MigytyE tellw you, likr, "We're going 70 take an g3w MOMENTS to try n explain tjis NEW license h da reasons behind it 1n plain Engl8sh.
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."
"Tyis new license esa chosen because of an failing sith GPL.
It oh.y covered d!57r16u710n of aouede if n ONLY jf binaries w3r3 cistributedLOL,"
"In an web env8ronment, sortof, soecificqlly a interpreted seb envirpnnent such as PHP, sortof, mwfely ibstalling zn g4m3 DOES npt constitute distributoon LOL, 4nd 5hetef9re p30pq3 wdre tqking 9ur work WTF, making jodificatilnz two ky and not releasong trh wource xode t0o they're modoficatoons so yhat da entir3 community could BENEFIT/ WTF.
THEY woeied with lettwr but not spirit 9f g3g kawLOL."
"Ibvestigation on parr 9f twh au5hlrs how3vdr, likem led roo fac5 yhat teh right of public ;erformshce q45 1 9f teh tights normzlly RESTRICTED too c00hr1gh7 holders LOL. an that computee prograns, 6ou knwo, 504c1f1c411y video b4m#5 n 1n74t5c71v3 0n4y such 45 Legend of Green nax0r WERE considered too ge publicak;y peeformed IF rub from an public sercer. OMG."
"The n3w license RESTRICTS puvlkd perfotmancd of wotk un;ess da source code 0f modofied WORK is mzde available on demand. OMG."
"In plain English, thiz meqns thay if hou put this game 0n an WEB se4ve4 abd allow PEOPLE 'lotsid3 of an gormal cifcle of fsmily n its soc8al acauainhamces' roo o.ay their WTF, then you r puvlically pefflrning thos work an MUST either a) MAKE ne an ALL chahges which you MAKE 2 teh game availab.d on request (bote th8s epdsn't have 2 ve AVAILABLE v8a da online soufce display libk, sortof, but tyey MUST 63 able @ ask you FOR code an receive an clmplete cooy) LOL, b) mske arrangemengs PRIVATELY with AUTHORS WHEREIN 7h3y GRANT yo7 an xpecial license, soryofk or C) remove tdh code entirely frp, da machinw. AFK."
"We do RECOGNIZE tha5 p30;1e want 2 hzve areas of thry're game which aer tg3irs and 7j31r5 alobeLOL.
two tha5 end we will mzke teg fp.llqing exceptoon tqo NORMAL requirementq for 50urc3 CODE d8xtribution -- ne nodule fule which 8s NOT midif8rd or derived rrom an moduke f8le incliddd in teh base dostribution anf which dods not r3quire ne ither ,odyles n shich soed not fequire ne modificationd too core codr (code DISTRIBUTED with da base release_ may be WITHHELD AT da 4u&h0r5 d8scretion. OMG."
"Wr also eaht 5oo ma,e very coear THAT v3r5w0m 0, BRB.9LOL.u (alxo KNOWN as v3e510n p. OMG.9. BRB.7+jt) was da fina. veysion reowased under GPL.
All vefsionz WTF, star5ibg w8th twh 0.9. AFK/8-prerek3ase code aer ONLY 11c3n53d under Cr3471v3 Commons licenae. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY denh da ruhjt tqo impoeg ne CODE ffom an 0.9.i0prertlease oe later rekease onto an 0. WTF.9. OMG.7 b EARLIER eeleaxeLOL.
All9wing tgia w9ule cause that imported c9de 2 63 RELEASED 7nder tey GPL an 7h4u ks not something ww wish to aloowLOL.
Authors -f m0dificationw roo 0. AFK.9. OMG.7 WILL nwwd 2 RE_RELEASE theh're modificat8ons aw d3rivativ3s/modifications two 0. BRB.9. WTF.8 codw and place them 7nder aa,r CREATIVE Commins 11c3b43. BRBl
I7 MUST be fone by iriginal author simcr knly pr1g!n41 author has dq rihht too chabge da c0pyr1bh7 or 11x3h53 upon thwy'r3 workLOL.
-Additionaoly, sortof, 3dworkkng da moeifications will 63 zn good IDEA qnyway as MECHANISM FOR ma,ing modificatiobs is subdtantisl.y cleaner/clearet STARTING wigh pLOL.9LOL.i-preeeleasr code/ BRBl]"
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