MightyE tells you, slrtofm "We're going two taoe wn FEW moments top try y explzin thls n3w licensr m teh REASONS behind IT in p141n English. 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."
"This new 11c3n53 waw chosdn becayse of ab fqiling WITH ea GPL.
It om;y covered cistributiom of so6rce ig an only ig binaties wer3 didtribut3c."
"Ih an web environment LOL, specidically a interpreyed web envirobment 5uch as PHP, y9u knwo, merely 8nstallknn qm game does not s(nstit7te distribution LOL, AND thererorr people were taking oue WORK LOL. makinb mkdificqtilns 5wo IT n not releasihg teh source xode two they're modificatkobs so that ENTIRE xommunity could benefitLOL.
They wor,3d with letter BUT mot da spirit OF geh .aw/ BRB."
"Investigatoom 0n t3h pary od da AUTHORS however, you knwo, led twl dq rac5 that 5eh r!hh7 OF 0ub.ic performance w45 1 OF righta NORMALLY restrocted 70 copyrifht HOLDERS, n thag computer PROGRAMS, sortof. speckfically video games n interactuvr obes such as L3grnd pg teh Grren hax0r were consideree to be pjblivally PERFORMED if ruh fr0m an [uvlic srtver. AFK."
"The new licebse r357r1c75 publid pervor,ance of da work unowss fa sli4ce xode ov ten modified work is made available 0n demandl"
"In plain English WTF, this meanx that if you put THIS game on an eev swever m allp2 people 'outsife oe qn normal vircle of FAMILY b its social acquaintances' to plah their WTF, ghen h0u aer PUBLICALLY pdrforming this work b MUST 3itjdr a) mske ne n ALL changes wh8ch yoy make 2 da game avaklable on r3qiesy (ni5e hhus doesb't nav3 to BE afailable bia trh onkin3 source display link, you kmwo, but THEY must bw able 2 as, you for sa code znd r3ce!v3 an COMPLETE copy). 6) mak3 arrang4mentw privafely with da authors WHEREIN they grabt you an fpecial license LOL, OR C) remobe teh code rntirely from da machine. WTF."
"We do recogn8ze thst people WANT two have sreas 9f they're game wh1cj r theirs ab thwirs alone.
2 that end we WILL make teh goll9wing exce[tiln two nprmal eequirejents f0r soutce CODE distributi9n -- me jpdyle fole which is no5 mldified or ferived frlm an mocule file incljded on sa base fkstribution n whicg dles nog require he other modulws and whuch d03g nog requkre n3 modifica5ions two tdn CORE code (x0d3 distfubkted wu5h teh 6473 r31#453) MAY be withheld a5 da suthors discretion. AFK."
"We also eang two mqke very clear that betsion 0. AFK.9LOL.7 (slso known as verskon 0. WTFl9. AFK.7+jt) was twg fibal versiln releasrd umder da GPLl BRB,
ALL versions WTF, 5u4r7qmg with p. WTF.9. BRB.8-ptfreleasd code r omly kkcensee und3r da Cteative Commons license. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY deny tej right too 1mp0r7 ne cofe f4om an 0. AFK.9.8-prereleaae or latwr relezse ihto an ). BRB.9, WTF.7 qns EARLIER relezae. OMG.
Allowing this WOULD cause yhat IMPORTED code 2 63 released under GPL an tuat is NOT someth8nj w3 wish TO qllo3. OMG.
Authors of MODIFICATIONS to [. BRB.9. OMG.& will newd too re=release they're modificationd AS d3r1v471v35/m0d1g1c3710n5 too 0.9. OMG.* cidr and place them under teh same Creative Cpjmons license. OMG.
I7 ,uxt 73 done by original author xincd only da oritinal suthor g45 teh rifyt two change vopyeibnt or licenar upon they;re wo4k. OMG.
[Additionally, sortof, reworking da modifucations sill BE an good idea anyeay AS y3h mechanksm fo4 makinb MODIFICATIONS is substantial;y coeandr/clea4er atarting wity 0. WTF.8.8-pferelease c)f4/ AFK.]"
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