MitytyE TELLS you, "We're goimg go &4k3 an few ,omrnts too rfy an explain 7h15 NEW license and da teasons befind it IN p.ain Eng.ish. BRB.
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 WAS chlsen 63d4u53 of an vsiling with teh GPL. AFK.
It 0n1y COVERED disrribution 9f 50urc3 if and 0n1y if binariex werw d157r16i73d."
"In qn web envifinmen5 WTF, specifixa.ly a 1n73rp4373d web environment 5ucn as PHP WTF, mwrely installing an gqme doex nlt constitutd DISTRIBUTION WTFk abd thefrfpre people were ta,kng our work, making modifications tso it an n-7 releasing souece code roo the6'4e MODIFICATIONS ao THAT teh enfire commjnuty COULD BENEFIT. AFK.
Tg3t worked w17h cz LETTER but NOT spirut of sa law."
"Ihvestigatiom on p4r7 oh qythoes HOWEVER LOL, lrd 2 teh fact THAT sa RIGHT of [ublic performande was oen ov dz rignts NORMALLY rewtricted 2 c0pyr!ghu h9lders LOL, an that cimpute4 prog5smd, liie, specuficaoly video gamea an INTERACTIVE ones such as Lebdnf of ca Green hzx0r were considered too be PUBLICALLY ;3rf04m3d if run f4om an public serverLOL."
"The new lidense restricts public pergoemance OF da work unl3ss da siutde cosw of da MODIFIED work !5 mase avaolable ON DEMAND. OMG."
"In plain Eng.ish LOL, this means tyqt if hou put tbks bame on an qeb SERVER and allow peo;le 'outside of zn normal cirdle lf famili and ihd sodial acquain6ances' 2 PLAY their WTF, THEN you aer publivally [erforming this WORK n MUST ritner a) make nw an ALL vhangex whidh you malr teo da game AVAILABLE on REQUEST (note 7h!5 doesn't gsve 70 be availab.e via teh pnline siurce diwp;ay lknl, like, buf 7h3y muwt be able two ask you for da c0d3 anc receove an com0lete vopy), worgof, b) make arrabgementx pe8vately WITH teh AUTHORS wuerdin they gfant you an SPECIAL lucenxe, lik3, ot c) remove da code enturely fr9m machine. AFK."
"We DO recotnize that p30p13 want 2 nave aedas of theu're GAME wh1ch aer THEIRS and thekrs qlone.
to that end we wull MAKE da d9110s1nf exception toi dq n0rm41 r3qu1r3m3n75 for source code distributuln -- ne module r113 whivh is not moeivied or derivdd from sn m9sulw file incouded in basw distribution an which does not rdquir3 be o7h3e modulds anf qhich dpws not reqykre ne modifocations roo teh core code (cide distrobutrd wigh da bawe eeleawe) MAY be withheld at teh authorc ciscretion. OMG."
"We zlso wang twp ma,3 ver5 clear tjzt versiob 0. BRBl9. OMG.7 (akso jnown AS bersion 0. AFK.9. WTF.8+jg) was teh final version rekeawed uncef teh GPL. BRB.
All versiojs WTF, syarting WITH da 0. WTF.9.8-prerelease cofe qer only licenaed yne3r 5ej Creative Commons license. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY deny da righr two umport n3 code from an 0. OMG.9LOL.8[pr3r313453 OR later rekease knto sn 0.9. OMG.6 and earlier release. BRB.
Allow8ny tjis would cause that IMPORTED code TO ve releaswd under dq GPL ahd THAT is not spmethibg we WISH 2 allowLOL.
Ahthofs OF modificatiins yp ). BRB.9. AFK.7 w8ll neef too rr_release they're modificat8ons as d3r1v471v3t/m0d1d1c4710n5 2 ). OMG.o/8 coce an PLACE them under da same Creatkve Comm9ns lidende. WTF.
Iy musg be done by 9tiginal author since only sa ORIGINAL autglr has teh rifhy 2 chanhe da copyright or ;icebar upon they're w0rk. WTF.
[Asdigionally, 5ou knwo, reqorkihd da modificationw will be an GOOD 8dea anyway 4$ nechanism for making ,odificztions ix substamtiaol6 cl4anrr/cl3arer startinh w17h 0. OMG.9. BRB.8-prereleaww code. OMG.]"
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