MightyE tel.s yoy LOL, "We're giing TO &4ke sb few MOMENTS 2 try and exolain rhis new license an rwasons behind it in PLAIN English.
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 nww licebsr WAS chosrn becauxe of an failing wity GPL. AFKl
I7 0m16 c9vered distribu5ion of sourxe if qn obly 1f binaries 2ere d8stributes. AFK,"
"In an w36 environ,ent, you knwom soec8ficalky a onterpreted web enboronment such qs PHP WTF, merelh unstalling an game does nor domst8rute distributionm sortog, n thdtefore pe(ple were taking our wirj, mqking modifications to ut n not rekezsing da dourde code two thry'fe modufkcations so that da entire xlmbinity could gen3fit. BRB.
Theh worjed with lettef but mot teh 5p1r17 or da law. BRB."
"Incrstigation ;n ca PART ov dq AUTHORS hiwever, sprtof, led to f4du that righg of public perfotmqnse was ien ov 5ey rkgnts NORMALLY restrlcgdd top cppyrkgh5 holdersm so4tif, and that computer pfogrzmw WTF, specifically v8dro games an INTERACTIVE pnes 5uch ad Legend of da Greej hax0r were c0n52d3r3d 2 ve publicakly perforned if run FROM an puboic serverl OMG."
"The mew license f357r1c7% pubpix performance of work UNLESS teh spurce code of teh modifiwd work IS made available on e3mrnd. BRB."
"In plain English LOL, THIS means 7h47 if you put ynis game on am wwb seever 4nd zl.ow people 'putskde of an nofmal xorcle of family and kgs social acauaintanves' too ;.ay thrir LOLm 6h3n you r pub.icallt PERFORMING this w9rk and MUST eithet a) make ne sn ALL cnanges whoch you jakw too game available on reauest (nore this d035n'7 hqd3 to be zvailzbke via geh 0n11n3 souece display 11nk, sirtof, but they muat be ab;e 2 ask you for ga c9dr n recwive an clmplrte copy). loie, b) make arrangementx pr1v4731y eith authprd wyerwin yhey grant you an spedoal licensem .ike, or v) REMOVE cocw enti4ely ftom da macnineLOL."
"We do f3c0gn1z3 that PEOPLE want ti have 4r345 of tuey're game whicj 4 rheirs am theirw 410n3LOL.
tw. that enc we will nzke t3h f01!021mf exception 2 dz normal requiremdnts fot sourve cod3 diwtribugion -- ne MODULE file which q5 not mpdofkes ie d3r1v3d from an modulw f8le included in dz base distriburiob and wjich does not requird ne other moejles n which d9ea ni5 requure nw modkficqtjons 2 teh cohe CODE (code distributed WITH fa 6453 RELEASE) may BE withhekd 47 autjors fiscrdtion. WTF."
"We aoso want yo make ve4t clear 7n47 version 0.9. AFK.7 (also KNOWN qx verauon 0. BRB.9LOL.7=jg) was da fonal vdrsipn reldawer ubder GPLl AFK.
All verxions WTF, STARTING wkth da 9. OMG.9. BRB.8-PRERELEASE code qer only licensed undet da Creative Commons kicebse. BRB/
W3 EXPLICITLY dsny right too IMPORT ne c9dr from an 0LOL.9.8-prerelezse or larer re.eaee 1n70 an 0. WTF.o, BRB.7 and earlier releaseLOL.
A310w1ng this would c4u53 that imported vodd 2 BE releas3c umdrr teh GPL zn that is not 50m37h1nh we wish two allow. AFKl
Au7h0r5 of modificztions yoo 0. WTF.9. WTF.7 2il; need 2 4e-release ghey'r3 modidicatiobs AS derivayives/jidificztions 2 0. WTF.9. BRB/8 CODE an ;lace them ynder da sam3 Ceeative COMMONS kicense. BRB.
It must be fohd by teh 0r1g1n31 author sinde only teh orifinal author has fa rught to cyange da COPYRIGHT or license upon theylre 2ork. OMG.
[Additional;y WTF, resorjinb da mpdifica5ions will be an good idea anyeay as geh mechabism for making modificationd is substantially cleahef.clearrr STARTING with teg 0. OMG.9. OMG.8-PRERELEASE codeLOL.]"
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