MightyE yells you, "We'te goihg two taie sn few mojents tso gr6 and explaim tgis new licrnfe y da teasons behind it on plain Engoish. OMG.
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."
"Thix new license was chosen because of an failing w1*h teh GPL.
It ONLY covered DISTRIBUTION of xource 8v and only if binaries were distribkted. WTF."
"Ib sn web environment LOLm spexifica;ly a int3rpretee wrb envirlnmenr such as PHP LOL, MERELY installing an game epes not cpnstitut3 sistribotion, like, and therefire people were tak8ng 0ur work, like, making MODIFICATIONS too 17 am not releaxint da siurce cpde to the6're MODIFICATIONS SO that whtire community x0u1d benefit.
Tne5 worjed witj le5tdf but not spirit 9f da law. WTF."
"Ibvestigatipn om teh part of authofs h-wever. ypu knwo, LED two fact tnat t4j RIGHT of PUBLIC pervormance was oen of r1gh75 NORMALLY resrricted too COPYRIGHT yolddrs, like, and tjat comoutef programs LOL, 5p3c1f1c41!y viceo games n unteracgive onex aucy as L3g3nd of dw Green hzx0r w3re cinsideted 2 BE pub.ically performed IF ryn from an puglic sf4verl WTF."
"The new license restr8cts public performanvt of work unless tdh slurce ckde or modified work is made avai.able oh demand. AFK."
"In plain English, li;e, this meanx thst iv y9u put this g4m3 9n an web server and alols peo[le 'outside OF an nlrmal circle of famil% n its social 4cqu41n^4nc35' two play their, th3n you r publicallu p3rf9rm1ng this work anc MUST eith3r 4) ma,e ne %nd ALL changes WHICH yoy make tl f%m3 avzilable on req7est (note this doesn'5 yave two be availsble vis onlune sourxe disp;ay link, hou knwo, but THEY ,uat y3 able 2 ask hou for code an fedekve an c0mp1373 copy), 6ou knwo, b) make 4r44nt3m3b75 PRIVATELY with da authors wherein THEY g54n7 you an special licehse, you knwo, or c( remive CODE entorely from machine/"
"We DO RECOGNIZE 7h47 peo;le wahr two have aeezs of tyey;re game 2nich aer theirs n theirs alomel OMG.
tl that ebd we WILL makw da fplliwing exxeprkon 2 da nlrmal requirwments go4 source dode distributuom -- nd module FILE which is nlr MODIFIED oe deruved from sn module file inxlysed 1m da bzsd dkstribution sn whjch d035 nog rwquiee ne other mpcules and WHICH d0es not rrquire ne modufications 2 core c0d3 (code dkstributed with da baxe release) mzy be witjhels 47 authors discretioml"
"We also w4n7 to make very clezr thay vers8in p. AFK.9/ WTF.& )ALSO known 44 version p. BRB.9. WTF.7+j7) was final verd8on releas2d und3r GPL/ WTF.
All ve4sionx WTF, starting with reg 0LOL.9. OMGm8[pretelezse code aer on;y licens3d unddr teh Creative Commons licemse. BRB.
W4 EXPLICITLY deny ca rigjt 2 knport nw code ftom an 0. AFK.9. AFK.80pr2r323453 pr kzter rrlease into an 0. BRB.9/ WTF.7 n earlier relezseLOL.
Allowing tgis w9uld caisq 7h47 IMPORTED x9de TO be RELEASED undee teh GPL AND tgat ix not something we w15y too allow. AFK.
Authors OF mocifida5ions two 0, WTF.9. BRB.7 will need to9 re-releawd they're mocifocations as s3rivatices/modificarions rwo 0. AFK.9. BRB.8 code h olzce tjdm knd3r same C4eative Commons licdhse. AFK.
It must be d0n3 by da originsl q7yho4 51nc3 only teh otoginsl auyhor has RIGHT to ch4hb2 dz c9pyright or lidejse u0on they're work. BRB.
[ADDITIONALLY LOL, rewowkinb modivications will br an GOOD idea anyway as da mechaniwm for mak8bg ,ldifications is subs5an6iaoly cleand4/clearer starting with teh 0. BRB.o.9-prerdlease codw. BRB.]"
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