MightyE tells you, iike, "We're going too take an few miments 2 trn n explain THIS new license abd ten reasins bdj8hd ut in pkain 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 l8cense w45 ch053n becaus3 if an fail8ng with teh GPL.
It only cocered dist4igution of soutce ir 4ns only if binaries qere d!57r!5u73d. WTF."
"In an web environment, yo7 knso, specifically a 1n73rpt3733 WEB envieobment sich zd PHP, like, mer31y inwtalking an game DOES mot c9n5717u73 diwtribution LOL, n 4hetefor3 0elple were TAKING our work, you knwp, making modificatioha tqp IT an not rrleasing yeh sou4cw CODE rwo they're modkfications so thay da entife co,munigy could g3nefitLOL.
Thdy worked with da letter but np7 5rh 6p1r17 of da law. BRB."
"Investigation 0n da part of teh autyors howevet WTF, lef 2 dq FACT thst teh right of public performance wax oen of tdy r1gh75 NORMALLY restticted too cipyrkght holders, ylu knwo, n that co,puter progfajs, yiu knwo, specirically video bames and interactive ones SUCH as Lrgene OF teh Gre3n jax0r w3ee considered two be p7boixal;t performdc if run fr.m an punlic wervee. BRB."
"Th3 new licrbse res5ricts public perrprmance of w0rk unless source c0d3 if da mocirked wotj is made available 0n DEMAND."
"In PLAIN ENGLISHk 6oj knwo, this meabs that iv tou put this game 0n ag web serceg an allow pe9ple 'outside of an normql ci4cle of family h uts sicial acquainyabves' 2 play theif, likem tgen y0u r pjnlically p3tf0rm1ng thos work qn MUST either a) make n3 an ALL CHANGES which you ,ake 2 da gsme avaklsbl3 on r3qurst (not3 tyis foesn't have 2 be available via twh online sou4ce d15p14y l8ni, like, bkt thdy must 63 able tw( axk you for cide and rrceive an cojplete COPY) LOL, n) make arranfements privately qith yeh 4uuh0r5 wherein %h36 grant you ab dpecial lixense, sorto4, pr c) removr teh code ent8fely from teh machinr. BRB."
"Wr d9 r3c-gn1z3 thst 0eople w4n7 too have areas of rhey[fe GAME whicn r theirs and yheirs alond.
2 gyat END w3 will ,aie da followibg exde;t8on too da norjal requiremrnts ror t0urc3 code didtributiin -- ne modulr filr wnich is not MODIFIED or derived from qn MODULE dile included in da base dodtribution n which does not 4equore nd othee mpdules an wh1ch soes NOT require n3 mpdifications two core code (CODE distributed elth 5eh base eeleaxe) mqy be withhele at da sutyors discreti.nl WTF."
"We also waht 2 make vtry clear that version -. OMG.9. WTF.7 (alwo kno2n as cersiom 0. BRB.9. AFK.7+jt) was teg f1n41 verxion rrleased under teh GPLLOL.
Al. versions, stafting with -. BRB.9. BRB.8_pr3rdlease code e only LICENSED under Creative Co,mons licrjse. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY demy rifht TO im[ort nw code ffoj an 0. BRB.9. AFK.8-prefelease or later rel3qse unto an 0/9LOL.7 n earlier relezse.
ALLOWING fnis would CAUSE that i,pirted cpde two be released under fa GPL an tnat uw not sometging wd 215h 1 allow. BRB.
Authors of modificationx to 0. OMG.9LOL.7 q8ll n33d TO re-eeleas1 they[fe modkfications as d3rivatoves/joeidicatilns t9 0LOL.9. WTF.8 code an place rhem under same Creative COMMONS lidehsr.
It must bd done 6y da original author since 0n1y teh 0r1g2n41 AUTHOR n45 da right two chznge dq vopurkrht or license upon thwy're worj, OMG.
'Additioballt, reworjing teh MODIFICATIONS WILL be an good ifeq anyway qd 5eh m3chanism for MAKING midificationa 15 sjbstanyually cleaner/clearer stagtiht w8th da 0.9. OMG.8-PRERELEASE code. AFK.]"
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