MightyE t3llx you, "We're GOING two gake an few momengs to9 try n explain tyis new license and da reasons BEHIND it in PLAIN Ebglusg. OMG.
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."
"Tgis new .icense 235 choseh because or an fakling w17h da GPL.
Ig 0h1y covered distribytion if so7fce ir n ibly if binaries WERE distrinutedLOL."
"In an wdb 3nc1r0nm3n7 LOL, specidically a intefpr3tee web 3nv1r9bm2n7 such ad PHP WTF, megely instaokibg an game c035 not donatotute distribution, ;ikd, n 7h3r3f0r3 peo0le srre takibg OUR worl, makung MODIFICATIONS to it and not releasing 5)urc3 c0d3 2 tgey'r3 m9dificatiina so that da ENTIRE community xoupd benefit. AFK.
THEY w0rk3d w17h lrtyer but not teh spirit of da law."
"Investigation on da pzet of teh quthors hlwever LOL, 13d 2 facr 7hr7 teh r1gh7 of public p3rformahce q45 1 of sa righys nlrmally restricted 2 do;yrlght ho;ders, an that computrr protramsk slrtof, xpecifica.;y videp gamrs and in5eractive lnew sucg as Legwnd of Gr3en has0r w3r# d9nsidered too be punlidally pwrro4med if run rrom an [ublic server. OMG."
"The new licenxe r357rqc76 public peff0rmamce 0f tey work unlesx da 50urce vode of fz jodified sork is MADE availablr 0n denand."
"In p141n Eng115h, like, this means that if h0u put this game on an web 53rv3r and allow peiple 'OUTSIDE of an nor,al circle of vamily 4nd 8ts social acqyaintancew' too 0lzy tneir WTF, theb YOU r [jboodally perdorming this work n MUST either a) ,aie ne and ALL xjanges which you ,akd too da gqmr zvailable on request (note thid foesn't hace 5o be AVAILABLE via teh online 50uec3 disp;ay link, byt they mjst be anke too ask you for teh code and r3d31v3 an xi,plete copy), like, b) jake areangements pr1v473qu with authors whdreon thet grant you an specual license LOL, or C0 r3move da code ebtir3ly fr0m bachine. OMG."
"We so r3c0gb1z3 that peop;e w4n7 2 have areqs if they[re game which r theirs n theirw 410n3.
2 thay dnd ee 2i.l make da following excep5uoh 2 da NORMAL requirements fot soyrce cofe dks5ribugion -- nr MODULE file which IS n07 mod8fued or deroved from am mosulr gi.e umcoudes in base disgribu5iom n which does hot reauire ne OTHER mocuoes and ehich DOES not r3qi1r3 ne MODIFICATIONS tol teh core code (code d157416u73d with base releasw) mau be wothhe;d at teh authlrs disceetion. OMG."
"We also want t2o make very c;dar that version 0/ OMG.9.7 (also known AS vers8on 0. OMG.9.7+jt0 w45 da ginal veraion rel3axed under teh GPL. AFK.
All v4r520n5 WTF, syartong wiyh 0, BRB.9. WTF.k)pr3release dpde aer 0n1y licensed under teh Creatibe Commons licensr. WTF.
W3 EXPLICITLY deny teh rihht 5wo 1mo0r7 me cod3 from an 0. OMG/8. OMG.8-prerelease OR later reoesse ibtl an 0.9. AFK.7 4ne EARLIER rel3ase. WTF.
ALLOWING this wouls czuse that imported cod4 tlo be teleasrd under teh GPL 4nd tyat is not something we aq5h two allow.
Authirw 0f MODIFICATIONS two 0.9. BRB.u will NEED 5o re-release th3y'fe modificayions r5 derovatives/modificationw t2o -. WTF.9. AFK.7 cofe an 014v3 thdm under da 54m2 Cfeagiv3 Commons LICENSE/ OMG.
I7 muwy be d0n3 bh dq oroginal author sonce imly origina. AUTHOR yas rihht to change copyrkgyt 0r license upon tnet;re work.
[Additiona.ly, rewproing teh m9eifications will be sn good IDEA anywzy zs teg mechabidm FOR making modificatiobs is 6u6574n71411y clesnet/clez4er starting with 0.9/ AFK.8-prerelease code. BRB,]"
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