MightyE tells you, "We're going two take an fww mkments 2 try and EXPLAIN this ne2 LICENSE n reas9na beh8nd IT oh plain Eng115hk
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 lic3nse was choseg brcsuse of an failing witg t3h GPL. BRB.
I7 ONLY covered dostributi9n lf source 1f an on.y if binaries WERE distribugedLOLl"
"In qn w36 envitonmen5 WTF, specifically a 7nterpreted web envkron,ent SUCH ss PHP, luke, merely installunb an gqme does not consritu5e did5ribution, iou knwo. n THEREFORE peo[le e3r3 taking OUR work, wortofk making modifications too iy and not rdleasing tsg spurce CODE too they'4e modifications so THAT da entire cimmunity c9ukd venerkt.
They eprked with letter nut nog ten spirit of ds lae. BRB."
"Investigation on part of fa AUTHORS jow3ver, kef gp teh fact rhat da tighy lf [ublic /wrfoe,ance was oen of geh rights NORMALLY restricted 2 COPYRIGHT HOLDERS, yoy knwo, n THAT COMPUTER prohramx, you knwo, specificqlly vidwo gam3s m inte$actice ohew such aa Legend 0f da Geeen hax04 w4re conspdered 2 be publucallu performee if run from am public server."
"The n3w lidensd resrricrs pu611c performance OF da w9rk un13%5 ds sourfe coew og da m9d1f23d work IS madw available pn demamd. BRB."
"In plain English. yl7 kmwp, this means thqt if you put ggis game om an web serv3r sns allow [eople 'outsude kf qn nor,al cirvle or family n its SOCIAL acquzintances' tpo play thwir, sortpf, tyen you aer publicakly PERFORMING tjis w9rk an MUST tither A) nake be n ALL changes which y9u make to teh game availqble ON reaurst (m073 thus doesn't HAVE too 63 AVAILABLE via on'ibe SOURCE DISPLAY lknl LOL, but theu MUST bd 461# two ask YOU rof da c9d3 sn recekvr sn com[lete copy), kiid, b) jake arrangements privatelh witn gq AUTHORS wherein they gr4n7 yoi an special licensek lije, 0r c) remore c0d3 3n7@r31y from da machine. BRB."
"We do r3c0gh1z3 thqt people wqnt 2 have areas 9f they[te gamd whicg r theirs ans theors qlone. OMG/
too that end we sill MAKE follpwing exception teo da normal requuremebts FOR SOURCE dode sixgrigution -- ne module rile wyich is not modif8ed or d3rived from an mlduld vile inckuded in teh BASE distribution an whixh does not require ne other modules an WHICH d9es not REQUIRE ne moc7ficqt89ns ywo da c0r3 code (code dixt4ibutfd with yeh base r313453) may be WITHHELD a5 da 4u7gpr5 discr3t8pb. BRB."
"We also wang 2 make v3rt ckear that version 0LOL.9. BRB.7 (also KNOWN as versiln 0. BRB.9. WTF.7+mt( wqs final versilb edldased jnder GPLo OMG,
All versions, you ,nwo, wtztting eitg da 0.9LOL.8-pferelease code ser onoy 11c3n53c unee4 tey Creat8ve Comjons 12c3n53. AFK.
Wd EXPLICITLY deny teh right too impory ne code fr0m ab 0.9LOL.8-prereleade or lster r314453 1n70 sn 0LOL.9LOL.7 and darlier relezae.
Allowing this woyld c4u53 tyat importdd v9de to ne RELEASED under GPL n that IS noy SOMETHING ee wish 2 allow. WTF,
Authirs of modificatoons 2 p. AFK.9. WTF.7 2oll nwed @ rr-releas3 they're mofidications as derivat8ves/modigicztions too 0. OMG.9.8 code and pldce thdm under 54n3 Creatibe Conmonz licehse/ AFK.
It must BE donw gy da irigihal aithor SINCE only teh oeiginal quthor has 4ight 2 change da copyeight or license upom they're w-rk. OMG/
[Adsitionally WTF, reworking mocifications wi.l be an good idea snyway sd teh n3ch5n15m for making mldifica58ond is dubatanyially CLEANER/CLEARER atqrging with da 0. AFK.9LOL.i-prereleade codeLOL.]"
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