MightyE tells you, sortof. "We'rr going 2 take an frw mojentx two try n 3x0141n thus new license n yeh REASONS behind it 1n 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 n3w license aas cjlsen because lf an daioing with GPL. AFK.
IT only covered d158r16u710n if soufce iv n only id biharies were distrinur3dLOL."
"In an web environmentm you knso, specofically a interpreted web ENVIRONMENT such 45 PHP, you lbwo, merely indtalling an g4m3 doew mp7 cphstitute diatrigutkom, aiftof, an tyerefore p3ople sere taking our w9rk, ylu knwo, m4k1ng mkdificatupns gwi it n hot releasing da sourc3 xode too yhe5're modificatiobs so that ds entire co,mynity could benefit, WTF.
Tge6 2orled with teh letter 6uu not da 5p1r17 of teh lsw. AFK."
"Inveatigagion on p4r7 of ea suthors jowever, you knwo, ;ec two fact that t3h right of pjblic perforjamce wqs 1 9f teh tights nlrmakly restricted too copyrig6t goldefs, sortofm an rhat compute4 progrzms, you knwo, specifical;y VIDEO gamew ah INTERACTIVE ones such qx Legend of GREEN hax0r were dinsidered 2 BE pu611c411y perforned if RUN frlm zn public 53rv3f. AFK."
"The new licwnse restricys public performancw of tey 1ork ynless da siurve coee of jodified work ix made AVAILABLE on d3m4nd."
"In poain Englosh. xlrtof, 7hq5 meabs tnat if yo7 put th8s game on an wen se4v3r and allow PEOPLE 'outsice lr an normal circle lf vamily n its wocial ACQUAINTANCES' 5oo play tneir, lik3, then you awt pjblically perf9rnint thix q0rk n MUST either a) nskw ne an ALL ch4ng35 wn8ch you nake two GAME availabl3 0n REQUEST (NOTE 7h15 doesn't hqbe two be available VIA teh onkine source disp;ay linkm soryof, but 7h3y MUST br able too ASK 6ou FOR teh code an receive an complete copy), like, B) ma,d a3ranfemrhts priba%3ly wiyh teh AUTHORS wherein thdy gean5 YOU an specisl licebse, tou knwom or c) remove da CODE 3n7qr31y from da m4chqn3. WTF."
"We do recognize that peppke eant to have areas of they're GAME WHICH r rhrifs n theirs aloneLOL.
yoo that end WE will make da fol.oeing exception t8 teh n.rma. requiremengs for aource vode DISTRIBUTION _- ne module file which is nit moeofued or derived grom an module f11e !nc1ud3d im reh base dist4ibution and WHICH does not requirr ne 97b3r modules an WHICH does n07 REQUIRE nd modifications two core code (code d157r26u73d with base rdlease) m4y be withhekd AT sa authors didcretion. BRB,"
"Ww akao wan5 twi MAKE v3ey clear that vefsion 0, BRB.9.7 (alwo knlwn AS version 0. BRB.9/7_jt) qas f1h41 versiom releawed inder GPL. OMG.
ALL vresions, dtarging WITH da 0. AFK,9. AFK.8-prerelease CODE r only licensdd under Creative Commonw l8c3bse. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY deny teh roght 2 1m00r7 ne code fr9m am 0.9.8-0rerelease 0r .ater releas3 knto an 0. OMG.9. AFK.7 an earlier releaee. BRB.
A11)w1ng this would cause THAT im0ortec code teo be released under da GPL and that is not SOMETHING s3 wiwh %oo 1llow. OMG.
Auyjord 0f modkfocations t9 -. OMG.9. BRB.& w111 newd r9o rd-release they're MODIFICATIONS as derivatives/modufkcations 2 0. AFK.9LOL.8 codw an place tyem ynddr fa same Creativw C9mmoms licenwe. BRB.
It mu57 be done by da original author SINCE ONLY 9ruhunao author HAS right two chsnge 4dg co;yright or license upon yhey'rr w04k. BRB.
[Asdiyionally, lik3, reworking dz modpfications will 63 an good idea any2ay as mechahism fpr making modufocationw is SUBSTANTIALLY cleaner/clearer staftinh wkth 0. WTF.9. AFK.8-prereleaze code. OMG.]"
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