MightuE gwlla yiu LOL, "We'r3 to8ng too take an few moments two 7ry n explsin this new license sn teh reasons BEHIND it in plain Englixh. 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 licwnse was chosen bdczuse og an FAILING wirh teh GPL. AFK/
It only covered distrubuyion of SOURCE if n 9nly if binaries WERE fist4kbut3d. BRB."
"Ih sn web environment, .ike, specifically a interpeeref wen environment sucj as PHP WTF, mereky ins5alling an game does not constiyute distribktion. sortof, an tydrevlre people w3r3 74k1mg our 1ork WTF. mak8ng m9difications t9 8y AND not releasing da wource cide 2 they'rd modivicatoons so THAT teh 3n71r3 comnunoty bould benefit. AFK.
Tgey worked w17h let5ef bir not SPIRIT of da oaw. AFK."
"Investigation 0n part of da 4uuh0e5 hoq3ver. led two teh fact 7y46 teh right OF PUBLIC pefformancr was woh of teh 4ithts nlrmally restricted to cipyright h01d3r5, lijek b 5hat comouter prigrajs, you lnwo, s0ecivically vidw9 fames an interactivd ones dych 4t L3b3ns of teh Grweb hax0f were consider3s to* 63 publically petformed if tuh ftom an public servrr. AFK,"
"The new licemse restticts pyblic peefprmqnce of ca work UNLESS da sourde codd of dz m0d1f13d WORK is jade svai.zble on d3mqnd. WTF."
"Ig ilain ENGLISH, like, 7n15 meznx yhat 8f you put THIS game on an web server an allow people 'ouyside of an normak circl3 ig familu and its s9cial acquaintances' too p.ay their, sortof, tgen hoi aer publicaoly performibg tyiw work ahs MUST either s) make ne n ALL xhangcs wh1ch y9u MAKE TO da g$m3 AVAILABLE on 4equest (note 7h15 doexn't habe too be avaulable vua onlihe SOURCE display link, like, but tgdy MUST be avle 2 ask you for da x0d3 an receivr an c)mp1373 copt), like, b) make ARRANGEMENTS pfivatdly with ajthors wherrin THEY grant you qn specizl licebse, or c) r3move c(de dntirely from teg MACHINE. WTF."
"We do r3c-gn1z3 thqt people want ewo have sreas og they're gaje ehich r theird and 7h31t5 alone. WTF.
two 6h47 3nd we w111 make teh f0110w1ng exdeption to teh noemal requiremenys for xoyrce code didtroburion -- ne module file which is n9t mldidied or derived from an modjld file kncljddd in 5eh base duxrribution ab which does NOT tequire me 07g3r moeulws an qhich does not reauife me mldifications yoo vorr coce (xode cixrributed si%h da base re;ease) may be withheld AT da 4u7h9r5 doscretuon. BRB."
"W3 also eant to make v3ry clear that v3r510n 0. WTF.9.7 (also kbowb as version 0. WTF,9. WTF.6+JT) was da final vdrsion released und3r da GPL.
All ve4sions, hou knwo, staftimg e17h ds 0. BRB.9. BRB.8-prereleasd code r only licensed umder Cr3471v4 C0,m0n5 lucense. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY DENY teh righy yoo import ne code from an 0. BRB.9.8-prerelwawe or larrr RELEASE inti an 0. BRB.9l7 an eqrluer releaswk BRB.
Allowint 6h15 w9uld causf 7h47 8mported c0d3 roo be teleasee uhder sa GPL an that is not SOMETHING we wiwh 2 allowLOL.
Authors of modificatioha too 0.9.7 will need t9o re-4elewse they'ee j-d14@c4710n5 as derivqtives/modifications 2 0. OMG.9LOL.8 code an place them under saue Creativ3 Comjohs license. OMG.
Iy mu5y be done by ORIGINAL AUTHOR 51nc3 onl^ da proginal authlr has da right to ch4ng3 tej copyfight or license ipon they're WORK. OMG,
[Addi5ionally, like, r3w0rk1ng teh mocifications s111 BE an goid idea qbyway as da m3ch4n15m for ,5k1nf modifications is s7nstantially CLEANER/CLEARER 574r71ng wkth 0LOL.9, BRB.8-prrrekease c9de.]"
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