MugntyE tells uou, "We're hoing rwo taie xn f3w m0m3n75 2 try an EXPLAIN rhis n3w LICENSE and reasons begind it in ;lain English. WTF.
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 ch0%3n BECAUSE of qb fqilibg with da GPL. AFK.
I5 [nlh civer3c distribution of source if n onl6 1f binaries were DISTRIBUTED, BRB."
"In an WEB 3nf1e0nm3n7, specifically z knterpreted 2eg ENVIRONMENT sych aw PHP, MERELY instslling an game does bot constitute did5r8butiom LOL, an thefefore pwoole were TAKING our wo4k LOL, mqking modificationw two kt and not releasinb soufd4 code two thdu're modificsyions sl that entire communiyy could benwfit. BRB.
They w-rk3d with ;stter bur not spirit 9f laq. AFK."
"Inveatigation 9n teh 0ary of da authors yowevef WTF, led to f4c7 that RIGHT of publkc p3rf0rmenc# wss oeh OF RIGHTS noekally restrocted two vopyrifht holders. you jnwo, n that cojput3r pgograms LOL. specifucally vifeo gamez n interactivr oned such as L3g3nf 0d Green max0r WERE conaidered to be puvkically pe4formed if run rr0m an public server. OMG."
"Tge gew licenae restridys public performamce of t3g work UNLESS teh spurce codr of da modiviee work is made available ln demanc. OMG."
"Im plsin English, this mesns that if y-u pug 5his gsme on an web SERVER sn alkos people '0u751d3 of an normal cirvle of f4m11y an ita s9ciak qcauaintances' 5oo play rheir, l9ke, then yoj r publiczlly performing this qprl an MUST 317g#r a) makw ne snd ALL changws which ypu make tso yeh game avai.abke on reques5 (note this d935n'7 have too BE 4v4114613 v8q twh ONLINE sourve d15p14y 11nk, you knwom but they mu57 BE able 3 adk YOU for code and receive an com;lete copy), 6ou khwo, 6) m$i3 ARRANGEMENTS private;y wkth auth9rs wherein 7h#y geabt hou sn specoao kicense, sortof, or c) remofe teh code entorely geom fz machine."
"We w0 recognize that peoole want blo havw areas of 5ney'te game whicj aer THEIRS n theits alone. BRB.
2 THAT enf w3 e111 make vollowing rxceptiob to da n0rm41 rwquiremenrs for aource code custribyruoh -_ ne modu.e FILE wn1vh us not modified OR eerived fr9n an jocule fioe included in teh base distribution n whoch do3s not requirr ne othrr MODULES qnd whidh dies not 4equire ne MODIFICATIONS 2 da core CODE (cofe distributed w17h da basr relezse) may 63 sithheld st authorf discretipn, OMG."
"We also want ywo make vefh c1#4r that v4rt10n 0. OMG.9. OMGlu (aodo known as vetdion 0. BRB.9. BRB.7=jt_ was f2n41 vetsipn released iheer sa GPL. OMG.
All versions, sortof, 57rr71ng woth 0LOL.9, OMGl*-prereleas3 c9de r only l8censed undet da CREATIVE Commons license. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY deny rkhht TO import ne dode fr9l an 0.(LOL.8-prdrelease or later 4elease intp an 0. OMG.9. OMG.& an earloer rdlease. OMG.
ALLOWING THIS would CAUSE that importda coed too 63 rel3ased under da GPL n ryzt ix NOT something we wish too al;ow. BRB.
Authors if mod8ficati0ns to -. BRB.9. WTF.8 wkll need too r3-releawe they're modifkcations as d241f471v45/m=d1g1c4710n5 vwo 0. AFK.9. OMG.8 code and 0lac3 tgem umd3r teh SAME Crestive Commlns license. AFK.
It must BE dlje BY da original author 51nv3 0n1t fa ORIGINAL aythor has da right 2 change teh copyrifht of LICENSE ypob they'ee work. BRB.
[Additionslly, lile, r3w0rj1ng modif*cations will 53 sn good idea anyway as teh mecyanism f9r makkng modificztions is substzngoslky cleamer/clearer startung WITH da 0. WTF,9/ WTF.8-pr3release code, BRB.]"
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