MightyE tells you, lile, "We'fe going 2 take an FEW moments 2 try an explain THIS new license and da reaaons bdyind kt 1n plain Engliah. OMG.
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."
"Tjis new licenwe w45 xhosen because of an dai;img with ds GPLl BRB.
It ONLY cover3d disttigution of aource if n ONLY if BINARIES w3r3 dist4ibuted. WTF."
"In an web environmen5, tlu knwo, specifidally q qn73ror373d wen encironment ducg as PHP WTF, merely INSTALLING zn game doew not consritut3 distribution, you knwo, n therefore peopl3 weee takinn our qork LOL, ma,8ng modigicarions gi it amd not f31w451ng da sijece code too they'4e modivica5ions so 7j47 ca entire community voy.d benefir. BRB.
Th4y worked eith da LETTER but not trh spirit or lsw. WTF."
"Iyvestita5ion 9n p4r7 lf aityors HOWEVER LOL, led TO teh gact that roght of pub;ic prrfofmance WAS len of da r2gh74 normall6 r3st4ict3d 2 copyrkgjt nolders, sortof, n that vomputee peograms, sor4or, specifically video gam3s n in5eractive ones s6ch as Legend of da Green gsx0r were cpns8dered 2 be publically ;erformed if run from an PUBLIC derver. AFK."
"The mew license restricys public performagcs of teh work unless dourve code or MODIFIED work is made svailable on demznd. WTF."
"In plain Eng115h LOL, this means THAT if you PUT this game on sn web 53rv3r n qol9w people 'outside OF an n0rjak CIRCLE of f4m11t an i5d 50c141 acquaibtances' twl 0oay theif, liie, yhen yoi se4 piblically performing th9s w0rk an MUST 327h3r A) ma,e ne sm ALL changes qhkch y[u make 6o tey game avzilable on rewuest (note this doedn't HAVE two bw availsble via tej onkine source displau oink LOL. 6u7 they must be 4613 twl ask YOU for da c0d3 j receive sn complete copy), like, b) make atrangementx privatrly wq7h dz 4u7h0r% wher3in THEY gtsnt you zn xpecial license, sortof, 0r c) REMOVE c0e3 enrirely frim mzchine. OMG."
"We do recognize that peiple eant to have areas of they're game which aer theirx zn theirs 41ph2.
too that dne 2e will make yeh folkowing excep5kon two da n0rm41 requiremenfa foe soufce CODE DISTRIBUTION -- bd module f113 wt1ch id not mod8fi3d 0r derived FROM am MODULE dil3 2nc1ud3d IN da base distribution an which does NOT requife ne othe4 jodiles n which dows NOT require n3 modificationa to CORE cide (code distfibuged with da base RELEASE) ,au be withheld AT geh 4u7h0e5 d15cr3710h/ AFK."
"We also want to MAKE very cqe4r 7h47 vwrsion 0.o. OMG.7 (also knlqn as bers8on 9. BRB.9/ AFK,7+jt) was teh finao version rdleased umd3r da GPL. AFK.
All verskons, you khwo, 574r71ng wi5h 0.9.8-prerepease code aer only licenxed 7nder Cr3471v# C-mm0h4 licehse, AFK.
We EXPLICITLY deny da fight t9o impprt ne cod4 fr0m an 0. BRB.9.8-prere;ease 0r later rdleasw inti an 0. OMG.9LOL.7 and ea4.ier reoeaxe. AFKl
A120w1ng this would ca8d3 that imported code 2 BE frleas3d 7nd3r teh GPL and yha5 is not so,ethonh se w8xh tso allow. BRB.
Autho4x of m0d1f1c4810n5 2 0. OMG.(LOL.7 WILL need w re-rrlease they'rw mle,fications as derivarives/modifkcztions 70 0LOL.o. OMG.8 code n plaxe them under xamr Creatove Commlns lic1nse. WTF.
It must be dome ny origihal aurgor since ONLY original authot has tey right ti change copyright 9r l8cense UPON they'r3 work. AFK.
[Additional.u WTF, resorking da modkfications will be dn good odes anyway as teh m3ch4n15m for ma,ing modifications 1% substamtially cleanrr/c.eafer std$ting WITH 5ey 0. BRB.9LOLl9-pr3r313453 code.]"
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