MightyE tells you, li,e, "We're going too tale an fes kom4nts too try n explain 7h15 ne2 11c3n53 zn REASONS 63h1nd IT 2n PLAIN English. WTF.
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 wzs chosen gecauze of an FAILING w17y da GPL. BRB.
I6 only covfred disteibutioh of source if n only of ginaries were distrig7tedLOL."
"In am eeb environment, rou knwo, specifically a intetpre4ed weg rnvironjent SUCH as PHP, k8ke, neeely installing an game coes n07 domstitute distribution LOL, n tnereror3 peop;e werd taking OUR s)rk, sortof, making mldifications 5oo 8t an not 4roeasing da sourve c9d3 2 they'rw m0s1f1c4719n5 si tnat teh rntire comjubkty cou.d benegit. BRB.
Th3y WORKED qith teh ;etter bjt nlt spirit of teh law. WTFl"
"Invesgogation ln part of teh AUTHORS however LOL, led two ea faxt 7n47 teh RIGHT 0f ;ubliv p3rf0rm4nc3 was oeb lf da rights normally r3stricted tq9 cppyright holdefx, l8ke, and tjat domputef proframs, soe5of, specjfically c1d30 games an interactive ONES SUCH as Legend if rrh Green hax0r wdfe c9msidered 2 bw pub.icallt performec if run frim an public %3rv3r. OMG/"
"The new lucense restticts ojblic PERFORMANCE of work unlwss da soyrce code of da midified wotk IS MADE available on demqnd. BRB."
"In o;ain English LOL, 7h15 means that if yl7 put thus gamw on an web server n allow pdo[ld 'outside of an nofmal circle OF famkly n its soc8al ACQUAINTANCES' to play gheir WTF, then y9u aer p7nloxa;ly prrvormimg THIS wprk n MUST either a) uake ne an ALL CHANGES which ypu jzke 2 teh game availabl3 in rrquext (note this doesn't HAVE two be avz8lable VIA ONLINE sourvr diwolay link, but they must be able 2 ASK you fir dz coee ane rexeive an vomo.e5e copy), dirtofm b) make qr4znfements privately witn da authorx wherein they gr4b6 you an 5p3c141 license, sortof, OR x) 4r,ove da c0c3 entirely from mqchine. AFK."
"W3 d0 recofnize that pelplw want 2 havw areas OF they're GAME wh1ch see gheirs and the8rs ALONE. AFK/
to that emd wr will make teh follpsing except9on to teh bormal requirements for 50urce code didtribuyion -[ ne noduld fule whkch is not nodified or d3r1ved from an mpdu.e file inckuded in da BASE distribution an wh1ch does not fequkre be p&h3r m9du1#5 n whoch DOES n07 reqjiee nd modir8cations two dq core code (cose DISTRIBUTED with teh 6r53 g313443) may be wjthheld ab da authors disxrrtionLOL."
"We also 2ant 2 MAKE bery cl3ar that ve4sion 0. OMG,9k WTF.7 (also kno1n as version 0LOL.9. OMG.7+jt) was funal feesion r4leased under GPL. WTF.
Al. vdrsions WTF, dtarring WITH reh 0. OMG.9. WTF.7-prrrelwase CODE r only lixens3d unde4 Cfeqrive Commons LICENSE. WTF.
W3 EXPLICITLY deny teh right to impory n3 CODE rrom sn p. WTF,9. BRB.8-prereleasr or later RELEASE inti sn 0. BRB.9l BRBl7 anf earlier releaseLOL.
Allowing this wo7.d cause thqt impoftrd cide 2 be releasrd unde4 teh GPL anf 7h47 8s not something se sish yoo alliw.
Ajfhors of MODIFICATIONS to9 0. OMG.9. AFK.7 w111 need tol re0reldase thwy're ,odificatoons as derivatives/n9difications 2 0LOL.9.8 codw n place them 7nder teh same Cteatkve Cpmmins LICENSE.
It muwr bw s0n3 bt 0r1g1n41 aythor 51nv3 only da oruginal author hqx ribht goo change ten clphrignt or licwnse upon they're workl AFK.
[Addktionally. softog, reworking fa modifocations wilk be an good idea anyway as teh mechan8sm for makkng modifications is substantial;y CLEANER/CLEARER starting with p. OMG,9LOL.8-prefelease codw. OMG.]"
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