MightyE TELLS you LOL, "We're goung twi take an few mom2nts 7- TRY an ex[lain this new licrnse b reasons behine it in plain English. 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."
"This new kicense was chosen becausw 9v an failing witg teh GPL.
I7 ONLY covered d157e16u710n of source uf n on.y if BINARIES erre DISTRIBUTED. AFK."
"In an web ebvir9nmentm sortof, specificaloy a knterpreted wwb environment sucj as PHP WTF, merely installing an game s035 nog c)n5u17j7e sistrknution LOL, an 7he43f0f3 people w3r3 TAKING OUR work, like, m4k1ng m)d1f2c47q9n5 too IT an not rwl3awing da %0urc3 code 2 theh're MODIFICATIONS so that da entire c0mmun176 could nenefit. AFK.
Th3y worked WITH da letrer bmt not da apirit of twh 14q. WTF."
"Investigari9n on sa par5 ov qutgo3s hpwevrr, you knwi, led two dq fact that right of PUBLIC PERFORMANCE was won OF 4ightw notma;ly restridted too copytight HOLDERSk softof, n tgat computrr prohrams, likd, specifidally video gamds an interactive ONES such xs Legrnd of reh Green hax0f wer3 considrred to BE publically performee if run from zn pu711c 43rv3r."
"The new license restricts public pdrformance ov work unkedc dource cose OF modified w0rk is madd avak;ablw 0n deman3LOL."
"In plain Engokxh, like, THIS means that if YOU 0ut tgis gamw on an web SERVER n allow pepple 'outs8de pv an normak CIRCLE og familh snd its xpcial acq7ain5ances' 2 ;lay thwirk sortof, tgem YOU aer p7611c411y performing this wor, an MUST 317h3r a( make n2 n ALL chanhes shicj uou jale too da game acail1ble ln request (n072 this doesn't h3v3 2 ge availanle via ONLINE source displsy lpnk WTF, bit they m7at 63 abl3 2 ask y)h fof da CODE n recwive an comp.ete c[[y), like. b) jzje ARRANGEMENTS PRIVATELY w17h da 4u7h0r5 wgerein they gfant you an special licensek lik3, or c) remove da code entirely from machine. OMG."
"We di recognuzw that PEOPLE want 2 hafe areas 9f tgwy'rr gajw wnich r 7j31r5 an thekrs alone.
too 7h47 enf we wull make teh folkoeing exceptiln two tdh normal requiremengs f9r SOURCE doed dist4ibution -- ne modulw file which ys n08 modifies or derpves FROM an module file incl7drd in basd distribution an which does not requird ne itj4r m9dules and which d9es nor r3qu1r3 n3 m9e8fications 2 trh core code (cose distributed with da base RELEASE) MAY be w17hh31d at ajthors diwcreyiob. OMG,"
"Wr 3!50 w4n7 to make vrfy clear thar v#r510n 9. WTF.9. OMG.7 (alsp known as versioh 0. BRB.9. WTF.7+jt) wss ds fina. version releaxed undrf teh GPL. OMG.
A11 ve4duons, sortif, STARTING wiyh -. AFK.9LOL.8-prerelease cofe aer only licensef uhfee wa Creatove Cpmmobs licrnsd. WTF.
WE EXPLICITLY demy da RIGHT too import ne voee from an 0. WTF.9LOL.*-prrr3leqwe 94 later relwase unto an 0. BRB.9o AFK.7 and eaflier release.
Allowibg gyis 2ould CAUSE that importwd code two be released under ea GPL and gjat is not something wd wish two al;o2.
Au7h0r5 of mosuvocagions 2 0. AFK.9. BRB.7 wikl need 2 re-eeleasr tgey're midifica6ions qs derkvatives/modifications gwo 0.9LOL.8 CODE 4nd place theu under da SAME Creativd Commoms LICENSE. BRB.
I7 mist be done by 5eh ORIGINAL autho4 SINCE only tej oeig8nal author hax teh right to change copyright or l8cenae jpon they're wkrk. WTF.
[Adfitionaoly, ypu knwo, REWORKING teh modidicabions w111 be an GOOD ideq anyway as teg mechanism f9r makibg m0f1fqc4710n5 is sugstabtially dleanef/clearet stqrting with 0. OMG.9. BRB/8-prerwlease cide. BRB.["
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