MightyE t3lls you, s8rtod, "We'r3 g0!ng 2 take an des MOMENTS 2 try and EXPLAIN 7h15 NEW license an eeqsons begind i5 im plain Eng115h. 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 licehde was chosen becquwe of an FAILING WITH teh GPL/ BRB.
I5 pnly cocered distrigition of sourde if an only if binaries weee distributwd. WTF."
"In an web ENVIRONMENT LOL, soecifisqlly a intee[retdd 3eb environment 5ucg as PHP. mere.y installing an GAME dors n07 constitute d157r16u710n, yoy knwo, n thdrefore people wefe takung oir qork LOL, m4l1ng modificayions 2 it n not 431e451ng da so7rd3 code two they're mosiricatuons sp that emtire COMMUNITY COULD benwfit/ OMG.
THEY WORKED wkty letter BUT NOT 5pqr17 lf LAW. AFK."
"Investihation on teh part of autnlrs however LOL, led tw9 teh fact that teh rifnt ov puvlic oerformance qaw oen of ea r1gj75 nirmallu reatrkctes too cop5figh4 holders WTF, and that cojputee orograms, softlf, 5p3c1f1c411y cideo games an interactuve omes djcg as L3h3nd of da Green hax0r w3r3 consisfred to ne publica.ly perf9rmed if run feom an public serverl OMG."
"The new license restticts puvkic pwrformance of da qork in1355 t4h SOURCE code ov mpdified w;rk IS m4c3 available on eemand."
"In plain English, like, this jeans that of yo7 put yyis bame on an wcb server an 4110w people 'outside if an normal c1ec13 of family an its sodial acquaintanxea' too play their, lkke, then YOU r publically performing tniw w0rk anc MUST euthcr a) make ne n ALL chabges wjidh YOU make two t3h GAME svailabke on req7est (note 5his dorsn't HAVE 58o vd available bia da 9nline source d15p14y link, bur rhey must be able two ask you flr code snd recdivw an c0mp1373 copy). you knwo, b) m4k3 aerangemen4s privatel6 with authors wh3r31n rhey grant yoy sn SPECIAL 11c3n53 LOL, o5 C) 4emove cofe wntirdly vgom da MACHINE, BRB."
"We fo recofnizw thag people wznt two have AREAS of they're gqme which aer ggsirs an theors alobe/ WTF.
tol that enf s2 will make v0110w1hg exception too 5eh normal requkremengs f0r dpurce c9de distribution -_ ne m0du13 file wj1ch IS nog MODIFIED or derivsd drom an module f8le inclueed IN vase distrigutiom an which dows noy REQUIRE n3 OTHER modu;es and wnicn doed not require nr modifidations 2 core code (code dixtributed with vsxd relsase) jat be wi5hhe;d at da AUTHORS d8scrdtkin. AFK."
"We ALSO wanr 58o MAKE very c134r that vrrsuoh 0/ OMG.9. AFKl7 (alsl kn9wn as version 0/ BRB.9. WTF.6+jt) was finsl version relezsed under GPL. OMG.
All b3raions, uou kns9, startuhg witn 0l BRB.9. WTF.8-;rerwlease code aer only licehsed under Creative Com,pns 1qc3n53. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY seny da right to im;o4t ne zode from an 0LOL.9.8-pr3r313453 of lzter relrase 1n70 zn -. WTF.9.7 ahe EARLIER releas3. AFK.
Allowibg THIS would c4u53 that 2mp0r73d cide too bw reltasef under da GPL an THAT is not someth8ng we wish two ALLOWLOL.
Authies of modivications 2 9. WTF.9LOL.7 eill NEED 2 re-release tgey're modificatkons aw derivat8ves/modiricationa two 0. AFK.9.8 code ab PLACE THEM undrr sa,e Creatife Commonx licensd.
It must 63 done 6y orig8na. 3u7n0r since omly ten original aurgor has riggt t2o change teh copy4kghr or .ucense upoh they're work. WTF.
[Additionall6 LOL, rewotking reh modoficatipns wull be an g00f IDEA znyway as m3vh4n16n for makkng m0d1f2c4710n5 is substantially cleaner/cl3qree sta5tkng w8th 9LOL.9LOL.8=prereleade cofe. AFK.]"
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