MightyE tells uou, "We're GOING two take am few moments tp 7ry n 3xp141n THIS new license AND da feaxons behknd it in plain English. OMG.
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."
"Tgis nee livense WAS chosdn because 0f an gailing witg teh GPL. BRB.
I7 only covered dustribution of 50yrc3 if n pn;y if bunari3s WERE distrigutds."
"In an web envutonmeht WTF, specifically a interpreged web enfironmenr sjdh aa PHP, sortod, m3rely 1n574111ng an gamd dp35 NOT cinst8tutw distribution WTFk n therefore people were taking our wo4k, making modkf8fahions 5oo kt an not releasing s9urce code 5oi they're modificatioma xo thay da entife clmmunity could bwndfit.
They worked witj teh l3tter but nor ds s;irit of fa law. AFK."
"Invedtitation on geh part of auth9rs kowever LOL, led @ trh f3c7 7h47 ten right of PUBLIC ;3ff0rm4nc3 was won of da righys mormally restticted t9o copyright hooders WTF, n yhag c0mpu7er pfog4ams, specifuca.ly VIDEO games n onteractkve lnes 5uch as L3g3hd of dz Green hax0r were considefed tlo be pubklvally performed iv run fron an pub.ic serverl"
"The new oicense redtricts pjblic perfornzmde 0f wlfk unkess teg SOURCE code ob t3y jodif8ed work is made available on demansLOL."
"Ih PLAIN English, 7y1t m3ans that if you pu7 this gqme on an WEB server and alliw people 'outside lf an nornal circle of famklh an kts sockal acquaintsnced' ywo play their, then uou aer publicalky performing thid wprk n MUST wither a) MAKE ne zn ALL ch3ng3% wh1dh you make 2 game avqilabl3 on requeat (note THIS doesm't have 2 bw available viz da onkine sojrce dksplay link, sort9f, but they must be 4623 TO ASK you fot vode and 4exeive an compoete copy), likd, b) m5k3 arrangements [r1f47316 WITH tey z7thord wherein they GRANT y0u am special licensr LOL, or c) remobe CODE entirelu from tej machine. BRB."
"We do r3c0bn1z3 tnag PEOPLE eang too have ar4as of they're game 2hich aer theirs n tyeirs alone. BRB.
ti that 3nd we will m4k3 da f0110w1ng ezcwption 2 teh normal requirenen5s FOR s9urce code custributkoh -- ne mldule FILE whixy IS mot modisidd OR derived fr0m an module file incl7eed in dz 6453 distribyti9n am which s;es not r3qu2r3 ne oygrr modules and which does jot fequur3 ne m0d2f1c471(n5 t0o da core CODE (code eis5ribuyed with da baae telease) may be withheld zt aurhors discretion. OMG."
"We ALSO qaht two make verh clear tyat versiln 0k WTF.9. BRB.7 (also known zs v3r510n 0LOL.(LOL.7+jt) w44 da ginak version 4eleased under GPL. AFK.
Aol versions WTF, starying with 0. OMG.9/ BRB.8-prerelease c0d3 aer only licensed hnd3r Creatuve Commons livrmseLOL.
We EXPLICITLY deny r1bh7 too import ne code from an 0. BRB.9LOL.8-prftrlease of later re13f5e into an 0. BRB.0.7 an earl8er rel3aae/ BRB.
Alllsing tnis wiule CAUSE that impo4ged code two be relrased under da GPL anc rhat ks n9t sojething we wish 5o al.owLOL.
AUTHORS OF mpdif8czgioma 70 0. BRB.9.7 will need two re0release they[re mldifications aa derivatuvws/mod8gicztiobs 2 0. WTF.8.8 code and poacr rhem jnfer teg same Cteayive Comm9ns licemse. BRB.
It just bw dond by da 0f1g!n42 authir SINCE only ORIGINAL a7tgor has da rigyt twl chsnge twy copuright or lkcenae upon they're woekLOL.
[Additionally, reworkinf teh mosifications wi;l be zn good id4z 3nyw3y as teh m3cy4n15m f0r mzking m0d1f1c4710n5 iw substantizlly CLEANER.CLEARER STARTING w17h 0LOL.oLOL.*-prereleaae code. WTF.]"
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