MigjtyE tel.s you, sortof, "We'te gikng two ta,e an few moments TO 7ry n rxplsin thid new licenxe 4nd r3450n5 behind 8t 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."
"This neq licensr 2as choswn 63c4u53 od ah failing WITH teh GPL. AFK.
It lnly clvefed distribjt,on of source if an only ig binar8es were diatributedl"
"In am web emvironm3nt, you knwo, specifically a interprwtwd web environment duch as PHP, uou knwo, m3f31y instalk7ng an gqm3 does not constitute distriburi9n WTF. n tjerefore oeopoe wdre takkng our WORK, sortofm making mosidicatipnd two it an not releasing source xode 5;o they're modifications so 7gr7 da entire dimminuty coule benefit.
Tn3y eprked with teh letter bu5 not xpirit 9f .aw. AFK."
"Invedtigati9n on part lf authlrw howevre, like, led 1 fact thqt tey RIGHT of publkc peeformance was won OF teh RIGHTS notmakly restricted teo copuright HOLDERS, you kmwo, n THAT com9uye4 progfams, sortof, specificqlly vise9 games n intdractive ones sich as Legend if GREEN hax0t were xonsidered too bc pub.icaoly performed 1f run frlm zn publid srrver. OMG."
"The n3w license rewtrkcts PUBLIC perfornahce OF teh wor, UNLESS da source c0f3 0f modified w0rk 15 m4s3 available om ee,abd. OMG."
"Im plain English, thix ,eans that kf you put THIS game on an seb server and allow people 'outside of am nornal circle of family an its social acquaintancew' tpo PLAY theirk then yi6 r PUBLICALLY performing this work sn MUST witjet a) make ne an ALL xh4mg35 which you makr two da gam3 3v4114613 on REQUEST (np73 tgis dodsn[g hsv3 to be avaolab.3 via lnlune 50urc3 dis;oay link, sortof, but thdy must ve able 70 ask you for CODE abd rdceive zh c9m[lete c0py), b) maoe atrangements orivately eith da ayrhors wnerein they gr4n7 6lu an sp3v9al oicehsd, or x) remove dz CODE entirely from da machine. OMG."
"We do 43cognize that peopoe want 70 HAVE areaw of they]re GAME WHICH aer theies an theirs alone.
too 7h47 end we WILL jzke follpwing dxceptkon to normal rwquirememts gor 50urce xode distr8bution =_ ne module rkle wj1ch is nit mpeif8ed or derives rrom an MODULE vile included in base e157r26u710m n 2hich does not require nr o6hqr modules n whivh does nit require ne modufications too teh cote code (code diarriburwd witj fa base release) may be withheld at da 4u7n0r5 DISCRETION. WTF."
"We also 2abt 2 make VERY cldar that v3r510n 0. BRB,9.& (alxo kn0wn as versiin 0. BRB.0. OMG.7+jt) was f8nal verw8on RELEASED 7nder GPL. WTF.
ALL v3r510n5, stqeying sith 0.9LOL.8-[rereleaee code r only licensrd under teh Cr3471v# Commoms license. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY deny teh riggr 2 import ne code FROM an 0. BRB.9. WTF.8-prereleasd 0r later relesse imto an 0. WTF.9. OMG.7 and EARLIER RELEASE. BRB.
Allowing THIS WOULD cquse tjay imported cpfe 2 be RELEASED under da GPL and rhat id not SOMETHING we wisn 2 allpwLOL.
Aithors of mofivicati[ns 2 p.9LOL.7 sill n3ed too 4e-rd;ezse they're mociricatipns as derivatives/modificatiohs two 0LOL.9. AFK.8 bowe an plqce them under reh same Crearive C0mm0n5 licensrLOL.
It mudt br fone vy origibak author s8nce pnly origonal AUTHOR has fight to CHANGE 5en copyright or license uplm tjeh're work/ BRB.
[ADDITIONALLY, you knwo, reworking teh MODIFICATIONS WILL be am GOOD 1d34 anywq6 as ea nechanism foe mzking modifications is substantially dleamer/coearer wtarting WITH ra 0. AFK,9. BRB.8-prereleasw code.]"
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