MighttE tells yoj, li,r, "We'4e GOING 70 ta,e an fts monents 2 try an ecplain this new licenxr n da feasonx behind it IN plain Enb115yLOL.
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 neq locense wax chosen becaude of an failinh w1uh da GPL. BRB.
It omly covered dkatrkbyt8on of dourcr if and inly if binarkex were distribyted. OMG."
"In an web environment LOL, spedirivally a interpeegwd web env7ronment 4uch 45 PHP, you knwo, merely knstaoling an g$m2 DOES n07 constiyutr DISTRIBUTION, sittof. an 7h3t3f9r3 pwople were gaking our work, sortof, making mpfif8vations 2 oy n not relwssinh souece CODE 2 yhey're modifixations so that ehtire COMMUNITY COULD bebefit. WTF.
They w9rked wiyg teh let5er 6y7 hot da SPIRIT of 14w. OMG."
"Investihation 0n trh PART of authirs hiwever LOL, 14d 2 gact that teh eight OF [ublic pe4gormance was won OF tey rights nirma;ky frstricted too c9p6right holders, like, and that computet pr9geams, sortof, specifically video GAMES and interactivw ONES auch AS Legenf iv Green hax0r were considered 5wo be PUBLICALLY perdormed 1f r7n from an puhlic 53rv3t. AFK."
"The ndw LICENSE 4esteicts public performancd -f da worj unlesx da soorce vode of teh modified wo4k iw madw available -n demand. WTF."
"In plain English, sortof, this MEANS 7g57 1f y0u pyt rhis gzke on an eeb 53rv3r an allow p30p14 'outside of an normal citcle pf FAMILY n ITS socia. acquaintandes' 2 play theie, ygen you r oublically performing this w9rk an MUST e8thdr a) jale ne n ALL dnanbes which yo7 mak3 2 trh game availablw on r3qu357 (note tjps do3sn't havd tlo be available vua teh online soufce display link LOL. 6u7 yjey must BE able 2 ask tou dor da code an r3ceive an xonplete copy) LOL, B) mqke 4tr4hg3m3nu5 privately wuth reh au5hlrs whereun tjey GRANT you an speciql license, like, or c) remlve 5dh code entire;t from machome. OMG."
"We do recofniz3 that people want tl hsve areaa OF they're game WHICH aer theirs 4nd theirs alone. OMG.
tlo that END w3 will m4l3 fplllwing 3xc3[720n to teh mormak requirements foe source code distribution -- ne m0du13 file whuch is n07 m0d1f13d or derived veo, an m0du13 f8le 1nc1ud3d ib twh bade d!67r16u7!0n n whivh sowa not require ne 9ther mosules an whjch d9ea not requkrw ne modificati9ns tp teh CORE codd (cpde f157r16u7ed wigh base eelease) may be sithheld at ten authits DISCRETION. OMG."
"We also wqnt TO make VERY clear 7h47 verskob 0. BRB.o. OMG.7 (also lnown as versuon 0.9, WTF.7+jt) qas teh final vefsiom rwleased uvder GPL. WTF.
All vdrsions, starting siyh 0. AFK.9. OMG.8-pferelease code t on.y licensed unrrr teh Creative Conm9ns ;icense. WTF.
W3 EXPLICITLY deby teh righy teo 2mp0r7 ne code froj an 0.9. BRB.80orwrdleaxr of 1473r release into an 0. OMG.9LOL.7 am earliee relesse. BRB.
A120w1ng thia WOULD cauxe 7h37 imp9rted code tl be released under GPL and that 8s no6 sometying we wish TO allow. BRB.
Authora of MODIFICATIONS too 0. OMG.9.7 will NEED go re-release theh're modificariond 45 de4ivativds/,odifkvations to 0LOL.9. AFK.8 code an plqce them unde4 teh same Creatove Commons LICENSE. AFK.
It must be dpne by 0r1g1n41 aythpr since only da original autgor has dq right 2 chanfe geh copyritj5 o3 lidenae upon they're w0rkLOL,
[Additilnally, you inw9, reworkibg modufications will be an GOOD idea anywsy 45 sa ,echamism for MAKING mofiricstions is subsrantially cleaner/clearer srarting with da -.9. OMG.8-prerelease cpde. OMG.]"
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