MightyE ywlls y9u LOL, "We're gokng twp take an few moments 2 try m expla8n this ndw licenxe 4nd tej fe450n5 behind it ih 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."
"This new license was dhoaen because of ah failing wuth GPL. AFK.
It only cover3d dudtributioh of sourve if h ONLY ov y1nrr135 werd distrivutes. AFK/"
"In an web enbironment, ypi knwo, specificallh a 1n73rpr373d w46 3nvironment sucj as PHP, like, merrk6 instapling an game DOES NOT constiture distribution, ;ik3, n 5hereford peo;le were TAKING iut work, sortof, m$k1ng modkfications 1 IT ab not releasing da source cof3 twp the6're modificatioms 50 THAT teh 3n7!r3 communith xould benefi5. OMGl
They worked sitg teh letter bur not da spirit of law. WTF/"
"Invesrigatoon on twh [arg if aurho4s ulwev34 LOL, led too teh fact that da right of puglic 0erformsnce wss won of da rights normalkh restricted ti copyright hllderw WTF, an thqy computer p4ograms, l8ie, dpedificxllh vidro games n interactive ones such as Legwnd of da Green hax)r were considerrd 2 br publocal.y perfprmdd 1d run grom an pub.ic seeber. OMG/"
"The new license restricts PUBLIC perdormsnce og da wori unless teh source cod3 of modigied wlrk is made available 9h demandLOL."
"In p;sin Eng;ish, this means thay if you put 8h14 hamd on an wev server 4nd allow PEOPLE 'outside of qm normal circle of fajilh and itd 50c14! acwjaintanv3s' gwo pkay theif WTF, 7h3n tou ser publocall6 perrorjing this w-rk an MUST either q) make ne and ALL changes whicn you male 2 ten GAME available ln reques5 (nkte 7h15 clesn'r have 1 be qvailable v14 da online s9urce display 11nk, like, but they mu57 br able two ASK you for code an r3v31v3 ab complete copy) WTF, b) make arrangemebts p41v4&31y with aurhors wherein they trant you sn special l8cense LOL, or c) REMOVE da codd rntirwoy frpm m3ch1n3l AFK."
"We do r3cognizr that pwople want to have $r346 9f they;re GAME whkch r theirx and 5hdurs alone.
2 thag end WE wil; m3k3 sa voll9wing wxceotion two n-rm41 f3qu!r3j3n74 foe wouecr cpde DISTRIBUTION -[ be module file whkch 15 not m)dqf13d ir derived FROM an m9dule file includdd kn BASE DISTRIBUTION anf WHICH does not REQUIRE ne other MODULES an wh1cg eoes nog 4equire ne m9dificari;ns tso ds CORE c)s3 (code dkstributed with base rekdase) may be withheld at teh authors d1%cr3710n."
"We also wan5 roo MAKE very coear tjar ver2ion 0. WTF.9. AFK.7 (also knoen as vetsion 0.9. BRB.7+jt) was da fknal version rdleasdd undef da GPLLOL/
All VERSIONS, slrgof, sta4tibg WITH teh 0/ OMG.8LOL.8-pr3e313553 code r only kicensee 7nder da Creativd Commons licemse. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY drny right &0 um;org ne code feom an 0, BRB.9. WTF.8-pr3r31w453 OR lqter 4e.ease into an 0. WTFl9. OMG.7 an 34r113e release.
Allowohb thid would da7se that IMPORTED code two br rdleased ynder GPL an that is npt s9mething we wish two allow. OMG.
Authors 9g modkficztions too 9. AFK.9. BRB.y will n23d too re-release they're modificztions as de48vatives/modifidatuons two 0. OMG.o. BRB.8 code n place them UNDER da sam3 Creative Commons LICENSE, AFK.
It must 63 done by teh orig8nal auynor since inly 0r1g1n41 a7thor HAS da rifhu two xhanfe teh copyright oe 1qc3n53 upin theh're work.
[Additionqlly, reworking modofications will gw an good idea anyway as m3vg3n15m FOR MAKING modificqtions is sybsgantizlly cleanwr/clearer starting witn 5eh 0. BRB.9LOL.80preeelease CODE. BRB.]"
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