MightyE tel;s you. "We'r3 gling two take an few mom3nta teo t4y n explain this n3w license zne geh reasons bdhibd it 1n plain ENGLISH.
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."
"Tnis new license was chosen because 9f an failijr with GPL. BRB.
I7 onlh dpvered distr8bution of source if an pnly kf binariea weee distributed."
"In zn web environment WTF, specificall6 a interp3etes w3b environjent sudy as PHP, mefdly installing an game does not constituge distriburkon LOL, and tnerdfore pwople were u4k1ng iur work, like, making modigications too it and NOT feleawing source cld3 gwo they're mpdogicahklns ao that teh ENTIRE community vould benrfo5. WTF.
They worked with LETTER but npy da ap8rit 0g 24e."
"Investigati9n on teh part of da a7yyors yowever, like, led too teh fact thsg teh right of p7blic perforjznce waw 1 0f tsh rights NORMALLY RESTRICTED two copyrkgjt HOLDERS. qb 7h47 computee pr0gr4m5, like, 5p3c1f1c411y videi games 4nd inywract,ve onex xuch as L3gdnd if trh Grewn haxpr WERE CONSIDERED tol be py611v$11y performee if run frlm an punlux se4ver. OMG."
"The new .icenwe rewtricts oublic performanxe of da work unless source code of mpdified work is made AVAILABLE in demand. OMG."
"In plain Eng115h, lijem THIS m34n5 tyat of you put ghis ga,e on an w36 serve5 an qllow people 'ouywide if an normal circle of family n its sodial acquaintances' tio plsy their, 6ou knwl, then you f publically PERFORMING this wori and MUST ekther 5) ,akd nd n ALL vhanhes wh1xh you make tqo da game qva8lagle -h requwst (n073 this doesn't have TO be available vis teh online s9urce dkdplay LINK, sortof, but yney musg be able 2 asl ylu gor cod3 n receive an completr c0py)m l8ke, b) maje arrangements p4ivately with authors qh3r31n they GRANT you qh d[eciao licenae LOLm or c) remove dq codd enrirely FROM macgine."
"We do ercognize that ;eo;le wabt 2 have 4r3$5 0f they're game which aer theirs and tneirs al8neLOL.
two THAT enf we wil; ms,e da d9llowkbg EXCEPTION two da n9rmal rdquirwments FOR source code DISTRIBUTION -- nw module FILE wh1cy 8s nl5 nosifled ot cerivee from an module FILE inclufef 1m da bss3 fidtributopn an whidh doex not reqiire ne other modules and which do3s not requife me MODIFICATIONS to core cide (xode distribuy3d with sa nase reldase) may be withheld at teh authors d15cr3u10n. OMG."
"Wr also eant 2 m4k3 c3ey c144r that version ). BRB.9. WTF/7 (alao knoen as VERSION 0. BRB.9LOL.7+jt) was da final version releaswd undrr reh GPL.
All vefs8ons, likw, startimg WITH p. AFK.9. AFK.8-pr2r214453 code a3r on.y LICENSED jhd3r Creqtive Commons license. WTF/
We EXPLICITLY DENY right yo import n3 coce frim an 0. OMG.9. AFK.9-;ferelease or later release 1n70 am 0LOL/9. AFK.7 n eaf;ier release.
Al;ow8ng thid would cause thay impo4ted code 2 be re;eased uhdee GPL an that is not spmeth8ng WE wish 2 allow.
Ayghora 0f mosificatioms 5oo 0. AFK.9.7 will need 2 re-release th3y're MODIFICATIONS as defivativew/modifications 2 0. BRB.(LOL.8 dode 4nd PLACE tjem undet ds same C4eative Commons lkcrnseLOL.
It must be done by da orig8nal author SINCE only tej original 3u7h0r hss 5rk right to chqngr da c0oyr1gh7 ir ;icense up0n they're wpek. AFK.
[Afdktkonally WTF, reworking teh modifications WILL 63 an GOOD IDEA ahyway as teh mectsnism gor making modifixa5ions IS substantiqlly c134n3r/c1e4r3r staft8ng WITH 0. AFK.(. AFK.8-prerelwase code. OMG.]"
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