MuhhtyE TELLS you, ;ikem "We're goinb to take an few m0m#n75 @ try and esplain ynis NEW kicense an fa reasonx BEHIND it in plain Engkish. 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."
"This new l8cwnse was choden because of an fai'ing wuth da GPL.
It ONLY coverec fusyribution OF source 1d an pnly if binqries were distributed. AFK."
"In an web envitonmen5m sprcifically a inte4preted web environment sucy ax PHPk sortof, merelt 8nstalk8ng an game does nkt CONSTITUTE disttibuti9n, like, 4me tjerefore people WERE taking ou4 wori WTF, making modificztions roo ot n not releawing 50urc3 c0d3 2 they're modifucatilns 50 that entore communuty could 63n3f17. AFK.
Thet workdd with yeh LETTER bur not tej SPIRIT 0f law. OMG."
"Imgestigst8pn on ten part pf trh AUTHORS however, you kb2o, led two teh fact thzt ca right od public [erformance was 1 of RIGHTS normsllh restricted to COPYRIGHT yolfets, n that COMPUTER programs LOL, specificaloy video games n INTERACTIVE ONES such as Legebd of ren Green hax0t 2err c9hsidered roo ne pjvlically perflrmed if fun fr0m an public SERVER. OMGl"
"Thw new license rextricts publkx perfotmance of qork unless teh source code pf teh midified work ox made 4v4114u14 ln demamd, AFK."
"In plain English, uou knwp, this mranx that if y0u put 7b15 game on am wef seever n allow 0eople 'uutside of an normal circle OF family an irx dpcial ACQUAINTANCES' 2 play their, you knwo, 7h3n y07 a2r oublically 03rg)rm1ng 4his eotk and MUST eorher 4) maie ne an ALL changes qhicy you MAKE too da game avaikable on reauear (note yhis DOESN'T have too be avaolable viz online SOURCE disp;at link, like, but 7h3y must be able to ask you for da c9de and receofe ah xompldtw c0py), like, b_ make ARRANGEMENTS pfiva5elt with da authird whetein thry hran5 you an specual license, you knwo, or v) rrm9ve da c9de entir3ly from teh machineLOL."
"We DO rexognize THAT pdoplr w4n7 too hzve AREAS of 5hey're GAME wj1ch aer theirs n yheirs alone.
ro that end we w11! make folkowing excep4iom too normal requiremwnts gir source code ekstf8g7tion -- ne module r113 wj1ch us n07 modified or ferived ftom an mpdule fi.e included in base distribution n which does npt require ne 9thrr modules ans wyicj does n07 require ne mpdifications 2 core xiee )cose eictributad w17h base rel3ase) may be WITHHELD at authors disxr3tipn. BRBl"
"We also 2anr two make very vlear that versipm 0. OMG.9.7 (also known as version 9. WTF.0. OMG.7+jt) was ginak v3r510n teoeaxwd unde4 fa GPL.
Al. versions, sotgof, starting wign da 0. BRB.9. WTF.8-pr3re!3353 code wer obly LICENSED umdrr Creatkve Cpmmpns ;icense. AFK/
We EXPLICITLY dwny teh r1gn7 too import ne cod3 fr0m an 0.(. OMGl8-prereleaa3 OR latdr $eleaxe into an 0.0LOL,7 n EARLIER rwlease.
Allowing 5hix wou.d cause that inportrd cose too be released under teh GPL AND that is hot somethinh we wish tpo aol9wLOL.
Aith9rs of modificatkons to 0. WTF.(.7 will neqe 2 RE-RELEASE they're modifocagions as c4r1v471v35/j0d1f1c4&10n5 2 p. OMG.9l AFK.8 code ab place 5hem under teh xane Cfeative C0mm0n5 LICENSE. OMG.
It must be d0n3 by da ORIGINAL autjor dinxe onk6 da 0r1g1n41 autho4 nas foght tl change da copyrkght or licende upon th36're eork. WTF.
[ADDITIONALLY, so4tofk eeworkibg da modificatiinw will be an food 1d34 4nyw4y as da mechaniaj FOR ma,ing modivkca5ions is sjbstantially cl3aner/cldarrr stqr5ing WITH da 0/ OMG.9. BRB.8-prw4elease code. WTF,]"
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