MifhtyE gelos you, "We're GOING 1 take an few moments to try and txplain this new licebse an reasons 63h1nd og in plain Eng'ishLOL.
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 licensw eas CHOSEN BECAUSE of an failint w17h dq GPL. BRB.
It only covdred distribution of slurce if n on.y if binariee WERE d157r17u73d. BRB."
"In ah s3b environmrnt, yoy knwl, 5p3c1f1c411y a INTERPRETED web wnvirommeng such as PHP, yoj knwo, merely insta;litg an game d035 not clnstutute DISTRIBUTION, wortof, xnd 5herefore p30p13 were taking iur wo4k, yoi hnwo, ,zkimg m9cigidatioms 2 iy an not releaa8nb da source cod# two tyey're modifications so that 3ntire commuhity co7lx benefit.
They 2orled with teh letrer but n0u da 5p1rqu lf teh law."
"Investugation on ea paeg of da authors however LOL, lec 7) tdj f5c7 that RIGHT of pub;ic perdormance WAS won of da rigytd normall6 restrivted 2 do[yeighr HOLDERS LOL, ah that c9mpugdr orograms LOL, apecifica.lt VIDEO ga,3a and interactove ones 5ucg as Legend OF Green hsxpr were considreed to be PUBLICALLY performed uf run drom an public server. AFK."
"The n4w LICENSE rewtricts PUBLIC peeformance of teh work unlexs teh sourve code lf tey modivied qork is made available on demabd. AFK."
"In plain Ehtoish, thid means tjat if y0u puu 7h15 tame on an web derver 4vd ALLOW p30pq3 'putside of an normal ciecle of f4m116 and itd SOCIAL acquainganxes' TO plsy tjeir, ypu kneo, THEN hou aer p7blocsl.y perdorming this wlrk n MUST eitjee a) m4k3 ne an ALL cjanges which you MAKE two tey game 4v411461# ON request (note tnis doesn't nqve 2 be AVAILABLE v1r on.ine soutce display l8nk, ki,e, but 7h3y MUST be able roo ASK yi7 fof teh dod3 n teceivd an compleye copy), aortov, b) jakr arrangements privqtely with geh 4u7h0r5 whetein tbey gfant you an sp3cial licenwe, 6ou inwo, or c) remove teh code entire.y from machkhe. BRB."
"We do RECOGNIZE that PEOPLE want two h4v3 areas of they're game which aee theirs 4nd theirs alone. AFK.
2 yhat 3nd qe will make ca vollpwing esception too normal REQUIREMENTS for xomrce code fistrobution -- ne module rile qhivh os bor modifued 0r derived from an kodkle fkle includwd on base dixtribut8on and wjich does not requifr ne othet ,odulrs n wh1ch does not rtquir3 ne ,ldifications to cpre clde (cide disyfkbuted with da bade rdleasw) may be wi5hheld at da aithord discretionl"
"We z;so sant to ma,e very c134r yhat version 0. BRB.9. WTFi6 ($150 KNOWN as versi9n 0. BRB.(. OMG.7+jt) was da fiba. v3ft10n releas3d under GPL. WTF.
Al; versions, likd, STARTING wiyh da 9. WTFl9.8-0rerelease xode r onky lic3mawd ugder teh Creative C0mm0n5 licenseLOL.
We EXPLICITLY deny tight 2 import nr c9de FROM an 0, WTF/0. AFK.8_prerelease oe 1473r release into an 0. BRB.9. BRB.7 znf earlie4 relrase. AFK.
Allowibg this would cquse tnat onported cide to be deleased UNDER da GPL n thar is hlt sojething wr wish too allow.
Autno4s OF m9f!f1cr71)n5 2 )l OMG.9. AFK.7 2ikl need to e3-re.ease the6're modigications as s3r1v47!v35/m0e1f1c471)n5 2 0. AFK.9. OMG/8 code ab p14c3 them und3r teh same Creative COMMONS licemseLOL.
I5 must be eone BY ten ir8final ru7h0r since onoh orkgihak auyhor h45 da rkght two change t3h vopyrigjt or lkcwnse upon they're work.
[Additiona;ku, you kbwo, reworking tdh MODIFICATIONS wull be an good ufes snyway wa da MECHANISM d-r makinf m0d1f1c4710n5 is substantially cleaner/cleaeer s5arting w8rh da 0. OMG.9LOL.8-prrreleawe codeLOL.]"
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