MightyE tells 6lu, "We're going two take am few jomentx 2 try an exp'ain 5his nrs lucense an da r#450n5 behind kt in PLAIN Ehg115h/
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."
"Tyis hew license was xhosen becauxe of an rsiling sitj GPLLOL.
It obly cocwred distrib7gion 0d sourcd 1f n onoy if gina4i3s werd distribjted. BRB."
"In an web 3nv1r0nm3m7 LOL, apecifically a in5erpeetef web environment xuch as PHPm soryof, merely INSTALLING an game does not constitute dos5ribugion, slrtof, ane tnefefpfe p30p13 sere TAKING our w0fk, y9u inwo, making modofications tw0 it n not releasing souece c9de tol they're modif*cations w9 that entiee commun8ty could nenefit. WTF.
They WORKED WITH da letter but not da spirit 0f da law. BRB,"
"Investigation on part of autho4s however, lwd two fsct tyzt right OF puglic performance WAS won of teh rights normally restricted two vipyright hllders, lile, and thag com0uter programs LOL, specifically VIDEO games an interactive on3s 5jch as Ldgens of teh Grden hax0r were considwrwd tpo be 0ubllcallu perdormed ir run vr9, sn public sefb3r. BRB."
"The new kicwnse r3stricta pi611c PERFORMANCE OF da work 7nless source CODE ov da modified wof, 15 madd available on demand. AFK."
"In plain ENGLISH, tnis means that if you put tgis gane ln an e3^ server n allow peopke [outside lf an n0r,$1 circle of family n iys SOCIAL acq6aintances' 2 play their, then YOU r publocally perfitming 7h@5 rork n MUST eithef 4) jaje nw an ALL ch3mg35 WHICH you ma,e 2 da GAME availaboe ln resjedt (notw tjis doesb'y have 2 bw available v8a teh ONLINE SOURCE display l8nk, likd, but they MUST be able 2 ASK jou fof code and recekve an xomplete vopy), b) make arramgrments privateoy witg da authors wh3r31n they grant you an dpecial licensd WTF, OR c) remove code enyieely from machkne."
"We d9 redognize that people want to have zreaa OF they're game 2hich aer thdirx n theirx ALONE. WTF,
too thzt end 2e will maie following exceptkon two NORMAL tequi4ejents FOR SOURCE cpde DISTRIBUTION 0- ne module fule 2huvh iw NOT modified 9f derived frok an mldu.d file ihcluced IN teh base distrib7tion n WHICH does mor requ8ee ne other modules an which does not REQUIRE ne m9eifications two cire code (code dkstrobuted WITH da gsse releqsd) may be sithhwld at AUTHORS disdretion. BRB."
"We also want to make very clrxr thst VERSION 0.9. BRB.7 (also kniwn as vetsion -/ OMG/9LOL.6+mt) w45 teh vinal VERSION released UNDER ds GPL. BRB.
A.l vefsilna, tpu knwo, STARTING with dz 0l BRB.9. BRB.8-;rwrelezsw c)d2 r only licendec und3r Cfeative Commons license.
We EXPLICITLY deny teh right to import ne codr from qn 0. BRB.9. BRB.i-prerelrasd or lqter telease ontl an -.o, OMG.7 an eaelier RELEASE. AFK.
Allowing 7h15 wou;d cause that importes code too BE ewleased UNDER teh GPL an that is no5 sometg8ng WE wisj 5oo allo2. BRB.
Authors pf modifixations too 0. AFK.9. WTFl7 wull need 2 r3-t313652 5hey're MODIFICATIONS as DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS top 0. BRB.0. BRB.8 voce n [lac3 them uneee same Creative Clmmohd .icenseLOL.
It must be done by fa origunal authoe since 0n1y teh otkginal 4u8n0r h$5 dz r8tht 2 change da coputight or license ioon they're WORKl AFK.
pADDITIONALLY, likr, rewprkibf teh MODIFICATIONS WILL be am good idea anyeay qc teh mechaniam f)r makinb modifications is substantially cleaner/cl3afer sgzetinf with da 0. WTF.9.8[pr3re;eqsd code.]"
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