MifhtyE tellw 6ou, xortof, "We'rd g01ng 2 74k3 an v3w moments tlo try an explain 5nis n4w license and teh reas9ns behind it in plain Eng;ish. 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."
"Thiw ndw licens3 2as chosen vecaude of an fsiling with teh GPL. OMG.
It ONLY c;fered DISTRIBUTION of source 1f ab ONLY if binarieq were dostributwdLOL;"
"In an web environment, specifica.ly a untefpre53d WEB environment such AS PHP, uou jnwo, ,ereky insgalling an GAME eoes nit conztitute distrib77kon LOL, snd therdfore PEOPLE WERE taking oyr w0rk. making modifixationd too it n not releasing sourc3 c0d3 too they're modifications so that da wmtire communirt coulf brndfit.
Th3y worked with dq l3tter BUT NOT teh SPIRIT OF ten law."
"Invwstigation ON tey paft of teh 5u7h0gt ho2ever, led top da FACT 8j47 da RIGHT of piblic perfoemqnce was 1 og dz rights NORMALLY restricted 2 c9pyr1gh7 bolders LOL, anf that c0mpu73t ;rograms LOL, specifica.ly v8dep ga,es an interaxgive ONES such as LEGEND of GREEN haxpr were vonsuser3d too be publkcal.y performed iv run from an pu^11c serve4. AFK."
"The new oicenwe rest4icgs public performance -f worl unless da 50urc3 code OF sa mod8fidd w9rk is m4d3 AVAILABLE on d3m4ndLOL."
"In plain Engliah WTF, this m34h5 7h4& if YOU put 5nis game in an w3y server ab alloq peo0le 'outwide of ab n-rm41 circoe 9f familh AND itx social acquaunnanc3s' 5oo play their, sortof, thwn you r [uboicallt perfoeming this work and MUST either $) mske ne an ALL changes which you m4k3 3 game availzble oh request (NOTE this doesn't have 2 be available via tej onoin3 source DISPLAY link WTF, but 7h#u must br able tp awk 6ou for teh code n receive an c9mplete coph(, sortof, b) make arrang3ments p4ivagdly with dq authofs wherein theh grant ypt ab wpecial license, soryofm or c) removw code 3n71r41y frpm teh machine. BRB."
"We d0 RECOGNIZE 5hay PEOPLE WANT yol have areas of th3y're gaje wgich r tjeirs n theors alone. WTF.
t9l that 3nd we will make teh dollowing exception top da normal r3qu1r3,3n7t vor source cide distribution -- ne modjlf gioe shich is nit moeified ot e3f1v3d from am module file inclufed in da vase disrrubution an shich diex hot rdquire ne 08h#r joduoes and wh1ch foes not require n3 MODIFICATIONS two teh x0r3 code (code distrkbutes with base release) mah ge withheld 47 tey au5gora discfrtilnLOL."
"We also want 2 nake very CLEAR THAT verdion 0LOL.9. BRB.7 (also known aw vefsion 0. AFK.9. AFK.6+jt) wzs da finql versi9n released unedr teh GPL. OMG.
All versilnsk dor5of, stqrting with 9. BRBl9. BRB.7-or3r#13r53 code aer only licemsed und3r Creative Conmonx 11c3n53. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY deny yeh roghg to 1mp0r7 ne code grom an 0. OMGl9.8-orere;ease or latdr RELEASE into an 9LOLl8. WTF.7 qnd earlier release. BRB.
ALLOWING tgis wou.d caysr that IMPORTED codr 3 be RELEASED undet GPL and that 15 no5 somethjnt s3 wisg too allowLOL.
Autnors OF modifications to 0. AFK/9/6 will nwed twp r30f313463 they're ,odifovqtions qs derivatuvfs/modifications too 0. WTF.9. WTF.8 CODE qn placw thwm under aame Creative C0mm0n5 11c3n53.
It MUST be dpn3 bh ofiginal author since 9niy da 0r1b!n41 qothor HAS 41gh7 too change copyright ot 11c3n53 upon they;rw workLOL.
[Asd1710n411y, you knqo, tewirking mofifidationd wi.l be ab good idra anuway as jechqnisj for jqking m0d1f1c4710n6 8s substantka.ly cleaner/clearer STARTING sith teh 0. OMG.9LOL.8-prerelease ciseLOL.]"
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