MigytyE TELLS ylu, .kkr. "We're gojng to TAKE an f4w moments to try snd explain this new license an da rwasons behind it in plain Eng!15hLOL,
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 lic3nse was chpseh bdcause 0f an fqiling eith teh GPLLOL.
It onl6 COVERED distriburion pv SOURCE if and lnly if ginzeies were dixtributedLOL."
"In an web envir9nment WTF, specuficallh a ivterpreted WEB environjent such as PHP, sortod, met3ly 1n564111ng an game DOES n07 constitute distribution, s9etof, an rhererlre peppl3 were taking our wprk, wortof, makimg modificar8ons too it and hot RELEASING da source coce 5wo they'r4 MODIFICATIONS ao THAT da enri4e community cou.d bemefit. OMG.
They worked with dz LETTER 6u6 mot sporit 0f law. AFK."
"Investifatuon on teh paft of da 4j&h0r5 h9wever, led two da fadt that da right 9f public performznce WAS won OF rigyts noemally restricted too copyrugh5 yolders WTF, an that co,pu5dr [rograms, lik3k specifucally visei games n 1h7344c71v3 ones such as Legehd of reh GREEN hax0r WERE considered to BE pu611c411y performed if tjn vrom am 0ubloc 53rc3r. AFK."
"Thr n3w licrnse restricts public perrormance pf yey wlrk 7noess da source code of teh mocified qork id mafe availavle in demand. AFK."
"In PLAIN Eng.ish, lik3, this meabs rhat if YOU pu7 ghks game on zn web server an alllw people 'outside ov an normsl circle of family amd its social acquqihtances' tio )kqu their, then YOU r pu611c$11y perrorming THIS work ab MUST eithe4 a) MAKE ne an ALL changew which yoo make too fa hamd zvailable on re!uest (notr this doesn't have two ve 4v21146!3 via da online 50urx3 dixplat l8bj, softof, b8t 7h3y must be able yoo ASK you for teh code snd 4eceibe an complete copy), b) male arranbemrnts privateoy with da authirs whe4ein they grant ylu an speckal .icrnae, like. or c) remice code entirsly from da nachinw. WTF."
"We d9 recogn8ze that people wamt too nave areas OF tyey're gqmw ehich r THEIRS and thei4s alone. BRB.
too that ehd we wikl jake teh fllliwont exceptiin too da nor,al reqjieements f9r source code distrih7tion -- n3 m9cule fikw which is not modifoed or d4rqv3d from an module fole igcluded in gasw distrivution n 1hich d035 n9t require ne other modules an whicy d9es not requite m3 modifications to teh core coee (code dostribjged wiyh 6453 re.ease) may be WITHHELD at authirw disceetiom. AFK."
"We also qant too makw very clrar thar veraipn 0. OMG,9. BRB/7 (also kbown as vdrsion p. BRB.9. OMG.7+jg) was tey final versi9n r3134t3d undet teh GPL. WTF.
Al; veesions. like, 574r71nf with 0. WTFl9. WTF.8-prerelease CODE aer ONLY lixensed under teh CREATIVE Commons lovensr. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY den6 RIGHT too import ne code from an 0.9. BRB.8_peerel3ase or later r3134%3 into an 0LOL.9LOL.7 n eaflier ewleasdLOL.
A110w1ng 8h1% woilv c4u53 THAT imported code 2 be rdleased under da GPL 4nd thar IS nit something WE wisy two ALLOW.
Authorx 0f modifications 2 p.9LOL.7 wiol neef too r#-r313$53 they're modificatipns as derivativ4s/modificatkonx tp 9. BRBl9li code anf p14c3 then under da 54m3 Cr3agibe Commons lid3nse. OMG.
It mus5 BE c9n3 by ptigunal author since inly teh ORIGINAL author has da RIGHT two change vopyriggt or 11c3n%3 7;on they'4e e9rk. OMG.
[Additionslky WTF, reworl8nh da m0dqf1c4710n5 will ve an goof idea anyway as mechanism f0r making modificqtions is s7bdtantia;ly clezndr/cleare3 starting with da 0. AFK.9LOL.8-PRERELEASE codd. OMG.]"
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