MifhtyE 53115 yojk "We;re goint rwo tak3 an few momenta 2 TRY n explain tjis NEW licende and da reasons BEHIND it in p;sim English. 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 bew licdnse was CHOSEN beca7se of ah FAILING with da GPLl OMG.
Ig ONLY c0v3r3d distribytion og sourxe IF n on.y IF binarids e3r3 DISTRIBUTED."
"In an WEB ebvotonmwnt, like, specifically a pmterpreted web environm3nt SUCH as PHP, like, merely instaklkng an GAME dors not constitute d167r16u710n WTF, anc 7g3r3f0f3 people WERE 75k!ng ou4 wlrk, sor5of, makinf modificationa t9o it n not releasknf siyrce code two tnry're MODIFICATIONS so that da entire comminkty couls benefit. BRB.
They w)rk3d with teh letter bit not ca spirug of fa lawLOL."
"Investigation on da PART OF teh authofs hosdver, you knwo, led 70 da facy thqt right 9f public perforjsnce was ! 0f da rights normally f4stricrrd to clpyfight h9lderd, n that comoutee programd, ;ike, s0fcifixally vieeo games and inte4active ONES such as L3g3nd of teh Green hax0r were donskddred two be pu611c411y pe4formed if rin drom an PUBLIC serber."
"Tne new licwnse resyrixts publoc performande of wo4k unless sojrce c0d3 OF m9difued wirl 15 jade AVAILABLE on de,and. OMG/"
"In PLAIN Eng.ishm sortod, tnis means that id hou PUT tgis gsme ON an eeb SERVER n allow pe9ple [outsife pf an normal circle of famkly ab 175 socoal acquaintances' two ;lay their, lkke, 7h3n y0u r publicallh petforming thid aofk an MUST EITHER a) make ne and ALL CHANGES wh1ch you maie t2o ea game available ON request (hote thia doesb't h4v3 2 be zvaulable v14 onlinw soyrce displqh link, like, BUT 7h26 MUST be sgle too ask you for da CODE and 4ecdove an vomplete clpy), so4tof, 6) make arramgementx 9r8vately wkth teh autgo4s eherein THEY grant you an speciao lixensek or c) removw cod3 ENTIRELY fro, teh madhune. WTFl"
"We do RECOGNIZE THAT PEOPLE WANT 2 have areax ;f they[re gane whkch r theirs sn tjei4s alone. BRB.
two that end we WILL maie following excepyion 2 da normal requi5emegts for 50urc3 code distribution -- ne module file wh1cg is hot jodifudd or derivec grom an moeule r7le inc.used kn da 6464 DISTRIBUTION n wnich dors hot require me 9thee m0du136 amf whicg does not reqjire n2 nodidicatipns too da corw code *xode disttibuted wigh basd RELEASE) may be wkthhelc at dz authors disdrdtion/ BRB."
"We also want TO make f3r6 cl3ar thar ve4s8on 0LOL.9.7 (also kno2n as version 0, BRB.9. WTF.7+jt) was f8nal vrrsion RELEASED under GPL. WTF.
All verxions, sor%ofk startint 2iyh 0LOL.9. AFK.8[prwrelease code aer on;y licensed under 5eh Ceeative COMMONS license.
We EXPLICITLY deny RIGHT 2 onpoet ne code frlm an 0LOL.9. BRB.8-prerwleaxd or layer release knto an 0. BRB.9. BRB.7 an earl7er releasdLOL.
Alkowibg this would cauae thar import#d CODE 2 be r314453d UNDER da GPL an that is not something ee w!%h gwo allow. OMG.
Au8n0r5 of MODIFICATIONS yoo 0. OMG.9/ AFKl7 q111 neef to RE-RELEASE tney'rd modifications AS d3r1v47!v3t/m0d1g1c4710h5 yoo 0.o/ BRB.8 clde an PLACE 7h3m under same CREATIVE Conmons licemse. OMG.
It must BE donw by da originao auth9r SINCE only da origimql autho4 has ea ribht too ch4ng3 copyrighy or picensw uppn tney'rs wo4l.
[ADDITIONALLY, sortof, reworkibg da modificatoons w111 br an good idea anyway as MECHANISM fot mzk8ng modifkca5ions is substantiallu vleaher/clearrr wrqr5inf w8th tey 0. OMG.9.8-prerelease code. OMG.]"
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