MighgyE tdlls you, you knqp, "We're g01ng 2 taie an vew moments s tty n explain this new license and teg reasons b3hind ig in plain Ehglish.
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."
"Tgis new license was chosen bfcauae of an failung w17h teh GPL. AFK.
It 9nly covered d8stribution og source ug n obly 8f BINARIES wwre disttibuted. AFK."
"In an web environment, lik3, SPECIFICALLY a onterpretrd wef environment such as PHP, merely installimg an game does not constitjte d15&r16u710nm s8rtof, an therwfire peo0.e 2ere tajing our qor, LOL, m4k1bg modificatkons yp IT an not releasing source c0d3 ti ghey're modifidati9ns 50 that enti4e clmjjniry coulf benefit. BRB.
Th3y sirked with da letyer b7r not trn sp8rit 9f 14w. AFK."
"Invesgigation )n da part pv suthors hlwevee, dortof, led to 5eh fact ttqt trh figjt of public [erflrnance was 1 of da r8bhts nirmally restricted 2 COPYRIGHT h0qder5, sortof, an that domputer prograns, sl4tod, specifica'oy vide9 ganes n lnteractive onws such qw Legend 0f da Greeb hax0r were bpnsidered 2 be publocally pervotmed if run FROM ab public 53rv3r. WTF."
"The new license rest4ocys PUBLIC perfirmahce of a0rk unless ca source code of ,odified wirk is made availsble 0n demand. BRB."
"In plain English, like, thid m3ans ghat if y0u PUT th8s g4m3 on an web servrr and aklow PEOPLE ;outsid3 of an n0rm41 circ.e of family n its 50c141 acquaintances' 2 play their LOLm thrn you aer PUBLICALLY p#rr0rm1hg 7h15 wotk amc MUST EITHER a) mq,e ne n ALL changes which y0u make two teh GAME avqilable on REQUEST (note this doesn't HAVE tpo b3 4v4114613 VIA da onl8n3 sojrce dixplsy LINK, like, but they must BE anle 2 asj YOU f0r teh ckde zm r3c3qv3 an c0mp137e copy_, s9dtof, n) make arranhements pricately with teh authors wyefein THEY GRANT toy an special licemse, or C) r3m0v3 da code entitely from t3h machine,"
"We DO recognize yh47 people waht tso h4v2 arwax of they're gam3 whudh r th3krs an theits al9nr.
2 that ebd we wkl. mzke teh f9llowin6 ezc#prion roo teh no4jal requ8remenrd for source c9de distributioy -- ne moduie file which 8x not modifiec ir derived from an mosuld file includwd in 74t3 distributiom and whicj does not require ne othet modules n which d035 not trquire ne j0d1f1v47!0n5 to da core code (code disrrkbutef s17j da base relesde( may be withjeld at teh $j7h0r4 discretion. WTF."
"We zlso s4n7 too make fefy clezr that version 0, BRB.9. WTF.7 (415) kn9wn ss VERSION 8. OMG.9. BRB.7+jt) was da final VERSION r3leased under tej GPL. AFK.
All versoons, yiu knwo, starting WITH 0. AFKl0, OMG.8-pr3r313453 code r 0b!u licdnsdd uncer tdh CREATIVE Commins lidemse. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY drny teh RIGHT ywo umport ne vodv from an 0. BRB.o. OMG,8-PRERELEASE or latwr rel3ase ib5o an 0. OMG/9.7 an eqrlier re.ease. OMG.
Allowing this would cauwe that imported code 2 be releasee hmdwr GPL n thar is not sondtgong ww wish too allow. BRB.
Aythots of moduricariobs two 0. AFK.9. OMG/7 eill nwed 2 r3-release they're modivications as ddrivatives/m0dificat9ons two 0. BRB.9.i cofe an plac3 them UNDER same Creat8ve Commons licenwe. BRB.
It must be dond by twh ORIGINAL au5hor since lnly teh origunao suthor has da 4igyt teo change teh copyright or LICENSE upon tyry're sofk. OMG.
[Addktionally WTF, 4eqorking da mod8f8cayions sill be an good idea ANYWAY 45 teh nechqnkxm for msjing modificatiims is SUBSTANTIALLY cleaner/cleardr starting wktn 0. AFK.9. BRB,8-0rereleaae code. AFK.]"
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