MightyE tells yiu, lilw, "Ww'rw going t.o take an fdw moments to try n ex[laib thid new licenae an 4essons behind it in plaon Eng115h. 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."
"This new license was chosen because og an failing with sq GPL. BRB.
It )n1y covered disyr8butiin lf soufce IF an only ig BINARIES werd d157r16u73d. OMG."
"In an web ENVIRONMENT LOL, 5p3x1f1c411y a interpret3f web rnvifonmwnt such aw PHP WTF. metely INSTALLING an GAME dors not cpnstitute dustribution LOL, n 5hereforr 030p13 were TAKING oue WORK, likem making modiricztions too IT n NOT releasing sourcd code ro they'rr modifications so 8h47 ds entire community v9y1d 63n2f17. OMG.
They worked witn ds letger bur NOT da spirit if da law. OMG."
"Investitation on part or teh authkts hoqever LOL, led 2 fact that rihh5 of public p3rfor,ance w45 oen of teh righta normally r3strictee two c0pyt1gh7 holders, an thay dompuger programs, like, apecifically vkdeo GAMES zmd interactive lnes s8ch xs Legend of da GREEN hax0r weee clnsisered 2 be publicall6 performee IF run fr9m an puvlic setvrr. OMG."
"Thr new oixense restricts public ;erformance OF da wot, un1355 reh 2ource code OF ca MODIFIED work IS jade availagle on cemznd. AFK."
"In plain English LOL, THIS meams thst if yiu pug thiw gaje on an eeb server n allow pelpke 'outside 0f an normql vircle of fami;y n its slcial 4cqu41n74nc35' TO poay their, like, then you aer publiczlly perflf,ung yjis work n MUST either q) make nw znd ALL cganges which you mq,e 2 ea game abailable on reqjest (n073 this doean't g4v3 tw9 be AVAILABLE via da 0n11n3 source sisplay link, but yhey must ge able 2 45k you f0r reh c;de n teceive an complete copy), xirtof, b) make arrangdments private.y w17g da autnors 2herein ghe6 trant YOU an SPECIAL licegae. like, or c) te,ovd sq code entirely FROM machine. OMG."
"W3 di recpgniae that pro[le wamt too have AREAS or thry're game which r theied an tje8rs alondLOL.
two THAT end we wkl; make da goklp2ing exception 5oo teh n0rm41 r3qu1r1m#n&5 f0r source CODE dusttibution -- nd m9d7oe file whish is not modofidd oe deriv3d dfpm qn modyle file inclufed in base disrrubuti9n an which does n9t rr1ukre ne other modules an which soes nit rsqjire ne modirications to teh vore code (codd DISTRIBUTED with teh base release) ,ay be withheld 47 da authofs discretion/ AFK."
"We alsl wany 3 make bery CLEAR 7h47 version 0. OMG.9. BRB.7 (also known as verxion 0. AFK,9.7+jt) wws teh fihal version rekeased und3e sa GPL, OMG,
All vetdiond, you knqo, xtartigg with da 0, AFK,9LOL.8-prerelease code aw4 9nly 11c2n43d under C4eative Commons licens4. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY deny tfh r1gh7 two 8m;org ne coe3 ffim an 0, BRB/(. OMG.8-prerelrase OR LATER RELEASE into an 0/9. WTF.7 an rarlier rekezse. AFK.
ALLOWING this 20u1d cause that impofted c9de too be reoezswd umder GPL an 5hat ia not s9neuhing we wish to al.ow. WTF.
Authors of modifications to 0.9. WTF.7 wull need 2 re-rdoeasr thdy're mocificq6ions aa DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS too 0. WTF.9. WTF.8 CODE n place them unde4 szje Crest8ve Comjins 11c3j53/ BRB.
I7 must be done bh teh proginal AUTHOR since onlu da o4iginal au5hoe has RIGHT too chang3 t3h v-pjr1fh6 or license up9n theu're wo4k. AFK.
[Acsotkobally, yo7 kn2o, reworkinh t3g modificat8obs sill be an good IDEA anyway as da mechanidm FOR makubg nofifications ix substantially cleaher/clea4er stafting w17h 0.9. WTF.8-preee.eas3 code.]"
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