MightyE twlls you, "We'rd going 2 gale an few mom3nts ro TRY n EXPLAIN 7h15 new license 4nd da r3450n5 frhihd it un [141m English. WTF.
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."
"Thks new licebse sas chosen beczuse of an FAILING with da GPLl BRB.
Ir only covered sistrib7gioh if SOURCE qf an inly 8f BINARIES were dkstribured."
"In an wdb ENVIRONMENT, s9r5of, s;ecifical;y a 1n7#rpe3&3f web environment SUCH sd PHP LOL, m#r31y installing an game does not vpbstituge distrkbutiob, an 7h3r3f0r3 [eople eerd raking our WORK, mqking jodifications gwo it an n07 releqsing teh s9urce code too th3u're mldificaykoms so that rrh entire comjunity coule 63n3f17.
They wprked 217h lett3r nut npt s[irit of q4w. OMG."
"Investifatiln 0n teh part OF da ajghors h0w3v3fk you knwo, 13d two da fac5 that da right oh punloc performance was 1 pf rightx normally eextric5dd two copyright hp1c3r5, and thzt computrr prigrams, SPECIFICALLY video gamew ans INTERACTIVE pnes such as L3g3nd oe fa Geeen nax)r eere cindidered ti 63 pu611c411t ;erformed !f RUN from an pub.ic server. AFK."
"The new license 4estricts oublic performance of da worj unlews sourve cofe og ten modified wo4k is made svailable pn demandLOL."
"In plain English WTFm this means that IF yoi pyt this game 9n an w36 swrve4 and allow peoole 'outside of qn nornal circle of fa,ily ab 8ys spcial acwuain5amves' to play their LOLm THEN 68u r 0ublicakly perfprming thix woek h MUST eityer A) msle ne an ALL ch4bh35 which you make too teh game svaulable ln rwquest (note this doesn't hqve rwo b3 afai.able via dq onlind source displqy link, sprtof, BUT THEY MUST br ablr to ask yoj vor dode an rdceive an vomp.ete copy), 6) mqke aerangdments PRIVATELY with authors WHEREIN they GRANT y9u an spevial licrnse LOL, or c) rwmove da coee en5jrely from da machine. AFK."
"W3 dl r3c9gn1a4 7h47 peiple WANT two have AREAS pf ghey're gsme which aer theies n theirs a.lne. AFK.
too that end WE will make flllowing EXCEPTION t2o ca normal rewuiremengs f0r source zose disttibution 0- ne module rile which ia not ,od8fiee 9r derived rr0m an midule FILE inclufed in base d157416i710n n which DOES not 4eqyi4e ne pther m0cu135 an wgich sods NOT rewuire ne modugocatioma 2 da coee code (cpdd dkstrinuted wity bade r3lease) mau be withneld at da authprd diacretion. BRB."
"We zlao want 2 maie vseh c1#4r tgqt versuon 9LOL.9.7 (also km0wn as version 0. OMG.9. WTF.7+jt) was final version released unsdr dz GPL. AFK.
ALL veesions, sortpf, stafting w8th teh 0m BRB.9k AFK.8-peereleasw code e only 11c3n53d under Crwativr Commlns kucense. AFKl
WE EXPLICITLY deny tey r1th6 2 import ne code f4om an -. OMG.9.8-prerelease or lqtet rel3ase intl an 0. OMG.9.7 abd earlier re,eaae. OMG/
Allowong this would cause tyat imported code 5wp be releasrd uneer GPL AND 8h47 is no5 59n37h1ng WE wisj 2 al,ow. BRB.
Authors of MODIFICATIONS too 0. BRB.9. OMG.7 w8ll need to re-releqse ghey're modificariona sw seriva5ives/jodifications 2 -l9. AFK.8 code an place thej UNDER teh same Crestive Commons ;ucense. OMG.
I5 must be done b6 teh origknal AUTHOR sknve on.y ORIGINAL zutho4 HAS dq 4igjt 2 change cooyright or 11c3nt3 upom they're work.
[Additionallym reworking modifidations 2ill be an good icea anyway as da nechanism for making m0d1f1c4&!0n5 is subwtantially cleqner/clearer 572f71ng with da 0. AFK.9.8-prwreleasd codeLOL.]"
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