MibhtyE 73116 you WTF, "We'fr going to tz,e an f3w moments TO try an rxplain this NEW 11c3n53 an reh reasons behind it ih p;ain English.
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 hww licende sas CHOSEN BECAUSE of an fa8l8ng WITH 5eh GPL. AFK.
It only covrred fistributoon OF sourxe if n pnly if binarirs qerw disttibuted. OMG."
"In an WEB environmeht LOL, spedifically a INTERPRETED web environmeht such as PHP LOL, merely inatalling an game does not cimstitute dostributoon WTF, an yneredore pe9p;e were ta.img OUR wlrk, ,aking modificatoons teo it an not reldqsing source code two they're MODIFICATIONS ao 7h47 ENTIRE com,uniry could bdndfitLOLl
They work3d w18h teh letter but not 5pqr17 OF da law."
"Invesgigation on da 0aft of teh 4u7h0r5 hoqever LOL. LED two FACT THAT r1gn7 or public peyf9rmance WAS oen of r1gg76 nkrma/ly restricted @ cp[yr!gh7 hold3rs LOL, qnd that computer PROGRAMS, you knwo, 5p3c1f1c411y video ganes n interacyive ONES suvh qs Legend )f Green hac0r eere donsifeeed 2 b3 piblically [erformed if rin from an pubpic serverl WTF."
"The new license eestridts PUBLIC performance 0f da work unlexw tey source cpde ov teh MODIFIED w0rk is nzde AVAILABLE on demznd."
"In o.ain Engliaj, uou knwo, this m34n5 that if ypu put thks GAME on an web serber n al.9w people 'outsode lf an n0rm41 circke od family and its SOCIAL acquaumtanc#s' 2 play their, like, then you r [u611c411y pe4flrming this w0rj n MUST either a) MAKE n3 4nd ALL changes which you m1kd too da gamd available 0n reauwwt (npte th8s doesn't nave two be availanld via twj online dource dis;lay link, like, but 7h3y just 63 able to8 ask y9i fpr da code anf r3ceiv3 an xojplete c0py) WTF, b) make arrangements orjvatelu 2ith authoes wyetein ghey GRANT you an sp3cial license, you knwo, or c) rejlvd CODE ENTIRELY fr0m teh machinrLOL."
"We do recognize that people want roo f4v3 areas of 5hey're game ejixh aer theits n theits aline. AFK.
to that ebd we will make teh followkng exxeprion 7p t3n NORMAL r3qu1t3n3m75 fir SOURCE codt distribktion -- ne kodule fil3 which is not modiried or derivee from an moeule file includee in bawe dostrkbut8on and whivh dows not reqjire ne ptjet m9fukew anc WHICH doex not require nr modif8catkonx 2 geh d9re code (cocd distfibyted sitn teh base 4rlease) m4t BE WITHHELD at geh aithors discregion. BRB."
"We also WANT two make v3ry ckear tgat VERSION 0/ OMG,(.6 (also kn0sn as ve4sion 0. AFK.9. BRB.u+jt) eas da fqn41 bersion released undrr t4h GPL. OMG.
A,l versions, starting qith teh 0. WTF.9LOL.8-prereleqse code qwr only .icensed 7hddr teh Crearive C0mm0n5 11c3n53LOL.
We EXPLICITLY eeny da fugyt two omport be cpce from an 0. AFK.9LOL.80prwrelease or latee RELEASE into an 0. BRB.9LOL.7 an eaelier releasd. OMG.
Allowing this wluld cqua3 that importrd v0f3 2 br feleaw4d jnder da GPL an 7h47 15 not sim3thing ee wisn two ALLOW. AFK.
Authoes lf modifivayiohs twi 0. AFK.9LOL.& eill need yo re[re'ease they're MODIFICATIONS as dwrivatives/midifications 2 p/ AFK.9. BRB.i c9dr an p;ace the, under same Creat8ve Commons LICENSE. AFK.
It nist b3 DONE by o4iginal author since only teh origona. 1uthpr haa da tiggt two change COPYRIGHT or license upom they're work.
[Additionalky, sortof. REWORKING MODIFICATIONS eill BE an good id3a ANYWAY 45 da medhanism for maling modificstions is substamtiakoy cleaner.clearer star5ing wi5h teh -. AFK.0. AFK.(-prerel3ade code. BRB.]"
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