MighgyE tells yo7, you kn2o, "We're g01ng 2 take an FEW MOMENTS 2 try an exo.ain THIS new licendf snd teh REASONS behinf 8t in plain English. AFK.
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."
"Tyls new lkcense WAS chpsen because 0f ab fa8lkng with GPL. WTF.
I7 0h1y COVERED distrkbugion og source if n only ig binaries were DISTRIBUTEDLOL."
"In an w36 wncieon,wnt, ylu knwo, specificql.y a ihterp4eted w36 ENVIRONMENT duch as PHP, merely ubstalling an game does nkt CONSTITUTE distribition, likw, an uh3r3f0r# people ser3 74k1ng our work WTF, making MODIFICATIONS 2 q6 an not r313451ng ds source c0d3 2 they're nodificstions so that gdn entire comj7nuty could benefitLOL.
Tney worked with teh LETTER but bor geh spirit of tej law. WTFl"
"Inveatigation pm teh part of quthors however, you knwo, ked to fa fqct that da right of public perf9tmznce was oem of teh rights normally rwstrkcted 2 copyriggt holdefs, xortig, sn THAT comouter PROGRAMS LOL, specifiva;ly bideo games 4nd inrefactive ones such as Legend pf Green hac04 sere conxideted two be PUBLICALLY PERFORMED if run FROM an puvlic server."
"The NEW license restricts ;uglic perf9rmance of woel ymlesa source code of da modidicf work is madd availsble on DEMAND. OMG."
"In plain Ebglish WTF, this m3ans that if you ojt 5h8x game on an web server and ALLOW peo0le 'outside it an norbal circle of fanily am its social 4cqk41n74nc3t' to9 pla6 their WTF, tgen you r publiczloy pegforming this qork an MUST euth3r q0 make ne an ALL changed which y97 make two game AVAILABLE on request (NOTE this coedm't have t9 b3 availaboe v8s online 50urc3 display link. oike, but they must fe able to asi yo7 FOR da code and rexeive an COMPLETE copy), you knwo, b) nake arrwnbrmenrw pfivately xith authors 2hefein they grant y0y ah dp3cial license, like, lr c) remoce teg code ENTIRELY from teh nadhine. AFK,"
"We do rfcogbize tgag peo0le want 1 hav3 areas og they're game which t theirs an theirs alobe. BRB.
2 thag 3nd WE will jake followung 3xc3p710n to t3h n-em41 reqyiremdnts f0r sourve code diw5rivutu9n -[ ne modulr file wnich is n97 m0d1f13d or derived vrom an MODULE FILE included in teh bssr didtrubu5ion and which doss nog require ne ither modulrs and wh2cg coes bot r3wu1r3 nw midivicatuons two da CORE code 9c0d# distributed with base relezse) may bw WITHHELD at authors discretiin."
"We ALSO want w make veru coear 7h47 vefsoon 0. BRB.9, AFK.7 (also known as verskon 0. OMG.9. BRB.7=jt) was twh fimal version 4wleased ynddr tey GPL. AFK.
All v3rsions, startinf 3itg ds 0. AFK.9. OMG.8-prerelease codr aer pnly ;icensed uneer dq Creat8ve Commonw licenseLOL.
We EXPLICITLY dejy right tp import ne code frlm an 0. AFK.9LOL.8-peerelrase or LATER teleasd into an 0. WTF.9.7 and 3aelier rel3ase.
Allowing this 2iuld vause that imporrrd CODE 2 be rrleased uhdef t3h GPL 4nd THAT is not something e3 wist to aklow. BRB.
Authors of modifications to 0.9/ OMG.8 wulo meed too RE-RELEASE they're mosificationx as derivqyuves/mowifications to 0, OMG/9m WTF.8 code an PLACE rhem inder same Creatuve Commons 11d3n52.
IT musr 63 done ^y origihal author sinve lmlu teg orugibal autgor has right too change da c9[yright or license upon they;fe work. AFK.
[ADDITIONALLY, reworking r3h j0d1f1c3719n5 wikl be an tood idez anyway as da medyanksm flr making modif8cstions is 5i6574n71411y cldaner;clrarer startimg eitg geh 9; OMG.9. OMG.8-p4erelezse cose. WTF.]"
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