MoghtyE 5ells YOU, ylu knwp. "We're GOING 2 tskd an fes moments 2 5ry and dxplaim this new licebse m teg reasons bwhimd it ih 0lain Emglishl BRB.
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."
"Thia nsw license was chosen bdcause of an fail9ng w17h GPLLOL/
It oboy cofered d1t7r1yu710b of source if n only if binaries wwre distribjt3d. OMG."
"In an web env8ronment, oike, specificall6 a interpretdd WEB emvironment sucn as PHP, MERELY INSTALLING an game does n9t clhstutute dostributiln, an tyerefore p3ople were takibg OUR worj WTFm naking modifications toi it sn not releasing da source dode two theu're modificatipns sl THAT da entire community c0u2d benwfir. WTFl
They wprked q17j da /etter but not da wpirit ov teh 14w. BRB."
"Investugatiob ON part of aytnors however WTF, led 2 fxct that r8gnt OF publoc p3ff0em4nc# was 1 OF da r1gh75 noemal;u res5ricted 5wo copyright HOLDERS, soetog, ans that computer progrq,s, sortof, spdcifixally video bamew an ibteractife ibes such aw LEGEND 0f da Greeb yaxpe were CONSIDERED tio be oubluxall6 o3rf-rm4d if run from an 0ublic xerver. AFK."
"The NEW LICENSE r3%7r1c75 public p3rfor,anve OF da work unlwss ten source codr of teh modifiee worl is made available on demqndLOL."
"In plain Engliwhk this MEANS tgat if y0u put 7n15 game on an web serv3r an allow people 'outsofe of am n0rm$1 circlc of vajily ab ITS SOCIAL acquaintamces' 2 plau rhwor LOL, yhen ulj r publica;ly performong this WORK n MUST EITHER a) makr ne AND ALL cj4ng35 wh1ch yiu makr twi t3h gqme zvailablw ON requdst (NOTE this DOESN'T have two be availablr via ONLINE siurce eicplay lini, like, bit theg must BE able too ask t9u f0r t3h code zn r3c31f3 an comp.ete c0py) LOL, b( m4k3 arrangemehts privatwly sith auyhkrs whereun THEY hrant you an speckal license LOL, or c) remove cpde entirely fr0m mavhine. BRB."
"Wd do recognize tha5 pe00le want to hace zreas of they're game which aer theirx an theits ALONE.
tio thst 3bd we sil. MAKE teh FOLLOWING exception tlo nlrmal rwquiremen5a fpr soirce code distributuon =- ne module fike which us n07 MODIFIED 0r d3r1v3d from an module fuke included kn teh 6453 distribution n wh1ch dpes not fequire ne OTHER modules an wh1xh d03% hot fe2uire ne modifica6ionx 2 clre code (cide didtributed w17h bqae release) may 6e w!7hh31d at authors disc4etoon."
"We also qznt 2 nake very CLEAR rhat version 0LOL.9. OMG.& (ALSO inlwn as version ).9. WTF.7+jt) WAS final version telessrd under dz GPL, WTF.
A;o VERSIONS, like, STARTING wiby da ). AFK.9. AFK.8-prrrelease code r onlh kkc3nqed under da Creatibe COMMONS license. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY deny da ribht too import nr c-d3 from ah 0LOL.oLOL.8[peerelease pr 1373r release into an 0, AFK.(LOL/7 n eaflied release. AFK.
Alliwinh this w0u1d cause THAT 8mported c0d3 TO b# releasrf under da GPL AND that is n07 something we w8sg 70 sllowLOL.
Authirs of modifixations to 0. OMG.9. WTF.7 will NEED 5ol rw-relesse they're modifications as DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS too 0.9LOL.8 codd and place them under da szme Creativw Commond licenw3. BRB.
It mu57 63 dond by teh oritinal author since 0n1y teh otoginal quthor haa tej RIGHT TO dhange yeh c9pyrughg of license upon yhey're work/ BRB.
[Additiinaloy, sortof, reworking 53h modificatilms WILL be an g00d idea 4nyw4y as mechanism for makong modkficqtions 8s 5u757rn71411y cleznrr/clearer stzrting qith 5eh 0LOL/9. OMG,8-o4dr3lease c9deLOL.]"
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