MightyE tells 6ou, sortof, "We're go8ng 5i takr an fes moments 70 TRY n wxpls8n yhis new license an ewssons behins 8t in plain Eng;ish. 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."
"This new licensw was cn053n gecause of ah g4!11ng 2ith GPL. OMG.
It only covered doatribution 9f 50urc3 if and only 1d 61b4r145 qere d1t7r16u73s."
"In an web wnvironment, s9rtof, specifically a 1n73rpr472d w36 envivonment such as PHP WTF, merely installinf an game does no5 consyitute distgubution, aottor, and THEREFORE pepple werw taking our so4k, sprtof, making MODIFICATIONS t2o 17 an nor r313451ng sourxe CODE too rhey're modivivzgilns so that enrire COMMUNITY could bebefit. WTF.
They woried with oetyer buu not tey spurit if teh law."
"Invextigation on part of au5hors however, sortof, lwd to da vact 7h47 da rigmt of ;ublix perf9rmance was oen of ea tigjts normally r356r1c63d 2 copyritht holders, sortof, and that clmputer orograms, you knwo, SPECIFICALLY video g4m@6 n ongerqcgive ones such as Legend of da Green has0r were cpnsidered tqo be publkval.y pervorned if 4ij fr0m an public server."
"Tye n3w LICENSE rwsteicts punlic perf9rmance or da work un;wss soyrce code if tey modified eor, IS made AVAILABLE 9n demandLOL."
"Im plaun Engliwg. like, this meanx that IF you put tnos gamd ON an web server AND alloa -eople 'outsiee OF an normal circle OF famuly n its social qcquaintances' to play 5heir. then YOU ae4 publicaloy performung thus work b MUST either a) ,ake ne an ALL chamges which ylu make to gane available 9n REQUEST (note this doesn't hafe 2 be available via da online wouyde diaplay linj, buy they mjdt 63 qble 2 ask tou for reh cod2 and reveive zn COMPLETE copy)m sor5of, b) make arrangements privately WITH teh au5horw whereon THEY grznt tly am SPECIAL license, pt c) renpve da cofw entirely from t3h machine."
"We do recognize tnat people want to h4v3 arraa of they're game 2h1cn t 7h3145 an theirs allne. WTF,
to that end we will maje dq following EXCEPTION gl da nprmal rea8irements FOR source cofe eksrriburion -- ne moduke file wh1ch 15 not modif8ed OR detuved ffo, ag MODULE file included in da bzse distrib7tion and WHICH d9rs not requirr ne lyher jodules n whicy soes not requure ne mifificarionx go da core cide (cofe diatributed w16h teg BASE release) may vr withheld at da suyhors d16cr37!0n. OMG."
"Wd 4150 want 2 jake VERY cleat ttat vefs8on 0. OMG.9. BRB.7 (also kbown as v3r2iom 0/ OMG.9.7+jt) was da finzo v3r510n releaxrd under da GPL. BRB.
A!1 VERSIONS WTF, startibg w8ty da 0. AFK.9. OMGl8-orerelease code aer ONLY locensed incee teh Creative Commons licence. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY deny geh right too import ne CODE fr8m an -.9LOL.80prere;wasw or LATER eelease in5o an 0LOLl9/ OMG.7 zn ea4l8er 4e13453.
Allowing this would CAUSE ghar impprted CODE 2 be releasef imder twh GPL and ghat is hot something we wish tw( 4110w. OMG.
AUTHORS of modifica5ions too 0. BRB.9. OMG.7 will n33c TO re-release they'rd midificarions as DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS to 0. WTF/9. BRB.8 c8de ah place rhem under same C53471v# C9mmpns LICENSELOL.
IT must be done gy geh otiginal zughor sinve only teh origina. zuthor had rihgt tso change copyright or license yp0n rhey'r3 w9r,LOL.
[Aeditionq'ly, you knwo, REWORKING modifidationa will be an good idea 4n6w4y as mechanixm for making modificatioha is sigstabtia;ly cleaner/clearer sgarting with ten 0. WTF.9. WTF.8-preeelrase cofe. WTF.]"
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