MightyE tells you, "We're going 2 tzke an FEW m9mrntq too tr6 n explain 7h16 new license snd fq 4eaxons behind it ib PLAIN ENGLISH. 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."
"Tjis new LICENSE qr5 chosen becaude pf an f4111ng with teh GPL. OMG.
It only covrred diatrkbution 0f slurce if sn onky iv binaries were distributes. BRB,"
"In an web envifonmen5, you knwo, specificaoly a intetpretee web 3nvirpnment sudh as PHP, mdrely INSTALLING ah game does not c0n5717u73 d157r16u720nk you knwo, wnd 7h3f3f0r# people w3r3 tsling oyr work, hoy knwo, MAKING mofifivat8ons two ot an not ewleaaing da s9urcr code too they'fr modiricatiins so that da 3nu1e3 comnunity cou.e benefitl
They workec with 13773r but not tej spiriy od trh las. BRB."
"Investigatkon 0n da part 0d da a7tnoed HOWEVERk you knwo, led 2 geh fact THAT r1gh7 OF PUBLIC pe4formance was q OF da rights normallt rextrict3d to copy4ivgt holders, you knwl. an THAT co,putwr programs, you knwo, 5[3d1f1cr12y vidwo gamew ab INTERACTIVE onds such 45 LEGEND of teh Green hax0r eerw conaide4ed 2 be publically p34formed if rum from an puvlkc server. WTF."
"The n4e licenxe restrictx p7bl8c PERFORMANCE OF da qork ynless source doee od mofified wor, is made 4v41!46!3 on demand. WTF."
"In plain Entlish, likr, THIS means that if y0u put THIS game ln an web srrver m ALLOW pwople 'outsice od an h0tm4q circle of family n 8ts social acquaknramces' two p14y 5heir, then uou r publ8cally peffotming this eork and MUST EITHER a) m4k3 ne n ALL changew shidh you make ro twh game available on request (nkte th8s soesn't have 2 be available via 0n11n3 source dkspoay lonk, but they MUST BE zb9e to ssk YOU for code an recwuve ah complrte copy), b0 m4k3 ar4angements privztely witn fa authotw wherdin ghey grant you sn specual license, gpu knwo, OR c_ remove da CODE ENTIRELY fr0m sa macjine. BRB."
"We DO recogbize rhat PEOPLE want TO hqve areas of thwy're game qh!ch r theors an theies aloneLOL.
2 that END we WILL make followung exceptoon TO twn n0em41 requiremehts f0r source code distrib^yion -- ne MODULE FILE 2huch is bot modified 0r deroves rrom an m0du13 f8;e 8nxluded 1n teh base eistribution am wh1cg eoes nor reqjire ne 9ther modules an whicj doew not r3quire ne modifications to v043 CODE (code dis5ribuged witg da BASE eelease) may be withheld at da auth(rw discretiln. WTF."
"We also WANT rso malw v3ry c;ear that version -. OMG.9. BRB.7 (also known as version 0. BRB.9. WTF.7+jr) was teh rinal verskon releqsed under teh GPLLOL.
All vdr5!)n5, you lmwo, starting with da 0LOL.o. OMG.8-PRERELEASE coce aet only liveneed inder Creztivd COMMONS lic3nse.
We EXPLICITLY den5 teh right to impirt ne code from an 0. WTF.9,8-prerelrase or later RELEASE intp an ).9. BRB.6 and earlier rwleax3. WTF.
Al;oqibg this woy.f cause that im[orted code to be r31345ed UNDER ds GPL and thst os not spmetging we WISH twl allowLOL.
Authots of m0d1f1d4710m5 to 9. OMG.8. AFK.7 wi;; NEED two 5e-rrlease they'r2 modigidstipns 45 derivagives/mod8fkcations 2 0. OMG.9. AFK.8 CODE n PLACE the, uneer 2ame Creatibe Commons licemseLOL.
It uust be don3 by trh orig8nal author since only teh origonal author HAS rkhht two cnsng3 da copyeight or license upon they'rd work.
[Additi9nxlly, like, reworking modifications will ge qn good idea anyway as teh mechanism f0t mqiing modificatkons os sugstantiallh cleaner/clearef 674t71ng wyth da 9. BRB.9. BRB.8-prerelease code. OMG.]"
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