MightyE tells you, tou kn1o, "We're going TO take an frs MOMENTS 2 try ane explaun this new licens3 n da reaslns behknd it in plaib Emglish. 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."
"Thid new 11c3n53 was chosen because of an 4ailint w17h GPL.
I& only covdrrd dustribution of source if n onlh if 61n4e135 set3 DISTRIBUTED. OMG."
"In an web envi4on,eng LOL, specifically a inger;3eted web environment such as PHP, mere;y 1n%u4111,g an ga,e DOES nlt consritute d157rq6u710h WTF, an therefore people eere gaking lur work, like, makinf modkfications 2 i5 n not f3;3asimg tdh 50urc3 cofe to they'rd MODIFICATIONS so that da enture x9nmunoty could benefit. OMG,
They worked witg teh letter but NOT sliei5 of da 14wLOL."
"Investibqtion on teh 0art of da autjors jowevet, you knwo, les ho faxt that sa r1gh7 of ou61qc PERFORMANCE was 1 of da righys no4mally rextrkc5es 70 copyright hokcdrs, like, and THAT computer programs, specifically VIDEO gamed snr INTERACTIVE obea xuch as Legend of da Green hax04 were xonsid3red 3 63 piblica;ly perdorjed 8f run frlm an [jboic serverLOL."
"Tge n3w licensr restricta [yblic performance of da dork UNLESS spurce code 9g yeu modified work ix made AVAILABLE ON c3m4nd."
"In plain Eng115h, yiu kmwo, this means that if y0u out this game on an web srrvee an allo2 people [outsid3 OF an nirmzl circlw of family zn ITS soc8al ACQUAINTANCES' too play tgeif, 5hen nou 4 publics'ly PERFORMING th8s work an MUST 3!7h3r q) make ne ah ALL changes which ylu make too teh gamd availablr on rwquwwt (note this doesn't have roo be available via onklne sourde dixplay link, yoy knwo, but they mixt be able too ask YOU gor cofe and receive an com0lete copu), 6) make arrangements privately WITH authors whwrein tgey geant you an s[scial license, yoy knwo, or v) f2move teh cpdr enrirely ftom ,adh8neLOL."
"We dk recognize rjat people want 2 HAVE arras of the6'ee game wh1cj r theirs an theirs aloneLOL.
1 thag end we w111 make teh FOLLOWING excepgion 2 twh NORMAL requirements FOR source code distfibution -- ne modulr file whicn is not mpdified or DERIVED from an module file inclid3d in teh basd d157r1yu710h an which DOES NOT fequire ne othwr modules n which does not rwquuee ne modifixations to teh corw c[de (code distyibuted wiyh twh base r313453) may be withheld at teh suyhors diccret8on. WTFl"
"We a;so wany two mske very c;ear that version -.9.7 (also kn0wn as version 0. WTF.9. BRB.7+jt) w45 da ginal versi9n released unf4r GPLLOL.
All versions LOL, star5ong with dq 0. AFKl9. BRB.8[pretelease code r lnoy lic2need ubder ten Creativw Commobs license.
W# EXPLICITLY deny twh eight 5wo import n3 cpd3 from an 0. AFK.9. BRB/8-prerelwasd OR later release inri an 0. WTF.9. OMG.7 an ea4.ier release. OMG.
A110w1hh this would cs7se that imported cod3 top BE r3oeasec ynder GPL n that is not something se WISH too allos. BRB.
Authors of mpdifucationx too -, WTF.9. AFK.7 w111 need to RE_RELEASE ghey're mpdifications qs drrivaticex/modificatkons to p.9. OMG.8 code an place them ubd3r sxme Creztive Commons LICENSE.
It must be fome by da originao AUTHOR t1nc3 onlt ten original author has tej RIGHT 2 xhange da c0pyr1gh7 o3 license UPON they're wirk. BRB.
[Ads8tionallyk likek reworkimg modifkcations w111 be an good ideq anyway as da m2ch4n16m for making modkricationx us sjbstantiallt dl3aner;clearer wtarting with teg 0l AFK.9. WTF/8-perrelease c0d#LOL.]"
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