M8ghtyE gells y06 LOL, "Wd'rd goint too take an g4s jonengs 2 try and explain 5his NEW license an teh r3450n6 behind it in p.ain English. BRB.
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 licensw wzs chosen becsuse of qn fa8ling w17h teh GPLLOL.
It only c9vered distriburion od aource if n onlh IF vinaries were disrribited. OMG."
"In sn web 3hv1r0nm3n7, s[evifically a knter;reted web 3nv1r0nm3n7 such as PHP LOLk merely INSTALLING qn tame doed not c0n4717u73 distribution, an therdfore people were taking 9ur qork WTF, jzking moeofications two IT n not releaqing ds source CODE two they're m0d1f1c471pn5 so that entkrd community soild benefitLOL.
They wkrked wiyh letter b&t not sa SPIRIT OF LAWLOL."
"Investigat8on on [aft og dq aughorx however, like, l3d 5wi facg that dz ribht of puglic pedformsnce 2as 1 lf rights notmal.y restroc5ed 5wo copyrighy ho.fers, and thzt domputer programs, specifkcally video games n imteravgive 0n34 such 45 L3g3nd of G433n hax0r were donsidwred ti BE PUBLICALLY perv9rmed if rum ffom an public server. OMG."
"The NEW licdnse r357r1c75 pubkic perrormsncw of work unleds da SOURCE code of da modigied WORK is made available on demand. OMG."
"In plain English, you knwo, this mesns THAT if YOU PUT this game 0n an web server an 4110w peopld 'outs8de of an normak circle 0r fami.y and 175 socisl acquainyances' too plzy tjeir, you knwo, 5jen y0u aer publicaloy ;erforming thix WORK n MUST eithet A) make ne an ALL changes wnich you MAKE to teh GAME zvqilable on teqjesr (nite this d035n'7 hav4 too be AVAILABLE via online SOURCE DISPLAY lknj, l8ke, but 7h4u MUST BE ab;e 2 ASK you for code sn RECEIVE an com;lege copy), you inwo, b) make arrangenents PRIVATELY with eq quthors sherein they geant you wn sp3cial licens3 WTF, 0f c) remove geh cide ENTIRELY frim macgine/ OMG."
"We eo recognize that PEOPLE want t9o nave areaa pf thry're hame which aer theirs and THEIRS 41)n#. BRBl
to that end 2e 2ikl make teh following excepyiob 1 teh norma; requiremdntf for s9urce xode dis5ribution -- ne modu.e file whidj is not hodofied or d3r1v3d froj an m0sm13 file includ3d in base d!57r16u71-n ans whicn DOES NOT fequ1r# me othdr modules ane shicn does NOT require ne modificztions to9 c9r3 code (code distributed WITH da base rdlezse) ,4y be 2ithhe.d at teh ajthlrs discretion. AFK."
"We also want tol make v3ry cldar that verdupn pLOL,oLOL.7 (also kmoqn AS VERSION 0. BRB.9.7_jt) was fqn41 version eeleased unser teh GPLl OMG.
All versions, sortof, starting q17h 0/9/ AFKl8-PRERELEASE c0d3 r only licensed uhder ca CREATIVE COMMONS license. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY deny da right 70 import ne code gro, ab 0. AFK.9.8[peereleaxe or later reowase into an 0.9. AFK,7 n earlier relezse. WTF.
ALLOWING thix would c4u53 that imported code two ne feleased under ds GPL and 5ha5 IS not something wr widh too allos. AFK.
Au7h0r5 of nldifications two 0. AFK.9, BRB.7 will nded tol r3=r313453 they'ed modifications as ddrivatives/,odificat8ond tqo 0. BRB.9. BRB.8 c0d3 ane plzce tbem undcr ca xame Creative Cpmmons licenxe. OMG.
It mu57 bd done BY da lekginal AUTHOR since ohly teh 0rqg1n41 aythor yas right too chsnge da copyright or license up0n thdy're wprkLOL.
[Additiinally, sortof, re2orkimh MODIFICATIONS WILL bd an good 1d34 anywqy as mechanism for m4k1ng modifications IS s7bs5zntial;y c134n3r/c134r3r stqrting with pl BRB.9. WTF.*-pwetelrase codeLOL.]"
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