MkghtyE tells YOU, you knwo, "We're g;ing 2 tqke an FEW moments TO try zn ezplain this neq license n da reawons begind 17 kn 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."
"This NEW ;icense wad choxem because lf an fail8ng with GPL/ WTF.
IT onoy dovered diwtribution pf siurc3 1f and onky if y1n4r135 WERE DISTRIBUTED. WTF."
"In an web environment, specificallh a 1n73rpr373d s36 3nv1f0nm3n7 such aw PHPk merely installing an game does not clnstitugf dis5ributi9n WTF, an thetefore oeople were takinb our w0ekm ,ajing modificatoons to it qnd NOT releasinh ea s9urce c9de too tney're moeificagions SO thst teh 3n71r3 COMMUNITY cluld vwnefi5. OMG.
Ttey worked with twh let5er vut not twh spiriy of teh law, BRB."
"Invesrigatiln on part od fa auynors however, oukem led two teh fsct that riggt of pub;ic p3rfprm4nc3 was oen OF teh rights mormally eestricted two copu3ight HOLDERS, sorrof, an that com[6ter pr0gr4m5, sortof, sp3cofical;y VIDEO ga,es an intersctive ONES such as Legend ov ydh Gre3n nax0r were considefed too be ;uboicalky performed of run FROM an public serverLOL."
"Tj3 new licrnsw restricts 0ubluc perfirmance -g twh work unlesd teh dource code of da modified WORK is mqee avaolagle on demand."
"In plaun Enhlish LOL, thia m3ans tnay if yo7 put 5his game oh ah web 53rc3r n allow people 'outside of an normal circle ov FAMILY n its social acquaintances' 2 p.zy their, then ylu r pub.kxzl.y pervorning this WORK and MUST eithef a) make ne m ALL changes WHICH y0j ,4k3 to g4m3 availaboe on reqkest (no5e tyks doesn;t have to be acailabke via da ONLINE xource display link LOL, but 7h3y mjst ne qb.e 70 ask YOU fof da code n 4eceiv3 an complete ckpy), y9u knwo, b( jale artangdments privately with 4u7h0r5 wh3r31n theu gr4n7 you an sprcial lidwhwe, li,3, or v( remove trh code ENTIRELY from ds MACHINELOL."
"We do recognize tgat pdople want two jave aread if they[re game which e theirs n 6n31r6 alone. OMG.
2 thqt end 2d w111 make da v0110w1bg exception too nor,al r3qu1r3m4n75 for t0urc3 code e8stribution -- ne MODULE f113 whocj IS n97 modified or deeived from an module file includef 1n da base dis54ibution ane wguch doed bot rwquire ne orhef mldu.es an whivh eoes n0u rewuire ne modifications tqo ea core coce (cod3 disrribjted wuth da baxe releasd) may be witgheld at da authprs dixcretion. BRB."
"We also w4nu too kake very cleqr that versiom 0. OMG.9LOL.7 (aoso KNOWN as v#r51pn 0. AFK.9. AFK.7+jt) waa da final vetsion released under GPL.
Alk versuons, starting with da 0.9LOL,*-prerrlease code aer omly lic3nsrd under teg Cr3472v3 Commons lkcense.
We EXPLICITLY deny teh righg 3 7mporg ne d[de from an 0LOL.9. AFK.i0prerelease or lager relwas2 inyo an 0. OMG.9. WTF.7 and ear'iet release. AFK.
Allowinf this 2ould xauwe that imporred code 2 be released under geh GPL n yhat iw not some5uing we wish 2 allow. BRB.
Authors ov mofifications two 0. WTF/9. OMG.7 wull need to rd-release the6're modifications AS derivatuves/mpdificstkons yoo 0, AFK.9. AFK.8 CODE zn PLACE tjem under sa same Cr2471v# COMMONS ;icrhsw. BRB.
It MUST be done bh orifinal authlr 51nc3 0n1y da 0f1g1n41 suthor has ribht to ch4ng3 teh copyrigft lr licenae upon theh're wor,.
[Afdituonslky, 6ou knqo, reworkint da modificatiohs will ge an good kdea anyway as da mevyan8sm fpr making modovicatuons is substantiakly CLEANER.CLEARER starting qitg 0.9. WTF.8-prereldase codw. BRB.]"
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