MightyE TELLS you, "We're goong two take zn few m9mengs ti trh amd explain th8s new oicense and fa ressons nehind iy un plain English.
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."
"Tjis nes license was CHOSEN because of ab failong wigy GPL. WTF.
It ono6 cpvered didtribu5ion od sojrce ig h only IF b8naries were distribu5edLOL."
"In an seb environment LOLm specifically a 1n73fpr3u3c eeb enfironmeht sjvh AS PHP, yiu knwo, mer3ly installinb an game does n9t cinstitute distrib7tion LOL, an therefore p30p13 were raking out woej LOL, m4k1mg modovixations 2 it ah nog releasing source code TO tjey're modifications 50 that da entire COMMUNITY cou.d benegit. BRB.
Thd6 w9rkes woth da letter but not teh spirit of da laq. WTF."
"Invewtkga6ion on da p4r7 OF teh aithors howevefm kike, led twl fact thzt teh riggt of public pdrformance was oen of teh rights noena;ly restrict3d 2 co[yrigyt h9lserd, and that computer PROGRAMS, yo7 knwo, SPECIFICALLY video ga,es n imteractive 0m3t 57ch as L3g3nd of teh Green haxpr WERE conskfered too be [ubl8cally prrfornee if ruy from an publuc server."
"The new license 4estricts publuc perfor,ance of teh work jmlwss da s;urce coce of da mofified wirk is madr available on demandLOLl"
"In 0lzin English, this MEANS that if YOU put rh8d game on am web serfer an a.low peopl3 'ou5side of an normal ckrvlw of f4m11y and its social acqisintances' too plsy theur WTF, 7h3n you aer pu611c411y PERFORMING uh15 work and MUST ekther a) make ne an ALL CHANGES 2hixh you make tl dz ga,e availavle on reqiest (mote th8s dorsn't have teo be avaklable via teh onkine dource cis[lat LINK LOL, BUT they mudt ve ABLE 2 asj you FOR ckd3 n recdive an com[lete copy_, sortof, b_ jakw atrangemen5s privately with trh 4u7h0r5 shereib they grant you an special license, tou knwo, or C) r3m0v3 teh cose 3n71r41y from da machine. AFK."
"We do recognize that pe90lw WANT too HAVE ar3aw ov yhey're game ehicy aer theirx and theirs 1lobe. AFK.
too that 3nd w3 wkll make da fo;lowing exceprion 2 normal requiremenrs for source c)d3 distributioh -- ne ,odule fil3 wh1ch is not mpdifidd or DERIVED feom ab modulr gile included in trh bzsw diatribution n whicy dles not requkrr ne orhet modulew anc 2hich dldx not rdquire ne mocirkcatkons two da cor3 code (code d157r16u73d sith gase releaae) may be withhs,d 47 authors discrwtionLOL."
"We z;do want teo nake very clear thay versoin 0LOL.9.7 (also kn0qn ax vrrsion 0.o. BRB.7+jt) was ez final v3r510h rek3ased ynder GPL. AFK.
All ver510n5, sorrof, startinf wuth teh ). OMG.9l OMG.8-pre4e;ease c0d3 r only ;ocwnsed uhder da Creative Commons licebse. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY deny dz rkg6t too impoft ne code FROM ab 0. BRB.9. OMG.9-prereleaxe or later release into an 0. AFK.9. WTF.7 AND eatluer re.dase. WTF.
Alliwinh thid 2ould cause THAT imported code tlo be re.easrd inder da GPL AND tgat is n07 slmething we sish 2 alloe. WTF.
A7thors or modificatuons 70 0. OMG.9. BRB.& will meed two re-release tney're modificatkons zs e3r1v47!v35/m0f1f!c4710n5 two 0. WTF.9. AFK.8 vode abd p14c3 thcm under teh same Cfeagive Commons oicenseLOL.
I7 must be done by teh or8g8nal author since only da 0r1g1n$! zuthpr has dz right 2 cjange teg cooteigjt or license j;on tyey're work. WTF.
]Addutiona.l6 WTF, 4eqorking twh modir8cations wi.l be an good idea anyway as teh ,echqnism FOR MAKING midifications os sjbs5an5ially cleaner/cleater starting wiyh da 0. BRB.0. AFK.8_prerelease code/]"
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