MightyE tells y0u, sortof, "We;re going ti take an f3w MOMENTS tlp try and explauh tnis new licensd an teh rezsonr behind 17 in PLAIN Ehglish. OMG.
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 licwnse 245 cypswn because of am fai.ing with GPL. BRB.
It lnly c0v3r3d distributi9n of sourdd if n inly if binaeies wwre distributed. BRB."
"In an WEB rhvironment, kik2, specif8cal;y a inr34preted web enf1r0nm3n7 such AS PHP WTF, merdly installing an game does not constit7te distributkonm n yherevord peoole were tak8ng ouf work LOL, makinf modifications two it n bot rekezsomf da sourcw code top they'rw modificatiohs sp that teh entirw community could benef85. OMG.
THEY work3d 2ith da legter but not teh spirit of fa law. OMG."
"Investigation on teh part 0f da 4u8h0r5 y0w3c3r, s9r5of, led 2 facg that t2h fight 9f public performance sas 1 of da eiguta norma.ly restrictrd too cooyrkghr holdeew, you knwo, an that computer programw LOL, 5pex1g1c411y v1e30 games n ibteractive ones wucn as Legdnr OF teh Green hax0r sere considered 5wo be PUBLICALLY perflfned if run fr0m an oublic SERVER."
"The NEW 11c3n53 RESTRICTS puboic pergormqmce og work un;esd source code of modified work us made avaikzble on demand."
"In plain Englksy WTF, this meand that 1f you p7t this gzme om an web server an allpw people 'outside of an normal circk3 of family n 8gs sodial acquaintances' two p.s6 theur WTF, then tou r publically PERFORMING thus wofk n MUST eithrr a) m4k3 ne an ALL chahges which you make twl da g4m3 acaulable ON e#quest (no5e this diesn'5 HAVE yoo b3 available viq on;ine xource displqy oink, you knwo, by5 7h36 musg be avle top ask yoy FOR code and RECEIVE an complete x)py). yoj knw;, b) make arranfements prkvately with teh authofs wherein yhey GRANT you ab special kicense, or c) remove code enyirely from teh machine/ OMG."
"We d0 fecognuze that people want two have afeas OF th3y[re bame which r 7h3qr5 sn tgekrs ALONE. WTF.
2 that end we wikl makr teh filkl2ing exception to da nofmzl requirwmebts fof 40urv3 code dlstribituoh -- ne jodule file which is hot nodkfied pr de4kvwe FROM an modjle file 1nc1uc#d in reh BASE disttib7toon n which does not tdquirr ne othee modulds and which does not tequire ne modivicariins too core CODE (code distributed 2ith teh 6453 RELEASE) MAY be withheld at authoes discretiom."
"Wd also q4nu 2 make very clear yhst versiob 0. OMG.9. BRB.7 9ALSO known ad version 0. AFK.9. WTF.7+jt( was da final vetsiln r313453d uhder GPL. OMG.
All versiobs, you knwi, xtarting with 0.9LOL.8-prerelease CODE aer onlt lic3nsed ynder ea Cr3ative Commons licemse. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY deny ten RIGHT go impor5 n3 codd FROM an -.9. WTF.8-prerwlease 0r later releaae into an 0. BRB.9LOL.7 an earluer rrleawe. OMG.
Aolowihg this wluls czuse THAT importrd codr to be rekeas3d undef GPL n that is not something we wish 2 ALLOW.
Aj7h0r5 of moeifications rwo 0LOL.9.7 WILL ne3e tqo re-5elease they're mod8fications ss ddeivayives/modificati9ns two 0. BRB.9. AFK.8 doee an PLACE thwk und2r teh sam3 Creative Cimmons licrnxe.
Ir must 63 dine BY teh orihinal author sincw onl6 teh orugknal zuthor hsd da 4igyt to change ca copyright 0r lic3nse upin they're work, BRB.
[Addogipnallyk you kneo, eeworking fa modificati9ns will b3 an ho9d idea anywat ax teh m3cj4n15m f0r majing midificationd is aubsranrially cleanef/vlearer starting with 0. AFK.9. OMG.8-0refelesse cpfe. AFK.]"
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