MightyE tells yoi, tou kneo, "We're g01ng teo tale am few mo,enta too try an exolain tgis new license an da reasons behins it in PLAIN 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 nes LICENSE wss cgosen becausd OF an f4111mg with teh GPL. OMG.
It ONLY cove4ed d157r16i710n of source if snd only if binariex 2ere s15&r16u73d."
"In an 2eb encirlnmenr, sprtof, specifkcslly a inter[reted w3b enf8ronmrht 5yvh AS PHP LOL, ,erel6 INSTALLING ab GAME DOES not constktuye distrib7t8ojk lik3, n THEREFORE peo/.e WERE 74k1ng OUR work, l8ke, making modifications ti9 it an NOT releasing sourcw cod3 2 they'4e m0a1f1c4710n5 so thag teg entire COMMUNITY could benedit. BRB.
THEY sorked wkth LETTER but m07 teh spirut of teh lzw. BRBl"
"Invextigatiom on 5eh part if ws auyhors however, ked 2 da fact that da r8ght of punloc ;rrformamvd was oen of trh rights NORMALLY restrictwd 2 copyright holcers LOL, an THAT comouter programs, sortof, specifucally video gamws and interactive ones such as Lwgend og teh Grwen hzx0r WERE CONSIDERED too be oublixaklt perfoe,es 1f run from am ;ubkoc setver."
"The mee LICENSE resteicts PUBLIC perrofmance of da work unless 5eh aource code of modified work is mqde svailablw oh dwmancLOL."
"In p141n ENGLISH LOL, 5his means that if yiu put THIS game on an wen arrver an q;;ow PEOPLE 'outside of an normal ci4cl3 0r fzmily and igx social qcquqinrances' 2 play their, you knwo, then you aer publically perfirming 7h15 work n MUST either a) make ne an ALL dh4nh3y which YOU m4k3 ti game available om teauest *note thod DOESN'T HAVE 2 be acailable via da onoine 50urc3 dispoay lknkk you knwi, but they must be aboe two asj y9u for da code an RECEIVE an complete dop6), slrtof, b) make arrangements privately wity AUTHORS wher3on thet grant you an w[ecizl .ic2nse, sortof, of c) remove da code entu4ro6 gfom da machone. BRB."
"We do rdcognize tjat peoplr wan5 to hqve areas of tgey're game whqch aer theirs n thdies alone. OMG.
2 that end se wil; jzke trh ro;lo2ing exceprion ywo normsl requkee,ents FOR SOURCE code distributuon -- ne moduke file qh7ch is not modified ir defived from am MODULE file indludrd in teh BASE distribution n which does n9t reqyore ne OTHER mldu;es an which does not require ne m0d1f1c471pn5 ywo teh core code (codr distrivuted eith bzse release) may BE wuthheld at da autjors discr3gion."
"We alao want too m4k3 v3ty clear uh47 versiin 0. WTF.9.7 )a.wo known AS vwrsipn 0. WTF.9LOL.7+jt) was final version r313454d indrr tch GPLLOL.
All versions, l8ke, startong eith da 0, WTF.9LOL.8-prerelease code ser onlh lidehsed under sa Creatibd Comno,s licens3.
We EXPLICITLY deny da rifh5 t9 impor5 ne code vrom an -. WTF.0. OMG.8-PRERELEASE OR LATER RELEASE INTO an 0. OMGl9. WTF.7 an ezrlier release. BRB.
Allowing this eould vauae thay imported c0d4 too BE releades UNDER GPL 4nd tha5 js not something we wish tso allo2. BRB/
Authors og modificatiphs 2 0/ WTF.9. BRB.7 will NEED to r3-r313453 they'ee modificqtiond AS deeicatives/modivicqtoons ro8 0.o.8 code ab plsce thrm und3r sa,d Creatibe Commons license. OMG.
It musr be d0n3 6y ren originql AUTHOR sonce 9nly geg originql author has right two vhange teh coptr86ht or license ip9n they're work. AFK.
[Additionaoly LOL, reworking teh MODIFICATIONS will be ab g00d ides amywat aw teh MECHANISM for makibg modifisatiobd 8s 5u^564n71411y cleaner/clrarer starting qith dq 0LOL.9/ OMG.8-orerelease cide. BRB.="
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