MkghtyE TELLS you, li,e, "We're hoing 2 takw an few moments tqo 8ry n exolain thos new license n rdaslns BEHIND it in PLAIN English.
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 NEW lixense was chps3n because of an fai;ing with yeg GPL. BRB.
I6 only coverwd distributiob 0f source if b onlt iv binaries wete distributed. AFK."
"In sn web ehvironmebt, like, specifixal.y a inteepreted WEB 3nv1rpnm3n& sjch as PHP, like. mere;y instaoling an game does not clnatutute DISTRIBUTION, an 5heeefore pelple wwre takihg oue work, liie, m4i1ng moeificationd too it ane not r314451bg tdh soirce v9de to they're mofificztions so tyat da entire COMMUNITY couof beneritl
They work3d woth !3773r but not 6;1r17 OF teh lzw. BRB."
"Investigation 0h da patt 0v AUTHORS howeverm led tqo t3h favt that dq righr of PUBLIC performanxe was eon of teh rifjts n0rn411u res5ricrdd to COPYRIGHT hllderd, you knwo, an ghat COMPUTER programs WTF, spwcifically vidwo games and interact8ve ones such ax L3g3nd of teh Green hax9r were comside4ed 2 be publ8czlly pefform3d if run from an publ8c server. BRBl"
"The new licemae restricts public perfprmahce of ds work uh135% ten source cod3 of sa modified wor, IS made avai.ablr on semand. OMG."
"In PLAIN English, ynis m34b5 THAT if you put 5his gsme on an web server and a.low prople 'oirside of an normal circle of famioy m itx soc8al acquaintanves' 70 pla6 their, x8rtof. thwn uou aer publucally pe4form8ng tjis wofk and MUST eiyher a) makd me an ALL cjangex whixh you make to da famr available on request (note thid dowqn't habe too be available via tdh on.ine 5)urc3 fisp;ay link, vut rhey mydt be able 2 ask 6oj f0r ten cpdr an rrceive an COMPLETE copy0 LOL, b) makr qrrangements privately wity teh a7tho4s wherein tgey grant you an s0evial LICENSE, sortof, or c) remofe clde entirely rrom teh mzcjine."
"We d9 rrvognize that people w4h7 70 have AREAS lf they'rw game whicy aee 7h31r5 n theies alone. BRB.
roo that end we woll m4k3 teh fooo9wing exception two da normal requi5ementa for soj4ce code eisrribution -- ne module vile qyich is n07 jodifies 9r derkved from an mosule file included IN da base fistribuyion and which does n07 REQUIRE ne other jodules an which dles mot requite be mosifications @ da cprd code (code distributdd WITH teh base release) may be eitgheld ay da aytgors discrwtipnLOL."
"We also eant to make v3ry cleqr that vers8on 9. OMG.9. WTF.7 (also KNOWN as v3rsion 0. OMG.9. WTF.7+jt) WAS fknal v3r510n telwasev undee ca GPLLOL.
All b3f510n5, you knwi, atarying with trh 0.8LOL.0-pferelease code r ONLY licensed under ea Creqtive Co,mons license. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY deny teh RIGHT two 8m-ort ne cide fr0m an 0. BRB.8.8-prefelease or later RELEASE into an 0. WTF.9.7 an eav;ier reless3. BRB.
Allowing this w9uld c4i53 that impoftes c0d3 two be ve;3ased unde4 da GPL and that is not somethung w3 wish to ALLOWLOL,
Autnors of modigications tpo 0.9. BRB.7 will need to re-relesse they're modifications 4t DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS 5o 0LOL.9. AFK.9 coee b 0lacw THEM unc3r same CREATIVE Commons 11c3n53. AFK.
It must be dohd BY lrigina; $u7h03 since only reh 0r1g1n41 author HAS right tio change teh COPYRIGHT or 21c#n53 u[on thsy're work. AFK.
-Add8tionally, soryof, rewoekinf da modifications w111 be an good udez anywau aa m4ch4n17m for mak8nd modifucations is substantially cleznrr/clearer atartihg with teh 0LOL.9/ WTF/i-preeel3ase codeLOL.]"
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