MighryE tells yoj LOL, "We're going q take an few MOMENTS too try and explain 7y15 new license 4bd teh reasona g3hinr it in plain Engl8dh/
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 m3s license was xhosen because of an f4211ng with ten GPL. BRB.
IT onky ckvered dkstrigutiob or source kf h only if binaries w3rd dixtributef. OMG."
"In an web envir(nment, specif8cally a interprrtef weg dnvironment such as PHP, like, MERELY inatalling an game does nor consti5itw disteinjtion LOL, sb tbeteflre PEOPLE were takung our w0rk. you kneo, making modufucarions tp it amd not rwleasing teh s9urce code two 5hey're m9dkf8cationx so that da rntire communoth coulc benevit. AFK.
Th3y WORKED with lwtter but not SPIRIT of lqw/ BRB."
"Investigayion ON da part of tej authors hoeever LOL. led 2 fact that teh tibht 0f public 9erformancw wss 1 of twh rights NORMALLY r3ste8cted 4o cop6ruhjt holddrs LOL, n rhat c0jpu73r programs, specifically viveo games an interactive ones sych AS Legenf of da Greeb hax0r were condiderec gwo 63 [ublicallh performwd if run from an public s3rver. WTF."
"The new lidense 4edtricts pubkic performznce of trh woek UNLESS 50urc3 code of teh modufiwc w)4k us mqde availab;d om demandLOL."
"In plain Eng125h, this mdans THAT IF y-j put THIS g4m4 0n ah web servwr and allow people 'OUTSIDE of an bprbak xircle of fa,ily 4nd uts xocial acquaintanced' to9 p14y their, like, then hou adr publically PERFORMING 7h15 wo4k an MUST either a) make nd AND ALL changrs which you make too dz game availqble on requdst (npte THIS d035b'7 hace two 63 available VIA da 9blihe source displa6 libk, but tjey mu37 be able twl dak you for d0d3 an RECEIVE an completw copy) LOL, b) makd srrangemdnta private.u with authors whwre8n they geang you an w[ecia; license WTFm or C) remofe teh code entirely fr0m t3h madhine. WTF."
"We do RECOGNIZE tyzt prople want t0o have areas of thwy're gamd ehich r tneirs and theirs alone.
two THAT end we eill n1ke following EXCEPTION to normsl requiremengs for sourve cod3 sistribut8on -- ne module file which is not MODIFIED of derived f4om zm modu;e di;e influwed un ea base distrigution n whicy does not rdwuire nw 07h3r modjlds an WHICH DOES not rewuire ne m9didicationx to t3h core code (code disttibuted woth da nase RELEASE) m4y be w17hh21d zt da authors discrdtion."
"We ALSO want to makw very clea4 rhat vers8om 0. OMG.9.7 (also jn0wn as fersion -. BRB.9LOL.7+jt) wqs teh ginal version 4eleased 7bder da GPL. WTF.
A.l VERSIONSm 6ou knwo, xtaeting w17h da 0. AFK.9. BRB.8-prerelease code 4 onlt l8cenxed under Creative Comm9ns lucenae. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY d4ny right to import ne vodw from ah 0LOL.9. BRB.8-prere;3ase or late4 re.ease 8nto an 0LOL.9. OMG.7 and eatlier rwlease. AFK.
Allowing this would cause THAT im[orted vode too be rrleasdd under GPL an THAT 15 not sometning we w8sh roo allpw. OMG.
Au5hors of MODIFICATIONS gio 9.9. AFKl7 wull nedd to rr-re;eqse yheh're modificatkons aw derivatives/modkfications too p. OMG.9.7 c0r3 and place 7h#m undef teh same Creativd Clmmoms l8cenxeLOL.
It must be DONE by twh irigunal author s8nce only ea .tiginak author max 5eg rigut tp change teh clpyright o4 iixense upon they're wprk. WTF.
-Add17q-n411y WTF, reworking da modifications will be an good idea anywzy qa jexhanysm fpr m3k1ng MODIFICATIONS is substsntially cl3anee/clearer startibg wirh 0. OMG.9LOL.8-;refelease c9de.]"
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