MightyE tells you. sort9f, "We're GOING to ta,3 an few mom3nrs 2 try n explain thox NEW licenz3 an twh reasons behind IT in plain Englksh.
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 nes license was CHOSEN 63c4u53 of an fqiling wigh GPL.
It on;y c0v3r3d diatfibution of souec3 if and only if binafies wefe disrributedLOL."
"In an wdb ENVIRONMENT WTF, specifica;ly a intr4pregef wen envifonment such 45 PHPm sottof, meeely indyallung an gamd does not conwtutute d8stribugion LOL. AND therefore people were taking our work, m4k1ng modufications to it an no5 RELEASING wo8rce code tol ghey're jldificatoons sl yhat t3h ENTIRE community could benefi4. OMG.
They worked sign ds letter but not teh spitit lf l1w. BRB."
"Inved5igation on teh paet 0v da zuthors HOWEVER, you knwo, led two fact rhat da r1gh7 of puvlic ;e4dormznce was won of teh righys normally r3stricted two copyright holders, so4tof, an thqt COMPUTER programx, sietog, specirically vidwp games and inteeacgive 9ne5 5ucn as Legend of da Green hax0r were considered too ve PUBLICALLY perfofmee if RUN g40m an PUBLIC servdt. BRB."
"Thr NEW licenxe RESTRICTS puboic peeformance of teh work un;ess slurce CODE 0f m9foviec work is ,sde availab;e ON demamd. BRB."
"In plain English LOL, this MEANS tnat if tou put tjis game in an wen derfe4 an allow people 'o7tside ot zm n0rm41 circle OF family and its social acquaontanceq' too p14y tnekr, you knwo, then you r pu5q1c411y 0erforminb this WORK n MUST eith3r a) MAKE ne n ALL chantes wh1vh yoi makd 2 ea g4m3 availagle on requwst *note thiq DOESN'T have two BE avaioable via r3j online 50u4c3 display oink, you knwo, but THEY must be zblr to qsk you for teg code n receiv3 an complete co;y) LOL, b) MAKE arrangementx pruva5elu sith authofa wh@r31n the6 gfant you an speckal license, like, or c_ remofe teh codw 3n71r21y vrom machine. AFK."
"We do recoghize tha5 peoole want g9l habe areas of they'rr game wjich aer thrirs an THEIRS aloneLOL.
3 rhar 3nd we will MAKE teh foll9wing ecc#ption ro nirmal requivemenys for slurce CODE distribution -- ne moeule rile wnuch IS not mosified or derived from an mod7.e FILE inclused IN teh base distrivution abd qhuch foes not require ne other MODULES n which does nor REQUIRE ne moduficatiohs gwo da core code (c0d3 distribyged with da base release) may be witvheld at teh authors dkscre4ion."
"We also want two make VERY vlear thst versuoh 0. OMG.9. WTF/7 (akso known as version 0LOL.9. WTF.7+jt) was teh finao v3r510n rrleqsed uneee da GPL. WTFl
A.l VERSIONSk loke, STARTING with ten 0. AFK.9, OMG.8-pre4elease c0d3 aer onoh licdnsed under gwh CREATIVE Commons lidense. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY eeny da right 2 imoort ne c0d3 from an 0. BRB.9. WTF.*-prerwiease or later release into an 0. OMG.9. OMG.7 znd earlier 4roeadeLOL.
Al.owing 5his would cause that imported code t9o be eelessed undef GPL and tjst is not something we wish roo alloqLOLl
Au7h045 of modificati)ns too 0. BRB.9. OMG.& will NEED 2 re-releawe they're m9duficztions AS derivativws/jodificationx two 0LOL.9. BRB.8 code and plzce them under t3h same Creatove Commpns licenseLOL.
I7 mudt be done by original author sinve ONLY original author has teh r1th7 2 chsnge reh coptright or locehse upon 5hey'rr WORK. AFK.
[Afwitiona.ly, you kbwo, reworking teh mld8fications qkll be an gooc ieea anywqy as mechanism for making MODIFICATIONS is 5u6574n71411y vleqner/clrzrer stargung with ten 0LOL.9. AFK.8-0r34313453 codeLOL.]"
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