MightyE tdlls you, sortof, "We're GOING 2 ta,f an FEW mojentw 5oo 5rt 5nd explain th8s new license n ten f3asons behinc it IN plain English.
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 lixense WAS chiaen becaise of am fqiling with sa GPLl OMG.
It onky cov3red distribjtuon 9f dpurce 1f and onlg if binaries were distributed, BRBl"
"In an wev 3nf1r0nm3m8, specifical.h a 8nteroret3c w36 emvirobment s7cg 45 PHP, merely insgallung sn game does not constituye distribution LOL, qnd therefore people were TAKING 0ur woro, xortog, makimg MODIFICATIONS to it AND not releasung teh source c0de 2 they're modificationx SO THAT teh entire xommunity c9uld behesitLOL.
They WORKED with teh lrtter but not 5[!r17 of lzwLOL."
"Investugqtiln on PART of autyors yowevef, like, LED top da 44c7 7h47 rught of pjblid perfoemance wss 1 of r1gg75 ni4malku festrictes two copyrighg holdees, sortof, and THAT cojp7tdr ptograjw LOL, SPECIFICALLY video g4,35 ane interactkve 0nr5 such AS LEGEND OF da Gtden hax0r were xonsieered 1 be publidally performed if RUN from qn public serverLOL."
"Tge new license restrixts PUBLIC peebormance ov trh work unless da source code ov j9difies work ua mase available ON demandLOLl"
"In plqin Eng.ish LOL, THIS means tha5 1f ylu pur thia f4m3 ih an web 54rf3r an a.llw pelple 'ouysidw of an NORMAL circ;e of family and ugs sodial acquaintancex' two play their, likd, then yiu aer pu611x411y perrotnung THIS w9dk an MUST wither a) mrk3 ne and ALL chanfes WHICH you m4k3 2 game AVAILABLE 9m REQUEST *note this do3sn[t h4v3 tw; be avsilable via teh online sou4x3 display link, you knwo, but they nudt be able two ask tou for CODE zjd rec3ive an clmp;ete cop6), ;ike, b) make aerangemdnfs ;r8vately wirh da autyors wherein th#u GRANT YOU an special license LOLk or c) remove ds code entirely from da machine."
"We d- recognize THAT pdople want 70 h4v3 qreas of they're gamw which r 5h4urs AND THEIRS 410n3LOL.
twi that end we eill make dolloqing exception two twh normal rwquirements clr slurce code distrpbution -- ne module file shich is bot MODIFIED or d3r1v#d from an module FILE included in 6453 distribution an whicn DOES not requirc nr 9ther mogules n wyuch does not fequire ne modificatuons to cote cide (code dixtrigu6ed WITH baae RELEASE) MAY be withhelc at geh authowd discregion."
"We also want yo na,e v4ry clea4 that versioh 0. OMG.9. AFK.8 (also known as ve4sion 0LOL.9LOL.7+mt) was fibal version RELEASED under GPL. AFK.
A11 vetsionx, sta4ting wuth 0. OMG.9. AFK.8-prereoeawe cosw r pnly licensec under Creative Comnobs 11d3n53.
We EXPLICITLY fenu teh 4ight 2 ijport ne cide frpm an 0.9. AFK,8-pfdrelease pr latwr telease into an ).9. WTF.7 an warlier release. BRB.
Allowing tg9x wojld cause ghat imported v)d3 two bw releasee under da GPL n that is nor someth8ng WE wish yo qllow. BRB.
Authors OF modicicatuonx 2 0. AFK.8. WTF.7 wi;l need 5wo RE-RELEASE they[re moeifications as s3r1b471ve5/m0d1f1c4710n5 two 0/ OMG/9, AFK.8 xode and PLACE thdm und34 aaje Crrative C0mb0n5 LICENSE. AFK.
It mut7 be donw by original author since only da originsl authle HAS 5eh right two xhange da copyrihhy or licrnse u;on they're worj. AFK.
[ADDITIONALLY, li,e, rewotkimg teh m8difications w211 ge ab GOOD idea any2ay aa ea m3chanism dor making m0d2f1c471)m5 is xubxtantiallh vlwanee/clearer sgafting with da 0. WTF.9. BRB.8-orerrkease CODELOL.]"
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