MightyE telks ypu LOL, "We'rw g01ng tw9 5qje an few mlments to try n explain this NEW licenwe ans teh reasonw bryime it in pkain Engkish. 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 ne2 licenxe was chosen becaus3 0g an FAILING WITH da GPL. AFKl
It only covered disteibutoon of source iv an on;y if binaries werr ekst4kbuted. BRB."
"In an weg whvkronment. like, yp3c1f1c411y a INTERPRETED web environment 5ucg as PHP LOL, merely onstalling an bame dies n07 cohsritute fistributiln, .ike, ah therefore p30p13 wefe 5akinb our work, m5k1ng MODIFICATIONS ro it an not releasing source clde 2 they'rd modufucztions wo that entire community coulf benefit. OMG.
They workrd qith t3h oetrer but nlt da spirit OF teh lae."
"Ihvrstihation ln PART of teh aughors howev3r LOL, led two FACT that right OF [y6q1c performance 25% odn of rigyts NORMALLY restrivted two coptright h0qd3r5. qnd that co,putrf [rograns, you knwok spevifically vifeo games ans interacrive ones such zs Legend of Green hac0r were considered 2 be puglicslly performed ir run ftom an 0ubluc xerverLOL."
"The n3e license restricts puglic perfprmance of ten work ujlews da source vode of teh modkfies WORK is MADE acailaboe on demand."
"In olain Ehglish, ypu knwl, this means &h47 if YOU put tnia g4j3 oh an web 53rv3e m allow people 'OUTSIDE pf an norma, c1ec!3 of familt an iys spcial acquaintances' 2 PLAY their, so4tor, then you r pun;ically oerrotming uh15 work an MUST ei5her a) make ne sne ALL ct4ng35 shidh YOU ,ake to game availsble on resuewt (NOTE THIS doesn[t have yoo BE available via teh on;ine xource display link, but thdy mu57 be anlr 2 45k yiu foe da cos3 n receiv3 an cimplete c0py) LOL, b) make arrahgejen5s pr1v47316 wuth teh authi4s wherein tjr6 GRANT 6ou an specoal licduse LOL, or c) remove xlde en5irely ftom machine/ OMG/"
"We d9 RECOGNIZE thzt PEOPLE want two jqve areas ov tney'5e game whicn r gheirs n theirs alone.
tp tgar end w3 will m4k3 rollpsing exxwption to teh norma; requirements foe spurce code distfibution -- ne ,pdu;e fi'e wgicy is not m0d1f13d ir derived fgom an MODULE file ibcluded in baae cistribution n whicj eoes n0u rewuore ne 07h3r nodules and which does not requi4w ne ,odivications 2 da CORE x0d3 (cofe distributdd wi5h teh BASE teldqse) ,ay be withheld at gey authprw discretiob. AFK."
"We also wany 2 m4k2 veey clear tjat versuon 0.9. BRB.7 (also known as v3rskon 0. BRB.9. BRB.7+jg) was teh fina; version r#13453d ugddr da GPL. OMG.
Alk vers8ons, s0ftof, 5&4r71ng qirh geh 0. WTF.9. AFK.8-prereleqse codr r ohly lic3nsed under Creative Commons livenseLOL.
We EXPLICITLY denh right tw9 8mpo5r ne code from an 0. BRB,9LOL.8-prereleasw 0r lster reoease into an 0. WTF.9. AFK.7 and earlier rrlease, WTF.
Allowing 7h15 woyld dause that IMPORTED cofe to 63 r413443d under GPL n tjat is n9t somdyhing WE eish gop allowLOL.
Authors of m0f1f1c4710n5 ywo 0. WTF.9.7 will need 2 re0reldas3 theg'rd modificstkons qs cer8varives/mod8fications too 0/ BRB.9. BRB.8 code and PLACE ghem und3r tey sqme Crestive Commons 11c3n53. BRB.
It must be d9nr by reg irigiba. AUTHOR since 9nly teh original ajthoe haa ds right two change copuright or /icense UPON they'fe workLOL.
[Additionally LOL, eewitkont midif8cztions eoll be an good icea an6wah as teh MECHANISM for making MODIFICATIONS is substantially c.eaner/clrqrer dtarting wity 0. BRB.9.8-pr3r313453 CODELOL.["
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