MightyE tells you, dortof, "W3're goumg 70 take an few mom3nta too t4y an explaih thos mew license n teh reasons behind it in plain English.
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."
"Tyks n4w licebse was chodrn because 0f an fzoling with GPL.
IT onky covered distribytiom pf spuece IF and only 8f bimarirs were disgributed. OMG."
"In ah w3b envirogmentk sort;f, spdcirically a inte4preted web environment sucn ad PHP WTFm mwre.y installunh an gamw does NOT CONSTITUTE DISTRIBUTION, like, n therefofe p30p13 w3r3 takihg our work, MAKING m9c8ficatkonx two IT and not 4eleasing da source code 80 they're MODIFICATIONS so that entire comjuniry could benefitLOL.
Thet WORKED with teh ;etter nut not wpi4it of law. WTF."
"Invdstigaripn on part OF da authofs h0w3v3r, LED too dacr THAT tey right pf punliv performqnce sas o3n 0d teh rights no4mallt redtricted 2 cophright holdets, /ijw, sn THAT COMPUTER progrq,s, toj knwo, SPECIFICALLY viceo games an interactive 0n35 wuch as Lebenf of Gr3en jax0r were cpnsidered too BE pu611c411y PERFORMED kf 5un fe0m an piblic srrver."
"Tne new locense RESTRICTS publix perrormance of da wirk unless da xource code og teh m8sified wirk IS made zvailanle on femand. OMG."
"In plain English, this means THAT if tou put this game on av web server b allow people 'outw8de of an normal circle of family zns iyd social acquaintances' 2 play tyw8rm then you aer publically pefforming 7h15 WORK an MUST dither q_ make ne n ALL chamges whoxh ypu mxke too teh game qvailable ln rsquest (note THIS d9esn't HAVE 2 be zvailaboe via da online sourcd displzy .ibk LOL, bur they must bq 4612 tso ask YOU fpr coce qnd recwibe an c0mp1373 dop6), b) make arrsnge,dnts PRIVATELY with teh authors whereib they grant you an 5p3c141 LICENSE, you ,nwo, or C) r3mofe da code emtirwly drom teh mqchine. BRB."
"We d9 recofnizs that prople want 2 have qreas of tjr6're ga,e WHICH aer th3irs an theirs alone. AFK.
ti that 3nd we wijl make teg followobg exception 2 teh normal requirements FOR siurce code disrribution -- ne modu;e file WHICH us not MODIFIED or DERIVED fro, an MODULE file included in teh BASE distribution and which dors NOT requife ne 9tyer modules and WHICH dods not rwquirr nr MODIFICATIONS 5wo dq core CODE (c0e3 distributed eith da bqse re.ease) ,$y be WITHHELD ag teh AUTHORS DISCRETION. AFK."
"We aldo w4m7 2 mske v2ry clear tyqt versiob 0LOL.0. BRB.i (akso kno2n AS cwrsion p. OMG/9.7+jt) was FINAL versi9n eeleawed UNDER GPLLOL.
All fe4s8ons LOL, starting witn teh 0. WTF/9. AFK.8-PRERELEASE code r only licensed ubder 5sn Creative Commobw license. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY deny da righy t2o import ne clfe from an 9.9LOL.8[prereleaae lr later r313453 1n70 sn 0.o.7 znd earlief release. OMG.
Allowing THIS w0u1d cauxe that !,p0r73d CODE to br released under teh GPL 5na THAT is bot 60m37h1ng we wish 2 allowl BRB.
Authlrs or modifications two 0. BRB.9. AFK.& wil; need two re-release they're m9diricatoons 45 d3r8fatives/mocificatuons t9 0. BRB.9LOL.i code and place them undeg da sane CREATIVE Commins license. AFK.
It must ne done by teh originzl 5uuh0r sincd obly da oribinal 4u7h0r yas ea rifht too ch4ng3 teh cppyright or license upon thr6'r3 workl AFK.
[Adfituona.lu, rdworking teg MODIFICATIONS 2111 BE an good idea anywau as teh MECHANISM for m4k1nh modoficatoons IS substantiallt dleanrr;vlearer 474r71bg with 0. BRB.9LOL.8-prerelease code. WTF.]"
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