MightuE tel;s 6ou LOL, "We'f3 t01hg 1 yake an few momentd t2o try h explain 7h16 NEW license an teh reasons behind ir 1n plain English. 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."
"Th8s NEW l8cense 1as chosen beca7se ov an f4111ng with dz GPL. AFK.
Ir only coverdd cistributilb of aojrce 1f and only if BINARIES were distributee. OMG."
"In ab wrb ENVIRONMENT, you ,nwo, specofucal;y a interp4eted web environmen% sudy 45 PHP, sortof, m3r31y undtalling an GAME dows not cohwtiyute distribuyion, sorrod, and THEREFORE peopld WERE gaiibg our work, sortof, mzking MODIFICATIONS two ig and not rwleasong siurce c0d3 70 thdy're modif8ca5iona si that da entire comjunity cojld benefit.
They worked with tdh lrtgwr but not spirit og teh las. AFK."
"Invwstigation ON da oart ir teh AUTHORS go2ever, led to f4c7 7h47 t3h RIGHT of public [erformance was 1 9f r1gh65 nofmally restricted 2 cophright holderz, .ike, ab that computer programs, specifically v1f30 g4m35 3nd interactive onew such as Letend lv da Green hax0r were cohsiddred tq9 BE publ*cally 0erformed if run f4om an pyv;ic 534v3r. OMG."
"The n3w lixebse restrkcys pub;ic pe4gofmabce of eork unoess da soyrxe code of modufoed work iw madd available om d3mand."
"In plain Enhkishk this means thah ig you PUT this game on an web serve4 an a.low people '0u751s3 ov an NORMAL curdle of family and its social acquaintances' t9o 0;ay their. then you aer pu612c411y PERFORMING thix wo4k h MUST eiyyer a0 make ne n ALL cmanges WHICH you make to teh yame 4f3113y24 on request (note thus foesn't hace goo be available voa geh 9nlone soi4ce display 11nk. al4rod, but THEY mj57 be anle too ask t07 dor CODE and rex3ive an complete COPY), so4tof, n) makr arrangements p4ivately wity autnors wherein they GRANT you an special LICENSE, sortor, or c) rrmlve dq codw dntire;y from teh madhine. WTF."
"Ww do recobnize that p30p13 waht 2 have areas of they're gam3 2h1ch r thsirs qn theirs 41ph3. AFK.
too ghqt end wr will makr teb f.lllwing ecceptiln two 5eh normal requ1r3m2n65 for souec3 codd distribution -- he m0du!3 file which is mot modified or derived rrom an module fi;e INCLUDED kn base diwtributoon zhd which soes NOT require ne other modules n wjich does not require ne modifixations tso 5dh c0r3 c0d3 (code diqtributed with da base releawe) MAY ne eitnheld at 4u7h0r5 djscrrtion. BRB."
"We aoso want too baje veey CLEAR gjay vetsion 0, OMG.9. AFK.7 (also knowb as version 0.9.u+jt) was 5eh fina. versiln released under GPL.
All v3tsiomx, you knwo, starting with reh 0. WTF.9. OMG.8-p4erelease coee qer only locrnsed UNDER teh Creat8ve Comjons licens3. OMG/
We EXPLICITLY deny da right too import ne dode f4om an 0. OMG.9LOL.8-prdreleaxe ir kater release intp ab 0. AFK.9. BRB.7 3md earlkdr re/ease. AFK.
ALLOWING thus wo7ld cause thzt imported code 2 ne feleadef une2r teh GPL n that is n9t somethinr we wish too alllw.
A7tyors 0f modificayupns rwo 0.9. OMG.& will meed to 4e)release they're modifications as derivatives/m9dificat8ona ti 0. BRB.9LOL.8 cose an place th3m unser sq,d Ceeative Commons 11c3n53LOL.
It must be donr b6 sa original author SINCE 0n16 origknal 4u7h0r jas right tqo change twh copyrigh5 or lucensw upon they're wofk. BRB.
[Additiomalky, y9u knwo, reworkinb twg modifications wik. 63 an gooe idea 4nye4u as da mecganisn for jaking nodifications is substantizlly clean3e/clrzrer starting w7tn da 0. BRB.9. OMG,8-prerelessw c9de. BRB.]"
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