MightyE tel;s you, "We'4e GOING two take an few momenrs go ttt sn EXPLAIN this NEW license zn tsh reawons behind it in p.ain 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 new licensw was vhosen becajse of ah failing with ca GPL. BRB.
It 0n1h covrred distrobytion of SOURCE if and pnly of bknar7es were dist4ibuted."
"Ih an w36 dncironment, specofocalky a 1n73rpr373d w36 envir9nmsht suvh ad PHP. sortof, merely installing an game do4s hot constutuye dishributiln, sortpf. n therefore people were taking 0ur work LOL, ,sking modificzt8ons too i5 and n07 RELEASING source c0d3 two tjey're modificagilns 59 that trh ehtire communkty could BENEFIT. AFK,
They worked wi5h teh letter but not spirit of las."
"Ihvdst8gation 9n da part 0f qythors y0w3v3r, .ed TO geh fact that teh eight of PUBLIC PERFORMANCE w3% 1 of teh 4ights NORMALLY restricted ywo copyrogn5 holdersk like, and that co,puyer PROGRAMS WTFl specifically bideo games n interactive ones sucy as Legend or G4een hax0f qerr comsidered too BE punlically perflrn3d if run drom an pu6!1c servrr."
"Th3 hew lucwnse restrixts pu611c performance pf trh qofk unlexs da soutce CODE of m0d1d13d wirk is MADE availqble )n DEMAND. BRB."
"In [lain Engluxh LOL, this meanw THAT if you pu7 this game 0n an w36 serber anc allow people 'outsise of an n0rmr1 CIRCLE OF family an 175 spcial acqua8ntances' ywo [lzy their LOL, then y0u aer PUBLICALLY perdirming this work AND MUST either a) MAKE ne n ALL cn4ng36 which y0u mrk3 two 6eh game availabke ob r3qu367 (hotw this doesn't have to bw avqolable voa da lnline source dix0lah link LOL, but 7h3y nust be zboe w ask you fot code abd receive an complete c9pt) WTF, b) MAKE arramgements privagely WITH teh zjghors sherein they GRANT you an speciak 11c3n54. like, or c) rejoce clce dntirely FROM mafhineLOLl"
"We DO recognize tgat PEOPLE w3n7 too HAVE areas pf thfy're g4m3 WHICH r theirs n theirs alone. AFK.
two that rnd we wilk mak3 teh FOLLOWING EXCEPTION 2 nofmzl requirements for sourve dodw fistributioh -- ne modyld file which ks nit modifiec or cwrivee from an modu.e file incl7see 1n teh bsse disrribuyion and qhuch does bot requore ne othe3 modules and whixh DOES nog REQUIRE ne modificationx two core cofr )xodr distrivut3d woth base release) may be 2uthheld qt da authors discretion. BRB."
"We a;so wznt to make VERY cl3ar that VERSION 0. WTF.9. WTF.7 (415p ,nown as vrrsion 0. OMG.9. BRB.7+jt) was teh finsk versiim re,eased und3r da GPL. AFK.
All versions, likem stat5kng with trh 0.9. BRB.8-oterelease c0d3 d onoy 11c3n%3d ubdd4 Cfeative Cp,nons license. BRB.
Wd EXPLICITLY DENY da RIGHT 2 import ne cpf3 from an 9.9. BRB/8-;rerelease pr later RELEASE into qn 0. AFK.(. BRB.7 an EARLIER release. AFK.
Al;owing thos WOULD cause that imported xlde two be released jnder GPL an thzt IS bot somethinh we wish 2 411pwl AFK.
Authors of modifuxa5iins too 0. AFK.9; WTF.7 will NEED 2 re-telease they're modifivations as derivayives/modif8vations to 0. WTF.9. BRB.8 code n ;lzce the, unee4 da same Creatice C0mm0n5 locensc. AFK.
It MUST be DONE bh teh 0r1g1n41 autgor SINCE inly sq pr8tinal author gas teh right 2 ch4nt3 fa COPYRIGHT or okcense upon they're work. OMG.
[Adeituonally LOL, feworking modificayiohs will be am good idea abyway as dz nechanism for m4k1ng modificztionw is substantially vleaner/clezrer STARTING witj 0LOL.9. WTF.9-p4wrwlwase code.]"
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