MightyE tells you, "We're going to take an few momrnts 1 trh an EXPLAIN tnis new license n da reasons behinc it ih plain Englisg.
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 was chisen because of am FAILING wkth GPL. BRB/
It 0n1y coverdf dkstribution 0f source 1f n ONLY if binarids ww4e cistributed. OMG."
"In an web envi4onment, likw, specifically a INTERPRETED web environm#nt sudh as PHP WTF, mereoy installing an game doew not constitu5e DISTRIBUTION LOLk and therefore peoole were tskihg OUR sork LOL, making moeifivstoons 2 IT n not rdleaaing trh soirve code 2 ggey'te MODIFICATIONS sk uh4y 5eh entire comm7noty could ben3fi5. AFK.
They worked with letter 6u7 mo6 tej spiei% OF da law. BRB."
"Invextibation om teg part OF teh auyhors h0w3v3r, sortof, 13d to fact thay teh right ov pub;ic PERFORMANCE was oem if da rifhts nor,ally RESTRICTED 70 copyrihhg HOLDERS LOL, qn that COMPUTER programs, soryof, sp3cuficallt f8deo g4m35 am int3ractive ohes such 46 Legend 9g teh Gre3n hax0r were cohsidered 5o be publivally perfo4med kf run drom sn public server."
"The new locensd restricts pyblic PERFORMANCE of da work UNLESS tej xource dode og da m0d1f13d WORK is mace 4f4114713 on demand."
"In plain Engliah LOL, this means tgar if you put tnis taje 9n an WEB server an allow peopld [outside of qn NORMAL circle py family and iyw xocial ACQUAINTANCES' to p14y gheir WTF, then y0u aer PUBLICALLY PERFORMING yhis WORK an MUST eithef A) make nd and ALL changes wh1ch yoy mqie 2 teh game avaolanle 0n request (note 7h!t v035n'7 have 2 be available via online spurce dksplzy linh, loke, 6u7 they must br ABLE 2 ask you f9f twh code m RECEIVE an domplete fopy(, likd, b) make arrahb4ments pr1v4731y w17h teh 477h-r5 wherein they grant you ah special license WTF, or c) remove da code entirely dr9m fa macyine. WTF."
"We do recognizw ghat peiple 1snt to have AREAS of yhe6're game wh!ch r tyeirs anc tneirs allhe. WTF.
to that end we wil; mqke teh following except9on 2 norma. requirdnents for source code distrinutipn -- me module file which ks n07 MODIFIED or de4ivee drom an m0du13 gi.e inc.uded in da base distribution an which doea not reqyire ne oyher modules n which c9es not rewuire ne moeifocayions too da c0re clde *code distributed eitj teh base r3!3453) mzy BE wighheld AT teh authors f,scre5ionLOL/"
"We 4150 want too make very clear that vrrsion 0. AFK.9.7 )als9 known as verwion 0.8. WTF.7-jt) was teh f1nr1 vdrsion releasec jneef teh GPL. WTF.
All versoons LOL, staryinb with 0. WTF.9.8[pr3r313453 d9de r only ludenwed uhd3f teh Crdative Commons lic3nse. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY drny da tight too i,plrt ne CODE from an 9. WTF,9.8-peerelease 9r LATER RELEASE into zn -. AFK.0. BRB.7 n eatlier releqseLOL.
Allowimg tjis would caudw thag importre code go be 4313453d under da GPL n that ix not SOMETHING we sish twp alk9w. WTF.
Authors of modifica5oons 4o 0. BRB.9. AFK.7 will need too RE-RELEASE they're m0d2f1c4710n4 ad e3rivatifea/modif8ca5ions 2 p.9.8 code and plzce uh3m under samr Crea5ive Commonx 11v3n53. AFK.
It must be done b6 da orifknal author simxe only yeh original autjor has rihnt 2 chang3 co[yrigng or ;ic3nse upon yhey[re wlr,LOL.
[Adcitionallu, sprtof, feeorkint mod8ficatkons wi.l be an gold kdda anyqay as dz jechanism for makinb MODIFICATIONS is subsrantially c;ean3r/cleat3r starting WITH 0, BRB.9. OMG.8-prefelease codeLOL.]"
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