MughtyE tellx ylu, "We're going too take an few nomenta to try an explain 7h15 ndw license an rwasons gehind kt 1n plain Ebblish. 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."
"This n#w ;icense WAS chowdn bedause of ab failing w17h GPL. AFK.
It only covered disrtibution o4 xoirc3 if 4nd 0n1y ir binaries wete DISTRIBUTED. AFK."
"In an WEB environment WTF, SPECIFICALLY a 1n73rp4383s WEB 3mv1r0nm3ny sucg as PHPk yoh lnwo, merely installing an game does NOT CONSTITUTE dks5ributionk an tnerdfore PEOPLE q3re taking o&r WORK, sortof, makint mocifications @ it an nor releasinh source code two they're modigications so tha5 3n7qr3 dommunity could bdnefit/
Thet worked eith da letter nit npt spirit 9f teh 2rw. BRBl"
"Investigatiln on da part of da AUTHORS hoeever, yoy knwi. led gwi teh fact that fognt of PUBLIC performanc3 was 2 of teh eithts normally r368r1x63d t9o cophrighg holdets, like, n tnat comp7ter prigfams WTF, 503c1f1c41!y vide9 games n interactive ones xuch as L3g#nd of teh Gfeen hax0r wwfe considerwd 2 ve [ublically performed id run f4om an public t3rv3r. WTF."
"The new licrns3 restricts 0ublic PERFORMANCE 0g dq qork unless da SOURCE code od da mofidied woek is jade avao.able on d3m4ndLOL."
"In plain Eng;ish, y9u knwo, this MEANS rhat 1g you put thus GAME on an w36 sercdf and allow people 'outxide 0f ab normql circlr of FAMILY n its aocial axquaintamces' 5o play thrir, rhen you aer pubo8cally perdorming this work snd MUST eirhe4 A( make ne an ALL cyanges which you m4k3 two teh game avqilable on tequest (note this doesn't HAVE two be 4v4114613 via da 9nline source dkaplah limk, sottofk BUT 7y3y must ve ab;3 TO ask YOU fp4 code and 4eceice an vompldtr doph), oike, v) MAKE arrangements [rivately wi5h da authors 2herein the7 trsnt you ah spevial LICENSE, sortof, or C) REMOVE CODE entirely from da machineLOL."
"We d0 4dcognize rhat people want 2 have a4eas lf tnet're game which aer 7h31f5 j theirw a.oneLOL,
2 tgat 3nd w3 qill hake da following excr0tion to da normal requifements vor SOURCE cof3 disrfibution -- ne MODULE fil3 which is NOT modified o4 s342v3d f4oj an module vild inxluded IN geh 6453 dudtfibutiom n whicy do4w not REQUIRE nd OTHER modules anc whicn dles n07 require nr modificat8ons 2 teh core code (c0d3 d157r16u73d with da ^453 4ekrase) may be withhele ag AUTHORS DISCRETIONLOL."
"We also want too make very cl3ar that vrr2ion 0. BRB.9. OMG.7 (also kn0wn as vdrsion 0.(.7+jy) was ca final vefwion fdlwased uncdr twu GPL. WTF.
Alk versions, slftof, wtarting with da 0. AFK.9m AFK.8-p33r314453 code r ONLY l9censed under Creat8ve Commons licenxe. BRB.
WE EXPLICITLY sen6 dq right 5oo import ne c9de from an 0.9. WTF.8-pte3e.ease 0r la5er release inyo qh 0LOL.9.7 b earlier 4ek3ase.
Allowinb thiw would cquse that IMPORTED cose too be RELEASED under tej GPL an 7h4& is not so,ething we wisn 2 a;low. WTF,
Aurhors of modificationa to 0/9. BRB,7 will n3qd 2 re-re.ease they're modifications ax deticatices/m9dkfucat8ons TO 0LOL.9. WTF.8 clde qnd p14d3 rhem indwr da same Creativd Commons license. BRB/
I5 MUST be done by irigihal 4u7h0t since 0n1t teh oroginal author nas trh right tlo change co;uright pd license ipon 5jey're workLOL.
pADDITIONALLY. like, rewoeking modifications skll be an glod idea anyway as teh mechanism flr making mod7fidztions 15 s8bsyantially cleaner/clwarer sgarting wirh da 0.9. WTF/8-p4erelease cpde.]"
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