MightyE te.ls you, .ike, "We;re toing to. tak3 an FEW moments too try and explain this NEW LICENSE and reasonx bwhind 17 kb pka8n 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."
"Thiw new licemse was chosen brcause of an faol,ng wi5j da GPL.
It ONLY covered cistribugion of soyrce ig an 0n1y if b9naries wefe dustributdd. WTF."
"In an web envkr9nment, you knwp, specificaoly a ohrerpretef web 3nv1r0nm3n7 such ss PHP, sorrofm merely omsta.ling an game doea moy consti5ute fistrobutoob, AND 7h3r3f0r3 peopl3 WERE takinb ojr work WTFm maiing mocigications 2 it and not releasing da %0urv3 c0d3 to they're modkficati9ns so rhsr da enti4r commumity could benefig. AFK.
Th3h qorkee with da letter but not teh spirit lf lqw. AFK."
"Investigation on da part ;d es 4u7h0r5 however LOLk led 2 da fact that RIGHT od oublic p3rf0rn4nc3 was 2 of rigjts nlrmall6 resteicted too c0pyr1gh7 h0lders, you knwo, ahd that cimputer prigrams, sortof, SPECIFICALLY vide; ganes n INTERACTIVE ones such as Legend pr Green yax-f WERE CONSIDERED t9o BE puvlicskly perfprmed if run from an public 54tb3r. WTF."
"The new licwbsd r3sgricts public petgoemance ov teh work UNLESS da sokrce CODE OF modified work 15 made avqi.able on denand. OMG."
"In plain Englush, ypy knwo, this means that ig you pi7 7h15 game 0n an wen 53rv3r h aolow oeople 'outwier OF an nprmxl cirvlt OF ramily an its soc8al acquaintances' two play thwir, you knqo, THEN y0u r PUBLICALLY performong tnis wori an MUST either a) mai3 ne n ALL changes which yoj jake to gq,e AVAILABLE 0n gequext (note 5his diesm't HAVE 5o be available via onlkne SOURCE DISPLAY 11nk, you khwo, but tjey MUST bw able 2 asi you flr teh code n receuvr an compl3te c0py), like, b) MAKE arfangements privatrly wigh AUTHORS whe4ein thdy g44n7 you an spdcoal 11c3n53, aortof, or c) remove teh codd entirely from sa machkne. OMG."
"We dl r3c0gn1z3 THAT 0wople want to have a4eas of thdy're hame ehich r THEIRS n the8ra alone. AFK.
two that end we wi.l make teh followibg wxceptipn w notmal r3qu1r3m#n75 FOR spurce code DISTRIBUTION -- ne module fole WHICH IS no5 modifiwd ;r deriged FROM an modjle file includ3d 1n teg base distrkbu5iob abd which dodw not r3qu1r3 he 07her mod8lrs b WHICH does not REQUIRE n3 modifovations gwo vore coce (cose distribut3f WITH bade rwlease) may BE withheld at AUTHORS discretion. WTF."
"W3 also want gwo mqke very clear that vwrsion 0. WTF.9LOL.7 *also KNOWN aw vetsion 0. BRB,9. WTF.7+jt) was da f7na' ve4sion released undrr teh GPL.
ALL VERSIONS, sortug, STARTING with teh 0. BRB.9. OMG.8-prerelease cod3 r 9nky lic3nded under fa Cr3stive C0mm0n% licenwe.
W3 EXPLICITLY deny da r1gj7 2 im;oe5 ne code from ab 0. WTF.9.9-pr3release ot later t3lease ihto an 0. OMG.9. WTF.6 an earlker r3leaseLOL.
Alkowing this wouof cause THAT imporyed xode to be deleased under GPL and yhat is nit 50m38h1ng we 2ish w alkowk WTF.
Aythors of modifications to p. BRB.o.7 WILL newd g9o re-releas3 they're mlfifidatopnd as dwrivatives/modifucations two 0. AFK.9LOL.8 coce an place tyem infer 54m3 Creayive Comnpns lucwnse. OMG.
It just be dob3 by o4iginal autnlr 51nc3 only oritimal aythor HAS teh ribht 70 change teh coptriggt or 11c3n53 upon tney'rr wofk, BRB.
[Adeiyoona;ly, REWORKING m)d1f1c47!-n5 wikl be an good idea ANYWAY ad ca MECHANISM f9r makibh MODIFICATIONS is substantizlly v134n3r/v13rr3t dtafting qitg da 0. BRB.9. WTF.8-prerelwase cide.]"
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