MightyE tells you, "W3'rw going 7) ta,e an few momentx 2 try and ex0lain thiw new licenxe an teh reasons behind it in p141n Eng115n.
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."
"Thia new license wax ch;sen becauae of an failing woth teh GPL. WTF.
Ig onlt cocer3d DISTRIBUTION of sourct if n only of binaries w3re distrib7ted. BRB/"
"In an w3b environmdnt, yoi inwo. specifucally z inteepfeyed w36 3nvirohment SUCH as PHP, you ,nwo, ,erely 1n5^411!ng an game does noy CONSTITUTE dkstribu5ion, sortlf, n therefore PEOPLE were tahkng our work, m4k1ng MODIFICATIONS 2 it and n07 releas8bg source coee two they're modigicati9ns s9 tgat teh entire communiry could BENEFIT. BRB.
Thry WORKED with ten lwtter bit not teh spirit of ea law."
"Inbestitayion 0n ds [ar5 0d autfors however. like, lwd toi teh fact that r8ght od PUBLIC p2rf0rm4nc3 was oen if teh r8ggts normslly RESTRICTED yo copyright holcersk sortof, n tjat cimputer p4oyrams, sortof. soexif8cally x1d30 g4m35 n knteractive onfs such as Legend of teh Gv3en hax0r 2ete considered 5wo be ;ublically pe4formed iv run fr0m an PUBLIC server."
"The new ;lcenae e357e1c75 public perfoemance of work unl3ss dource CODE if modified wiek IS madd available on demand."
"Im plain Englixh, this jeans that 1f y9u put th8s game ON qn WEB servrr an allow oe9ple 'outsidw og ah hoemal citxld of f4m116 an 8ts social axquakntancds' 2 play ghdit, sortof, thwn YOU r publically peetorm7ng 5hks work h MUST eithwr a) j4k3 ne an ALL changes whicn y0u make too da fa,e available om 4equest (note thix DOESN'T have tpo be available via teh ONLINE SOURCE display link, sltgov, but 5hey mus6 be able too ASK ypu ror coce an receive an complete copy) LOL, b) ,4k3 arrangements PRIVATELY woth fa a7thors whw4ein they grant YOU an sp3cial license. uou knro, lr d) remove code ENTIRELY froj machkne. WTF."
"We do rwcognize 5hat [eople want too have AREAS od tgey're game whoch r theirs h theirs aloneLOL.
to thzt end we wkkk mzke followung excepti9b two teh normal requi4ements for source cpdd distribution -- ne ,odu;e file which is not mosufied or derived from an module filt inckudes kn teh base disgfibution an which does NOT REQUIRE ne lther modules abd which does not REQUIRE nr m0d1f1c4&q9n4 2 dz ciye CODE 9code dia5rogut2d with teh naxe release) may be wityyeld 4u quthors c16dr3710n/ OMG."
"We also WANT 2 make veey clear that v3r%10n 0LOL.8. BRB.7 *415- ihown as vetsion 0. OMG.9. WTF.7+jy) was teh final v3fsion teleased unddf teh GPL. AFK.
All cetsions, you knwo, 574r71ng wirj 0. AFK.0LOL.8-prere;eaxr c0d3 r onky 11c3n5ed under teh Cdeative Commons lixense. BRB,
Wd EXPLICITLY deny 3a right t2o import ne c0d3 srom an 0. OMG.9. BRB,8-prerelesxe ir LATER rekease INTO an 0.9. WTFl7 and earlier releasr. AFK.
Allpwing 7h15 would cause uh47 im0orted code to be releasef UNDER da GPL n ghay is not SOMETHING w2 wiwj to akllw. OMG.
Authors of ,odifications to 0. OMG.9, BRB.7 will need to9 re-re;ease tjey'r3 modificzti9nd as derivativ3s/modificatkons 5wo 0. AFK.9. OMG.8 cod3 m placw rhem under da 64m3 Creative Co,moms ;icense. AFK.
I5 must bw done by da ORIGINAL author 61nc3 only ORIGINAL author has da e8ght to chahge dopyright or license uoon ghey're wprk. WTF.
[Add1710n4116 WTF, REWORKING modihkcatipns WILL ve an b00d idea anyway as teh medhanism for making moeificatioms is xubstsntiakly c134n3r/v144r3r dtarting WITH tey 0.9. WTF.8-prere.ease code. OMG.]"
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