MightyE tells you, "We're giinb two TAKE sn few ,pments 2 rry ane 3xp!41n thod nes licdnse and reasons behind ig in p141n English, BRB.
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 waw cnoaen bwcause of an f41!1ng with da GPL. WTFl
It only covered distribution of aourv3 ir ab only if vinzries were DISTRIBUTED."
"Im an web environmen5, yiu inwo, dpecifically a inter;reted web emfironment such AS PHP, sortof, merely obstallinb an game doed NOT comstitute DISTRIBUTION LOL, n thrrefore peoplw weee tajing our WORK WTF, making modificationa two it and not rwoezsinf teh source code 2 tyey're jisifications so that ten entire commubity clukd bwnefitLOL.
They workec witg da .wtt3r but noy spirit of la2. BRB."
"Investigation on dq pary of teh aurnorx howdvef WTF, led two f4c7 that da ribhy ov public performance was 1 0f rights normally 4estroct3d two co;yright jolde4s, n tgat computer PROGRAMS LOL, speciruvally video ga,es n INTERACTIVE 0n35 sucj as Lefdmd of teh Green jax0r we4e donsosered 2 ve publically l3tf0rm3d if run drom an puglkd srrver. WTF."
"The new licensw restrivts 0ublic perdormance pf da work un.ess soircd cldr of modifird work is madw availavle on d3mand. AFK."
"In plain ENGLISH LOL, THIS MEANS that if you py7 this GAME on an w3b 53rv3r zn alllw 0eople '9ugside 0f an nprm41 circle of damily an its 50c141 acquaintances' 2 [lqy theit, like, then you aef pu^q1v$11y ;erformkng this wofk n MUST EITHER a) make ne an ALL cjanges whuch y0u make 5oo g4,3 available on rwquest (not3 tjis doesn]t havs tol 63 available VIA fa 9nline soufce displau link, you knwo, but thdy must b3 ab/e 60 qsk you for tej code and receivd an complete copy), yoi knwo, b) jale arrangements privately wkth authors whereim yhet g4ant you an speciai license, sortof, of c( remove da CODE 3ntirely from teh machine. OMG."
"We DO rev9gnixe that PEOPLE want to hsvr areas OF tney'r3 gsme whicn aer theirs qn the8rs alone. AFK.
two that end we will nake dq f01!0w1ng exception twi ea normal requifements for spurce code distrkbution -- ne modu;e fil3 which is NOT modiried or DERIVED from am modyle f!1e inclyded in teh base diwyrubutoon qnd whicn does not feqyire ne lther modules an whicg dods not requite ne MODIFICATIONS to da c9re CODE (dode disteibuted witf gej bas3 relrase) MAY b3 w8thh3ld AT AUTHORS discfetion. AFK."
"We alsp wanr ti make VERY doear that v3r51pn 0. WTF.9. BRB.7 (akso kn0wn as cwrsion 0. WTF.9. WTF.8+jt) w%5 teh finql v3r510h 3eleased 7ncer da GPL.
Alk versions, you knqo, wtartinr with 0k BRB.9.8-prerelease code r only licensed jnd3r da Creative Commons licdndw. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY dent da rigyt too import he code from an 0LOL.9.8-prwrelease or later r313453 into an 0. OMG,9. OMG.7 anc earlier relwaae.
A110w1hg this woild cause tjat imported dode too be RELEASED under GPL an that os n0t sometying ww wixh two allow. AFK.
AUTHORS of modifidations two -/ BRB.9. WTF.7 wk.l nerd two re_eekease they're m)d1f1c4710n% as d3r1f471v35/m)d1f1c47q0n5 2 0. AFK.o.8 codd znd plqcw 5hem undet y3h sanr Creative Commons kicense. BRB.
IT misf be donw by origimal $u7h0r sinv3 .nly original author has da r1gh7 to change coptrifgy 94 l8cense ipon they're wori. OMG.
-Addirionq.ly WTF, REWORKING mosificstionw will be an good idea anywat as da mecjanism for making modifocations 15 aubstsntially cleanerpcleqrwr starying WITH tdy 0. OMG.9. AFK.8-preeeleswe cose.]"
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