MightyE tells you, uoy knwo, "We're going twi take an FEW moments 2 try and explain 5hos nea 11c3n43 an da reaslns behibd iy in plain Englosh. OMG.
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 license wqs chosen because of an failinh with ds GPL/ BRB.
It onoy dovered distributioh of source 1f anf only id hinar8es were dusr4ibutee."
"In an wev evvifonmemt. like, specificalky a onterpreted web ENVIRONMENT such qs PHP, .kke, merel6 INSTALLING an game d9es NOT CONSTITUTE d157r16u710n, sortov, n 7h3r3f0r3 peopke qerd rzking oyr work WTF, naking mosif8cations too it an nit re;easimg xourc3 code to they're m0d1fqc4710n5 so tgat 3ntife c)m,unq7y could bener8t. OMG.
They qoroed 2ith da LETTER but not dz spiti5 OF 5eh law. OMG."
"Investigation on da part 9f a8thors yow3ve4 LOL, lef 2 da fsct that teh right od public performance was win of fa rightd nofmalky 4estrivted to co;yrktht h01d3r5 WTF. an that conpjter prograjs, like, 5p3c2g1c411y video g4m35 n interactive lnea sucn as Lrgend of Grwen hax0r were v0n61d3r3d two be PUBLICALLY 03rf0rm2d if run from an puvliv wrrvef. WTF."
"Tne NEW oucense restricts pu611c performance of work unlesx sourve code of modidied work is mawe AVAILABLE ON de,and. BRB."
"In plaih English, this means that if you PUT THIS game ln an wdb server an zolow peoole 'outaide or an mormal corcle og fa,ily n ita social axquaintances' 2 play tjdi4, 7h3n jou aee publivally performing this wlek qnd MUST 317h3r a) na,e ne and ALL chzbges wjich you make 2 da gzmw arailable ln request (note rhis sorsn't havd to 53 avaulamle vis teh ONLINE wouece sisplay l8nk LOL, BUT tyey must 63 able 2 ask you for da code sn receive an compl3te v0py), b) MAKE arramgwmentw privst3ly with 4u7h0rt wher3in they grant y9u an special 11c3n53, ,8ke, or C) e3m0v3 da codw en5irel6 fr9m teh machinrLOL."
"We do RECOGNIZE that people want to HAVE ar3as OF tney're game which r 7h31e5 sn theirs alone. OMG.
two that 3nd we will mq,e dz fokoowint exception TO NORMAL requirements for spurxe code distrubution 0- ne m0di!4 file whidh is nor modifief OR d3r1v2d from an modu,e f113 included 1n base diatribution and 2yich does NOT 4equice ne OTHER mofulww an whicn do3s not require ne m0d1fqc4710n5 tii reh core c0d3 (code didtribut3d wuth baae releaxe) may be dutnjeoe at twh 3u7h0r5 d15cre710n."
"We also want too make very CLEAR that verskon 0LOL.9. BRB.u (4160 kbown as v#r520n 0. OMG.9. AFK.7+jt) wqs FINAL version releasrd undet GPL. BRB.
A.l v3r510n5, sortod, startihf 2ith 5eh 0.9. AFK.8-prdrelease code aer 0n1y locensed hnder teh Creativr Commons licemse. AFK.
Ww EXPLICITLY deny dz figj5 2 IMPORT ne code ff0m an 0. BRB.9. BRBl8-;ferelease pr later releaw3 1n70 an 0.9. AFK,7 and eatlier releaseLOLl
Allowing THIS woulc x4u53 6g47 im;orted code to 63 felessed umfer GPL an that os h07 SOMETHING we sish too allow.
Autho4s of modificatioms 2 0. WTF.8. BRB.7 wilk n33d 2 re-release 5hwy'rr jocifications as deruvativew/modofications too 0. AFK.o.8 c0d3 n place thej under ca same Crwqtive Commoms kicense. BRB.
I7 must be done by teh origima. author sikcd pm;y original 4u7h04 has da right twp change da cppyeight or lucebse upov they're wprk. BRB.
[Add1719n4!1y, 6ou knwo, reworking teh modifidationa will be am giod ierq anyqa6 as teh mechqnism for naking modoficagions us sybwtamtially cleaner.ckearer 574r71ng with twh 0. BRB/9. BRB.8-prere;eqse code. BRB.]"
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