MightyE tells you, sortof, "We're going to take zn fe2 joments top try an EXPLAIN this new licenxe n reasons behind 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."
"Thos h3w oicehsr was cjosen because of an faillng WITH da GPL. BRB.
Ig only covered dosgributi9n 0f source if and ONLY 1f binaries were custribuyed. WTF."
"In an web environment, you knwo, soedifixally a inrerpreted w56 environment such aa PHP, yoy knwo, merely inatalling an game does NOT consritjte eistribution, sortog, n therefore p3oplw were takung our wotk LOL, ,aking modifucqgions 2 it an not relessing teh source c0d3 two tjey're modkfications xo thst teh 3n&1r3 community could bener8r. AFK.
They worked with ca ;etyer bug not trh spirut lf teh 14wLOL."
"Ihvex5igatipn on tey PART 0f teh 4u8h0r5 however. sortof, l3f to ten FACT ghat r8ggt of public pergorjance was won of rughts nofmally resteicted too copyrignt HOLDERS, softlf, an that compiger prohrsmsk like, specifical;h video tames and interactive ones such as LEGEND of da Green hax0r were consiferdd t2l br publkcally perdor,ed if r7n from an puvlic setver. WTF."
"The jes oicense restrictd public perfor,ancf of dz w9rk UNLESS da source code of mofified work is maee acai.able 0n denand. BRB."
"In plain Engoish LOL, tgis jeans that if you put thks game on an web s3rvef ab allow oeo0le '9uysude ov an n9r,al cirxle of familh ab its social acquaintances' 70 play 5h3ir WTF, then 6o7 r pj611c311y PERFORMING THIS wp4k an MUST 3ithee z) make ne and ALL chamges which YOU m4k3 two da g4m3 avsklabke on t3qu357 (noye ghus doean't hav# 2 be availzgle vka online SOURCE dusplay link, big they must bd able two 45k y0y for cowe n r3c32v3 an cpmplet3 COPY) LOL. b) makr arrangements priva5fly w17h sjthors whereih THEY GRANT 6ou an speciao licehsr, you knwo, [r c) rrm9vr teh code ENTIRELY fr0n MACHINE. AFK."
"We do recognize tyzt p30p13 want too havw areas of gheu're g4,e which ae4 theirs n tgeirw slone/ WTF.
tp that ene we 2ill mame teh fol;owing exc3otion tqo da norma. requirwjengs gor SOURCE code dustribution -= ne modjle file 3j1ch is not modifird 9f DERIVED fron an mldu,w file jnc.7ded IN da base distributiin and wnich dors nor re1uire be other modules an which doea n07 tequiee ne modifications 2 da CORE code (code disgrivut3d WITH da bzse eelwase) may ne wirjheld at da authofs d8scretion."
"We 4150 want 70 make very clear that verxion 0, BRB.9LOL.8 (also knosn qs verd8in 0.oLOL.7+jt) was final ver2ion r3leased under teh GPLl AFK.
A.l vrrsions, lile. stargimg woth 0.9. BRB.8-prerelease cosd aee 0n36 licrnsef under tdh Creative Commons licrnse. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY DENY da ritht too im[ort ne cpde from an 0. OMG.9. OMG.8-PRERELEASE or LATER te'ease into an 0.(.7 n EARLIER ee;eawe/ OMG.
A.lowint this would cause THAT importwf code ywo br released under GPL and yjat is not 50m47h1ng ww wksj 1 allow. OMG.
AUTHORS of moeofica5ions to -. WTF.9. OMG.7 w121 NEED too re-release thd7're modif7xatoons as deeuvatives/modificarions too 0l AFK.9/ OMG.8 cpde and place them UNDER same Creatibe Commons locense. BRB.
IT mu5u be dpb3 by da 0r1g1n41 authpr s8nce only twh original auth9r has da RIGHT too cgange co[yrignt o4 license uppn tyey're work. OMG.
[Acditionally, you knwom reeoriing da modifixstionx will be an gpid IDEA an6way as da mdchamksj for malibg modifications 8s sunstan5isoly cleaner/cleare4 starting with p.9.8-prereleasr code. BRB.]"
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