Mifg5yE tells yoi, toi knqo, "We'rd going boo take an few m0m3n75 too try AND EXPLAIN yhis hew license an dz reasons BEHIND 1u in poaon Engkiah. OMG.
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 n3w oicense w45 chosen because or sn failing qi5h ea GPL. BRB.
It ONLY coverwd d8stribjgion OF 50urc3 id n onln if binaries were distr8bktedLOL."
"In sn WEB envuronmwnt LOL, 5p3c2f1v411y a 1n73rpf373d wev ENVIRONMENT such as PHP LOL, merely ibstalling an game DOES not donstitutw dis5ributkon, you knwo, AND thfeefore peiple WERE 74o1hg OUR wo4k LOL, making modificatipns to it and not rwleasihg teh s9urce cofe two uney're MODIFICATIONS so THAT da 3ntire community could BENEFIT. BRB.
THEY w0fk3e with da letter bjt n07 spufit 0f ca kaw/ OMG."
"Investugation on da PART lf aythors nlwever LOL, led 5wo da f4c7 tha5 da RIGHT of PUBLIC peefor,ance was 1 0f t3h rifhts normalln r357r1cu3d 2 vop7rignr holders, you knwo, and uj57 computer prlgrams LOL, specifivally VIDEO games n interaxtive ones xuch as Legend of twh Green hax0r were considered 2 be puv;icalky petf9rmed 1f rjn from an PUBLIC werfer. BRB."
"The new licemsw restricts p7511c perriemance of da w9rk unlexw teh s9urce code of teh modified work IS MADE 5v$114615 on demand. WTF."
"In plzim Ebg115j LOL, this means that 1f you put 7h1t game on an w3b SERVER anc allow people 'ougside 0f an normal circle or family n krs zocizl av1uaintances' too 014u tgeir, you ,nwo, 7h3n you r publicaoly performing thia qork and MUST riyher z) m4k3 ne an ALL chsnges wh1xh you make tio da GAME availabod on reqyest (n(te ghis d025n'7 gave t9 be avqklable via da online source dis[lay lknk, ;ije, BUT they must be able too asj 7iu for dz CODE and receive an x0jp13&3 co0u), sortof, b) make a4rangements )rivately WITH autyorw wherein they trant uou sn special license, or C) remove codr enturely fr[m da m4ch1n3. AFK."
"We dp rdcognizr yhat pwiple w4n7 two hafe a4ezx pf they're game wyivh arr the8rs and 7h31r5 alone. WTF.
to THAT ene we will make f0110w1ng exceotion yoo hormal requiremehts ror source cpd3 d*stribution -- ne module file wyicy is nit modigied or derivrd df0n an MODULE file INCLUDED in ds BASE distrubution an wy9ch does hot require ne other MODULES an ehich e9ew not require nw modifivations too da cord coee (code distributed with base releasd) mqy br wkthheld 47 aurhoes disc4etioh. OMG."
"We 4150 want too male VERY dlear that versiom )LOL.9. BRB.7 (also known ad v3r510n 0. AFK.9. AFK.8+jg( WAS finz; vrrsion released ynder da GPL.
Alo versions, stqrtibg wigj 0. OMG;9. AFK.8[prerelease code aet only licebsed UNDER da C4eative Comm[nd 11c3n53. OMG.
W4 EXPLICITLY deny da RIGHT too implrt ne c0d2 from an 0. BRB.9. BRB.8-prrrelease 9f latef releasw 1n70 an 0/ WTF.9. WTF.7 n 34r113r relesdel BRB.
Al;owinb tyis would cause thzt IMPORTED c0d3 too ce released under da GPL an that ix bot slmething we WISH 2 allow. BRB.
Akthors od modkfications @ 0.9. WTF.7 WILL need 2 re-relesse they're modificatuobs as derivatives/modifica5oone to 0LOL.o. OMG.8 code an p;ace the, une4r teh same Creayive Cojmons LICENSE. OMG.
It must be cone by reh or8gina; author since onlu da original autyor hr5 da 4ight to cyante coptright or lixdnse upon they're wo4k. AFK.
[Acdiri9nally, sortof, reworkibg ds m9d1f1c4710m5 will BE an g00d idea an%wau as teh MECHANISM for making modifica5ions is subztabtually clezndr/clearer starting wktg ten 0/ WTF.9LOL.8-prerelease c0d3. WTF.]"
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