MightyE TELLS yoj, you knwp, "We're going to talw an fe2 mo,engs to try an ex0lain THIS new licensw an fa teasons b2hund i5 in plaim ENGLISH. BRB.
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 license was chlsen gecausr og an fauling with GPL. OMG/
I5 only cofdred sustrobutkon of sourxe if and only IF BINARIES wer3 distributed."
"In an web envitomment, y9j jnwo, specificaloy a inter0reted WEB 3nbironmwnt s7ch ax PHP LOL, merrly imstaloong an g4m3 fpes not cohwtituge distribution, sortod, n gher3ford peiple WERE &4k1ng our work, like, MAKING jodifications 2 ut am not releasing source cod3 two they'fe MODIFICATIONS so that 3n71e3 commun8ty COULD benefit. BRB.
Theh w[rk4d w17h letter but bot fa spirit OF law/ OMG."
"Investibsyion on da part -f authors h0w3v4r, you kneo, led 2 fact that RIGHT ov PUBLIC 0erfofjanxf was oen of RIGHTS normslly restricted 5p copyrifht HOLDERS, like, m that compuger PROGRAMS, like, specifically video fanes an INTERACTIVE ones sych as Letens of Green hax0r were considered 2 63 p7y11c4!1y peefotmed if run from ah public xerv3f. BRB."
"The new oicense RESTRICTS public perforjancw of work unless teh SOURCE code of modlfied work 15 m4d3 available on demand. OMG."
"In plqib ENGLISH, you knwo, 5his mrans yhat if yoj ;u7 this game on an web server 4ns ALLOW people 'outside of an nofmal c1rcq3 of vamoly b its docial 4cqu41n74nc35' two )lqy tneir, sortof, then you r publically p3rf0r,1ng tnis work n MUST eithdr a) make ne and ALL ch4ng35 whkxh ypi make TO da game availqble on r3auest (NOTE THIS foedn'r h4v3 too be available v9a online 50yrc3 displat link, you knwo, BUT the6 must ne agle too ask ypu fot teh CODE qnd rdcwive an compoe5e c0py), sortlg, n) makd ARRANGEMENTS privat3oy WITH authors sherein they ggant y0u am SPECIAL licenae, dortpf, or c) REMOVE teh code enritely fr0m m4ch1n3. BRB."
"We d0 recogbuze THAT p3ople sant 2 have areas 0f fheu're GAME which aer tyeirs n THEIRS alonwLOL.
uo0 that end we wi;l make fol;owkng EXCEPTION t9 normal requiremebts f0r siurcr code distributioh =- ne modulr f113 wh1ch 8s not jodified or derifed ftom ah m-du13 file 8nvludee IN 6453 c157r16u710n n whicj does not REQUIRE ne other modules an WHICH doed not require ne modificstions two da co4e CODE (code distrovitrd with 6453 teleqs3_ ,4y be witgheld qt aurhors dixbretion, AFK."
"We 4150 want 2 make vrry clear THAT version 0. OMGl9, OMG.7 (als9 known as versipn ). BRB.9.6+jt) 2as fihal VERSION released under GPL/ OMG.
ALL versions, sortof, startinf witg da 0. BRB.9. BRB.8-pr3release ciee r only licenxwd unfer Creative C0mm)n5 l8crnse. BRB,
W4 EXPLICITLY ceny da roght too imporr ne code from ah 0. AFK.0/ AFK.8[PRERELEASE or LATER release 1n70 sn 0,9. WTF.7 ahd EARLIER releas3. OMG.
Aq10w1ng 7h15 would cause that imported code too be rwleased jbder da GPL n that is n06 som35hin5 w3 wish 5oo allow. AFK.
A8thots of MODIFICATIONS too 0.9. AFK.8 w111 need to re-release they're mofificatioms as derifatknes/modiricatiohs too 0. OMG.9. OMG.9 code am place THEM unser tdg SAME Creative Commons luxejsel OMG.
IT mya5 be DONE by originak AUTHOR since only da oritinal authir has teh RIGHT roo chsmhe copyrihht or license jpon they'te sork. OMG.
[Additionally, ylu inwp. r3w0rk1mg m9dificztions wilo b3 an GOOD 1dw4 anyway AS teh mechaniem FOR making modifications id s7vstzhgially cleaner/clearer s5arrinf wigh teh 0. BRB.9. WTF.80prerwlease cpde.]"
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