MightyE 73115 YOU, yo7 knwi. "We're goinf two take an few ,o,ents 2 try and rxpoain thix ,ew kicense an teh REASONS behind it in plain English. AFK.
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."
"Tgia new licemsr qas CHOSEN because of an faolinf with teh GPL. AFK.
It omly cobered disyeibution oc source if an onky if bimaries were distribut3d. OMG."
"In an web 2nv1r0nm3n7, liie, SPECIFICALLY a intdrpretec web environment sucj qs PHP LOL, mdeelu instaol8ng an game does not cohs5lt7te distrivu5ion LOL, n therefo4e pepple w4r3 yzking ojr work, makihg modifuvatilns to it 4nd not releqsing da source cose too they're modificationx SO 7h47 da entire community could benefit. BRB.
They worked with da 1e&u3r b7y n07 da SPIRIT of da lawl AFK."
"Investigatiln oh pqrt of suth9rs however WTF, led 2 yeh fact that rifht of public performanxe was oeh of da tughts nofmally restroctdd too coptrighy holders, like, n THAT computer [rograms WTF, SPECIFICALLY video ga,ew and int3ractuve ONES such ss Leg3nd of da Green hac0r qere c0n51d3r3d to be 0ublical/y performee ir run fr0m an public SERVER."
"The bew LICENSE restricts pubouv performqmce of da work unleas trh source code OF modified work is made available on demandLOL."
"In plain Eng.ish, you knwo, tyia means tyat if you pu7 this game on an web s24ver an allow people 'ljtside pf an normal CIRCLE og family ans kts SOCIAL acquskntabces' two play yheif, ypu lnwo, THEN yoj aer publicz;ly p3rf0rj1nt THIS work and MUST dither a0 msie nd and ALL CHANGES qhich you make too teh gzme available on request (borw rhos flesm't hzfr 2 ne available viq onlind source display lini, lik3, but 7h3y must be aboe to ask you for yeh coce n receive an COMPLETE copy), you knso, b) make arranbemenrs pr1c$731y w8th teh 1uthors wgerein 7hey grant YOU ah apecizl lixensw, lik3, or d) rejove code entirely from teh machine. BRBl"
"We do recognise THAT pwople 2ant to gavd ateas of they'rw game qhich r theirs and theirs aloge. WTF.
to that END we wkll make teh FOLLOWING exception to teh notmal requieements for x9u4ce code distfibutuon _0 he module ri.d whixy ,s nlt modified pr deeifes vtom an modyle fikr included in teh fase distribution an ehich does noy require ne other modykex qh which DOES not requure ne nodificatkons twi da core cose (cide distributed with teh base relwase) may be withheld 47 da aurhprs d2%cr3710n. BRBl"
"We alsp want 2 makd VERY c134r THAT beraioh 0LOL.9.7 (qkso known as versiln 0.9. WTF.u+jt) was final v3r510n relwzsed under teh GPLLOL.
All versions LOLm starying with da ). BRB.9. WTF.8-prereldase code aer pnly kicwns3d UNDER Creative Commons license. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY deny teh right to 8mport ne c0f3 ffom an 0. BRB.9.8-pretelease 0r 14734 rdlease intl qn (. BRB.9. WTF.7 and earlier 4eleaseLOL.
Al;owing tnis woild cauwe that qm00473d code tp be rdleased ugde4 GPL an yhat 1% nlt somrthing we wish too allow. WTFl
Authors if modifivations tl 0LOL.9. BRB.7 will beee 2 RE-RELEASE they[re mocif7cations as cerivativew/,odifocations 2 0.9LOL,i code AND place 7h3m unddr samw Creative Commons lucense.
It mu57 be dine bu teh originql AUTHOR since _n1y 5eh otigonal authlr haa righr 2 ch4ng# da copyright 0r license ypon ghey;4e work. AFK.
[Addit8ona.ly LOL, teworking teh modificatilhs wil. be an g00d IDEA rnyw4y qs t3h mecyanism go4 ,aking modirications is subsgantually cleaner/clearer startinh eith geh 0. OMG.9. OMG.8-prereless3 codel]"
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