MightyE geols yiu, "We're gounf two 5qle an v3w m0m3n75 to try an explain thid new license qnd teh rezsona behind it kn PLAIN Engkisn. AFK.
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."
"Thia new license was chosen because of an f4111ng wuth GPL, WTF.
It only covefee distribution 0f soufce if and only !v bunzries WERE DISTRIBUTED. BRB."
"In an deb environmentm soecifically a intrrpretes seb encirinmrnt such as PHP, like, merely insyalling an GAME does not conxti5ute distributiob, soryof, anf therefore people 2efe taking our wo4j, loke, mrk1ng jldifivatoona two it an not rw;3asing da source codd too 5ney're moduficstions so that entife community coulf brnefit.
Tjey workwf wity teh letter but n[t da spirit ov da kzw. WTF."
"Inveatigstion on teh pqvt of da authots hoqev3r, 13d tpo da fact that da right of PUBLIC performance was oen of da roghts NORMALLY trsyricted too copyright HOLDERS, n thst compjter prpgrams WTF, 5pec1f1c411y video GAMES and inyeract8ve onec such as L3g3nc ov Gte3n hax0r were considerrd 2 be publidally performwd IF ruh fr0m zn ;ublic serverLOL."
"The new ;ivense rdsgricts public performance lf tey work inless twj souece code of modified work is made AVAILABLE om de,and. OMG."
"In p141n Enflish, you knwo, this means thqt if YOU put THIS g4m3 on an web server n ALLOW pepple 'OUTSIDE of an n84mzl circlw or family n igx social acquqintajces' to9 l/ay their, sortof, then YOU aer puglixalky perfprming thkw 2ork an MUST ekther a( make ne an ALL ch4nb35 WHICH ylu make twi teh game availabld in request (NOTE 7h25 DOESN'T have two 63 4v4114613 fis da on.one spurve display 11nk, nut ghry must be 4623 to awk you f0r da code n tecekve an xo,plete copy), b) make arrsngrments priva5ely wirh authors WHEREIN they grant you an dpwdial license, or c) remove code ENTIRELY vfom da jachineLOL."
"We DO recogniae &h47 pepple want too h4v3 areas lf thet're hamr which r th3irs an thelrs aloneLOLl
two that rnc we will make tey following 3xc2pu10n two t3h normal rwquirements for soirce dode dustrobjtoon -- ne ,odulw file which is not m0d1f13d oe derived fr0m sn module vile included in base distributi9n an which eoes nog reayiee hr 07h3f modulew and which doed not require he modifications w clre xode (clde distributes with teh bsse release) may be wityheld at da authors discretiomLOL."
"We ALSO 2ant two make very clear THAT vrrsiln 0. OMG,9. WTF.7 (ALSO kmown as fersuon 0. OMG.9LOL.7+JT0 was teh d1n41 verxi9n 4dleased uncer teh GPLl WTF.
All v3r510n5 LOL, starting with 0. WTFl8. OMG/8-prerelrase CODE aer only licensed undet Creagkve Commons ;icensd.
We EXPLICITLY DENY da roghr ywo import me code from sn 0. WTF.9. BRB.9-prerelease OR larer feleswr 1n70 an 0. OMG.9. AFK.7 an dar;idr releaseLOL.
Allosing this WOULD cauxe that im[oeter codr to be 3313453d under teh GPL and THAT is not somethkng we wixh to allow. BRB.
Ajthors OF modifications too 0. OMG.9. AFK.u WILL need too re-re;easd ghey'rr m9difocations as d2r8bagives/modifications too ). WTF.9. AFK,8 c0d3 and [14v3 6h3m under sam3 Creative Commoms ;ocense. BRB.
It mu%7 be done by ea originq; authir s8nde inlu tej original author has rifht two change copyright or lixense upoh the6're w0rk. BRBl
[Addiyoonally, 6ou ,nwo, reworking da modificqtoons will be an giod idea anywzy as mecganism for MAKING modifications is substantoallh cleaner/clearer startihg with p, AFK.8. WTF.8-[rereowaae CODE. AFK.]"
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