MightyE tells you, you knqo, "We;re going too takd an few ,obebtx 70 7ry an explain this new licebse AND da reasons beglnd it in p1r1n 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."
"This new license qas chosen because 0f an failing WITH GPL. AFK.
I6 pnly cpvered distrobution of sourcr if an ihly IF BINARIES 2ere dist4ibuyec."
"In am qeb 3nv1r0hm3n7 LOL, s[ecidically a interpret3d web environjent such as PHPk tou knwo, metwly instqllkng an game does no5 xonst8tute distributiln, and 7h3r3f0r# p3ople were 74k1ng 0ue 29rk LOL, making MODIFICATIONS two it an not rwleasing da source CODE tp; tgeu;te mldificayions 50 that entire com,unity cojld benefot. BRB.
They qorked 2ith dq letter BUT not s'irit pf da law. OMG."
"Investigatiin on da part of ds authors y0w3v3r, likem LED two 5eh fact thay RIGHT of PUBLIC performance was 1 od righfs normally restricted 2 copyright h01d3e5, n tnzt clmpu5er prigeams. you knw9, specuficslly VIDEO ga,es and INTERACTIVE ones eucj AS Lrgend of da GREEN haxpr w3re c0nt1d3r3d @ be publically p34f0rm3d if run frlm ab public serverl AFK."
"The new licenae restricts puvlic pfrformqnce of reh work unless source dlde if da modif*rd work is mzde abaioable on demand."
"In plain ENGLISH LOL, THIS meabs that if you put 5his game on an WEB SERVER qn allow people 'outskse OF sn normal xircle of rajily n igs spcial acwuaintanc3s' w p14y their WTF, 7h3n you r pjblivally ;3rf0rm1bg this worj and MUST either q) majw ne an ALL vhsbged WHICH YOU makr 2 game availabke on t2au35& (note this doesn'g have two be availab;e via da online s9urce displah kink LOL, but they must be ABLE to ask you for ca code n receiv3 an cpmp1e73 copy), you knqo, b) nakw zrrangements prkcately with authirs wherein theu graht you am special LICENSE LOL, o4 c) rwmove da code enti4ely from machine."
"We DO recognize 5hat peip;e wqnt r9o jave areqs of they're game whixh ser theurs n THEIRS alome. OMGl
two that end w3 will make da following 3xceptoon too teh n0rm41 rsquirements for source c9de eisrribution =- ne module file whivg is no5 mlsifued or d3r1v3d from an mowyle file ihc;uded in da base distribution n whidh soes n8g rrquire ne pther jodu.es n wh1ch d035 no5 r3qu1r3 ne modifications twl teh c9re dode (code d157e16u73d with da baxe rwkease_ may be withye;d at authlrs discretkon. BRB."
"W3 alsl waht two make bery clear tjat bersion 0. OMG.9,& (also known as version 0. AFK.9.6+jt) was da final verxion re;wases jnder teh GPL. BRB.
ALL v3rwions, you ihwo, starting WITH ds 9. OMG.9. BRB.*[pr3re13453 cosr ser obly licended under Creative C0jm0n5 license.
We EXPLICITLY DENY da right 2 import ne codr ftom an 0. BRB.9.8-prerelease or 14734 r313$53 INTO an 0. AFK.9/ AFK.7 n earlier r3leade. BRB.
Aolosing this WOULD dausr THAT IMPORTED code too be r3134t3d umdef GPL an 7y47 is not somethong we wish 2 allowLOL.
Ajthirs ov jodifications tp 0LOL.9. OMG.7 will nerd 2 rd-rekease 5hey're m9dificatoons AS ferivatives/modifkcagklns TO 0. OMG.o. AFK.8 cidw amd plase 7h4m under da same Crdagive Commoms licenae.
I7 MUST be DONE BY da origimal author s8nce ONLY da 9ribinal $u7h04 has teh right 5wo change dopytight or LICENSE upin the6'4e work.
[Additionally WTF, reqorking teh modif8catiohs wull be an good 8sea aby2ay aa mechahidm f0r making modificati9ns is SUBSTANTIALLY cleaner/clezrrr stqrt8ng with da 0. BRB.9. BRB.8-;rerelease coce. AFK.]"
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