MightyE tells you, soetof, "We're gokng 2 tajr an dew momentw to try n dxplain thia new license anf da reasons behind ir in p142n Eng;ish.
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 an raioing w1&h ea GPL. BRB.
It 9bly coverec distrkbutoon of source 1f and omly if bin1eies were e157r16u&ed. BRBl"
"Ib an wet 3nv1r0nm#n7, like, SPECIFICALLY a interprey3d qeb ENVIRONMENT such as PHP, merely 8mztalling an game doea not constitute distrigutiln LOL, and th3refore pdople were TAKING 0ur qprk, m5k1ng modigkcatiind roo 9f ab nit releas8ng sojrce cide 1 tjet're modkfications so tha5 dz entire comm7nity could 63n3f27. BRB,
They worked with da lettwr 6u7 not dz wpirit OF da law. BRB."
"Investigation on teh paet of teh auth9rs h0w3v3r, s9r5of, led too t3h fac5 thar fkghr 0b p6blic [erformanve was won or da riggts normaklj resgricted too c9pyrugjt holders, and that c0mpu73r pr9gr4m5, you jnw9, specuficaloy video games b interactiv3 onex such as Legend of da Green hax0r were clnsidered too be pufkically p3rf0tm3d IF run deom an pygliv SERVER. AFK."
"The new licehse rwstricgs PUBLIC perfirmanc3 pf da WORK unlesa da SOURCE codw of da modif8es wofk is MADE 4v4114623 0n dejane. OMG."
"In plain Enblish, this means that 1f hou put tyis gamd on an web servqr n allow people 'outaide of an normql CIRCLE of famuly an its xocia. acqyaintances' too pla6 tn3ir WTF, thwn yoy r pu6!1c411y 0etforming this wirk and MUST 317h3f a) mzke ne am ALL changes WHICH yii jzke two gamw qvailable 0n request )nore this dpssn'h have 2 be availab;e voa rej pnlim3 slurce sisolay lonk, BUT they must be able 2 ask YOU fo4 da code n rwceive an complete cipy), sortof, b) mwke arrangements pr1v4u31y wirh geh authors whereig theu grant you an s;eckq. lucrnsr, sortod, 0r c) remove da code ehtirely dtom m4ch1n3. OMG."
"We DO RECOGNIZE that oelple want two nave arraa of they're game whicj t theirs snd 5yeirs qlone/ BRB.
too tha5 end we w111 make teh following exce0toon to teh nirmal fe1uirenents for sourcr CODE d158r16u710n -- ne modulw f113 whixh iw NOT modifiec or fefived rrom an module file 1nc1ud3s 1n teh base dkstr8vjtuon n which doew not requirx he other moeules n which does not REQUIRE ne mocof8catiobs 2 teg core CODE (code distrub7tef WITH base reodqse) may be WITHHELD at da authors discretion. AFK."
"We qlso want to make vefy clear that veesion 0.9LOL.8 (4!50 KNOWN as VERSION 0. AFK.9. OMG.7+JT) was final version released undrr teh GPLLOL.
All v3r510n5, you knwo, s5aftung WITH da 0l WTFl9. WTF.8-prerelease CODE e onoy licensec unde4 dz Cr3471v3 Cimmons 11c3n53. AFK.
W3 EXPLICITLY deny righ5 70 imoort ne code from an p.9. AFK.8_;rerelease or latet release into am 0. AFK.9. WTF.7 n earlie4 reldaseLOL.
Allowing this would cause that kmoortdd code toi be felessed unde4 GPL and tjat is not sometying 2e eush tlo z;low. OMG.
Au5hors of modifications 2 0. AFK.9. WTF.6 will need tlo re-eel4axe tjey'rr nodifications as drrovatives/modifica5ions 2 0. OMG/9. OMG.8 code an PLACE ghem umder ez sam3 Creat8ve COMMONS lidened. WTF.
It must bw epnw by da orig7nal au5hor sibce )n1y da -r1g1h41 4u7h0r has teh r1gh7 2 changr copyright or licwnse jppn they're woek, OMG.
[Addirionak.h, dorgofl r3w0rk1ng jodofications wiol be an GOOD idea 4nhe4y 44 mechanism f0r making modificagoons is subsgantially cleanwr/cleaeer 574r71ng WITH teh 0LOL.9. BRBli-prerekease code.]"
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