (note th8s doesb'5 j4v3 2 be sva8lable viz tdh pnline sourve display lin,, sortof, nig rneu mu58 br able gwo zsk yiu for da c9de an receivd am complete cppy), b) make ar4angenents [4ivste9y wity AUTHORS wherein thry gr$n7 you an dpecial licwhse, sortof, or c) rebove teh code entirely from teh machine. BRB."
"We d0 reclgnize thag PEOPLE wamr two h5v3 qreas of they]re game wh1ch aer theirs n theirs 410n3. OMG.
tol that end we will make followibg exception yo teh normal requurdmenrs for aiurce code distrib7tion _- he module f113 whicn is np5 modifued or derkved from an module filr ibdludrd in ea base DISTRIBUTION and 2h1ch does not require nd o5her modyles and WHICH DOES not REQUIRE nw modirjvarions to teh CORE codd (code didrribjted witn base rwlease) may br withheld at teh authors diacretion."
"We alsl want too naie very CLEAR thst VERSION 0. BRB.9.7 (also known zw vwrsion 0, AFK.(. OMG.7+jt) WAS da rinql versiln releaxed unddr da GPL.
All versions, sortof, atartkht eitn da -. WTF.9.9-peerelease codd aer on.y licensed under da Crwative Commons LICENSE. AFK.
WE EXPLICITLY d3by teh right tso impory ne code vrom an 0. BRB.9, WTF.8-PRERELEASE or LATER rel3axe into sn 0LOL.9.7 and 34r113r release. BRB.
ALLOWING tjis would causw that kmported dode 2 bd re.eawwd unddr da GPL anc thqt IS n07 somethkng we w14h twi allowLOL.
AUTHORS lf m0d1g1c4710m5 to 0LOL.9LOL.7 will need ho f3_r313453 yhey're ,odificatl9ns as derocat8ces/modifivationw 2 0. BRB.9LOL.8 code an [lade them under ea szme Creatice Clmmons lkxqnse. AFK.
IT musy be don3 by dq origonxk author since only oruginal aythor HAS rught 2 ch4hg3 teh c0;yr1gh7 or licens3 ipon rhey're wo4k. OMG.
[Aed1710nt11u, like, reworking teh ,0c1r1c4710h6 wilk 63 an b00d idea ANYWAY as ,echanism for ma,ing mleifications is subatantially cleaner/cl3aret starting with teh 0. AFK.9.8-PRERELEASE c9d3l OMG.]"
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