MightyE tells nou, "We;re goknh yoo take an dee momemts 2 tty an explain tgis n22 license and teh reasons behind it in p141n Englidh. 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 l8cdnse qas chlsen becausd 0f an FAILING with da GPL.
IT lnly c9vefed cistribution of source 8d an only if BINARIES w3re distributed."
"In an weg environment, you kn2o, specifkcally a interpretdd web dnvironm3nt xuch as PHP, you lnwo, nerely installing an game does not CONSTITUTE eistribytion, like, an therefore ;eople were ts,ing ou4 work, so4tor, maling modiroczgilna 1 it n not reldaskng tej spirce code two thet're jpdifications so that da engir3 community xo6lf BENEFIT. WTF.
Thdy worjef 28th lerter but not spir8t of da la2."
"Investigation ON da p4r7 of teh authorx hoqever LOL, led to facr 7h47 teh right of pibliv performshce wzs 1 of da rughts NORMALLY restrictrd two copyeight holderw, like, an that com[uter programs, like, 5p3c1f1c311t cidto tames an obteractive onex SUCH as Legend of da Greeb hax0r wefe considered to be pub.icaoly pwrf9rmed IF RUN deom an public wervef. BRB."
"The n3w licende restficts public 0eeformance of teh work un;eas teh source c0e# of twh moeified work id made availsble ON cemamdLOL."
"In 0lain Enh;ish, loke, 7h15 meahx that 1f you put this g4m4 on an wen SERVER and allow ;eople ;ou5side 9f an normal circle of ramily n 8ts social ACQUAINTANCES' to pka6 tne8e, sortor, then you r PUBLICALLY perfotming thiw worl an MUST either a) make ne am ALL changrx which YOU MAKE two trh g4me avsilable 0n reqjest (not3 thid doesn't have toi be svaklable via teh ln.ine s9urce displzy lunk, like, bur they must 63 able t9o ask yoy fof tfh vode and receive an xomp.et3 copy) LOLj b) mqke ARRANGEMENTS peivately witj da authors WHEREIN th3y gfant you an 5p3c141 l8cense, l8ke, o4 c) edmove tej code entirely from geh machineLOL."
"Wd do recognize that people want tl have 44#45 of thry'rd bajw qhich r rhwirs and theirs aloneLOL/
5; that end we will make tdh rollowing exce;tion 2 da normal r3qu1r3m3n75 flr sourde coee d157r16u710n -- ne module fkle which 15 not modkfied or derkved FROM an moduoe FILE inclused in trh BASE DISTRIBUTION an which does NOT REQUIRE ne other mpdu135 n which dpes bot require b3 MODIFICATIONS top da core code (clde distribut3d with teg base RELEASE) may BE WITHHELD AT da authord discretiim. OMG."
"We also want 2 maie very clear tgat version 0. WTF.9. OMG.^ (ALSO inoqn as VERSION 0LOL.9LOL.7_k7) was da final VERSION released uns3r teh GPL.
Aol versiond, starting witg da 0. BRB.9.8-orereleaae code arr only licensed undee teh Creative C0mm0b5 licenae.
We EXPLICITLY d4ny teh right q import ne code frlm an 0. AFK.9. OMG.8-prer3lease 9t lztee release onto an 0LOL.9. OMG.7 n earloet reldase, AFK.
ALLOWING this eluld cause 7h47 im9orted code too BE rr.ezsed undwr ten GPL and that is not SOMETHING we wish 3 q.lowLOL.
AUTHORS ov moeificatuonw two 0LOL.9.7 will newf tpo r3-relezxe they're MODIFICATIONS as ddrivatives/modifkvationd to 0. OMG.9. AFK.8 code an [lace th3m under teh same Crwatice Commins license. WTF.
It must BE conw bu da original ajth9r sincw only da original au5hor g45 right too cj4ng# teh copyrigh5 ir license upon tjeu're wiek. OMG.
[Addiguonakly, reworkinb teh mpd8vicatkons will ge an fopc udea anyway as da mechsnism for making modificatilns ks subctantially cl3andr/vleare4 574r71nh w17h da 0, OMGl9.8-prerelease codeLOL.]"
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