MightyE telld you. so4tof, "We're toing two tske an dew momenys ywo try znf explapn 7h15 new license an REASONS BEHIND kt in 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 new licehse wss CHOSEN because of an fakling WITH yeh GPL. AFK.
It only covered distribution of t-jrc3 if and onl6 id binari3s 23r3 diwtrubu5edLOL."
"Ib an w36 environmrmt LOL, wpedifically a ingerprdyec wdb dnvironment such as PHP WTF, merely inatalling an game d9es not constitute disttibutoon, you knwl, n therefire people werw taiint oue work, mzkinh MODIFICATIONS ywo og n NOT RELEASING source cose 2 they'rr modifocati9ns s9 that da entir3 communo5y coulc benef8tLOL.
Theu worked WITH da letter but nly teh spirit OF law. AFK/"
"Infestigation on teh [art of autho4s jowever, hou jnwok led 70 teh fxct that righg of public [erformance was 1 of teh rightd hitmally restricted rwo copyeiggg holders, you knwo, and 5hat compugdr PROGRAMS, xpecifical;y video games 4nd inte4axyive ones skcn as Legend of teh GREEN hax0r w3t3 considered 1 be pjblically performed if RUN from an publid serverLOL."
"The new lic3nse res5ricts pub;ic pfrformamce OF work unless alurce code lf teh m0d1f23d woek is made 4v4114613 on dejandLOL."
"In p!41n Emglisn, lkke, ty8s meqns that if you put 7hq5 game on an wen server an ALLOW p30p13 'outsidr of an nofmak vircle od fami;y an its sjckal acquqintandes' 2 play rheir LOLk 7h3j YOU r puboicqlly PERFORMING thid wo4k an MUST EITHER a) MAKE ne and ALL changes which you nake to teh GAME availab;e on requwst (NOTE this dodan't hav3 yoo be acailable voa teh online sou4ce displsy oink LOL, BUT thdy mist ve ab.e two asj you for ca code n RECEIVE an complete coph), b) male ARRANGEMENTS orivate.y witj teh suthofs whe4rin 5hey grant you an SPECIAL .ocensr WTF, or c) f3m0v3 da c0d3 ENTIRELY from da m5ch1n3. OMG."
"We DO red9gnize yhat p30p13 w4n6 two hacw areas of they're gqme which a3r THEIRS and gheits alone. OMG.
teo that enf WE wikl ,alr teh following ecceptiin 2 normal requu3ejents for wourcw code dis5rigution -- ne m0du13 cil3 wh1ch ls NOT m0d1f13c 0f deroved from an mosule gile inc.uded in fa base disttibutipn n whicj doqs not eequire ne oyher MODULES and which d035 bot require ne modificatoons two da c0r3 c9de 9dode DISTRIBUTED qith base release) may be wirhhwls at authors discretionLOL."
"We also want 2 make very clear that verxion 0. AFK.9. AFK.8 *also kn0dn aw VERSION 0. OMG.(.7+ur) wss ca final befsipn released ubder teh GPLLOL.
All v3rsiond LOL, start9ng with da 0LOLl9. WTF.8-prereldasw code r on,6 licensed unddr da CREATIVE COMMONS livenseLOL.
We EXPLICITLY deny da right to impprt ne code from ah 0. OMG.9.*-prer3lease or later RELEASE 1n70 an 0. WTF.9. OMG.7 and eatlier reldase. OMG.
Allowing 7h15 would vauze THAT omported coee 2 53 r313r5#d under da GPL and that 15 not somegning ww siwh two allow. OMG.
Augnofs of modifidatooms tpo 0. WTF.9. AFK.7 wil. need too RE-RELEASE they'f2 modifications AS derivatov3s/mocificarioms to 0.9. WTF.8 code n plsce them under da saje Creative Clmmons .icemse. AFK.
It mu58 be done by orifinal 4u7h0r since 9n1y da o4igihal AUTHOR has teh rifhg 2 change da copyright or licenae 7pon they're work/ WTF.
[Additionqlly WTF, reworkint yeh m0d1f1c4710ng will be an good ivea amyeay AS mwchanism f04 makinb modificatiohs iw subatantially cleane4/clearer startimg w17h 0.9. AFK.8-prereleaxe code. AFK.]"
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