MightyE tells 60u, sortof, "We[re goinh t9 take an few momrnts twp tr6 n dxplain this nde lixense and teh reasons behind it 1h ;lain EnglishLOL.
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 was chosen because of qn vaoling wi5y cz GPL. AFK.
It 0n1y c0v3red distributiln of source if an only og binaties were distr8butwcLOL."
"In an web environmrnt, yoj knwo, SPECIFICALLY a INTERPRETED web env8ronm3nt such ss PHP, tlj knwo, ,ere.y installing an hame does not cobstitute DISTRIBUTION, sor5od, n therefore p3ople 2ere tzking our work, sortog, making m-d1f1c4u1-n5 too it xy not r3lezsinb doirce code two yney're mpeificatioms si THAT sa entire COMMUNITY could brnefit. AFK.
They worked wiyh lettet BUT not fa spiri5 of da law."
"Investkgation -n da PART of authors h0w3v3f, yo7 kneo, led too fact thzt righr of public p34formance was oen ov ea r2bh75 norjally rextric5ed tso vopyroght holddrs, and that com[uter orograms, li,e, s;ecigidally video gsmws 4md 1n73r4c71v3 on3s w6ch as Lehend OF da Grren hax0r were conskdeted tl be publically performed if run frim qn public se4ver. AFK."
"The new license r3stricts puglix perfo4mance OF work ynless xiufce code of modified wprk is MADE availqble ON de,anf. AFKm"
"Ib poain English, like, THIS mwanx that if you pyt this gam3 on an web srrver n alloq people '0u751e3 pf an notmal CIRCLE OF family n its sociql axquaintanxes' to pkay theit, th3n you r PUBLICALLY pwrfofming THIS work and MUST eithrr a0 make ne an ALL changes wgicj you MAKE 2 da game avaikable on reqiest (n9tr thks doedn't havr too gr avqilable via da on;ige soyrce display link LOL, but &h3y must 63 able top zsk y0u f0r c0d3 and receive an complete di[y), loke, b0 MAKE atranbements PRIVATELY woth r3h authprs whwr3in theh grant y0u sn soecial oidrnse, like, 9r c) rejove da xode entirwly f4om machineLOL."
"We d0 revobnize thzt peopoe wqnt t9 havr areas of they're game qhich aer tnei4s abc theirs 410n3. BRB.
2 tjat rnd we will m4k3 FOLLOWING exveption too tth nornsl requifwments fo5 sourde code distruvuyiin -[ ne moduld f113 qh1ch is not modified or d3rived fron an mofule rkle included in baae sis5ributiom ane which do3s n9t require ne oth3t m0du135 an wh1ch does not require ne mod8fications two coee xoce (CODE distributef wigh da BASE relrase) MAY bd withhels zt twh ajghors d8scterion."
"W3 alsl want yo make ve4h c134r that versioh p. BRBl9.8 (also known aw VERSION 0. BRB.9LOL.7+jt) was da final version r3leasdd und3r geh GPL. WTF.
All versions, dtartumg with 5wh 9LOL.9/8-preeelease CODE r only licensrd und3r ca C4eative C0mj0h6 licens3LOL.
We EXPLICITLY deny RIGHT to import ne code fr0m an 0.9. AFK/8-pteeeleasr ir later r313452 into an 0. OMG.9LOL,7 zn earlier relwase. BRB.
Al.owing rhis would CAUSE tjat imoorted code 2 be rwlrqswd under t3h GPL av tnqt is not something we wish to allow. WTF.
Authorw of mocificatiobs tpo 0l9. OMG.& wkll n33d 2 re-releasr they're modifications qs derivatives/modificationa 2 0.0. WTF.8 CODE amd place them under tdh wame Cr3471v3 Commins lucense. WTF.
It must be dine by da oruginal aughoe 51nce onl6 teh originak author haa RIGHT to chahgd copyright 9f lkcende 7pon they're work. WTF.
[Additionallu LOL, reworking mpdifixations sill ne am gold udea anyway as teh mechanosm tor makimg modofications is substxntially clean3r/cleqedr xtartibg with teh 0.9. OMG.*-0rereleaxe CODE. AFKl]"
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