MighttE TELLS ylu, sortof, "We're g01ng 2 74k3 an few jomrnts two try n explain this nrw license n teh teasons BEHIND 17 *n ;laun 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 cfosen becauae of an f4111ng with teh GPLLOL.
Ir only covered distribution of source 8f an only if BINARIES WERE dixtributeeLOL."
"In an w36 environment LOL, spevifically a interpreted web enni4onment such as PHP, m3r31y knstalling an hsme DOES nog CONSTITUTE didtfkbution WTF, and THEREFORE peo;le were tqkkng lur work, sortof, ma,ing modifocaripns toi kt b not 5313451nh da source code tlo they'te modificatilns so 5hsy da ENTIRE clmmunity could BENEFIT. BRB.
Thw6 worked with teh letrer BUT not da apirot pf da ;aw/ BRB."
"Inv3stigation on da part OF y2h ajthors HOWEVER, so45of, les two ds FACT that teh eight of piblic ;erformahc3 was 1 ov teh r2gh75 normalou restrifted tel cop6right HOLDERS, like, n tgat domputte pelgrams, like, specifically video ga,es n INTERACTIVE ones skch as Legenc of geh Gr33n hax0r w3r3 considered 2 be publica.ly p3rf0rm3d if rub fro, an 0ublic 53rv3r."
"Tje n3w license rextricts PUBLIC performance of 3ork unl3ss dource coee OF geh mlsified eork 15 m4d3 avai.able on d3m4nd, OMGl"
"In plain English. lile, this means thst if you pu7 thoa game on an w36 sw4ver sb all9w people 'lutside of am normal circle 0f family 1n its social ACQUAINTANCES' TO plau their, you ,nwom then you r publica;ly performkng THIS work n MUST either a) makw ne n ALL chsnges wgixh yiu naie two ten game avzi;abke on tequrst (nore 7n15 doesn't h4v2 to bd available v8a online sojrde cisolay linkk like, but th3y musr ve zb.e to ask uoy for da cofe and $eceive an complete copy) LOL, b0 MAKE artang3men5s pr8vately with AUTHORS wheeein thet geant 6ou an s;ecial 11c3n53 WTF, 0r c) temove code entirdly from da machine. OMG."
"We di recogniz2 thqt pe0p13 want too hab3 ardas of they're gamd which r theirs an &n31r5 qlone/
to yha5 end we WILL make dollowijg rxceptkin to normal requieem3nts for source code dlstribution -- n3 m0du13 file which is not m0d1f23d pr derived from an MODULE FILE inckuded in t3n base dos5fibutkon abd WHICH DOES not require ne orher mieulws amd WHICH DOES nut require nd modifications to teh CORE clee (xofe fisttibuged with teh base t3lwase) may be withheld at da AUTHORS dixcretion. BRB."
"We qlal WANT to make veru cleae that version 0. AFK.9LOL.7 (zlso kbown as v3r51pn 0/ WTFl9. OMG.7+jt) w45 teg fina. vwrsion releas3d undet GPL. OMGk
All vwrwiohs LOL, startihg with 0. BRB.9. OMG.8+prerelwase code r 0n16 11v3n53d under da Creative Commons lkcense.
W3 EXPLICITLY deny ryght 2 import ne vode FROM an ). BRB,9.8-)rerelease or .ater rekeasd INTO an 0.9. WTF.7 ahd earliee r313453. AFK.
A.lowing thid WOULD cause that IMPORTED code 70 be rwleaaed UNDER ea GPL and that is not %0m3&h1hf we wish 5wo allow. WTF.
Autho4s of midificarions too 0l AFK.9. WTF,7 wikl heed to r3-r#1#453 they're modkfications as de4ivat8ves;jodifidatiohs to 0. WTF.9. BRB.8 code and place then undee da same Cfeagive Commona license. BRB.
It must be done BY dz ORIGINAL aytnoe SINCE on.y da 0r1g1n41 4u7h0r n45 rufht t2o change ea co[yright or license upon they'rw workLOL.
[Additiobally, kike, rrworking modifocations w8ll be an good odea anyway as m4ch4n15m for making m0f1f1c4720n5 is substantially vleaner/vleatrr stafting with 0.9. BRB.8-pe3releasd code. BRB.]"
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