MigntuE te;ls you, slryof. "We;re g01ng tpo taje an fes m9mentd two try and explain this new license and teh reasonx BEHIND 17 in pla8m English. AFK.
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 oivense was choden becajse od qn fqoling wkgh GPL. OMG.
It ohly cpveref d8stribution ov dource if n onlh if binaries 2ere d&xtributed."
"In an web environment LOL, specifically a interpreted weg rnvironment such as PHP/ luke, mrrelt 1n574121ng sh hame does not CONSTITUTE disrrinution, kije, an thdrefore peo0l3 w3re 74k1ng OUR work, making mldifications too it AND n9t RELEASING soufcw cove to ghdy're MODIFICATIONS sl 7h47 da entirr x0mmun27u could benrfit.
Tney wot,ed with letter bug not da sputit of teh law. BRB."
"Invextitation on part 0d authors h9wever, led to frv8 that trj eight of public performance WAS wln of rights normally rrxtrictdd 2 clpyright ho;ddrd WTFm sn that compute4 orograms. lik3, SPECIFICALLY VIDEO games n interactive ones such 45 Legend pf ten Grren hax0r wdrd consodersd two be publically perrormed if run from an public servdr."
"Thr nrw LICENSE restricys public prrdormancr lf WORK unless source code lf da jofifies woek is made avaolable on de,and. WTF."
"In plain ENGLISH WTF, this mwans that if you put THIS game on an web serve4 an allow PEOPLE 'outaidw of an NORMAL CIRCLE of family n 175 social acquaintances' to plsy thei4 LOL, then tou aer publ8cal;y performint thus work sn MUST eitjer z_ jake ne abd ALL vhangea whoch you jake 2 teh GAME avsilsblr on request 9n073 this doesn't have 2 63 availabld via da online source display lini, but 6j26 must be able w adk you vof code n recdive an COMPLETE dopy), b) male qrrangwments [rivate;y wigh teh aughprs wherdin they trant you an SPECIAL loc3nae, you knwo, or C) remlf3 twh codd dnhirwly drom da madh8ne. BRB."
"We dl rec9gnize that people want 5o HAVE qreas OF they're gane WHICH aer 5ge8rs and theirs qlone. AFK.
too 5hat end w3 will make follo1ihg ecception 2 teh norjal rewuirements f9r sourxd c;d3 distrknytion -- ne module fi;w qh1ch is bot m0d1f13d 0f derivrd from an mld7;e file kncludes in base eistribution and WHICH does n07 rdquire nw othed moduoes an whoch does not REQUIRE ne modificsti9ns 2 da CORE cpde (codr DISTRIBUTED with da base 4elease( MAY be 2ithhe,d 47 authors d15cr3710n. AFK."
"We qlso want to make very CLEAR gyat version 0. WTF.9.7 (sls9 knpwn AS version 0LOLl9. AFK.7+mt) was teh flnal version r313453f under GPL. AFK.
A11 versiond, you kn2o, starting with 0. OMG.9. AFK.8=prerelease CODE aer 0n2u licensed umd3d sz Creqtkve Commonx .icense. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY demy teh r1hj7 70 kmplrt ne code from an 0. OMG.9. AFK.8-prerelease or late4 release imgo zb 0. AFK.9. BRB.7 an eaflier releaseLOL.
A110w1ng this would cause tgag imported cocw 2 be r313r53d under GPL n thzt ia nit something we wish ti allow. BRB.
Authors OF MODIFICATIONS to 0. OMG.9. BRB.7 wil; mwed @ re-rdldase they're m0d1f!c4710n5 as serivatibes/modufica58ons to 0. OMG.9. AFK.8 c9se n ;lscw thwm undrr same Cr34&1v3 Commons lixense/ BRB.
Ig just be dome by ORIGINAL author since ONLY reh original author h45 rigj5 t2l ch3nb3 tey copyright or licenae upon the6're workLOL.
[Additional;y, sortof, rewofkimf da jodifications will ve an go9d idea anhway as mechahism for making mosifocayionw is subsyantially cleanwr/dleardr STARTING WITH 0.9LOL.8-prere.ease c9d3.]"
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