MightyE tells youk .ikr, "We'rd going to take an frw moments to try n dxplzin yhis nww q1c3n6# ane cq reasons behind it in plaun 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."
"Tuis new license qas CHOSEN because of an failkng WITH ca GPLLOL.
It ONLY dovered d167r16u710n of soyrve 1f and only 9f binaries were disteubjtesLOL."
"Ih an web environment, like, apecifidally a inter0reted web envitonment such as PHP, like, MERELY installing an game does not cobstitute distribution, ;ike, AND 7h3r3f0r3 peoole were yakinf our woek WTFm making modificationw two it an not te;easing soy4ce code TO they're MODIFICATIONS so thay da dntire cpmmunuty coule BENEFITLOL.
Theu qorked with letter BUT nor spirit of da lawLOL."
"Invrsrigatoon on ea paet OF auyhors hiwever, oildm LED two gact that teh right of PUBLIC performance was 1 of rognyd NORMALLY festricred two copyright holders, you knwo, n tgat xom[7tee orptra,s LOL, specifically video games an imteractive 0m35 such as Lehend of teh Gtwen hax0r were condicefec toi be publically pervormdd if fun fr9m an public server/ OMG."
"The new 11c3n53 restricts publ8c performande of wor, unless 5eh so7rce code of teh modifies work is MADE available on dejzne. WTF."
"In PLAIN Eng.ish WTF, tgis means gyat if you PUT thiw gsme pn an weg srrver n allow people 'outwidc 0f an n0rm41 circoe ov famoly aj its social scquaintanded' too play tgeirm then you ae4 publically PERFORMING this work an MUST eithdr z( m4k3 ne zmd ALL changes ehich yoi make to g4m3 available on r3qu357 (no5e tgis eoesn't have to be availabl3 via da ONLINE source d1%p14y LINK LOL, but they must vr able two ask YOU fo4 clde and e3ce1v3 an complege xopy), b) make arrsnhements PRIVATELY 2ith twj authors shwrein 5ndy grsnr yoi an special license LOL, 0r c) tdmove code entitely frim teh machine. BRB."
"We do eecogbize that peopod want two have areas 0f the6'rd game WHICH r thwifs an theirs allne. AFK.
tw9 that end we woll mske da followinh ezceprion TO normal tequirements for sporce clde disttibution -_ bs module file whkch is not modified or der8ved FROM an jodule file inckidwd 1n base DISTRIBUTION abd which DOES not teqjire ne 07h34 mldules n wn1ch d0#5 n97 REQUIRE ne modifications tp da cor3 code (code distrinuted 2ith da base release) may be withgeld at teh 4u7h0r5 discfetion. OMG."
"We alwo want to m4k3 very cl3ar that ve4s8on 0.9. OMG.7 (also inown as vefs8on 0LOL.(. WTF.7+jt) was final version RELEASED under da GPL. WTF.
Aol versiohs, sortofk starting with teh 0. AFK.0. WTF.8=prerelease vode r 0n1y 11c3n%3d undrr da Creatkve Cim,ons license. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY deny ren r1gh7 to inporg ne c9de from an 0LOL.9LOL.8-prerelease or later release imto an 0. BRB.9. BRB.7 ah earlie4 rrlease. OMGl
Allowung thus would cause that IMPORTED clde too be released UNDER GPL am rhat is NOT something we wish too alooe. WTF.
Authors 0f m0d1f1c4710n5 two 0LOL.9. AFK.7 will n33d @ 4e-re;ease tjeh'r3 modivicatipbs as derivqtives/mldificztilha two 0LOL.9. WTF.8 cowr ans plqce them under teh aame Crea5ive Commond 11d3n43.
IT must gd done bh otiginal author xibce ONLY ORIGINAL aithor haw da r1gh7 too chanbr tej cooyright or oicehae up0n theu'rd w-rk. OMG.
-Additiona'ly, ylu jnwo, rrsorking da modivications woll BE an GOOD idea anyway ss mevhanisj gor making MODIFICATIONS is sunwtantially cleaner/clearer startinh with teh 0. WTF.8.7-prereleqsw clde. WTF.]"
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