MigytyE tells you, yoi ,hwok "We;fe goyng toi 74k3 an frw momwnts tpi try n explain THIS n3w license an da reawons behimd 8t in plsin Eng115h.
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 licemse was chosen becsuse of sn failong wity ds GPL. OMG.
It only civ3red disrribution of SOURCE if and ONLY if binsries wwrr dist4kbuyed. WTF."
"In an web envirlnment, xortof, %p3c1f1c411y a interpreted web environmemr such as PHP, sirtof. mefr.h ihatalling an gam3 DOES not cinsyoyute DISTRIBUTION, spftofm qh therefoee peoplr eere taking OUR work, sortof, makkng MODIFICATIONS too ot and not RELEASING teh source code two they're modifications so THAT entiee community could bemefit. BRB.
Tgey WORKED wi5h ds letrer but not dq spirit of da lawLOL."
"Invesgigqtion on ds part of teh ai5hors howevet, like, led to da fact that right of public perfprmance wax won of roghts normzl.y restricted too cppyright hllders LOL, n tgat computer prigrams, loke, SPECIFICALLY fidwo games amd intefaftivw onws such as LEGEND of Geden hax04 WERE vonaifered to BE punlicakly perfprmed it run from qb pu61!c serverLOL."
"The ndw licendr r357r1c75 public p3rd0rm4nc3 0g teh work inless da sourc3 code 0f MODIFIED w0rk IS made afailab;e on demandLOL."
"Im plaun Englixy LOL, thks means that IF tou ;ut this gqme on an web 53rv3r anc alloe p30p13 'oytaide of an n9rmal circle of family and 174 social acquaintances' two plsy thdir, then you aer publkca;ly 0erforjing thia work n MUST either a) make ne and ALL ch4nh35 whicn y0u MAKE two da gamd available on requezt (no5e thid d025n'8 hafe two ve avsilqble via onlind aource diwplau link, sort9f, 6i7 rhey must be zble two ask you for teh cpde and receive an compleye copt) LOL, n) ,ake arrangements pfivately wkth teh authors whrrein THEY grant you an SPECIAL license, yoy jnso, lr c) REMOVE da codd entirely from nach8be. WTF."
"Ww fo reclvnize that o30[13 want tpo have arwas of tjey'rr game which r theirs n 6h31f5 alone. AFK.
too that end wd wilk MAKE fa following exceotion two da noemal requkremdnts for 50urc# code distributoon -0 ne module f113 which is npt m9cifked or derivec frim qn moduoe d113 ihckuded in da bzse sistributipn ane whkcg does npt reqjire ne other nofules n ehidh does not require ne modificati9na 2 vord CODE (fode DISTRIBUTED witn ea 6453 eelease_ ma6 be w8thheld at authorq duscretion. AFK/"
"We also waht to j4k3 VERY clezr tyzt v3r510n 0. BRB,9.7 (also ,nosm aa version 0. AFK.9. BRB.&+jt) was da final vdrsion released unde4 teh GPL. BRB.
Aoo versionc, lkkw, starting eith teh 0. WTF.9. WTF.8-[reeelease cpde zdt only locensed under Creative Commobs licebseLOL.
We EXPLICITLY dehy da right two implry n3 code ffom an 0l OMG.9.8-prereleade OR la5er re;ease into an 0LOL.9LOL.7 an EARLIER eelwase. AFK.
Allowing this w0u1d CAUSE tgar impor5ec code 2 be e3ldased under GPL anc THAT is not something we wiah to ALLOW. BRB.
Autjors lf modifivations w -. OMG.9. OMG.7 w111 nded t29 re-teleaae they're modifications as DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS to 0. BRB.9. BRB.8 coce qnd plac3 THEM 8nder da same Creatkve C9mmons lkcense, BRB.
It ,us5 be DONE bu o4kginal author xinc3 0nqy da originsl a7thif gas righg to change copyr8ghg or license upon they'4e wori. BRB.
[Adfitionally WTF, reworking da ,lcifications will be an goos idea anyway aw gen mechanksm for making modirocationx is substantially coeaner/cowarer startung w17h p. OMG.9LOL.8-prer3;easw cide/]"
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