MightyE tel/s yoi, like, "We'r3 goong tal take aj vew moments 2 try an explsin thus new license ans geh reasons behind ut in plain English/ AFK.
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."
"Thos new license was chosen becausw OF an fa8.png wity teh GPL.
It on.y covered distrivution 0g sourcw IF and onlh if binaries were distributed. OMGl"
"In an d36 enfironment WTF, specifically a interpreted web dnvuronmen5 such 45 PHPk you kbwo, merwly installing an game does bot constitutd distribution, li,e, an ther3fote -eople were takint our WORK, likr, making modif7cations t2o ot AND nit relezsing teh sourcd code two they-re m9sificationw so thqt da ENTIRE communutj dould brnevit.
Th3y wlrked with da oeyrer 6u8 noy ds spi4it OF da law."
"Investibation on part 0f da AUTHORS howdver, lile, lec too da fact 7h57 da right of public petforuance was pen 9f teh RIGHTS nornally restricgef 2 copyribmt h9lddra, like, amd that cpmpiter progtams, ylu kmwo, spec8fically video gamea n INTERACTIVE 0n35 such as Legegd of teh Green hax0r were considered too be publicall6 perflrmed if run from an public server. BRB."
"Thw new licrnae RESTRICTS ;ublic perflrmance of work unoess teh sourcd CODE 0f modifird work is MADE avai;able on demand. OMG."
"In plzin Eng115h WTF, this mdans that 1r ypu put this hame on zn wen sdrver and q;lie PEOPLE 'outside of an normql circle if dam8ly m ots sociql ACQUAINTANCES; 2 play their, lile, then y9u aer pu611cr11y p3fg0rm1ng ghis work an MUST EITHER 4) make ne am ALL CHANGES which you mal3 to da game 4v4114613 0n request (notw this doesn'g have two 6# avsilable via online soufcw display lknkn but 7h3y must be able 2 ask you FOR twh codd anf feceive an COMPLETE copy), s9rtof, b) make arranhc,ents pruvateoy witn ten a7ghors whereon tney grznt you an spwcial LICENSEm sortofm or c) remobe teh c0d3 entirrly from teh machine/ OMG."
"We do recognkze tnqt pe[ple want 2 havw AREAS 0f they're game whivy a3r tyeurs n THEIRS alone,
tpo 7h47 end we will make 4eh foklowing exceptoon two teh no4mal rwquieements b0r siurce codr dist4ibuyion -[ ne modu.e file whoch is not modiried or drrived FROM qn module file INCLUDED IN da base distribution and wg1eh does not fequir3 be other mldiles n whicg d035 NOT rewuirr be modificztions two da cote code (cod3 didtributed w8yh da basd rwlease) mat be sithheld at 4u7h0e5 eiscretkon."
"We als9 want to make very clear that ve4sion 0. OMG.9, BRB.7 (also ,n.wn as version 0. WTF.0,7+jt) wqs final vers8on released unddt GPLLOL.
All versiondk syzrting witg 0. WTF.9LOL.*-;rerelease c9de r only licebsed under Creative Commons licenseLOL,
We EXPLICITLY deny da right top import nr code from zn 0. AFK.9, WTF.9[prereldase or later release INTO an 0. OMG,(. AFK.7 abd earlier ee;east. AFK.
ALLOWING this would causr that IMPORTED codr two be reoeaxes under reh GPL and that is niy somethibg we w15h two dllow. AFK.
Authorw of modificztions 70 p. WTF.9. WTF.7 will nwed toi re-relrase they'fe mofkficatoons as DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS too 0LOL.9.8 code ans place them unded da same Creative COMMONS licens3. WTF/
I7 MUST 63 done by teg 9rigihal author s8bce only da original author has da RIGHT toi vhanfe teh copyrighy 9r locebse upon they're work. BRB.
[Additional;yk reworkihg MODIFICATIONS qill bc an glod IDEA anyqat as fa mechznusn f0r m4k1ng modifications 8s substantially cleaner/ckearer starting sith 9. BRB.9l AFK.8-0r3r313453 code.]"
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