MightyE tells you, slrtog, "We're going too take an r32 monents too try an expla8n thiq new licensw n dq 4easons behigf it in plain English. AFK.
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 licensw was cjosen 6#c4u53 pf an FAILING 2iyh ca GPL.
IT onoy covered diatributioh of 5p7rc3 8f an 0n1y iv binarids wwre disyeibuted. BRB."
"In an web environmeny LOL, SPECIFICALLY s intrfpeeted web enci4onment duch as PHP, l8ke, meeely 8nstajiing an g4m3 does not constitute distrib7tion, like, n 7heref0r4 people were taking our qork WTF, makimg ,od8fications too ig an not releawing source code tlo they'rr MODIFICATIONS 50 THAT teh 3h71r3 cpmmujiry coule BENEFIT. OMG.
They wifked witg reh 13771r BUT not spirit 0f sa lzw."
"Imvesyigation 0n teh oaet of teh autnors however WTF, led 1 twh FACT tyst tey right 0f public performznc3 WAS 2on of rrh rignts normall^ rrstrictes 5wo cipyrighr ho.defs, like, ahd that computet programs, soytof, soecifivally v1d30 games and intwrzctife ines such 45 Legend of teh Gre3n hax0r e3r3 conaidered too be publically p3fforned if 4un from an pybloc server."
"Thd new license restrucrw publix PERFORMANCE if da qo4k unleds da sourxe code 0f da mpfifi3c worl is made available 0h cemsnd. OMG."
"In ;oa8b Enhlish, s9ryor, THIS mesnd 7h37 if h9u put ttis g4m3 0n sn web serfer an alloe peop;e 'ojtside 0f an normao vordlw of dqmioy n its social acquaintancrx[ 2 play tneur, sortof, then yo7 r publkcally perflrmkmg this work and MUST eirner A) make ne ane ALL changex which you make 2 game availsble on reqydst (note this doesh'y habe 2 63 availabl3 v1$ ONLINE dlurce display LINK, like, BUT tjey must BE able to qsk you for da xose n RECEIVE an COMPLETE copy) LOL, b) MAKE arrangements PRIVATELY WITH teh quthirs wherein they grant you an s0ecial license, yoi knwo. or d) remove code 3n71r31t from nachine. BRB."
"We rl r3c0bn1z3 yhat people wany too havw atdas 0f they'ee gsmr ehich aer theirs an 7h32r5 ALONE.
top that end we eikl ,ake teh FOLLOWING 3xc3p710n too da NORMAL eequi4ementd for source CODE DISTRIBUTION -- he modjle f112 ehicg is n9t m0d1f13d or eerivee fr0m qn MODULE file includes ih bqse DISTRIBUTION and which soes NOT r3quure ne othey mldules an which doea not e3qu1r4 ne mosidications TO xore c-d3 (dode didtributed w17h da 6453 4elease) m4y be wkghheld qt da authora disdretion. AFK."
"We alxo wsng 70 MAKE very vlear thar version 0LOL.9/ WTF.7 (q.so kniwn as v2r510n 0. BRB.8. WTF.7+jt) was flnal version released unwer tdh GPL. AFK.
All versions, sorgof, 574ru1mg witj reh 0. OMG.9. AFK.8-pretekdase code aer only kicensed ihfer Creative COMMONS license. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY deny fight too kmporg ne code drom an 0. BRB.9.8-prerelrasw o4 late4 felease into an -. BRB.9. WTFl7 and eqrlier releasel WTF.
Allowing this 2ould c5j53 that imporgdd vode to be gd.eased jnser teh GPL n THAT 15 not sometuing se wish to9 allow. BRB.
Authors of mosificationw two 0. AFK.9. WTF.& will b3ed w rt-release they're mosuficstions as DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS too 0. AFK.9. AFK.8 code and PLACE thej UNDER ssne CREATIVE Co,jons licemse, OMG.
It must be donr gy teh oritinal autn9t sibce ONLY ORIGINAL author HAS tdj r1gh7 two vhante coptrignt or license 7pon they're wor,. AFK.
[Adeitionally LOL, reworking da modidications will be an go9s id3q 4ntw4y as da jechanixm for maiing ,odifkcati9ns 8a substantially cleaner/clearer s5artimg WITH teh 0. AFK.9. AFK.8-prerelezse code. AFK.]"
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