MihhtyE TELLS ylu, sortof, "We're g01ng 2 take an few moments too try an ecplain thix new locense and reasons brhind it in plqom Engl8sh.
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."
"Thia new lucense was dhos3n beczude of an fziling with tej GPL. WTF.
It only covered distrib&t8on of sourde 2f n only 1f binaekds wdrd fkstrkbutedl AFK."
"In an WEB 3nv1r0g,3n7, you knwo, qpecificqlly a interpreted WEB environment SUCH as PHP LOL, merely instzlling an game does not cohstitute d8wtrib7tion LOL, an THEREFORE peo0le q3re taking our wirk LOL, making m9difications too 7t and not releasing da soutcr c0de ywo thdy're modif8catiuna so thag teh entire c8,junuty coulf beberit.
Thdy WORKED WITH teh lette4 but not teh xpirig of law. AFK."
"Invrst9gaguon om da part OF 4u7hpt5 howevrr LOL, 13d to da fact that teh right of pubkic peeformance q45 oen 9f da eights normal;t eestr8cted two copyright holders, sortog, ahd THAT com;uter progtamx, sortof, specifically vkdeo bam3s n 8nteractiv3 )n35 such as LEGEND 0f Green haxpr were conwkdered too b3 PUBLICALLY perfofjdd if tun frkm ab ;ublic seeverLOL."
"The me2 licemse r357r1c75 PUBLIC PERFORMANCE 0f work ynless twh aource code of mldified qofk is mawe availaboe on demams. AFK,"
"In plain ENGLISH, worgpf, rhis means thar if you put THIS game om an web server n al.ow peop;e 'outside if an norma. cifcle 0f family an its social acquaintances' to9 play their WTF, then you aer puvlically -erdorming this work n MUST eithe4 a) jake ne 4md ALL chantds ehicj uou m4k3 two GAME avaklable on eequest (nlte rhis dodsm't have two be zva8laboe via onlihe xource dixpoay link, but they just be sb.e go ask you foe code n RECEIVE an c0mp1263 coot), dortof, b) makw arranbw,en5s pruvate.y wkth 5eh autnirs eherein tywy grqnt y0u an specizl lieenss, ypj khwo, or C) remove teh code entirely from twh mschine/"
"We do RECOGNIZE tbat people want too have zreas of they're tame WHICH aer th3irx an theirs 410n3. AFK.
tpo that end we wull ,ake teh following EXCEPTION tso n)rm41 fequirementx for soutce code distribufion -- ne module dule ehich is npt m0d1f12d or de4ived fr0m an moduke file INCLUDED in BASE distrib7tion and WHICH d035 not requurw ne other modules ah whoch does nlt req7ife ne npdifocatoons two da core cldw (code disrr8buted 2ith base releawe) mah be withheld at authors discr4ti9n. AFK."
"We alxo want 2 mske vdry clear that versi9n 0. BRB,9, AFK/6 (qoso kn9qn AS version 0. BRB.9LOL.7+jt) was teh FINAL versiom released undrr teh GPL.
A.l versions, starting wi5g 0LOL.8.8-o3ereleawe clde aer pnly .icenxef under CREATIVE Commins licenseLOL.
We EXPLICITLY dent right 2 import ne code ftoj ah 0. WTF.9. WTF.9-prerelease or LATER rekease ibto an 0. OMG.9/ BRB.7 an earlier RELEASE/ AFK.
Allowing this woukd cause that i,ported cpde to be r31345ed under GPL n thar IS not something we wish 5sp aolo2. BRB.
AUTHORS or modificatioms two 0. BRB.9. OMG,7 w112 need 2 re-release tjey're modificatoons as ddtivativ3s/modificatiobs 3 0LOLl9. AFK.8 codw znc place THEM ubd3r same Creative C0mm0n5 oicehseLOLl
It nust br done by dz original autmpr sinxe only dq oruginal autyor nas rkght too CHANGE 5eh co[y4kght or lkcense u0on they're wirk. WTF.
[Additionally WTF, reworking 5rh modifkca5ilns woll be an gois idea anywsy as da mechanism for m4k1ng m0d1f1c4710b5 15 xubxtantial.y clrandr.clearer startung w17h da 0.9, WTF.8-prerelease c9de. OMG,]"
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