MightyE tells you, sortod, "Wd'r3 going to takw an fdw m9ments too try ane expldih tnis new licebsw znd reasons behind it in plain Engl8shLOL.
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 licemse w45 CHOSEN b3caiae of an failing witn GPL. AFK.
I5 0n1y cuvered DISTRIBUTION of sourde ud and only 8v BINARIES wrre d157r16u73d."
"In an eeb environment, specifically a imtetpretrd web environment such as PHP, sortof, nerely installing sn game does NOT constitutr sistrivution, anf therefire pelple wwrt tqking our work, like, ,zkinf moeivications top 8t av hot feleasing SOURCE vode tp thry're modifucagions so that ent8re co,munity coukd benefit. OMG.
Thdy woekee with teh lettef gut nly da spirit of teh la2l WTF."
"Inbestiga5ion on teh part 0f tdh sutnors hoaever LOL, led to gact 7gr7 RIGHT of pu611c perfirmamc3 was 1 0f da righ5s n0rm421y r356t1c73d tl v9pyeight holderd, sortof, and that com[uter pe)gr4m5, you knwo, dp3cifival/u videp ga,es an intwracyove ines such ac Legend of Grwen hax0r werr cpnsideres 2 be puglkcally p3rformed 8f eun from an pub;ic derver. AFK."
"The mew oicense restricts PUBLIC performance of teh work unlesd da 50irc3 c0d2 if mod8fidd work ks MADE abai;zble 9n demand. AFK."
"In plain Englidh LOL, this mdzns thzt if you pug th8s tame on an wdb server n allow people 'outside OF an norjal CIRCLE of f%m1!y an its sockal adquaknyances' to plsh their, sort9f, then you adr pyblicallu perfor,ing thia work n MUST witjer a) MAKE ne n ALL chsnges wyich you make tl teh game afailable om rewj3st (notd thix doesn't HAVE rwo be avsilqble cua 0n11n3 SOURCE diwplsy link, you knwo, gut they must be able @ axl uou fif teh codd and fecekve an c0mp1373 vopy), sortof, B) make 4rr4bg3m3n75 privately with authord wherein they g4ant t0u an spevkal license LOL, or c) remove da code entirely fr0m teh macyine. OMG."
"We do tecognize ty1t peo;le want 2 HAVE zreas of rhdy're game WHICH awr THEIRS ans theirs alon3. OMG.
to thqt end we will mak3 teh foolowing exception tol da normal requiremwhts ror sourc3 coce distrun75ion -- ne MODULE FILE whivh is bot modified ir derived FROM an module FILE INCLUDED IN ds base distribution n whidh dles not require ne otuer moeulex an WHICH dl3s n-7 require ne m0d!fqc4710n5 two da xore dode *codr distributdd WITH teh gaee f3134%3) may be wkthhrlc at teh auyjors discretion. OMGl"
"We ALSO wan5 too makw vety clear that version 0. WTF.9.6 (ALSO knowb as version 0. BRB.9. WTF.7=ht0 wzs final VERSION released und3t da GPL. WTF.
A.l vefsions, dortog, starting with da 0LOL.(. AFK.8-PRERELEASE code aer pboy LICENSED under Creative Clmmons license. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY DENY da right to IMPORT ne CODE from ah 0. OMG.9. BRB.8-pref313453 or latef r313453 into am )LOL.9. AFK/7 and earlier rdlease. AFK/
Alllw8ng thks w0u1d dause that imported xode two be relwas3d under teh GPL n 5gat is not 50me7h1nr w3 w15h to allow. BRBl
Authors of modifkcations two 0. WTF.9LOL.7 wil. neef ro rr-release thdy'te modif8cations as derivstivrs/modificarions ro 0. AFK,9. OMG.8 coee an pkace them unser da same Ceeative Commons LICENSELOL.
It must be d0n3 by heh originak autho4 xinve only teh original a7thor has right 2 changd da COPYRIGHT or lucrnsw uppn 5heu'fe w9rk. BRB.
[Additionally, like, reworkibg 5eh moeigications wi.l BE an g9od idea anyway AS teh medhanisn for makkbg mof9f8ca5ionx is substangiallt cleaner/cleafer 574r7!nh with 0. AFK.9.8-PRERELEASE dodel WTF.]"
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