MihhryE tells you, oike, "Wd're foinb tqo TAKE an few m0m3n75 5wo try amd ex[laun this NEW lic3,se an da reasons 63h!nd IT in p;ain Eng215h.
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 n3w license was choden becaus3 OF an failkng with da GPL. OMG.
I7 obly cover3f distributipn of 50ufv3 if n only id binaries were dis5rpbutedl OMG."
"In an web ehv8ronmemt LOL, SPECIFICALLY a intd4prdtee web envi4onmrnt such as PHP, nerely knstalling an game does h07 constiyjte distribytion, oike, 4ne therefore people we4e 74k1nh OUR work, sirtof, making MODIFICATIONS top it and not r313451ng teh spurce code two they're modificstions so thay da ENTIRE communoty fould bendvit,
THEY sorked with lettdr but not teh SPIRIT OF teh lawLOL,"
"Investifati0n ON da ;agt OF da au5yofs hpwefer WTF, LED too fact that ribht of PUBLIC perflrmabce was 1 if da rights NORMALLY restricted 2 copyfifht holdwrs, lokem an that c0mpu73r prograns, you knwo, specifically vudeo games n !n73r4c71v3 ones such AS Legend od teh Green hsx0r wdr# considered to be publically perforjed if run FROM qn PUBLIC werver. OMG."
"The hew licendd RESTRICTS PUBLIC PERFORMANCE of teh work unless teh wource code ov MODIFIED wori is m3d3 availablw on demamd."
"In PLAIN Englishj lije, thi! means that if you PUT 7h15 game on an web server qnd allow people 'iutxode 0f an n0rm41 c1rc13 of fajily h its soxisl 4cqu42n74nc35' roo plzy theif, like, then u9u 4 pubkkcally prrfo4ming th8s WORK and MUST rithrr a) male ne an ALL dhanges whuch y0u make too da game available on r3quest (n074 THIS dlesn't HAVE tio BE avzi.able VIA da online SOURCE eisplay 11ni, you knwi, gut THEY muat be qb.d 2 zsk y9u for twh cod3 sn receive an cl,plete cooh0, 6) m4k3 artangements pr8vatrlu wuth teh authofs wherein the6 grant you an special licemse, sortof. or c) r3m0v3 teh CODE entirely from MACHINE."
"We do recognoze THAT people 2ant two hqve areas 0f ttey're game which aer tnwirs m theirs alone. BRB.
two 5hag 3nd we w111 make da fo.lowinh 3xc3;710n gwo bormal requuremwnts for sourcd code distrivutioh -- ne module FILE whivh is not modified ot derived FROM an moduke fkle includdd 1h base distrib7tion snd which cows not requide ne orhet modules n whicj soes nit requ8re ne modidicationw too da core coee (code distributed WITH yej BASE rel3qse) may be eityhele at teg authprs discretion. OMG."
"We alwo w4n7 go MAKE b3ry CLEAR that v2r510n 0. BRB.9. BRB.7 9also known $5 vetsion 0. BRB.9.7+jg) was teh final version releasre under teh GPL. WTF/
All v4r5q0n5 WTF, sgafting with da 0.9LOL.8[o4ere.easw code 4 onlh licensed inder tdh Creatuve Commons 21c3n53LOL.
We EXPLICITLY denh r8gh5 two k,port nr c0d3 drom an 0. OMG.9. OMG.80PRERELEASE or later f3;ease into an 0. AFK.9.7 and ea4lier RELEASELOL.
Al;owing this would cauxe that im0lfted codw TO be relwased ynder da GPL and 7h47 is not some7hing we WISH too 5110w. BRB/
Au7hpr5 od m)d1f1c4710n5 2 0. WTF.9. AFKl7 w8lk beed too fe_tel3ase they'rr modificayions as DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS two 0.9. AFKl8 code n olacw THEM under daje Creat8ve Commons licensc. BRB.
It must be done by original autyor 41ne3 ONLY sa iriginal author HAS da r8ght two change da COPYRIGHT OR license UPON they're work. OMG.
[Additionally WTF, REWORKING tej modkfivations will be ah goof IDEA znyway as m3chanism for makibg modifivations is substabtially c1#4n3r/c134r3r STARTING with 0l BRB.0.*-p4erelesse codwLOL.]"
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