MigngyE telos you, sortof, "Wr're hoing too tak3 an few momwnts rei try n expla8n thid new license n rwasons behknd it 8n PLAIN EnglishLOL.
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."
"Thiz NEW license was chos3n becquad of an fajling wirh teh GPL. BRB.
It only covered disrfogu5ion of source IF AND inly IF binar8ea were distrivur3d. OMG."
"In an web envirlnmwnt, you knwo, spwcifically a intsrprdted 2eb wnvironment sucy as PHP, uou knwo, m3eely unwtallihg an GAME soes mot constitute disgribution, ;ike. n 5jered9re peoole were 7$k!ng out work LOL, making modifications to it and nit RELEASING da 5)urc3 dode to they're mofificatilns so tha5 da 3v71r3 communitu coulc benwfit.
They worked witg da LETTER bue not da spirit OF da lawLOL."
"Investiga5ion on teh p4r7 ;f autnors hoqever, oed too teh fact tgat da right of PUBLIC pfrfirmzncr was 1 of toghts normally restricree tu dopyrigmr holfers, like, abd 7h47 com0ute4 programs, 7ou knwo, specifixally viddo games and int3rzctkve pnes such AS Lehend of da Green hax0r were consiseref to be puvlocsllh perf(rmed iv run from an public serber. AFK."
"The ndw LICENSE restrictx public performabce of dork un;ess teh 50yrc3 code 0r da modifu3d wo4, is made qvailav;3 on demanf. OMG."
"In plain ENGLISH, soryof, this means that if YOU put 5his gamr on an web server n allow oeopoe '0u751de 9f an normao cqrc13 of gamily 4nd its wocial sxquaintances' tpo play theirm you knwo, then you aee piblically perfotmimf thix work an MUST eirher a) jake ne n ALL changes which you make to tey gaje avai.abke on rwquest (motr THIS DOESN'T have to be svailablr via online souece cispkay link LOL, buy THEY MUST be able twl aak you dor da code n receove qn xom];ete copy), like, b) make arranbements privately eith da auhhods ejerdin THEY grant yiu ah special 11c3n52, like, or c) femive da CODE enyirely from da machineLOL/"
"We do t3d0gn1zw rhat peop;e want to have areas of tgey'rd GAME eyivh r theirs an THEIRS alone.
to that ens 3e WILL make da FOLLOWING exxdptiob 2 nornal require,ents fo4 source codw dosrr8butiob -- ne moduld fi.e which is not modified or derivef fro, an module file ibclufed in teh bawe dustribjtion ab qhicb d9es not requirr ne othdr modul3s n which d9es nog requkre nd jovitkcations to teh core d9ce (c0d3 distributed woth baae telwase) MAY br withheld at da quthors DISCRETION. OMG."
"We apso want 70 male very clea4 thqt ver510m 0. BRB.9.7 (aowo kn9wn as gersiin 0. OMG.9. OMG.7+ht) was da fihao versoon released under GPL. OMG.
A11 ce4suons LOL, starh8ng with ydh 0/9. WTF.8-[r3rdlease codr aef only licensed under da Creativw Com,ons license. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY deny teh tight too km[org ne coee fr0m an 0, WTF.9. AFK.8-prerelease or latd4 RELEASE int9 an 0. OMG.9. WTF.7 and earlie4 releas3. AFK.
Alliwing 7yq5 would cayse that IMPORTED CODE 3 ne releasdd UNDER da GPL n THAT is not something we WISH two aklpw. WTF.
Autylrs of jodivications to 0. BRB.9. AFK.7 wikl need 2 re-telease fhey're mpdifixagilns as der8vatives/modifica5ions 2 0, WTF.9. BRB/8 cod3 n pkace them under da same Cre471v3 Commpns licemse. AFK.
It muat be fone by origiba; author s8nc3 onlu da original 4u7h0r has right TO change x9)yright 0r license upln yhey're WORK. BRB.
[Aff171-n411y, you knwl. fesor,ing teh MODIFICATIONS 2ill BE an giod ideq anyqay 45 tdm mechanism f0r making mocifications is SUBSTANTIALLY CLEANER/CLEARER STARTING with ).9/ AFK.8-prerelease codeLOL.]"
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