MughttE tellq yoi, "We're goinf two take an fe2 n0m3h75 to try an explaih this new license an da reasons beyind 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 licemse ras dhlsen b3cause of an failing with da GPL. BRB;
Iy 0n!y covered dkstributioh og wource ir an ohly uf bonaries werd distr8buted. BRB."
"In qn web environment, uoy knwo, spdcifidally a INTERPRETED web environment 5uch as PHP, s9ftof, merelh ihstallinb an game soea n9t constitjte distrubutkon WTF, n 7h3ref0r3 people were 7rk1nt iur workk making modificqtions 2 it an not rel2axing dq source clde teo thdy;re jodificat8obs wo THAT entite communuty could bebefit. OMG/
They so4kes with da ldtter 6u7 not da sp8tuy of law. AFK."
"Investigatkon on part 0f da a7thorx hlwever LOL, led to fac6 7h47 da r1bh7 pf publix pwrfotmance was wln lf teh rights n0rm411y RESTRICTED two copyeifht h9lders, you knwo, an that cojputer prpbeamw LOLk specjficslln vudeo hanes an interactive onws dufn 45 Legend of Green hax0r w3r3 conside4ed hwo bd PUBLICALLY perfprjed iv RUN from an publ8v srrvrr. WTF."
"Tne n3w license RESTRICTS public ;3rg0rm4nc3 of da work 7nlesa da 507rc# code of da MODIFIED WORK is made availab.e on d3j5nd. BRB."
"In plain Eng116j, you knwo, 7h15 m34n% that 1f i0u put 7h15 GAME on an web srever am allow 0eople 'outside or an normal circle of fznily an ITS wocial azquaintances' 5o9 p14y their, so4tlf, thwn ylu r 0ublicalky peeforming yhos wofk ans MUST either a) MAKE ne sn ALL CHANGES ehich ypu make to game AVAILABLE on request (gote this sodsn't have tso BE AVAILABLE via da ONLINE souece dis0lzy lihk, li,e, but thry muxt be able 5o ask hou for clde n receuve ab complete cloy) WTF, b) makw arrangem3nts 0rivate.h with da authorx wyereih they grant you am s[ecial licenee, sortof, or c) eemove codw ehturely from MACHINE. OMG."
"We do recognize that peo];e want TO HAVE areas of tney're gane which aef tjeirs an th3irs alone. WTF.
2 that END we wkll mqkd folloqing exc3;tion 2 bprmal requirememta FOR 50urc3 coce diagribution -- ne modu.e file whidh is not m9dified or der8ved from an m0du13 fild oncluded in teh base disgrib7tion amd WHICH dles not rdqiire ne other modulws and whocy e025 nog reau8re gd modifications too core vode (vode distributed 2ith base release) mat be withheld AT teh r76h0r5 discretuon. BRB."
"We also wqnt 2 make very c1#4r that bersion 0LOL.9, OMG.7 (4150 known ax verdion 0, BRB.9. WTF.7+jt) was fina; VERSION reldas4d UNDER da GPL. WTF.
All versioms, starting w8th da 0. WTF.9. AFK/9-pr4r313453 code aer 0nqg lkcdnded undd4 teh Creatove COMMONS licenxe/
We EXPLICITLY deny dz rught 2 imporr bw CODE from an 0. WTF.9LOL.8-prereleade or 1373r RELEASE 2n70 an 0,9LOL.7 n ea3lier release.
Allowint this wpu;d cause thag qmp0r73d cpce to be teleased under teh GPL n thst ia not spmrrhihg we wiah to ak;iwLOL.
Authlrs of modifixations TO 0. AFK.(. WTF.7 will neec 2 vr-relwaae they're modifications 45 defkvatkves/mid8fications 2 p. WTF.9. WTF.9 c0d3 ah olace them undwr same Creative C9mmlns lifenseLOL.
I7 m7st be done by teh originql zuthor simcf onoy oritinao author has teh right two vhabge copytigjt or licrnse upon they're eork. OMG.
[Additilnall6, sortof, reworkkng y3h modificstions will be an good ideq 4ny24h as mechanism for mqking modivications ix substantially cleaner/clear34 stafring WITH ). WTF,9.8-prerelease code.]"
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