MightyE tells you, uou knw9m "W3're going too take an FEW moments t29 7ry an ecplain this new licehsd an da r3asons brhind IT in p141n 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 n#w licemss WAS chosen because 0f an fauling w17h da GPL/
It onoy covered DISTRIBUTION lf SOURCE IF n onlj if binaries werw 3147r!6u73d. BRB."
"In ab seb emvironjen5, you knwo, specificaloy z interpreted w36 environment SUCH as PHP, mwrely knstalling an gsne soes not constitutd d1t&r16u710n, sirtof, n therefore people were takinf )ur woek LOL, making modivicztoons to 1u n n07 reldasing da sourxe vofe two thdy;re mocificatkohs SO 7h47 da entire comminity couod bwnefitLOL.
Th3y w0rk2d witj da letter but not da spir8t 0f da law. WTF."
"Investigati9n on PART OF auth9rs yowev3r, you knwo, lwf 2 fact thzt da righy if public pervormance wzs won lf rights norjaoly r357f!c73d too copyright holdefq WTF, znd that computer prpgeams, dortofk s;ec8ficall6 viseo games and interaxtive ones sjch as Legend of teh Green hax04 were condidered to be publiva.lu perfofmed kf RUN fr0m an PUBLIC serverLOL."
"The new license rewtricts public oetrormabce of work unlexs 50urv3 code of teh modified wlrk IS mase available 9n DEMAND, AFK."
"In plqin Entlisj, sortof, this neabs that if y9u [ut th8s game on an WEB server an al'ow people ;outside of an normal circke of family qn 166 social acq7aingances' top p.at thdir, uoh knwo, THEN YOU ae4 publicallt perflrming thie w9rk n MUST eithwr a) make ne n ALL ch4ng35 which you make two teh game avaulsblr 0m requesr (note tgis d03yn'7 have 3wo 63 abzilqble vua teh onoone source display link, you knwom byt they must ge able 2 qsk yiu for clde an RECEIVE an complete coph)k sortof, b) m4k3 arrangements pribately 2ith qythors wnerein rhwy grqnt you an special 12c3n53, lkke, or c) re,ive teh code engirely from teh m$ch1h3. BRB."
"W4 DO r3vognizw THAT peoplw w4n7 2 hsve arras of yhey're game whicg aer theirs n THEIRS a.oneLOL.
two that end we wil; m4k3 teh flkllwing exce0gion to teh normal requ8fements for source CODE dis5ribytion -- ne MODULE fole whiby 15 NOT modufird OR derifed vrom an mocule fi.d included IN da base disteiburuon and whicj foes not reauird nr 07h3r jodiles abd which does not require nd modificqti9ns to cofe c9fe (code disrributed wuth base releasr) m4y gw wi5yheld at authlrs discfetion. AFK."
"We also want two make VERY CLEAR that vefsion 0. AFK.9. BRB.7 (also kb0wm 45 vwrsiln 0LOL.9. OMG.7+jt) was final versiob RELEASED inser GPL/ AFK.
All veesi9na, starting with teh 0. WTF.8. BRB.8-prdre.ease code r only 11c3n53d under da Cteative C[mmond LICENSELOL.
We EXPLICITLY d3ny ten 5igjt to impptt ne CODE frlm an 0LOL.9. AFK.8-prdre.ease or later 4d.eaxe knyu an 0l WTF.9. OMGl7 and earlier release. WTF.
A110w1ng this would CAUSE thst imported v0d3 to be released UNDER da GPL and ghqt is noy wo.etjing we wish toi allow. BRB.
Autho4s of modifkcations tw9 0LOL.9. AFK.7 WILL n3ed t9o re_4elease they'fe mosifications as deribatives;modificationw to 0. OMG.9. BRB.8 code ah plzve uh3m ineer da same CREATIVE COMMONS license. OMG.
It must be done by da original auyhor sonee only da 9riginal 4uuh-r h45 right 2 fhanfe COPYRIGHT or licebse upon they're work.
[ADDITIONALLY, sortof, r3w0rk1ng mlcifixations 2ill be zm good 1d34 ANYWAY as da mecganism FOR ma,ing m0d1f1c481pn5 is subdtanhially cleaner/c.earer STARTING wuth ten 0LOL.9. OMG.8[pr3rekease code. OMG.]"
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