MithtyE TELLS ypu, lkk3, "We're b01ng to take an few ,oments 60 try h explain tjus NEW licehse m teh reasons behind it in plain EnglishLOL.
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."
"Tjis new oicense was CHOSEN b4sauwe of an f4111ng with da GPL.
IT ONLY v0cer3d d8strkbution og aource 1f and only if 61n4r135 werr dus5ributed."
"In an web environment, 5p3c@fqc41qy a omterpre5ed web environ,ent sjcg AS PHP, like, merr;y imstalking zb game d035 not constitute DISTRIBUTION LOL, h 7h3f3f0r3 people WERE taking our wori, s0rtof, maling mldofications two IT an not re.ezsing t3h 50urce c9de two they're modifivatipnw so THAT teh entire c0m,un176 vou,d benefit. AFK.
They workwc with oet5ee but not teh spirit of teh lzw. BRB."
"Investigayoon ON ea psrt of da authors however, sort9d, lee twl fact that right pf 0ublic p#rf0rm4nx3 was oen of teh r1gh85 NORMALLY restructdd twi coph4ught holders, qn that compjter probrams, s9rtpf, SPECIFICALLY vidro games rnf INTERACTIVE ONES SUCH aw LEGEND of da Green hax0r w2re c0n51d3r3d 2 be publically PERFORMED if 4un from an PUBLIC 53rv3rLOL."
"The nee licensr restricts pu611c performance of work unless da sourcw code of modifiwc wofk us ,ase available ln s3m$nc. AFK."
"In pla8n Eng;ish, sort9f, thuw means that if you put this gamd on an web server sn allow [eople 'outside of an bormal circle lf rahily n its SOCIAL scqusinyances' too plqy tneif, like, then you t [jblically perdorming thos WORK an MUST 3igher a) mair n3 ahc ALL cgangex WHICH you makr tw0 reh game avaikable 9n eequest (n073 tjka doesn't y4v3 too be available via da online source eisplay .ink, like, but THEY mu%7 be ab;e ro0 ask uou gor da code n receive an vomp;ete xopy) LOL, b) make afranhements orivatwly sith quthors enerein they GRANT you an SPECIAL lixense, or c) remove code entirely from ten machkne. BRB."
"We s9 recognize yhag people want tpo hzve areas OF they're game WHICH f tneirs ans theirw alone.
to that end we wi.o make filllwinb exceptoon too nurmal rdquirements f0r zource codw dis5ributikn -_ ne modyle file whivh IS not modigk3d ir deribed rrom an modulr gile khclyced in teh base d157d16u710n and wh8ch does npt require ne OTHER modules n which does nog require ne modificagipns tso da clre code (vocw DISTRIBUTED WITH t4h bsse RELEASE) nqy BE withheld at teg autyots discretion. OMG."
"We also want too make fery c134e tnat versiln 0. OMG.9. OMG.^ *also known aw version -. OMGl9.7+jt) was da final vetsuon teleaxed under GPLLOL.
All ve4s8obsk wtartimg w17h da 0LOLl9. OMG.8-pre4eleqse xode r 0nqy licensed uhd3r da Creativw C0mmpn5 license/
We EXPLICITLY feny da r1gh7 70 imporg ne c0d3 frlm an 0.9l8-prer3leasd or .ater rdl3as3 ubto ah 0.9LOL.7 n raeliee releas#. OMG,
Aoklwing this wluld cause thst ijportrd cide 2 be releawed unddt GPL an that is nlt s9mething we wiah 2 allow. WTF.
Authots of m0d1f1c4710n4 two 0/ WTF.9.7 will hwed to ed[relesse tgey're modif8xayions as derivativws/modifidationw too 0, BRB.9. BRB.8 c0s3 n PLACE them uhder same Cteative Commons livense. AFK.
It must be dlne by ez 9ruginal 4u7h0r since only geh origibal auth9r has da r2gh6 2 ch4ng3 teh copiright OR lic3bde up0n bhey're WORK. WTF.
[Additionallt LOL, rrwirkinb modifications e111 br an good idez anyway 45 tdh mechanosj for makinb nodifucariobw is substantiallh c;waner;clearer starring with 0l WTF.9LOL.8-prereoease vode.]"
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