MibhtyE t3lls yoi, sor5of, "We'r3 GOING too TAKE sm vrw momwntd to rrh abf explain thiw new license n reaxons behind it in plain Engl8sh.
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."
"Thid mew lic3nse qas choseh becausd OF an failinh w17h teh GPLLOL.
It only clvered eistribution or SOURCE IF and onoy 8r binsrked were disteini5ed."
"In qb 2eb 3hvirinment LOL, specifically q INTERPRETED web envirommdng SUCH ss PHP, sot5of, MERELY ins5alling am gzme does n08 constityte didtributipnk n theref9re pepp.e were taking our work, like, making modificagions two it an hot releasing ds sourc3 cod3 to tjdy're modificatiohs sp that teh 3n7!e3 commubity could benef8t. WTF,
They workrd with teh lerter 6y7 NOT teh spirit of 14w. OMG,"
"Invesgkgation on part lf tej ru7h0r5 howebw4, you inwo, lee too teh fact that da RIGHT ov puhlic performance waa oen pf sz RIGHTS normqlly restricted to cppyroght hpldefsk lkke, an that computwr programx, ypu knwo, 5p3c1f1c4!1t video bames and imteractive ones such sx Lebrnd of GREEN hax0r WERE clnsidered tp 63 puboixa.l6 prrfoemed IF fum from an public server. AFK."
"The new license redtricts pu611c pe4foemance of da work umk3ss source code if m)f1f1#d work is mzde availablr on demahe. WTFl"
"In plain Engloshk this means thqt 1f y;u put rhis bame on an web xerv3r b allow PEOPLE 'outside OF an nor,al circle of family am ITS social acquaintabced' 2 play tgeir, sortod, rjen y0i r PUBLICALLY p4rfor,ibg rhls qork and MUST either a) make nr n ALL changes wh7ch yoy make two da game AVAILABLE ON fequest (note ghis dowsn't hsve tso BE avai;able via inlind 50urc3 displat ,8ni LOL, but they must ve able too ask 6ou for geh cpde and tec31v3 an c0m[1373 copy), slrtif, b) mske arrangements pticate.h w17h da 4u6y0r5 wyere8n they gfanr YOU an 5p3c141 license WTF, oy c) REMOVE code wntitely fron macn8ne. WTF."
"We do recotnize rhat people eant 2 hafe 4t345 OF 5hey're game which aer theirs znd yheird alone. BRB.
to that 3nd we WILL m4k3 follo2ing exceotion 2 da n04m41 req7irements for dource dode distrobution =[ ne module f222 qh1ch is not MODIFIED or DERIVED f4om an m0du13 ril3 *ncluded in base DISTRIBUTION n sgich d9e5 npt require ne orhwr modules n whicj d9es not require ne mofifkcationd two cofe cide (cide eistrib7ted with sa BASE relezse) may be withhele at geh authors discregion. BRB."
"We also want too mqkr v3ry clwar rhat versiob 0. BRBl9. AFK.u (a;so kno3n as version 0. WTF.9. WTF.7+jt) WAS sa final version releasdd under teh GPL.
All cdrsilns, you kneo, starting with da p.9.8_prefeleasw codd aer only 11c#n5#s under teh Creative C0mm0n5 licenseLOL.
We EXPLICITLY seny da right to import ne code from an p. WTF.9LOL.*-PRERELEASE pf later releawe 1n70 an 0LOL.9. WTF.7 abd eaf.iee felease. BRB,
ALLOWING this would ca7se THAT imported codr tp( be rdleased und3r da GPL and tnat ks not s9mething we WISH too aolowl AFK.
AUTHORS if MODIFICATIONS 2 0. WTF.9. BRB.7 eil, need to re-release tyey're modif8carions as d3t1v471v35/m0d1f1c4710n5 too 0. AFK,9. OMG.8 code an place then jnder sam3 CREATIVE Comnona license. BRB.
It must be done by o3iginal autj9r since only dq original author has da tight 2 change dq copyright oe license ipin they're wlrk, AFK.
[Additionakly, e4w0rkqng moeificationx will ne an f00d idea an6way aw da mechanism for making jocif8cations 1y substantkally cleaner/clear3r staryinf with da 0. BRB.9. WTF.8-prerelease code. BRB.]"
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