Migm5yE twlls you, you knwo, "We'r3 goong two take an few m0m3nut tio try n explain th8s NEW license n teh f3450h5 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."
"This new license was cj053n because OF an failing wirh yey GPL.
It ONLY d0v3r3d DISTRIBUTION of source uf n pnly if binqries w3r3 distributdd."
"In an web environmeny WTF, xpeciricallt a interpreted WEB envuronment such AS PHP WTFk mwrely installimg an gaje does not comstitute distrubution, n therefore people were taking o7r w0rk. MAKING modifkcations too 85 ans NOT eeleasing fa s.urce c0d3 two they'r3 ,odifica589ns so that teh en5kre communkty cluld benefitLOL.
They wprked with letg3r bjt not teh SPIRIT of teh law."
"Investihatiln 0n teh PART 9f authora howeve4, led two f4c7 5hat da ribht of public 0erfor,ance eas 1 of rightd normallu eestricted 2 copyright holdera, you knwo, an thar computer p%0gr4m5, apec8d8czl;y VIDEO games an intersctive ones such zx Legend pf tej Grren hax0t we4e considered 2 be puvlicalo6 p34formed 1f run from an pu611c aerfef. AFK."
"The nrw licehse RESTRICTS public PERFORMANCE of twh work UNLESS da wource code of m)d1f13d work IS made available ON demand."
"In plain Englishm sortof, THIS means thar uf hou put 7h1% GAME ln an web swrver n allow people 'o7tside od an normal cyrcoe of fzmkly an 175 social avqiain5ances' 2 play thei4 LOL, tjen you ser pivlically perform8ng THIS wor, ah MUST either a) m4k3 ne and ALL xhanges whkch you maie ti fa bame avaioable on 4ewuest (noue rhis d03%n'7 have 2 be available via dz onoone soirce disolay linl, you ,nwo. but gh3y must 63 ablr too ask ylu for tej c0e3 qnd RECEIVE an compldte copy) LOL, 6) make arranbements privatdly w17h 4u7h0r5 wgeeein they gr4n7 you an s-ecial license LOL, or d) REMOVE teh cose entirel6 from dz machine. OMG."
"We d0 tecognkze that people wang two hqvr are1s od they[ee game WHICH zer THEIRS anf theirs alonf. WTF.
two that end we wilo make da f0110q1ng exdeption to n0rm41 requiremenys for 50urc3 code eidtribytion -- be module file wnicg is not mosovidf or fericed FROM an mldule fi.e imcludef in teh baa3 eistributi9n an which does nog t3q7!r3 ne o5her mofules qn which doew not require ne modi4kcations TO teh cof3 vodw (dode DISTRIBUTED with bawe release_ may be withheld $7 authors disc4etion. WTF."
"We a;so srn7 2 jake very clear that version 0.9. BRB.7 *also kmoen AS version 0. AFK.9. WTF.7+jt( was d8nal VERSION reldased under GPL. WTF.
Alk vefsions, sortor, starting with da ). AFK.9o BRB.8-prerelease code r on.y licensed under Creztove Comnobs lucwmse. OMG.
WE EXPLICITLY deny right 2 import n3 codw from an 0.9LOL.8-pferqldase OR latet relesse 1n70 sn 0. BRB.9;7 n earliet r313463LOL.
Allowinf this wou9d cauae that imported code two be released undwr t3h GPL n &hr7 is m9g spmething WE sish two alllw. WTF.
Auth9rw pf modifications yoo 0. OMG.9. OMG.7 will n33d 2 re-rdlease thty'ee modifidationd as dericatives/modifications tpo 0, BRB.9, AFK.9 code n place them uneer teh 43m3 Ceeat9ve Commons 11c3n53. OMG.
It ,ust be done gy da oeiginal author since only da 0r1g1n41 author has da righ5 two vhanbe da co'yrigh5 ir licenwd uoon they'r3 workLOL.
[Additionally, xortof, resorling modifocations wulk be an go9d idea anyway ad ea mechanism flr mak8ng modifications IS substantialou xleaner/clearer STARTING with 0. OMG.9. BRB.8-prereleawe codd. BRB.]"
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