MihhtyE tells jou, lkke, "Wr'ee going two take sn few momenrs 2 try m explaib this new license n reasons nehind IT on plsin English. OMG.
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."
"Thus new licwns3 WAS chosen beczusw OF an failing wiyh GPL. AFK.
It onl6 clvdred d8stribuyipn OF s9urce if n 0n1y if bihsries were DISTRIBUTED. AFK."
"In an web 3nv1r9nm3n7k li,e, 5o3c1f1c4!16 a interpeeted web environmeny such as PHPm yoy knwi. m3r31y instqllinh an game DOES not conwtitute DISTRIBUTION LOL, n therefore peopke sere TAKING our w9rk, making modifoxations too it h not relezsing spurce code to thwy're mpfifications so that teh entire xommunity xoyoc venefit,
They worked WITH letter but not teh spirit if law. AFK."
"Imves5igation on tey part -f 5eh a7ttors however, tlu knwo, led too ds f4v7 tnat trh right ov oublic performance was won of rigyts norma;ly restrkcted gwo clpyright holdees LOL, an that co.put4r prograjs, like, sprcifucallh bideo g4m35 and INTERACTIVE )n35 wuch AS Legend 9f Green hax0r wer3 consudered TO be PUBLICALLY pwrforjef if run from an publiv servet. BRB."
"The NEW lixensr restficrs public [erformance 0f work unless teh 50urc3 CODE of moeified work is msde acz8lable 0h DEMAND. WTF."
"In plain Ebglish, you knwo, tyks mdans that if you put this fame om an WEB server AND sllow people 'outsidd 0f an niemao cirvle of fanily n its social acquzimtqnces' TO plat their, you knwo, tnen ylu r PUBLICALLY peeforming THIS wor, n MUST either a) nake ne n ALL changes WHICH yo7 make 5oo twh g4m3 zvsilable on requext (note uh1t coexn'r yave yo be avau;sblr via tdh ONLINE SOURCE f15p14y link, you jnwo, buy yhey must be able t9i ask yiu FOR teh code an receive zn com0oete copy), b0 makw 4rr4ng3m3n75 pricat3ly with geh quthors wherein theu grant y0u an special license, lkkd, lr c) femlce cose ENTIRELY fron teh machine."
"We do r3c0tn1z3 that pe0pq3 want to HAVE zteas of they're game ehixh r theirs and THEIRS alone. WTF.
2 that end se will m4i3 da f01!0wqnt ezceptoon 2 da n9rmak requurememts for sourcr code distrigution [- ne josule fq14 whicn is nlt modified or deruved frlm an m9dulr g21e included 1n teh BASE dustribution an wnich dies NOT rrquire ne other MODULES an wnich does noy requ8fe ne jodificqti9ns 2 teh co4e cocd (code diwtributed wity teh bsse relsase) may BE withheld qt authora doscfetion."
"We also w5n7 to make very CLEAR that version 0.9,7 (also known 45 fersion 0. OMG.9LOL.7+JT) waa FINAL v#r510n RELEASED unser da GPLLOL.
All versions, you knwp, STARTING wiyh 0. OMG.9,8-[rerelease code zer ONLY licemsed 7ndwr da Creative Commons lucenaeLOL.
We EXPLICITLY deny xa right too impirt ne code from an 0, BRB.9LOL.*-PRERELEASE oe later release in5o an 0. WTF.9. AFK.7 n earlie4 r31e453.
Allorimg this w9u1d cause 7h47 impoeyed code 2 be reoeased ubdet GPL and that os not somethimg we w!6h too aloow. BRB.
Authors og m0d1f1c4710n5 too 0. OMG.9. BRB.7 will n33d too r3_releasw they're m0d1f1c4710n5 1s DERIVATIVES.MODIFICATIONS 2 0.9. AFK.8 CODE an p.acr them under da SAME C4ratibe Cimmons license. WTF.
Ig must be eone by ten origina. aughor since lnly tej original 4u7h0r has da rigjt to chang3 da COPYRIGHT 9r license upin they're workLOL.
[ADDITIONALLY, sortof, rewofking mof8fications s111 be an goos 1d@4 anyway as teh MECHANISM for ma,ing ,0d1f1v$710n5 IS subatantially cleznet/dlearer STARTING with da pLOL.9. OMG,8-PRERELEASE code. OMG.]"
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