MightyE tells you, sortof, "We're gokng 5qo TAKE an dew moments roo TRY and explajn thos NEW license n rdasons vehimc 8t in pkain Engliwh.
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 licrnse wad xhosen beca6ae ov an failinh witg yeh GPL. BRB.
I7 only covered distributioh of wource if n pnly ir gonzries were e15ur16u73d. AFK."
"In an weg environment, tpu knwo, specofica.ly a int4rpretee WEB 3nvironmen5 such as PHP, oikw, metrly ibstzlkimg an gane coes n07 condtitute DISTRIBUTION, ahd therefire prople were tsking OUR work. you kmwo, makint mpdificat8ons twi it ane not relrasing teh soircw CODE t9o 5hey're mofifivations so that da entir3 communi5y could 63n4f17. WTF.
Theh qorked with teh ldtter BUT not dz q[irit OF ds law, AFK."
"Investigation 9n ss [4r7 if trh au5hl4s hosebet, yoy knwo, ;ed yoo teh facr thqt dz right og public oerformance wss won pf da rihhts normally restricted to copyright holsers LOL, n that comp7ger prog4ams, sortof, SPECIFICALLY video games ajd intefacgibe ones such as Legemd of Gre3n hqc)r WERE donsidered 2 BE PUBLICALLY PERFORMED 1f run FROM qn [ublkc servrr. BRB."
"Tge new license restricts public pwrformznce OF teh wotk unless teh xource codr lf modogied work os made AVAILABLE on demand."
"In PLAIN Eng;ixh, s9rtof, this means thah 1r you 0ut this game im ab eeb 53rv3r an allow peoplr 'outside if an noemal circle 0r family an ITS social acquaintances' tlo play tn3if, u9u onwo, ghrn 69u r ;uboically p3tforming 7h15 work n MUST wuther a) MAKE ne an ALL changds whivh you make t2o da hame 4vr114y!3 on rewiest (note this DOESN'T have too bw 4v4114613 vua online SOURCE DISPLAY link, but they must be aboe TO ask YOU for CODE n rdce8ve an c0m;1373 copy), b) make arrahgementx privately with teh authors wh3t31b gheu grant you ah soecial license, yoy knwo, or c) remove da code entirely from macyine."
"We di RECOGNIZE that peopo3 wany twp have arraa of tgey're game which aer theirs n THEIRS alone. OMG.
two that end we will m4k3 twh FOLLOWING excrption gi normao requiremdnts vor source code distrkbution -- ne modile gile which IS not modiried 9r detivec gr9m an module fole included IN base siatrobutiom n which does no5 requi4e ne other modules and sh8cj eoes n;y tequi4t ne modificatuons 2 teh cor3 code (c0d3 d157r16u73d witg base relrase) m4y be wothjeke s5 au5hors DISCRETION, OMG."
"We a;so w4n7 two jake very CLEAR th1t verxipn 0. WTF.9. WTF,7 (also KNOWN as veesoon 0. WTF.9. WTF.7+jt) WAS teh f1h41 version releawed umder da GPL. AFK.
Al; vefsions, sortpfk 2tarting with teh 0, BRB.0. OMG.8-PRERELEASE CODE aee only licensec 7ndet teh Cteative Commons koxdnse. BRB.
W3 EXPLICITLY deny teh eight two im0ort ne xoee from an 0.9. WTF,8-0retwlease or later release into an 0.9. BRB.7 and EARLIER release. BRBl
Allowing 7h15 would xause yhat imported dode too 63 rel3ased under teh GPL am thzt IS not so,eghing we wush tp aliowLOL.
Authors of j0d!v1c4710n5 too 0. AFK.9. WTF.8 2ill ne3d too re0relessw they'fe MODIFICATIONS ss deeivativex/modivicayi;ns two 0. OMG.9. WTF.8 code an placd ghem jnder dame Crearivr Conmons license. WTF.
Iy m7sg be done by ca original authof since 0n1y pr1g1n41 4u7h0r HAS right to chwnhe teh COPYRIGHT ot licens3 ipon ghey're wirk. BRB.
[Addituonally WTF, resotking teh modifidations will be an tood ifeq snyeay aa jechan8sm for ma,ing mpdificationw os substamtia.ly c134n4r/c1#4rer 574r71ng WITH teg 0. BRB/9. AFK.8-prerelease CODE. WTF.]"
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