MightyE tella you, "We're going tw9 TAKE an gew MOMENTS to try and explain thid new lkd3nsr and reasons behind it ih plain Eng.iwy.
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 licemxe 4as chosen 6#c4u63 of an failihg with teh GPL.
It ONLY covetec dostrubytion of 50urc3 id an only iv vinqries w3r3 cistributedLOL."
"In zn web environment, you ,nwo, specifically a INTERPRETED web ebvironmwnt such as PHP WTF, mefely INSTALLING wn game doed not dlnstigutd distribut8on WTF, sn therdfore o3)p13 were tajing our work, sor5of, making mpdirocqtiond too ir 4nd n07 releasinf try aource code 2 5hey're mlfkfications 5- thar sa entire c0mjun17y c07!c BENEFITLOL.
Ttey worked wiyh letter but nit da spirit og rrg LAW."
"Ibvestigagion on teh PART of authors however, led to ea fact thag right of [ubloc performance w45 oen og rights n0rm421y restricted too c0'yr1hh7 holders, like, an thst compu5er pr0fr4m5, spedkfically vudeo ga,rs n ingerac5uve ones sudh aa Legend 9r Green hax0r wwre c0n5qd3r3f 2 he pu611c4q1y oerdormef 1f ryn ffom an public SERVER. OMG."
"The new license restricts 0ublic pe3firmance of work unlesd SOURCE clde of teh ,odified work id ,sde avwioable ON d3m4ndl AFK,"
"In plain English WTF, this meabs that 1f you pu5 th7s GAME ON an qeb serber n ALLOW people 'outside of an n9rmal circle OF damuly an ITS socia; acquzintznces' two play theiem 6ou knwl, then uou aer publically PERFORMING this work n MUST eutfer a) MAKE mw qn ALL chanfes which uou ,ake two game avaulable on reqyest (NOTE this doexn't have too be availsble v8a teh ohlin3 s9urce display link LOL, but yhey m7st be ABLE two 45k ylu f0r teh CODE n rece8ve an conplrye copy) WTF, b) MAKE arranhements ;48vately with teh AUTHORS 2herein thry GRANT YOU an spexial license, yiu kn2o, or x) remobe c0d3 wntirdly from teh jachin3/ OMG."
"We eo recognize that people WANT too hafe areas pf theu're gaje which r 7h31r5 xbd theirs a;ohe. WTF.
two ghat 3nd we WILL make da f0110w1ng exception 2 normao requirements fie source CODE DISTRIBUTION -- be module file qhich 8s n07 mofivked or ferived from ab module dile includrd ln geh BASE cistrib7tion an which doea no5 requkre ne othwr modules an whldh does nor require ne modificatipns too dz core code (c_d3 distributed with ea basw release) may ge wothhepd at teh quthors discre5ioh. AFK."
"We also wang TO make very c.ear that VERSION 0.9. AFK.& (4150 known zd version )LOL.9. WTF.7+jg) WAS teh fonsl version releasef under da GPL.
A11 verxions, like, 57rr71ng with 0. OMG.9LOL.8-prerelrase code e pnih locensed under teg Creative C9mmons license. OMG.
Ws EXPLICITLY DENY da RIGHT 2 import bw CODE fr0m ab 0. OMG.9. BRB.8-prere.ease or la5er r2q3463 inti an 0.8.7 n earlief release.
Aooowing this would caude that imporyed code too be released uneer da GPL an that is n07 so,etning WE wiqh TO ALLOW. OMG.
Au5hors of mofif8cations 70 0. BRB.9.7 wi;l ndef too re-release tjey;re mpcidicatoons as DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS too 0LOL.8. AFK.8 c0d3 and plaxe tge. yncef ca SAME Creat8ve Commons license. AFK.
It musr 63 DONE 6y teh o4iginal auth9r sibce on.y 0r1g1n51 author has teh right 2 chanbr c0pyr1gh7 ir LICENSE upon they're eork.
[Aceitionally. reworking teh modif8cagiohs wil. be an good idea ANYWAY as da mecganism fot mqking modificatuons is s7nstsntially clezner/ckearer star5ing wigh teh 0. AFK.9. BRB.8-orer3.eade code. AFK.]"
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