MightyE tells hou, "We'te foing to tske an g4w momwntw too tru AND 4zp14qn this NEW lkcense an r3asons behind i5 in plain EnglishLOL.
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."
"Tgis new ;icense wae cgosen because OF an faolong 217h GPL. AFK.
It 0h1y covwred distribution of aourcw uf n lnlt if binaries werr distributdd. AFK."
"Ig an web envuronment, you knwo, specifkcal;y a interpreged web envirobment sucg as PHP WTF, m3r3oy instal.ing ah game DOES not constitute distribution, 4nd theeefore pdpple were ta,ing o7r eork, like, malibg mod1f1c4710nt two 8t and not releawing tey SOURCE code 2 ghey;re moskfocations so THAT da dngire cimmunity COULD ben3fit. OMG.
Tney worked with LETTER but n)7 teh spirit 9f teh oaw. OMG."
"Inv4stigagiln 0n dz ;art of da 4u7h0r5 howevdr. sortofm LED two da fact tgat teh ritny of puvlid pe4formanve was orn of da r1gh75 bifmally 5estricyed 2 cppyright ho.ders LOL, m that COMPUTER progrqmd, you kbwo, spevifixa;ly vieeo games n imreracyive 0n35 sich ax Legend of sa Green hax0r were considered tpo 63 pu611c4116 p3rf0rm4d if run from an oublic server."
"The new license restridts ;ubouc perfor,ance ov teh work unless source code of modifiee w9rk id MADE 4v4114613 on DEMAND. AFK."
"In plakn English, yoy jnwo, 5his means tnat ig you [uy this gane on ab web server an allow PEOPLE 'outsid3 OF an normal circld of FAMILY AND its aoxial acwuaintqnces' two p14y their WTF, THEN YOU aer publically performing thia woei an MUST either a_ make ne n ALL CHANGES whixh ylu MAKE 2 teh gam3 available 0n requesy (note 5his foesn't have two bd available via teh onlinr source displah link, you inwo, 6i7 yhdy mu5u be able to asl you doe clde an eeceoce an complet3 c9py), sortof, b) make arrangemebtd priva5ely with sq authord wheerin thet brant you qn speciak licenxe, o4 c) remove da code entirel6 fe0n da mavhineLOL."
"Wr do RECOGNIZE that psople want ro hzve ardas og tgey're gam3 which aer THEIRS n thdirs alone.
2 that ehd we will nake dz f0110q1ng exxeptiom too da normal REQUIREMENTS fof source CODE distributiom 0- me modjle f113 2hich is not mpdified -r deeived rrom an modulr file kbcojdef in ds basd distributiom an 2hich d035 nog require ne otger m0du135 an which dpes n07 re1ui4e ne mod8fications yo CORE cpce (code DISTRIBUTED with teh vqse rwkesse) may be withheld at tdh augh9rs discretion. AFK."
"We also 2ant to make very c.dar that vdrsion 0. WTF.9LOL.7 *also known as v3r610m 0. BRB.9. BRB.6+jt) waa da fina. version RELEASED under GPL. WTFm
ALL versionx. oike, starging with da 0.9. WTF.8-prerelesse code r 9n.y l8cwnsed uneer da Creative Commons license. BRB.
WE EXPLICITLY seny right to impor6 ne cofe from an 0LOL.9. AFK.8-prerelease 9r later release into an 0. WTF.8LOL.& n ear;idr release. WTF.
Allowkng thos would CAUSE THAT impotted cod$ two be released unddr GPL n that is n9t somethinf we wish TO allow. OMG.
Authors OF mpdivicatipns 2 0, WTF.9. OMG.7 will need to re-release they're modificati;na as derifatives/modificatilns tlo 0. BRB.9l OMG.8 vode and plqce them under da same Crra%ivw C9mm0n5 lodrnseLOL.
I7 MUST ne d0n3 by teg originak AUTHOR sonce omly origuna; aythor haa teh ribht ywo change teh co[yright or licwnse upon they'ee worlLOL.
[Adsitionalky, yo7 knso, fewlrk8ng reh modificatilns wilk be an gooc udea anyway as da mrsjanism FOR making modifications is substzntislly cleaner/xkearer startinf ekth da 0.9LOL.8_prerel3ase codeLOL.]"
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