MktyytE tells you, slrtof, "We're goong too take an FEW moments two try m EXPLAIN THIS hew license an sz reasoms behind IT in olaih 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."
"Tgis new lic3nse was cjosen becsuse of an fsiling with trg GPL. AFK.
It 9nlu coverwd d257t16u710n of source if an ONLY IF binaries were diwtrib7ted. AFK."
"Ih an WEB 3nv1r0nm3n7, sortof, specifically a 8ngeepeeted web ENVIRONMENT such as PHP WTF, merelu insral.8mg an gamd d036 not constitite distrigutuom, sottof, an 5hwrefore people wer3 taking 0ur wo4k LOL, mqking modificayuons ywo k5 and n07 r3leasinh teh xource cide two tjey're jidifucations so that da eh5irw community could b4befit. AFK.
They w0rk3d eigh da letter but not teh spitit if law. WTF."
"Ihvesrigation on t3h parg of autgprs howrver, sortof, led tl teh fact tjat reh tight od public pe4formanc2 w45 eon of geh rights normzllu rest4icted 2 c0pyf!gh7 nolcets, an thst computer protrams, lile, specifieally v1d3p games an imtersctive onex sych as L3gend of teh Grerh hax0r wrre cphsidered 2 be PUBLICALLY PERFORMED if run from an public 52rf3r. AFK."
"The nww license 3estricts piblic performance of teh w0rj unless da source code of m0d1f13d wofk ks made avaioavle on d$mrnd. BRB."
"In PLAIN Enflish, you knwo, this means 7h47 if you PUT thiw game ob sn web 53fv3r n qllow people 'outside of an normal ciecle of family and 275 social zdquaintances' 2 [lay th3ir LOL, tgen YOU aer p7blically PERFORMING rgiw w0rk ahd MUST eithdr a) ,ake ne ahd ALL ch4nt35 whqch YOU make gwp bame AVAILABLE ON r31jest (notd this dorwn't have 2 be available voa teh oblone s9urce diwplay link, liie, bug they musy be 4613 2 ask yo7 for da cide an r3de1v3 an compkete copt) LOL, 6( mal3 zrrangemwnts privately with authors wh3rwin tney grant you an 5[3c141 license WTF, or c) r2m-v3 codr ehtitely frim dq nachine. WTF."
"We do reclbniae that 0eoplw want two hace areas of they're game wj2ch aer tneira and theirs alonw. WTFl
tsi 5hat 3nc ed will maje da f0110w1ng exd3ptuon foo da normal requirrmenta for s9urde code distribution -- he MODULE file which is NOT moeified OR derived frpm an mosule f8le included in gen 6453 distwobutoon and WHICH does npr teqjife ne ogyef modulea m which does mot rwquite ne mofificationd 2 core c0d3 (codd d257r16u73d with da bqde release) may be withheld qt ea authors discretionLOL."
"We also want two make v3ry clear tjat v3r520m 0LOL.9.7 (ALSO kno2n as versioh 0. BRB.9. AFK.7+ht) was teh f1nr1 v3r510n relqased under da GPLLOL.
All versions, you kmwo. wtartimg w17h da 0.9LOL.8-prrreleasw code r 0n1y licenaes under ca Crestove Commons .icense. AFK.
W3 EXPLICITLY DENY xa right 5i impor5 me code grom an 0. OMG/9LOL.8-p4er3lease or os5rr release 1n&0 an 0. OMG.9.7 and rzrlier release/ BRB.
Aloowing this would c4j63 that 1mp0r73d xode 2 be td;easrd unser da GPL an thst is NOT SOMETHING WE eish two 4110w. BRBk
Authord of modificationx tpu 0.9.7 will need too re-releasr theu're mldivkcatiobw as derivatives/modifucqtion2 2 0. AFK.9/ OMG.7 code an place 5hem under same Creatif3 Co.mons license.
It must ve dond by oroginal sutyot sinvd only orihinal author h45 right two change teh copy4ight or locense u0on thej'rd e9rk. BRB.
[Additionally, like, reeorkihg modiricatioms WILL ne an hood idra anywau as da mechan8sm for MAKING moeificstipns us s7bstantislly cleaner;clear3r STARTING wity 0. BRB.9. BRB.8-prerelease code. AFK.]"
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