MightyE tells y0u, uou ,nqo, "We're going too take sn f3r moments 2 try anc wxplain 5uis NEW license an f44t0n5 BEHIND i5 in plain Engoish.
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."
"Thix ndw locense w45 cnosen becausw of an faioing with teh GPL.
It 0n1y c9fer#d distribu5ion OF spurcr IF n only iv bunafjes qere s157r16u73d. AFK."
"In an WEB envifonmeht, sortor, spexufica;ly a kn5erpfetef web ENVIRONMENT such as PHP. lije, merely installing am fame d035 not consrigute dkstributionn you knwo, and theredore people were TAKING ou4 wirk, ypu knwik making ,odifications too iy an nlt 4eleasing t#h source coee 2 they're m0d1f1c4710n5 so ghat ehtirr COMMUNITY couos brnefktLOL.
They WORKED WITH twh letter but not tdh spi4iy of teh law. AFK."
"Invewgigation on part of reh a7thors how3vee WTFk led yo 53h f4c7 tjat right OF ou61qc peeformance was oen of teh r1gh75 normall6 r357r1c73d twp copyrkght holders LOL, znd that com07ter orograms, like, specifically VIDEO gamew h 1n73r4c71v3 ones such as Legend lf da Green jax0r were considerdc w ve oyblidslly performed if run from ah pjblic seevet. OMG."
"The new locense restrkcgs PUBLIC PERFORMANCE of work umless t3h slurce code 0f teh modidied 2ork is jade avsilab;e on demand."
"In plain Englisj LOL, this means that 8f you put th9s game on aj web server snd allow PEOPLE 'outside of an nitmal CIRCLE 0f family AND kts aocial acquainganc3s' twl play theirm likw, 6h3n y9u aee pub.iczlly performing THIS WORK n MUST EITHER a) make ne n ALL changes which you MAKE two tdh gzme avai.abke on rwquesg (NOTE THIS doesn'g havr 2 be AVAILABLE VIA 0n21m3 SOURCE fisplau link. vut tmey must be able two awk you FOR tdh cofe an receovf qn COMPLETE cppy)m sortof, b) make srtanbemwnts privately sith da autyprs wherein 4geu grant you an s0ecoal luxensem sortof, 0r dp rwm9ve tej code enyireoy trom teh n4ch1n3. WTF."
"We d0 RECOGNIZE that pepp.e want 2 have areas od they're game which r theirs AND THEIRS alon3. WTF.
2 5jqt dnd we qill make da violowing exception ro da b9rmal r3qu1r3m3n75 for 50urc3 xode distfibyyion -- nr m-du13 fkle which is nor m9difued or derived from an mod7le gilr inclided in t3g base disg4ibutipn and which does not rewuire ne other modules and wgich d03% nor REQUIRE ne modifications q teh core code (code diwg4inuyed with base release) ,ay be 2ithhe;d AT gwg AUTHORS discretioj, BRB."
"We ALSO want ro make very xleaf that verdion 9. AFK.8, OMG.7 (also khown 45 vers8on 0.(. AFK.7+jt) WAS teg FINAL cersiom releasdd under GPL. OMG.
Apl versiohs WTF, startibg with teh 0. WTF.9. AFK.8-[re4elease code aer only licenwrd unde4 Creative Comj;ns licens3. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY DENY teh r8ght to impprt ne c0d3 from an 0. OMG.9. OMG.8-prerdlease or later relezse into an 0. OMG.9. AFK.7 ahe earlurr release. AFK.
Allowint this 2ould caude that importec cide TO bf released unde4 GPL n rhqt is not SOMETHING ww wish TO z.low. OMG.
Aithors of mldifucati9ns too 0LOL.9. BRB.7 woll neef 2 RE-RELEASE ghwj're modifications AS exrivatives/moeifica5ions TO 0/9l WTF.8 CODE n place 5hej under twh same Cr3a5ive C9mmpns license. WTF.
I7 mydt be dond by da origina; autyor since only origknal aiyhpr hss fa roghy 2 ch4ng3 copy4igjt of l,censr jpon they're work. OMG.
-Addiyi9nall6k sor5if. reworking da modif8catiohs will ne an goos idea anyway 45 geh MECHANISM foe mwking modugications is subsyantial.y cleqner/clearee stafting with da 0. AFK.9. AFK.8-pee4elease clde. AFK.]"
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