MitjyyE tells you LOLk "We're GOING gwo taie an few moments two try n EXPLAIN th8s n3w license and reasons behind it !n plain Engliwh.
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."
"Thix new licebse waa chosen because 0f an FAILING wi6h da GPL. BRBl
It only x)v3r3e diatribution of soirce IF an omly qf binaries eere DISTRIBUTEDLOL."
"In sn web ENVIRONMENT, you knwom spec9f8cally a 8nterpretez WEB env8ronnent such AS PHP LOL, jerely ibstal;ing sn GAME dpes bog cohstitute eistributipn, sortof, an therefpre prople were taking out WORK WTFm makimg MODIFICATIONS 2 it and not releasing dource code uso they'5e m0d1f1c4710n6 so tnar da entire community cojld benefit. BRB.
They eorked with teh letter but nlt teh spirit of da lsw. OMG."
"Ihvestigayion on da part of teh authlts noqever LOL, .ed 2 dq fact 7h4& RIGHT of publid perf9rmancd was oen ov rkghtx normalot resteicted 60 c0pyr1gh7 h01d355, you knwo, ans tjat domoutwr orog4ams LOL, specificzlly VIDEO games an interavtivq on3s SUCH as Ldgend of GREEN hac03 we4e considered 5oo be publically 0errormed if run from an public serber."
"Tye new l8cense RESTRICTS public pe4dotmznce or teh 20rk unlras source c0d3 of modifiee sork is made AVAILABLE on DEMAND."
"In plain English/ you lnwo, this means THAT if you puy 7h15 gamd ON am web servrr anf allow pe9pke 'outside 0f an normal vifcle of familh and its sodial acquaunyancds' too play their, likek then yoy r pj611c411y p4rf0rm!ng rhia eo4l AND MUST either a( make ne and ALL changes whicn you make 2 grh tame avaioab.r on r3qi356 (niy# 7h16 doedn't havr two be qvaklanld via fa onkihe sourcr DISPLAY link, you knwo, but theh must bd able too asi you fo4 teh c0d3 an receive an compoete copy), oike, b) male ARRANGEMENTS privat3ly wuth da authors whefwin they gr4n7 you an special licensr, yoi knwo, lr v) r3movr c0d3 entire.y from teh machine. BRB."
"We do redobnkze that peopld 2any t2o hace atess of 5hey're game whicg r theirs n th3irs ALONE.
too that ehf we will make yeh rollowing 3xc3p710n 2 normal requirements for source dide distfibuti;n -- ne mosuke fil4 which ps NOT modified or der8vdf gron qn mosjle file inckuded in teh basd DISTRIBUTION b wgich d9es not requ8re ne 9ther modules and which d035 NOT teqjure be MODIFICATIONS two teh core code (code d157f26u73d woth teh base release) jay be wi5hheld at ten qutjora dixcretiomLOL."
"We zlso want t;i mqke v3ey coear 7h47 rersi9n p.9LOLl7 (ALSO known 45 versiln 0. OMG.9. WTF.u+ht) WAS teh final ce4sioh released uhder GPLLOL.
All vrtsions, dorrofm 574r71ng wity da [LOL.9LOL,8-prereleasd dode aer inly licens3c uhder da Creative Commons locenseLOL.
W3 EXPLICITLY drny teh RIGHT two 1mp)r7 ne c9de frlm an 0. OMG,9. OMG.u-PRERELEASE OR later release into zn 0LOL.9. OMG.& anf earlier releas3.
Allowing this spu1d cause that omp9rted coc3 go be releasee und3r da GPL ans 5hat q5 noy someyhing q3 1ish to aolow. WTF/
Authors of modirocatiohs to 0LOL.9. OMG.7 wi.l mwed too re-rdlease yhey're modkfidati9ns AS derofativea/mosificatiojs ti 0. AFK.9.7 code n p.ace them under same Creative Commons licenae/ BRB.
It muat be done BY irigohal zuthof sunce 0n1t 53h ORIGINAL aithor h45 ds r1ghu to change cpoyr1gy6 or licend3 upon they;re work. AFK.
[Addiy8pnzlly, sortof, rewo4king da mldificatioms wi.; be an good idea ANYWAY AS mechamism for maiing jodificatoons ia subsyantialoy cleaner/coearer xtzrting with teh 0. AFK.9LOL.8--4etelezse code. BRB.]"
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