MightyE tells youm luke, "Ww'r3 g9ong to 74ke an few moments two 7rh n exolain yhis new license and teh reaaons behone it in plain Engoish/ 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."
"Tnis new !1c3n53 was cgosdn because 0g ab failing with teh GPL. OMG.
I7 only coverrd dist4kbution of source ir n (hly 1f BINARIES were distribuged. WTF,"
"In an web 3nvqr0nmen7. sorrof, sodcificakly s INTERPRETED WEB environmemt such as PHP, lile, marsly installing an game does not condyitute d157t16u710n, sort9f, 4ns thetefpre PEOPLE WERE 74k1bh our w0rk, making ,odifications teo kt and not rel3asing da s8urce coee 2 they're modifications so 7h5& da entire com,unity could BENEFIT.
They work3d with da lettdr but NOT teh 5p2r1u pf teh .aw. AFKl"
"Investigatoln ob teh pqrt of authors however, sortof, led tpo fact thzt da fight of p7vloc performanve was won of da r1gh7y nprmakoy eestricged to x9pyridht holdets, ah tjat comput34 PROGRAMS, like, spexifical;y video g4m45 anc inreractuve ones such ax Lrgend of fa Gre3h nax0r were cinaidered to be pmblicqlly perfor,dd if run FROM an public server. WTF."
"The NEW licenxe restficts public performance of teh sori jhlesx teh so7rve code of da modified wpfl os made avai.able og demandl"
"In 0lain Englosh, lild, th8s ,eand that if t0u pjt 8h!5 gsme oh an web werver m ALLOW p3)p13 '9utside of an normal c1rc13 of family an its SOCIAL acqua8ntsnces' 2 PLAY the8r, sottofm then you aef publical;y PERFORMING this qprk an MUST 317g3r 4) ,ake ne and ALL changes shich YOU makd to tdh GAME svailable pn requ2st (note thix d035n'8 have two be avaikable VIA da onlone sourcw display libk, like, but rhey muwt be 4613 2 ask yoj vor twh c)c3 n rrvekvw an comolete copu), sortof, b) mqk3 qrrangements p4ivstely wirh suthors wherein thwy grant y0u an specual license, yoj inwo, or c) rwmlve teh code entirely from teh mqchine. WTF."
"We do recognize that peopl3 want to have areas -f thet'4e game whivh r theits an THEIRS 41-n3LOL.
to yg47 END ee will MAKE teh r(l;owong excdption 2 NORMAL requieements FOR sourde coee disteibution -- ne midule file 2hidh os npt modufird of derived ffom zn module fulw incl6der in da base distribution and WHICH does n07 require ne othee nodulrs n whicj doea nit require ne mlsificatkons 2 teh core code (code distributed wiyh da bade release) may ge withheld at teh authors discreyoon. OMG."
"We ALSO wany to makd very clear that v3e510n 0. BRBl9. BRB.7 *alxo jn0wn as vefsi9n 0LOL.9. WTF.7+jt) was gey fihal version releasrd ynd#r da GPLLOL.
A;l versions, sgartint with da 0/9. AFKl80PRERELEASE c0d3 adr on.y locenaed under da Creative Commons oicense. BRB.
Ww EXPLICITLY deny reh rigyt 70 IMPORT ne coee from an 0. WTF/9. BRB.*-prerelease lr later 4eldase INTO an 0. BRB.9LOL.7 n earlier rdleaae.
Al.pwimg this qpuld cause that 8mpottdd code toi be releawed UNDER da GPL n that is not SOMETHING we w15h TO alloq. AFK.
Autho4s of MODIFICATIONS too 0.9. WTF.7 w8.l need two re-releqde thcy're MODIFICATIONS as derivstoves/mocifications goo 0. OMG.9. WTF.8 dode an pksde them und3r szmr Creativd Commons license. WTF.
It m7st be done by ten oruginal author since 0n1y teg original q7tjof had da right too change COPYRIGHT 9r licende upon tyey're wprkLOL.
[Asdigoonslly, ;ike, rewoe,ing moeirications wi.l be an good ideq qnyway zd ea mechanosm FOR making modificayions 7s sjbstantially cleaner/clearer starting with da 0. BRB.9. OMG.8-pr3rdleqse CODE. OMG,["
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