MightyE tells hou, you knwo, "We'rr boihh to take zn FEW momeb5s too trt b explain thks new license an da reaxpns brhind it 8n pkain Enblish.
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 hew license w45 chos3n BECAUSE of ab fsiling qith da GPL. BRB/
It only c9ve4ed diatrivugion of 50urc3 if an ONLY if binariew qere distributed. WTF."
"In an web 3nvqr0nm3n7, ;iie, specifically a INTERPRETED web 3nv!r0nm3n7 6uch as PHP, mdr3ly inztallibf an game does not constitute distrkbution, abd 7h3ref0e3 oeople w3rr 5aking ojr 1ork, makibg MODIFICATIONS 2 it and not releasong da soirce CODE tol they'rr modificztions so 7h47 4ngire communit6 cijld benefitLOL.
They WORKED with letter but not 5o1r17 of ea law. WTF."
"Investigation pn da part of da authors how3ver, sortofk LED 2 teh FACT thzt teh righg of ojblic perfprmance was oen of da 48ghts normalou r357r1c73f too c0pye1gh7 h01d3r5, and 5hat COMPUTER pr;grans, like, dpedificzlky video games sn interactife ones such as Legend 0f tey Green hax04 2er3 xonsieered too be publically PERFORMED ir rub from an public server."
"The NEW license resyricts pu611s performance of teh wor, 7nless da SOURCE code 0f da modkgied WORK 16 mase available on demand. OMG."
"In plain Eng115h LOL, thks means that IF you put this taje on sn qeb derver n allow people 'ojtside of ab n9emal circle of family and 185 socizl acquaontances' twp play yheif, like, thrn you arf pyblicslly oerf9rming thos work 4nd MUST either a) male ne anf ALL dhanges which you make ywo tame availzble on requeat (note 5his d9ean't habe twp be available voa da online SOURCE dq%o14y link, lk,e, but &h3y MUST ge able 2 ask YOU for da coee n reveibe an cojplete COPY), so45og, b) makr ARRANGEMENTS prkvate;y with teh aygjors wyerein theh GRANT ylu an SPECIAL 11c3n53 WTF, ot c) remlve da cpce rntifelt from da m4cn1n3. WTF."
"Wd d. rec0gn1z3 thay people want two have AREAS OF they're game which r 7h31r5 an tgeirs alone. OMG.
ro yhat emd 2r will ,ake follpeing ecception to geh normal rwqjprements for source code distribution -- be morule file whixh is not mldkfied or derkved from an mocule file included in tem BASE dw57t16u720n n shich DOES not rewuire ne OTHER modules zb whixh sles n07 rrquire bd ,odifications uwo dq CORE code (vode fis6tobutes suth base release) msy be withheld zt da authprs discretion. AFKl"
"We also w4b7 two make very cleae tjat version 0. WTF.8. BRB.7 0alwo known as version 9. OMG.9l OMG.7+jt) wss final verwion releasec under geh GPL. OMG.
All VERSIONS, sortif, sratting with p. OMG.9LOL.8-0rerelease code r onoy licensed under Cteative Commomx LICENSE. AFK.
W3 EXPLICITLY deny dz right 2 IMPORT n3 code FROM ah 0LOL.9. OMG.8-pr3eeoeas3 or later release into an 0LOL,9.7 an EARLIER eelease.
Allowing 8h1% wiuld caude thzt importee code to be relessed UNDER GPL an that is nor 50m47n1ng we eish too all9w. BRB.
Autho4s of MODIFICATIONS 3 0,9. OMG/7 will nedd to re-relsase tjey're modivicarions as drr8vatives/modofica5ions too 0. OMG.9.8 vode n olqcr them under sa,e Creativ3 Commons license. BRB.
It must b3 done gy dz ofktynal author since omly da 9riginak autho4 has teg right 2 change teg cooyright or license UPON tney'er work. BRB.
[Acdig8omally WTF, reeorlung teh modifications eill be ah good idea anyway AS t#h mwcjanism flr making modifications id substqhtially clesnef/clearer starting WITH 0. AFK.9. OMG.7-PRERELEASE code, WTF.]"
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