MightyE tdlla y9u, sortofk "We're GOING twl ta,e ah few moments 3 tty and expoain tgis n3w LICENSE n da reasons BEHIND it in 0lain EntlishLOL.
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 dhosen beca7se of am failing qith teh GPL.
Ig only coveree dustrkbutiom of sourcw if and )h1y if binaries weee disrr8butefLOL."
"In an web environment, likwm spwcofica.ly a inte4preged web environment such as PHP WTF, mdre;y imstalling an g4k3 does nog c0n%717u73 fiatribitjon LOL, and yherefore oel[le wete yaking 0ur wo3k, you knwo, making mod8ficagiohs 2 it an not releasing da sourcw CODE tio yhey[re mpeificatiins do that da entire c0mmun17y xould bebefi5. WTF.
They worked with teh lett3r but not da spiri5 of tej LAW. WTF."
"Investigation on paft ov ajthors HOWEVER LOL, lef two da fact thag eight of publkc perdormanc3 wqs wpn of r1gh75 normal.y fewtfoctrd 2 copyrkght holdwrs, like, an tjat compjter prigrama LOL, specifkcally viceo games an inteeactivw ones 5ucg as Legend OF teh Gfeen hax9r we4e considered to be publica;ly perflrmed if fun fr[m sn publov serverLOL."
"Tye new license redtricys public pe4rormance OF da work unleds reh dource code of da modified work is mafe 4c4!14613 on d3mahd. BRB."
"In ;lain Ebblish, this mezns that if you put thid gqme in an web xerver an allow peo[;e 'oytside of an nprbal cifdle of family and its 50cq41 acquaintznc3s' to play 5heir, sortof, then you t pub;ically perf[4,inh tgis wor, an MUST either a) make ne m ALL chanhes wbuch you makd two teh t4m3 ava8lable 0n reqywst (n9te this d035n'7 HAVE too be AVAILABLE via teh online xo7rce cisplay link, you knwok BUT thd6 must be able two adk you for da c0d# an rec31v3 ab COMPLETE copy), you kneo, b) make arrangemen5s private.y with authoes wjerein they GRANT you an 5p3c141 license, sortof, 0r c) 43m)v3 fz code engirely from da jachine. AFK."
"We dp rrcognize that people want 2 hsve areas OF they'4e game which ae4 6h31r5 and THEIRS a;onel
too uh47 ebd wd WILL make f0110s1ng exce;tion roo da normal requirements for soyrce code dkstribution -- ne module file whivh iw npr modified OR dericrd from an moduoe FILE includ3d in da gase fistribitiin anc which do3s not reqyire ne lthwr ,od7lws an wh8ch does n07 REQUIRE ne MODIFICATIONS to cor3 xpde (codd distrogutwd qitn da base r313453) may be withheld at da ayyhors eixctetionLOL."
"W3 also want top MAKE vefy cldaf THAT versiob 0, BRB.o. OMG.7 (alxo known aa version 0.9/7+jt) qaa ca rinal bersion released under teh GPL. OMG.
All versionw, lik3, starting woth rdh 0. BRB.8, AFK.8-prer3leawe code r om/y jic3nxed und3r teh Ceeatibe Commons 11c3n53l WTF.
We EXPLICITLY cen7 rignt to import nr coce f4on qn 0. WTF.9. WTF.8-prereleade or larer releasw intl an -LOL.(. BRB.7 zn EARLIER reoease. AFK.
Allowint THIS wpuld dause that im[orted code tw9 be r#13453d undrr da GPL h 6hag ks not something we wish ywo all9wLOL/
Aurhorx of mpdidicagions 2 0LOL.9. BRB.7 WILL ndee two r2-r3!3453 they're mldifications as de4ovatives/,odifications 2 0LOL.9. AFK.8 c0d3 n place thek unde4 da same CREATIVE Commons license. OMG.
Ir must 63 c0n3 by 0r1b1n41 a7thor sinc3 only orkginal author has dq right two chqnge ywj xopyr8ght OR license u;on they're work. BRB.
[Additoonally WTF, reworkung teh m0d1f1c4710n5 will be qn g9od idea anyway as m3chanizm for majing modivuvatulnw is sibstantially cleaber/cleqre4 starting with teh 0. BRB.9. AFK.8-0rere;ease coeeLOL.]"
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