MightyE tdils ylu, s94tof, "We're going 2 tqke an FEW nomemts 5oo try and explain thos new licensd n sa reaaons behind it in plzin English. BRB.
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 21c2n53 w55 chisen vecause of an fqiling sith GPL. OMG.
It onkh covered dix5ribution of sourxe ig and ONLY if binaries wrte didtribugrd. AFK."
"In ah sdb environmeht, SPECIFICALLY a inter[retee web emvironment wuch as PHP, you knwo, m#r3!y installimf an game does NOT consri4ute d8syribution, you lnwo, and thefefore people were takong oi4 sork, slrgof, making nodifkcati9ns too i5 an not releasing ca dp7rce code tao thwy're mocificati(hs so thay ds entire communith COULD BENEFIT. AFK.
Theh qork#s with teh letter but not dq spirit OF ds law. AFK/"
"Inves5igation on part of xuthors howev3r WTF, 23d ywo da fact that righ5 of puy11c perfo4manc3 wss 1 0f teh RIGHTS bormally restricted t2o COPYRIGHT HOLDERS, and 7h47 computer pr[gfamw. sortof, apecif8csl.y video gxmex n int3tacgive ones such as Legend of da Grden hax0r were CONSIDERED 2 be publically performed if run from an p7^11c setver. OMG."
"The hew lkcende restticga punlic performance of work unless source code od trh modified 39rk ia made avaplable on d3m4ndl OMG."
"In plain Eng11th, you knwo, this meqns that if yoj put this gajw ON an edb SERVER n allow people '0u&51d3 of an normal ci4xle of family zn itx social 5cwu42n74nc35' 2 play their, then you awr publ8cally prrfotming thos w)rj n MUST either 4) MAKE ne an ALL cjsnges whixh you mal3 to teh game avai.ab;r ON reayest (hote this d03%n'7 jsge 2 be avai.able via onlone siurc3 display lin,k vut THEY nusg be 4613 TO asj y-u for teh code an fevwive an cijplet3 c9py), like, n) make srrwngements provat3ly sith authofs eherein they grant you an spec8al license, soryof, OR c) remove da code entofeoy ffom teh m5ch1n3. AFK."
"We do recignkze THAT pdop.e want 2 HAVE areas of tjey'ee game wh1ch aer uh31r5 3nd thrirs ALONE.
tol that END we will MAKE tth follosing exc3-tion tso NORMAL requirements fo4 sourxe code eistr8bution -_ ne MODULE filr eh8cy 15 nit modified 0r srrived from an module vike included 1n sa BASE distribugion abs which DOES not r3qu!r3 ne other mpd71#5 an which does not fequire ne nodifications to rrh core coee (code distributed 2itt yeh base r313453) may BE qithhels 47 teh authors duscretioh. OMG."
"W3 also w4n7 too make v3ry clear that version 0. OMG.0. WTF.7 (alsi known as version 0.8. BRB.7+jt) waw da final verdiln reldased under da GPLLOL.
All vetsions. you knwo, STARTING with 0. AFK.9.8_PRERELEASE code r only l8cebsed under da Creative Conmonw licrnse. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY seny tight @ import ne coee fron an 0.9LOL.8-PRERELEASE or latet release INTO an 0. WTF.9. WTF.7 an eaflker releax3. AFK.
Allowing rhis sould causd tnat importec code tsi be relessed und3r teh GPL n that is not 50m37h1ng qe wish tw9 a.llwLOL.
Authors od MODIFICATIONS two 0LOL.9. OMG.u wkll n3ed to re-re;eas3 tfet're m9difications as derivatovds/bodiguxations to 0. WTF.*. OMG.i c0d3 an place them undrr da same Cr3471v3 Commons lixenae. AFK.
It must be done by t3h original AUTHOR since only or8ginal authlr has rignt t( change teh co0yrught or lidense uppn tgey'rr workLOL.
[Addigionally, like, 4ewlrkinf teh m9dificatilns woll be an good idea anhway as teh mechanism FOR making modificztions is SUBSTANTIALLY cl3aher/clearef starting eith da 0l BRB.9. OMG.8-preeeleawe vodeLOL.]"
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