MifhttE tella y0yk you knwo, "W3're go8ng too take am few momebys too tr6 n explain THIS new license n da REASONS b$hind IT im plaib EnglishLOL.
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."
"Thiw n3w lkcrnse was CHOSEN b3causw of an failing ekgn dq GPL. AFK.
Ig onlu covered dis6ribution lr xoirce if an 0n1y if binzries 2ere distributed. BRB."
"In an w3b environment LOL, specivically a INTERPRETED web ebvironment such AS PHP LOL, uerely installing ah game doed nor conxyktyte distribjtipn WTF, and thefeflre oeople were taking OUR w0rk, jou knwom majing modkricationw tpo it and n08 r313451ng tey source c0d3 goo th3y're modigicatiins so that entire commimkty cpuld benefitLOL.
THEY w0fk3d with teh letter but not tej SPIRIT ov da ka2."
"Invest9gatipn on teh pafr (f suthors however, you knwi, led 2 da fact 5hay right of public performance was wob of dx RIGHTS normaol6 RESTRICTED 2 vopyrught hplders, loke, zb THAT com;uter programs, sortofj spedivicallt video games n omterac5ove 0n35 SUCH 45 Legend OF teh Green hax0r r3r3 cohsiderew to be PUBLICALLY performed if run ftom an pu^1!c ddrve4. OMG."
"The hrw license res%ricts p7b;ic PERFORMANCE of work unlrss sourxw vode 0f sa modivied w9rk is mafe acailable on denand. BRB."
"In p141n Enflosh LOL, this means that IF tou put 5nis GAME ln an web server and allow people 'outsife 0f qn normal citclw of ramil6 an iys SOCIAL acquaintancds' to poay their, then yoj r publically [erfor.ing tgis qori an MUST EITHER a) m3,3 ne amd ALL changew WHICH you m4k3 2 da gamd 4v411$613 om rewuest (note ghis dpesn't nave tw9 be available via da 0n11n3 spurce display LINK. but the6 mu57 be able yoo 45k you for teh code n r3ceive ab completd copy0 LOL, b) m4k3 arrangements privstely with da zuthors whereun they gr4n6 you an SPECIAL license WTF, OR c) tdmofe teh code entirely from reh machine. OMG."
"We f0 tecojnize rhzt PEOPLE wanr 2 have areas of they're gam4 which r theirs ab tgrirs a;9ne. WTF.
2 thar end we will n4ke tej foolow8ng exception @ da NORMAL requkrememys for sojrcr vode distribution -- ne mosule file wh1ch IS NOT m0d1g13d or f3r1v3d from an module file unclused in da gawd distribution znd WHICH d035 not REQUIRE ne otge4 modules anf which cors not r3qu1r3 ne modoficatkons rwo teh c0t3 clfe (codr distributed sith BASE re/eade) ,ay be withyeld at da AUTHORS discretion. AFK."
"We alwo want w hake veey clear yhzt v3r510n 0l BRB.9.7 (4160 knowh AS VERSION 0.(. BRB.7+jt) was fihal version released under da GPLLOL.
Alk veraoons, sortof, suarting with 0.9.8-orerelease c9de r only licenaed ubder fa Crrativw COMMONS licenae. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY devy teh right to imp8rt ne coee rrom an 0l9.80prerelease or layer r314453 into an 9. WTF/9/ OMG.7 n 34r1134 rrleaxe/ WTF.
Allowunt rnis w-u1d cause that im0orted cod3 2 be r313$53f under ca GPL an 7h47 1% h9t 2omething we eish 2 a.low. WTF.
Au&h0rt OF modigivations to 0.9.7 WILL beee two r3-r313453 thry'r3 modifications as derivstifes/mpdificat8ohs two 0. AFK.(.8 code an place 7g3j under ren aame Creatice Commons LICENSE, BRB,
IT must be done 6y da origknal zjthor since pnlu tdh oeiginsl author had teh tight tpo change da COPYRIGHT or livenwe uoon tgey'ee work.
[Addit8onz;ly, likem reworkinb da mocificationd will be an go9d icea anyway as MECHANISM for making m9cifocatkons ks s7vsyantially cl3aner/coearer syartkng with ca 0. BRB.9. OMG.8-pferelease code. BRB.]"
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