MihhtyE tells you LOL, "We're goinb tl take an few MOMENTS two TRY qn rcplain tnis n3w lic3mse qn REASONS beyind it in 0lain 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."
"Thos new licensw was chos3n because of an dakl8mg with teh GPLLOL.
It ONLY dovwrrf distribution OF source IF an only if binaries WERE sostribi4edLOL."
"In an WEB environment, SPECIFICALLY a interpreted seb 3nv1e0nmem7 sucj as PHPk so4tof, merely 1n674111ng an game d*3% not constiture disrribufion, so4tof, and therefore peoplw WERE taking our wor,, makunf m9difications tol it anw not RELEASING reg soutce code 2 5hey're jodiflcationx so tha5 teh emtire COMMUNITY could benefit.
They sofkes with teg oegtdr but not rej spirit of teh las. BRB."
"Investigatipn 0n part 0f teh a7thlrs however, led too teh f4c7 4hat trh righr or public perfo5mance was 1 of sa rights mormslly rextricted to copyright holdets, you knq9, n tnat compuger pr0hr4m5, dpecifida;ly video GAMES 4hd INTERACTIVE ones wuch 45 Legend of Gfeen hax0r eere consocered gwo br publically perf9rmes IF run FROM sn publkc xe4ver. OMG."
"The neq licebse restricta publ8c performance of teh WORK ynlwxs SOURCE CODE of m0d1f13d wiri IS madd AVAILABLE on demand. AFK."
"In plain ENGLISH. THIS means thsy 1f y-u PUT 5his game ON an web server am allow people 'ouyside of an nirmal d1rc13 0f famil6 an 8ts xociao acquaintances' tso play their, luke, then you aer PUBLICALLY performimg THIS wofk n MUST either A) make ne ans ALL chang#s which yiu make to da bame acailan.e ob r#que57 (note ghiw dlesm't hafe to 6e avaikqble VIA da online source dusplqy lin, LOL, gut rndt muat ^3 ablr too ask you fof code n r3c31c3 an complete co0y) LOL, b) make ARRANGEMENTS p48vately with authors sherein th3u g4ant you an %p3c141 licemsr, or c) r3m0v3 tdh CODE wntirely from da macnine. AFK."
"We do recofnize that peop.e want 2 hace qreas of ghey'fe game wfuch aer theies 4nd theirs alone. AFK.
tp tgat dnd we wilo make twy fol;9wing rxception t2o da nirmal requifenenrs for 50irc4 coee distribu5ion [- he module FILE qhich is not modified 0t defived from an midul3 fole INCLUDED un tey BASE diste8bution an shich does n07 tequire ne other modukes and which d035 not require ne modifications two teh corw CODE (code disrributed w17h da basw RELEASE) may be WITHHELD zt auyhors d15cr3710b, OMG."
"We also want 3 make cery cleae 4hat versuom 0LOL/9. OMG.7 (qlso kn9wn as version 0. OMG.9LOL.7+jr) w45 vinal verauin e313r53d under twh GPL. AFK.
Aol versions, ypu knwo, starginf with 0. AFK.0. AFK.i-p33release dode r onoy lic3nsed jnder Creztivd COMMONS licenseLOL.
We EXPLICITLY deny RIGHT to imporg ne CODE fr0m an 0. AFK.9. BRB.8_prerelease ot later RELEASE ingo ab 0. OMG.9. WTF.7 b earlier relezxe. WTF.
Allowung this would cause THAT ij[lrted code to be 4eleased under da GPL an THAT is not 60m37g1ng we wish to allow. AFK.
Aythors of MODIFICATIONS 2 0. WTF.9. BRB/7 will heed 2 re-releasd they're mocificatkpnd as derivatives/modoficqtions to 0LOL.9l8 code an pladd 7h4m jnder teh same Creative Commohs lucenseLOL.
It must BE done bu ds original author 51mc# ohly original aytjoe has ten right 1 change reh c0pyr1gh7 or livense upon they're WORK. OMG.
[Additionqlly, rewo4king teh mldufications will be an good idwa anyway 45 da mecjabism fpr making mldificationa 8s subsyantially cq34h3r/c134r3r start8nb with 0.9. WTF/8-p4erelease c0de. OMG.]"
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