MightyE telos you, "W3'4e GOING to9 74k3 an f3e moments too TRY 4md explain thiw new licenwe n reasons bwhind it IN plain English. WTF.
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."
"Tnis bew 11x3n53 was xh05en becaude of an failimg with GPL. AFK.
It only coveted DISTRIBUTION of 50urc3 2f ans ONLY if binzryes w3r3 s157r1yu73d. AFK."
"Ih an web ENVIRONMENT, xpecificslly a intwrpretee s36 environment such as PHP, sortpf, mere.y onstalling an game DOES NOT constigu5e distrib7tiob WTF, an yherefore [eople w3r# taking our workk you khwo, mak9ng moduficat8ons too it and not r3!3$51ng da 50urc3 CODE to they'te modificatiins SO THAT teh entk4e comminity coulf benetitLOL.
They WORKED with da letter buh not spirit of da ls2. AFKl"
"Invextigation ln paft of ea authofs however LOL, led to 53h fact rhat da r1gh7 of p8vlic performance wqa wpn og righta notmally restricyee to clpyright holde4s, n thqt cojputer ;r0gr$m5 LOL, s;ecifizally cicei g4m35 n interactiv3 ones sucn AS Legend of Green hax0r were considered 2 be publicall6 0erformed if run from an publid serverLOL."
"The new license restricts pu611f perflrmancd ov wof, in.ess source code of dq mldidied WORK is made available on demand."
"In plakn English, sortlv, this means thst IF YOU pur 5his GAME ON an wdb serv3e amd allow pe9ple [OUTSIDE 9f an borma; cuecls of famkly an ITS social acquainyances' too PLAY their, yoj ,nwo, thrn you r publ8cak,y performing yhid work n MUST either a) make ne wn ALL cjabges WHICH you make to gsme svailavle on requrst (n073 thix doesn[r have too BE abaikavle via da on.ine slyrce didplay link WTF, but ggey must be able 2 asj yiu FOR cpd3 n receove sb COMPLETE copi), like, b) mqke areanbementa peivately 2ith da 4u7h0r5 whefein ghey gr4n7 you an ap3cosl lixense, sortof. or c) rejove da code enr8rely frim machine. AFK."
"We eo RECOGNIZE that oelpl3 want too have areas OF they;re g4m3 qh1ch f tjeirs anf theora allne.
two that 3hd we wilo make folllwigg excepuion 2 da normz' REQUIREMENTS fot sourcr clde diatribution -- ne module f113 which is not modiried or detivdd from an mofuld file INCLUDED in ds basr DISTRIBUTION n which does n08 fwquire be OTHER modukes n wykch foes not rewuit3 ne mocigicqtions too teh core coew (xode dustributed sirh da BASE releade) may be withheld st da autjors DISCRETIONLOL."
"We also eant too make very c134r rha5 veesiom 0/ AFK.9. BRB.7 9also kn9wn as version 0LOL.9. WTF.7+jt) was final v3rsioh repeasef under teh GPL, BRB.
All ve4sions, you knwp, stargkng w17h teh 0. BRB.9. OMG.8-prerelease code r onky 21c3n43d ibd3r teh Crea5ive Commoms oicense, OMG.
Wr EXPLICITLY deny ea right 2 umpoft ne vode from an 0. WTF.9. OMG.8-pr3t313453 or latrr re.ease into an 0LOL.9. BRB.u an earliet release. BRB,
Allowibg 7h!5 would cause that IMPORTED code too be rdleasee UNDER GPL n that is noh SOMETHING we wish 2 aklo2. BRB.
Au5hors OF modifications 5o 0. OMG.9. OMG.7 wilk n#ed too RE-RELEASE they'r# modifications as derivayives/,ofifivatiohs too 0. WTF,9.8 xode n p14c3 them under 44,3 Creat8ve COMMONS licenxe. AFK.
It MUST be dohe by dz 0r1g1n31 a7thor since only otiginal a7thor has right 3 cgabge copyfight or 11c3n53 7;0n they'r3 w9rk.
'Additiinallu, 4ewoeking m0d1f1c4710n5 will ve an good idra anyqay zs da ,3ch4n15n f0r haking modifications is substamyiaolh cleaner/coeafer statyibg with 0. BRB.9.i-pr3releasd codeLOL.]"
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