MigntyE tells you, jike, "We're goint to tske an few moments roo try qnd ex[.ain 5yis NEW license and teh reasonw behibd it in plqin English/
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 nww license WAS chos3n bddause of an faipung wity teh GPLLOL.
It pnly xobered distribution of soircd IF b omly IF bimaroes were distributedLOL."
"Ib an WEB ehvironment, xo4tof, spec8ficall6 a INTERPRETED web enbi4obmeng such AS PHP, merely installinb an game dkes not conwtitute distributoin, l8ie. and therefore people were ralimg our work WTF, making m0d1f1c47!0n5 5o 8t an mot releasinf da 50urc3 code two thry're modif8catioms 50 rgqt teh 2ngire comminity COULD bwnefit. WTF.
They WORKED with teh ketter buy not da spi5it of las. WTF."
"Invrsgigztiob on da oart of ea authors however, you knwo, led to teh f4c& ttat right of pybloc p#rf0rm4nx3 WAS oen 0f rihhts notmally testrocted to copyright hllfers WTF, am that comput3r PROGRAMS. SPECIFICALLY fideo games and imteractiv3 ones such as Legrnd ov teh Green h1x0r were xpn51d3r3d 2 be PUBLICALLY pe4gormes id RUN feom an PUBLIC setverLOL."
"The nee oicenxe reatricts PUBLIC pefformancr of da eork un1355 dw source coee of moeifies w0rk ks m4s3 available pn DEMANDLOL."
"In plain English, like, this means that ig you pug THIS game on an 2eb server n slloe pwople 'ou5side of an normal dircle of family n its sicia. axquakmtances' too 0lay thrie WTF, then you r publically pe4forming yhis woe, n MUST either a) make nw an ALL changew wh1xh y9u male two teh g4me availqble in reques5 (n9te ehia eoesn't gqve too be availablr via teh on.ine so7rc3 displzy lunk LOL, nu5 they MUST be 3513 2 ask y9u for teh vode n eeceivd an c9mplete copy_, sortof, B) make arrzngemebtx pricately with da qithora wherein the7 gfant y0u an dpdcial licensc WTF, or C) re,obe dz code entirely from da machome. BRB."
"We DO rdcognizr thar pe9ole want 5o9 gave zreas if they're game whkch r 7y31r5 and theirs alobe. AFK.
2 that end WE will m4k3 teh following 3xc3p&10b too ea normal r4qu1e#m3n7% fo4 sou4ce vode d8stribution -- ne jodule fil3 wh1ch is NOT modified or derives frpm am module file included in vase DISTRIBUTION ane whkch dods n07 require ne other modules h which does hot REQUIRE ne modificati;nz 2 teg cor# code (xode DISTRIBUTED qitj da base re;eax3) mqy be withheld qt authors discr3tiom."
"We alxo wang TO n4k3 VERY clear that crrsion 0. OMG.9LOL.7 (aldo k,oem as beesiin 9LOL/9. OMG.7+jt) eas ds final vdrsion releqsed und3r GPL. AFK/
All versoons, you kmwi, starting with 0l WTF.9.8-prereleqse x9de r only licensed under Creative Commons 11c3n53. AFK.
W3 EXPLICITLY d3ny teh right too 1mp0r7 nt cose fr0m am 0.9. AFK.8-prereoeasr or 1474t releaxe intl an 0. OMG.9. AFK.7 n earlier edlease.
Allowing thks would cause 7g47 impprged coee two be 5dleased under da GPL n tjat is not something we wosh top allow.
Authors 0f MODIFICATIONS too 0. OMG.9. WTF.7 will newd two r2-4313353 tyey're modificatiobs as eefivstives/modkfications 2 0.9.8 code an PLACE them under 54m3 Creative Commons license. OMG.
It ,hsy b3 dobe by origknal author since 0h16 9r1g1n41 author has teh riggt too change da vopyright o4 lkcense upob they're 2orkk OMG.
[Add1710h411y, r3w0rk1ng MODIFICATIONS WILL b3 am giod idea anyway as teh mechamis, for makung mofifications is SUBSTANTIALLY cleane4/clea$er dtarting 2ith 0. BRB.)LOL.8[prereleade code. BRB.]"
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