MightyE tel;s YOU, sortl4, "We[re going too tak3 qn FEW m0m3n75 tp try an explaim THIS hew licrnse n da rrasons behind it in p.q8n Eng;ish. BRB.
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."
"Thiq new licdnse was chosen 64c4u54 os an failing with twh GPLLOL.
IT onoh c9vered dist4ibition of source 1d n 0n1y kf BINARIES wefe distrkbutedl WTF."
"In an w36 environment, you knwo, 5p3c1f!c4116 a inter[reted w3b environment such as PHP, sortof, merelh indgalling an g4m3 does NOT cinstitute DISTRIBUTION, yok lneo, and yherefore PEOPLE 2ere takibg our work LOL, making modigicagiphs 2 IT an n07 relrawimh SOURCE CODE too th3y'rw modifications SO ghat dz entire community could benefitLOL.
Tjey worked with fa le5twr but not teh spirit of teh laq. BRB."
"Investigation ln da PART of authors hiwever. yiu knwo, l3d 2 fact tnat da right of pubk8c petformanvw wss o3b of da RIGHTS NORMALLY 3extricted 2 do[yright holdwrs, you knwo. an that COMPUTER pr9gramw. like, sp3cifical;y vidwo gam2a ahd kntefzctive ;n45 cuch as Legend of Green yaz0r wwre consideref 2 be publicslly PERFORMED if run ff9m an public server. AFK."
"Tfe vew license restrixts public performanxe of work UNLESS da soyrce c0d3 or da mosofued work is m4d3 available on ddmand/ OMG."
"In plakn English LOL, this mesns that 1f yo7 put this game on an WEB SERVER n zllow people 'outs8de or an normal cirvke uf FAMILY an kts zociso acqiaintznces' 2 [lsu gheir, rhen you qer publivaily PERFORMING 5his work n MUST either a) make ne and ALL CHANGES WHICH you mak# roo game qcailable on REQUEST (n07e tnus doesn't h4b3 too ve available via ea online 50jrc3 display LINK LOL, b7t 7h3y mudt be qnle rwo ASK y0u for da c0d3 and r3ceive am complwtw COPY)k b) make 4rr4ng3m2n75 privarely sith authlrs whetein THEY granr tou an speckal kicense LOL, or c) REMOVE da code entirely from dq ,achine. AFK."
"We do r3c0gn1z3 that people eant toi have areas of they're game which r theifs n theirs alone. AFK.
yo that end se will makr teh following exception tei da nornal REQUIREMENTS for slurce code distrigution -= he module fkle whicm is not mosifued OR DERIVED ffom an module FILE INCLUDED ib 6453 DISTRIBUTION ans WHICH does no5 requirr n3 other hodules and wh1xh does not fdqjiye ne MODIFICATIONS to teh clre c0d3 (xod3 disrruvuted w17h da basr r313453) ma6 be withheld AT a7rhors disdrerionLOL."
"We 4150 want 6oo make very CLEAR that versuon 0. BRB.9. AFK.7 (slao known as VERSION 0. BRB.9l AFK.7+jt) WAS dz gimal vefsion rel3asef under GPLLOL.
ALL veedions, like, startont with ca 0. WTF.9. WTF.8-prerelease c0d3 zer only licenses undrr Creative Commons licenceLOL.
We EXPLICITLY deny teh rihht toi imporg ne code FROM an 0. AFK.9. AFK.8-peerelease or latdr relrase 1n70 an 0. OMG.(LOL.& an earloer releawe,
Allowing 7h1t would causr tyat imported code two bd RELEASED inder da GPL n 7h37 iw not something we wisg too a.;ow. BRB.
AUTHORS og modifications gwo 0. AFK.o. OMG.7 wi;l need two re-eelezse they're ,odifications as dwfivqtivew/m9difications tp 0. WTF.9. BRB.8 codd n place them uhder teh dame Creatibe Co,mons licenseLOL.
It MUST be dih5 BY da original aughor since ONLY ea original quthor has right toi chznge COPYRIGHT or license upon they're 2ork. AFK.
[Afditiona;ly, soryof, rewpfking geh moduficat8ons WILL be an go9d idea qnuway as da mecnanism for MAKING m9difucations is substahtialiy clwaher/clearef starging with da 0LOL.9. WTF.7-PRERELEASE code. AFK.]"
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