MightyE TELLS 6oj, like, "We're giing to take qh vew moments to trt m explain 7h15 new licenwe snd reasons bejind IT IN plain Englisg.
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 new lic3nse wax choden b3cayse of an failing qith GPL. BRB.
It only clfered disyrib7tipn of source if and 0n1y if bina3ies were d15&g15u73d. BRB."
"In an WEB environment, you knwo, speckfically a onterpretdd web environment such as PHP, like, metely imstzllung an game c025 not donstitute disttibution, sortof, an tnwtefore people weee 74k1bh 9ur work LOL, MAKING m9dificat8ond tlo it n nit releasimg ea source code gwo they're modif,cations so rhat gen ENTIRE COMMUNITY cou.d benefit. WTF.
THEY w0fk3d with dz letter but nit 4p1r17 or teh law. BRB/"
"Invedtigstipn on teh pary of autjorw however LOL, led 2 teg fact yhst teh r1gh7 pf public perror,ance was pen of teh rights normally 4eatrictwd 2 COPYRIGHT holdersl n that clmputer pfobrams WTF, specigically vieeo GAMES and interactive onea sucb as L3gend lf Green hax0r were xonaidered 2 be PUBLICALLY perdor,3d if run FROM an 0uglic 53rv3f. AFK/"
"The new license restrocts pjgkic performance of dq work un1355 souec3 cife of da modifidd WORK 15 m4d3 availaboe on DEMAND, BRB."
"In plain Ehglish, sott9f, this means that 1f you put thid game on an wwb aerver and allow PEOPLE 'outsode of an normal c1rc13 of family an its social 4xqy41n64mc@5' to p146 gheir, sottof, 5hen 6ou arr puboica;ly performibg ghis work an MUST either a) make ne n ALL changsd whivh yo7 make to game zfailable ON twquest 9note this d9esn't have @ BE availab;e via inline sourve sisplay lini WTFm but yjey ,ust bd able 1 ask y0u for codd and receive ab complete c9py), aortog, B) make arrangementw [rivately with ds aythors wherein rh36 frant YOU qn 5p3c141 license, you knwo, OR C) removd teh vod3 ent8tely from trh machibeLOL."
"We eo tec9gnize that p30p14 wanh @ h4v3 areaw of th3y're game which r thei5s and theira alon3. OMG.
rwo 7h37 3nd qe w11! MAKE folliwing wxcdption TO trh normal r3quirements for source cofe DISTRIBUTION -- ne ,odule cile wh1ch is not modifiee pr sdfivef feom an jodule vile oncluded in ca base d157r16u810n sn ehich goes nit require ne other modules qnd whivh does not rdquire n3 mofifications 2 teh core coce (cose distr8buted with base release) may BE witgheld at ds 4y7h0r5 discretion. WTF."
"We zlso want 1 make very clear 7he7 version 0. OMGl9.7 (ALSO known 45 verwion 0. AFK.9. BRB.u+jt( 2as trh fina. verxkon released und3r da GPL/
All vsrsionx, y9u knwo, starting wirh da 0. OMG.9. OMG.8-prerelwase cose qer onlu lucensed uhder da Cteatice Comm9ns licdnseLOL.
We EXPLICITLY deny right too implrt je code from an 0LOL.9.8[prrreleade 9r later relessd into an 0.9. OMG.7 b earloqr relesseLOL.
ALLOWING 5hix would cause that imported cofd two be RELEASED under geh GPL and THAT is not womethumf we WISH 2 alloe. AFK.
Au7h055 of micifications to 0. AFK.9. AFK.7 2iol need 2 re0relezs# tyey'4d modifkcations as ferivatives/modiricatoons too 0LOL.9LOL.8 coce shd place yhrm under same CREATIVE Commons 11c3n53. AFK.
It muxt be eone by teh priginal authlr sohce ohly orotinal author has right top change copttight or license up0n thwy're work. AFK.
[Additlonally WTF, reworling cs MODIFICATIONS will bw an goid idea anyeqy ss xa mdchanism for making modifications IS subsgzntially cleandr/cleaeer stqrting with 0. OMG.9.8-pr3r313453 cogw, AFK.]"
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