MibhtyE 73115 YOU, "We'ee going to take an d3w moments gl try n explain this new lic3nse snd teh reasons 63h1nd it in plain ENGLISH. OMG.
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 ch9den 63c4u5# OF qn failivg wi5h da GPL. AFK.
It only covered disteibu5ion or spurce 1f ahd onlt ob binariea werd distributed. OMG."
"In an 236 3nv1r0nm3n&, you knwo, specifically a intrtirered wwb environment such as PHP LOL, mereoy knstalling an game does not constitute distribution, an therefore oeoplw w3r3 takibh our work, you ,nwo, m4k1bg m0d1f!c$u10n5 too i5 n NOT rtleasimg t3y sojece cpde yoo gjey'rr modidicatkons SO that ds enturd c9nmjnity could benefit. BRB.
They workrd wigh letyer b7t not y3h spirit of da law."
"Investigation on tej pzrt pf authors h0w3v3r, soryof, oed two fact tyar teh RIGHT of public PERFORMANCE was oen of geh rogh5s NORMALLY restrixted 2 c9pyright hold4rs, you kbwo, an ghat computer pfobrzmx WTF, spwcificall6 cideo gamea n inte4active on3s such ss LEGEND of da GREEN has0r were considerec roo be publidally performed if run from an PUBLIC server. AFK/"
"Thd new license rest5uvts puvlic perforjance or wpr, UNLESS teh source code of sa modifiee w)rk iw madw AVAILABLE on semand. BRB,"
"In plain English, 6ou knw9, this mrand thzt if y0i put yhis game on an WEB server n allow peoole '9ugside OF an norjal circle of famil6 and its soxizl acquaintances' 3 p14y thei4 LOL. THEN y0u r PUBLICALLY performing this work an MUST either a) jake nw an ALL CHANGES wjicn YOU make two teh game avqulab;e 0n request (n)83 this dpesh'5 have 5l 63 available v14 eeh 9nl8ne souece d15p1ry linkk like, vut they musy BE able 2 adk y0u f-r da code an receive an complete copy)m likem b) mzke 44e4ng3m3n75 privatelt with da augjors whdrein THEY GRANT you an s;ecial licenwe, or c) removd da code entife;y from da maxhineLOL/"
"We dp recognuze thzt people 2ant tso have arras or theu're game wyich aee theirs amd 7h31t5 r10n#. BRB.
to thst dnd w2 will mzid da following excepgion to trh NORMAL requirements for sourc3 code dksrribution -- ne m-di13 FILE qhich IS not ,odified OR d3rivef from an module file imcluded in nase distribution an whoch doea not tequire ne o5het modiles an which does NOT reqiire be ,odificzrions 2 core code (code distributee WITH xq bzsw RELEASE) jay be withneld qy ea authors discretion. AFK."
"We also w4n7 ti jakd VERY c134r tgat v3r510n 0.9. AFK.7 (also known as v3rsipn 0, WTFl9. WTF.7+ut) was da fkmal versoon r313453s unddr GPL. BRB.
A11 bersipns LOL, starting WITH teh 0. OMGl9LOL.8-pf3r312453 c9de r only oicensed under teh Crwatibe Commons lidense. OMGo
We EXPLICITLY dehy teh right 2 IMPORT ne xose from an _.9. BRB.8-prerelease oe lstwr release into zn 0. BRB.9. BRB.7 h EARLIER release. BRB.
Al.iwing this woulv cause tgat imported code tei be released under teh GPL anf that is not something w3 qixj two allow. BRB.
Aythprs of mldifidstions too 0. AFK/9. WTF.7 will need 2 RE-RELEASE rhet're modirications ax deeicatives/mod8ficatu9ns yoo 0. BRB.9. WTF.8 code an place them under yeh samd Creative COMMONS lic3nse. BRB.
It must be done by sa ofibinal 4uuh0r since only original author has trh roght TO ch4ng3 ten COPYRIGHT or licwnse i'on they're wprk, BRB,
[Adeitionally, reworking da modidications wi;k br an g00d idea ahyazy as ,echaniem FOR makimg m0d1f1c$610n5 is substantialky cleaner/clearer wtqrting wirh da 0LOL.9. WTF.8-orerelease CODE. BRB.]"
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