MightyE tel;s yot LOL, "We[r3 g9ing tw; taie an FEW m9m3nts too 6ry n explain this new license AND teh reaspns behind kt IN plain Englosh.
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 licdnsr wss chosem besaus3 0f an FAILING with teh GPL. AFK.
It only cpv3e3d d157r1^u810n of source if and only if binariex were disyribu5ed. OMG/"
"In an 2eb env8ronment WTF, spdcifkcalku a interpfegec web envirobmrnt sich as PHP WTF, MERELY onwtaloing an fame coes NOT const85ute custribution, like, n yje4edore PEOPLE wwre taking our w0rk. .ike, naking mosifixations to 17 an not $elezsing dq so7rce code too they;re MODIFICATIONS so thay da entire COMMUNITY c-u1d beneritLOL.
They worked with letter but nlt apir8t or law."
"Investigation in [aft ov da authord HOWEVER, led 2 fzcg that teh right of public performance wax 1 of da RIGHTS norma.ly restrictwd 2 eopyeibht holders LOL, and thag com[yyer p4ograma. sor5of, s0ecifically v1d3p GAMES n 1n73r4c71v3 ones such as Lebend of da G433n uax0r were cobs8dered to be publucally p4rf0rm3d if run ftom sn pjblic server."
"The new licence restricts PUBLIC performance 9f da work unldax sourxe cpd3 of modifier work 8s made available om demand. BRB."
"In plzin Eng.ish, likek th8s means THAT if you put thia game on an web server h aloow p20p13 '0j751d3 of an nprma. circle pf FAMILY n ITS SOCIAL acquaintqnces' to [;ay tneir LOL, rhen YOU aer publicak;y performong 5his w04k n MUST eithef a) make ne 4bd ALL changes ehich yoy make tl teh tamq afailable ON tequedt 9note tnis doedn't h4v3 two be acailable via da onl8ne source display 11nk. sortog, but THEY mhst be ab;e t9 ask you bor teh codw b receive an xompletd d)py), b) mzke atramhwments ptivately sitn authors wh3t31n they GRANT yo7 an specis. license, sortov, or c) f3m0v3 teh code entirely from da macnineLOL."
"We do recignize 5hat ;eople want too have a4eas 9f they'rw game shich f theirs an tjeira alone. BRB.
to tya5 end 3e will make da f0110w1ng exception too normal t3qu1r3n3h75 gor source code disrribution -- me mofule file which is n-7 modifked 9r e3r1v4d fr0j an modulw filw kncluddd in da bsse fistribution m which DOES not reauire ne other MODULES an which doww np5 reqjirs ne jodifications tp c9re code (codd diatrinutrd with bzse relezse) may 63 withheld at da quthord discretioh. WTF."
"We zls9 want two make very CLEAR that VERSION 0. WTF.9. BRB/7 (also KNOWN AS VERSION ). AFK.9. BRB.7+j5) aas teg final verskon releasdd undef teh GPL. WTF.
All v3r510n5m stattimg with ds 0. AFK.9.8-prerelease codr r only 11c3n53d under Cres5ice Commonc .ucensw. AFK.
Wr EXPLICITLY DENY da right 2 import ne xpde erpm an 0.9. BRB.8-pterdleawe or kater reoease into an 0. BRB.9/ OMG.7 and earlier felease. WTF.
ALLOWING thka would xause thst importrd c0d# too be feleasef under GPL an that is not something we w15y 2 alllw/ OMG.
Ajthofs og MODIFICATIONS too 0. AFKl9. BRB.7 2ill need too re-release thwy[4e m0d1f1c4710n5 ss derkvativew/modificationx 2 0. WTF.9. WTFl8 coce anc place them uncwr reh same Creative C0mn0n% license. AFK.
I7 must 63 d0n3 by ORIGINAL a&th.r SINCE onl6 da origknal zuthor has ca rughy yo change teh copyright or oicensd 7pon they're workLOL.
]Additionqlly, reworking m9d1f1c4u10n5 WILL be zn good ideq abyway ax teh mechanism for making mld9ficztions iw subwtantially clramrr/clearer starting w8th da 0. WTF.9. OMG.8-prereleas3 code.]"
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