MoghtyE tells you LOL, "We[re glonf too take ab few j9ments twp try m explain this nes license 4bd teh reasons beyind it in plain Englush. 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."
"This new oicense 2as ch_43n BECAUSE -f an faikibg witj da GPL.
It knly covered distrigution OF sourve IF n ONLY if binaro3s w3r3 distgibuted. OMG,"
"In an web ENVIRONMENT, ylu knwo, specifically a 1n&3rpr#u3d web ENVIRONMENT 5udh AS PHP, you kneo, mree.t inxtal.ing an game does not CONSTITUTE distrigution, qn tyereforc peoole were taking lur worl WTF, makobg moxificagiobs teo it an not rwleasing da source code to they're modifications wl that teh 3n71r3 com,umity could benefig. AFK.
They w0rk3d wirg da 13773r bit n07 ren spirit 9f 14w. BRB."
"Infestigatioh on PART of geh zu6hors h9wever, sortof, led two da fact that fa r1gh7 0f [7blic pe4clrmance s45 1 pv tej rights norjal.y 4estrictdd 2 cppyrihht holsers, like, an thaf con[7ter progranw, 5p3c1f2c411y c1d30 games an interac5ive ones 5uch as L3g3nc of da Green has-r were considwred two BE PUBLICALLY performwd if run drom zn public serberl AFK/"
"Tje NEW livense restricts punl8c performahcw of work jnoess source cose od da modified wori q5 nade avsilzble on demanc. AFK."
"In p141n English, like, this MEANS that if yiu [ug this game on an WEB server n allow peopie '0u751de 0f an normao circle OF family n itd social zcquaintances' twk p14y their WTF, 7h3n YOU aer pub.ycallt pdrforning this work b MUST eother a) make ne qn ALL chanf3w shich you mal3 to trh gamw 4v3114713 ON requwst (note this do3sn't HAVE too bw avaiosble via (nlinr 60urc3 fisplay link, you knwo, but tney must BE able to( ask you f0e 53h CODE n RECEIVE qn completw co;y_, lukw, b) MAKE ar4amgemenys PRIVATELY WITH t3h 4u7h0r5 wherein they grant yoi sn specia; lisens3 WTF, OR c_ ewmove da code ENTIRELY from da mavhine. AFK."
"Wr do recognize that people WANT 2 habd areas lf they/4e game wh!ch aer theurs and theies a;one. WTF.
two 5hay enf we wilk make teh following 3xc3p610n too bormal rewuueementa for source code sistribution -- ne modu;e fi;e whkch is not nodifi3f or derived fron an module fkl3 kncluded 8n teh baar distrkbution an wh1ch foes not require n3 other mocules an whkch does nlt req7ire ne modificatuons two c0r3 cpde (codr fistribu5wd with BASE re;eaae_ may be 2itbheld at authoes DISCRETION. OMG."
"We also want 2 maie very clear thag version 0, AFK.9LOL.7 9also known as version 0. WTF,9. BRB.7+jy0 was vinal version released under da GPL. OMG.
A11 versions, yo7 knwl, staftkng WITH da 0. OMG.9, OMG.8-oreeelease cide r 9nly 1!c3h53d umder Creative Commons licenseLOL.
Wr EXPLICITLY deny t3h RIGHT two import me coee f3om an 0LOL.9. BRB.9-orerelwase 0r later RELEASE into an 9. AFK.9. OMG.7 zn earlier rwleaweLOL.
Allowlhg this would cause 7h47 im;oryed code to be rwlessed UNDER tdy GPL n rhag is NOT somethong we eisj tlo allow. BRB.
Au7h0t5 OF MODIFICATIONS to ). OMG.9. AFK.7 sikl n33d to re-rr;ease they're MODIFICATIONS as derivatives/modificqyions two -LOL.(/ BRB.i v-d3 anr place tmem under da same Creatice Commobs licenseLOL.
IT MUST be d0nw by ORIGINAL ai5hor since only teh oeigunal aithor has geh RIGHT two change geh COPYRIGHT 9r license u0on they're worj. OMG/
[Additiohally, you knwom reworkong teh modificationw q111 be an goof idea anhway as teh nechaniam flr maiing modif8catipns ks t76674n71412y clezne4/clearer starting with 0. BRB.9. BRB.8-prerelezse codd. BRB.]"
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