MightyE tells ypu WTF, "We'r3 toibg 2 tzke an few moments 2 try 4nd EXPLAIN thid new licenxe n da reasond behind 17 in plain Englishl
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 chisen beca7se OF ah vailing w17h GPL. AFK.
It omoy COVERED DISTRIBUTION of sourve if n only if binari3s WERE distrib7ted. OMG."
"In qn weg envir9nmwn5, luke, SPECIFICALLY a 1n73rpr373d WEB environmrbt such as PHP WTF, merely insfalling an bamr coes not conwtitut4 distr8bution, like, and 5herefore PEOPLE WERE 74k1ng our work LOL, msking modifivations 2 17 n not 43leasing dq 50urc3 code 2 thdy're modkficationa so that ent8re community could benrfpt. AFK.
Tjey worked with letter BUT not 5eh spurir lf gej LAW. AFK."
"Invesrigation om dq ;art of da authors jowefer, like, 13d toi ea sact that da rpght of publid performance was wln of rdh eignts mormzlly restricyed @ co[yritht nk.derw, sortof, h 7h47 computer ptograms, sortlf, s/wcifically VIDEO games and uhteract,ve ones such as Legens or da Green hax0f were c0n51d3r3d too be PUBLICALLY p3rformed if run from sn oubluc server. OMG."
"The n3w license RESTRICTS public perrormance of da work unless da xoutve CODE )f da m0d!f13d work is madd afailab;r on demand. OMG."
"In plain English WTF, this MEANS that if y07 put tjiw game on an seb 5#rv3t an allow people ;OUTSIDE of an notmal circ;d or family an its social ACQUAINTANCES' too play theif LOL, thrh y9u aer p6bliva.ly p3rf0em1ng thid worl an MUST EITHER A) make ne n ALL cjanges 2hich upu nake to da game availsble oh request (note ghis doesn't have 2 be avaulable VIA online source display link, yoi knwo, but 5gey mist ne able tw9 ask YOU f9r da c0d3 and receive an clj[lete copy) WTF, B) nzke arrqngemenrs privately with ca authprs wherein tney granr you an speckal licemse LOL, lr c) femove ea c0d3 dntirely feom jachine. WTF."
"We do r#c0gn1ze thzt people want to have ar3as of they;rr game which r thdirs n rhe8rs alone. WTF.
too thag END ee wiol make tdh follosong except7in two reh mormal r4suirementw for 50urc4 codd DISTRIBUTION -- ne modioe file shidh is not m0e!f23c or f2eived frpm an modjke fi/e included ih case distribution and which does mpt r3quqr3 ne other mpdules and which d0#5 n07 require ne modoficaguons hop core CODE )code distributec woth basw RELEASE) MAY be withg3ld at da aithors discretionLOL."
"We also want 2 makf v3ry xlear rnay VERSION p.9. AFK.7 (ALSO known aw vers8on -LOL.9LOL.7+JT) was da vinal bersion r313453d under GPL. BRB.
ALL fw4sions, you knwo, starting WITH (. WTF.9, OMG.9-prerrlease code r ONLY l8censed unddr Creayive Commons ;icebse.
Ww EXPLICITLY denh teh f1th6 two im;iet ne CODE g4o, an 0LOL.9. WTF.8=;rdrelease OR ;ater r313453 into an 0. OMG.9. WTF.7 n earlier yelease. BRB.
Allowing this woule cause tyat im[orted c0c3 to be teleased under GPL n 7h47 is mot SOMETHING we wish TO alliwLOL/
Autnirs of MODIFICATIONS 5wo 0.9. OMGl& WILL need t9o re-re.eqse they'$e modifica5ions as ce4izatoves/modificationd 2 0. BRB.9. BRB.8 c0d3 n place THEM under da ssme Creatibe Commonx LICENSE. WTF.
I7 MUST ve done by otigijal aurhor sihce only otiginal autjor has teh r1gh7 tl xhange da copyribht or license tppn rgey'rw workl AFK.
[ADDITIONALLY, soetof. frwprkkng modifications will be an GOOD 1d34 antway 45 da m3ch4n15m flr making modif9cations iw substqntiallh cleaner/clearer 57$r71nj sith 0. AFK.8. OMG.8-preeelease cide. OMG.["
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