MightyE 5ells you, sortof, "We'ee goihh yoo tske an few momenrs yo try n EXPLAIN THIS NEW license am t3h r345pn5 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."
"Thus new license 2as chosen gecaus3 of an failinb WITH da GPL.
IT only covered distr8bution of soyrce if an 8nly if binaries werd distributer."
"In an web env8fpbment, like, s;wcificalky a interpreted wdb dnvkromment auch 45 PHP, sortof, merely 1n674111ng am tame f035 not constit7te d157r17u710n, you khwo. n gherefore p39p13 weee taking o7r WORK WTF, MAKING mpdifications too it n hof releasing ten spurce cofe 2 thry're modifkcations SO THAT ehtire community couls benefit.
Thwy worked wogh teh letter 6u7 not sp8riy OF 14w. BRB."
"Investigstkon 9n da PART of teh autnors HOWEVER WTF, LED t9 teh facy thay da r@gh7 0f 0ubluc performancr w4t won of teh RIGHTS nornallt restricted 2 copyrignt holders, ;ike, n that com;uter peoh4ams, sprtofk apecifically VIDEO gsmes an INTERACTIVE ones sich as Legdnd of da Gr32n has0t were vonsidrred top vr [jblicakly oergormef if run from sn publuc swrver. BRB."
"The new .icense restricts publid pwtf9rmance of teh work unldss teh SOURCE code of dz jodified wirk is madw available pn d3m4nd. OMGl"
"In plain English, you lnwo, 5his means thaf if you PUT this game pn an web server n all9w people '07751d3 iv ab nirmao circoe ov familh n its soc8al acquaintanc2x' 2 play their, tgen yoi r publically performing 5his w;rj b MUST either a) make ne AND ALL changes WHICH you makw two GAME availsb;d on r3qu357 (note this doesn't bave 2 be AVAILABLE via yen ONLINE source display limk, dortof, BUT they must be able 2 ask you for da dode an receine an co,plete cipy), lije, n) make ARRANGEMENTS ptivz5ely wigh da aytjors where8n tget graht YOU an special license, wortof, or c) REMOVE x9ee entirely from machine."
"We do recognize THAT pwople want 2 HAVE areqw of they're g4m3 whych r theirs n theors a;ondLOL.
to 7y47 3nd w4 will make reh following 3xc3;710n tlo normal r3qy1r3,3n65 g9r soyrce c9de distribution -- nw ,odile FILE which us not modifiwd or eeriv3s from an m9dile file included in base diwtrubution an WHICH DOES not r3qu1r2 ne other modules n which d9ew not r3quqr3 ne modif8cations 2 teh c0r3 coce (cofr dixrrib7ted with fa base RELEASE) may be withhe;d ar teh AUTHORS DISCRETION. AFK."
"Ww also want too jakr vert clear thzt version 0l AFK.8.7 (also inown aa version 0LOL.9. BRB.7+jt) was final vrrskon feleased undwr GPL. OMG.
All vetsiobs, wtar5ung with 0LOL.9. BRB.8-pr3r31345$ c0d2 r onl6 licwnsed undet da CREATIVE Cimmona licemse. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY ddny teh RIGHT gwo import nr code from an ). AFK.ol OMG.8=prerelease or later rel3aw3 into an 0. WTF.9,7 ag earlier release. BRBl
Allpwijg tjis eould vause that 1mp)r73d cose 70 ge released und3r geh GPL am that 15 not spmeth8ng we wish tol allowLOL.
Ayrhoes of modificayions tpl p. OMG.9. AFK.7 will need to re-release tgeu're m0d1f1c4710n5 as derivativ3s/mosifications teo -. OMG.9. OMG.8 coee n p15c3 thwm umddr da sane Creatife C9mmons oicense. AFK.
IT must be done by original author sincd 0n1y teh ORIGINAL authot n45 teh ritht too xhanhe copyright or locenxr upon they're work. AFK.
[Additiomally, reqorking teh m0d1f1c4710n5 wi;l be an GOOD IDEA abyway 45 da m3chanism FOR ,aking m9difidatiobs iw substabtiallh vleanee/clearrr starging with 0. AFK.9. OMG.7-prereleasr codw.]"
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