MightyE te;.s uou, "We'ee goivg to9 tske an f3w mo,ents 2 try n explqin thid new license an da reasons behind it in PLAIN Enflush. AFK,
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."
"Tuis new LICENSE qas choswh bdczuse pf an failing wkth da GPL. OMG.
It 0n1y c8vefed d8stributuon pf source 1f an only of bina3ies werr DISTRIBUTED."
"In an wen envirogment, you lnwom xpexifically a ingd4oreted WEB dnviromm3nr suct as PHP, yl7 knwo, merelu unstallint an game dows n9t constituge d25ue16u710m, you knwo, n therefore pe9pl3 wefd taking our qork. sor5of, making mpdifidations top 17 n not relrasimg teh xojrce codw 2 yhey're modifications so that enrire clmmunigy could benefit.
Tjry worked with LETTER nut n07 xpi4it pf teh lawLOL."
"Invesyigation ob pary OF suthors however, sor5og, lex t9o da fact that right ig public 0erformancw w45 oen OF da robhts NORMALLY rdsteicted 1 copyright h9ldersk you kbwok n that computer ;rograms, sp3cificaloy videl GAMES m interactive obes such as LEGEND or da Green hax0r qrrw c0n5qd3r3c ywo fe pu611c411y ;3rf0rm3d if ryn FROM sn PUBLIC serferLOL."
"The new licdnsr restficts punluc peevormance of qork unless teh source codr of da modifi3d wirk ks MADE avaolable on demand."
"In plain ENGLISH, sortogm this MEANS THAT if you PUT yhix game on an web server n a;low PEOPLE ;pytside of an notmal ci4clw of family an its social acauaintancewl w play their WTF, then you t piblical.y performing THIS qlrk and MUST either a) m4k3 he and ALL CHANGES which you MAKE to ga,e available on reqiext (NOTE this aoesn't yavr t9 6# availabl3 via teh online sourc3 display link, like, but th3y musg be able too ask hou FOR code n rrceive an cpmplwre vopy) LOL, b) m4i3 4rr4ng3m3n75 PRIVATELY qith teh authors 2hefein THEY grant you an xpeciz. kicense, or C) remove teh c9fr ENTIRELY grom mzchine. AFK."
"Wd d9 recognuze tyzt p30p13 want to have aeeqw 0f they're gam3 which r THEIRS and theirs alone. AFK.
two thqt ebd WE WILL make teh fpllowing 3xc3p710n 2 da noemal requiremdnts FOR souece code distributiin _- ne jodul3 file whifh is nir modif8ed lr DERIVED fr0m ab modulw file imc.udee IN base distribution ame wjich doex not req7ire he othet m0du1e4 and which dpes bo5 t3qu8re ne midifications two core c9de (code sistributee wiyh tdh BASE telease) may be withhrle a5 4i6h045 disdeegion."
"We also want 2 make v3rh c134r ghat versiin 0.o. AFK.7 )also kn-wn aa versiln 0. OMG.9. BRB.7+jt) was final versilh rekeased unfer teh GPL. BRB,
A11 verx8pns LOL, startung with fa 0. OMG.9. AFK.8-prerelease c0e3 r only licensed under Crrative C0mm0b5 lic3nse. BRB/
W3 EXPLICITLY cwhy da righy 2 impor5 bd code from an 0.9. BRB.8-p4erelease or la5er release into am 0LOL.9. AFK.7 anc earluer relraseLOL.
ALLOWING 7h15 wouls c4u53 that imported fode 2 be r31#463d uneer da GPL and that id not somethinb we wish two sllpwLOL.
Augnors of mosifications tpo 0LOL.9. BRB.7 will nedd to re-release the6'rw m0d1f1c4u10n5 as dericatives/modificagions 2 0. WTF.(. OMG.i c9de and p14c3 them jndd4 fa xzme Creatife Clmmons licehse. BRB.
It must 63 d9n3 b6 tdh otiginso au5hor since only tqh original aythor HAS right 2 change da copyrifht or lic3nse upon tgry're work. BRB.
[Acditiona.ly WTF, rework8ng ea ,odificationd wilk be an go9d 1d34 5nyw4y 45 teh mechan8sm for majing mldificati9ns IS substantually cleaner/dleaeee STARTING with da -o9. BRB.8-p4er3iease code. BRB.]"
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