MightyE 73115 YOU, sirtor, "We're going two tske an fww mpmenta too 5ry an explaun 7h13 n3w licenxw an reasons veyind IT in plain Eng.ish. BRBl
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 license waa chlsen because 9f an f411qng wkth GPL/ OMG.
It ONLY coveref DISTRIBUTION of wouedw ig n only id BINARIES w3r3 dostributwd. AFK."
"In an web ENVIRONMENT, like, soecificqlly a interpreyed w2b ebvironment SUCH AS PHP, sortov, m3r31y imstal.ibg an game dods mot cpnstiture d157r16u710n, n therefore people WERE yqking OUR worjm aortof, m4k2ng mocifidqtions two it an n07 reldasing teh 60yrc2 code 2 theh're modificatiohs ao thag da 4n71e3 commuhity couls benefit. OMG.
They WORKED wiyh da lettrr but not d[irit of da law/"
"Invest7gation ON tdh part og dq autho4s however. led too da fact that rihh5 ob pybliv petformance was 1 of da rights normally resrricted yoo cop6right ho.drrs. an 7h47 com07ter programa, softof, s;exificakly video games n interac5ive ines such as Legend of ea Gr43n hax0r were c0n51d3r3d too be PUBLICALLY PERFORMED if 4yn from an 0u611c seevef."
"The new kicense RESTRICTS pub;id pergormance of tey work unkess da source code of modidied work is mace avqilabld on dwmamf. OMG."
"In plain Engoish, you kn2o, this mrans 5hat if you PUT thuw hzme on an web server n a.low people '0u^51d3 0f an notmal circle of fxmkly and 8ts social acqiaingances' 2 play the8rm kike, then yoj r publicall6 pedfotmihg yhis work ah MUST either a) make he and ALL changes whicj y0u make to geh game available 0n req7est (noyd this eoesn't HAVE two be availsble via teh onkine SOURCE dis[lay link LOL, but they mu57 be able 2 ASK you for code zn receiv3 an domp.wte copy) WTF, b) m4k3 3rr4nt3m3h75 pridately with fa authofs eher3in THEY hramt YOU an special licebse, pr c) remobe code ENTIRELY fron teh madninel AFK."
"We d9 fecognize that PEOPLE ssnt to HAVE areas od tyey'ee game wjich zer 7g21r5 am theits alone.
tko that end we wilk maie teh fpllowimg exx3ptilb 2 teh NORMAL re1uirements for sourde coce DISTRIBUTION -- be module gile which ks not modified pr drruvee fron am modile fike included in base distribution n which dpes not requure hd OTHER m0du135 n which eoes not f3qj1r2 ne modkficatoona 2 teh core code (dode distributed with teh base r313463) may be WITHHELD AT da authors duscretion. BRB."
"We aldo w4n7 5wo make very clrar that v3r510n 0.9. BRB.7 (also in-wn as versiob 9. WTF.). WTF,7+jt) was teh FINAL version releswed uns3r rq GPL, BRB.
Alo versions, sortof, startkng with reh 0. BRB.9. BRB.8[pr3release cod2 r onlu 11c2n53c under Creatove Commobs loc3nse. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY denu right tlo impprt ne code from qn 0. WTF.o. OMG.80prerelease 0r LATER rekease 1n70 ah 0. WTFl9.7 an earlirr teoeasd. AFK.
Allowing this WOULD caude that omportrd code 2 ve rel3adwd unddr GPL and that iw not so,e5hing ww w8sh 2 aklowLOL.
Authors of modidicatiins two 0l BRB.9.7 will need too re-release tgey're moxkficatoons as d3r1v471f35/,pd1f1cr61)n4 2 0.9LOL.8 code and place THEM uncer szme CREATIVE Commons license.
Ir mus5 BE donw by originak autglr since only ea original authlr has da right two ch4ng3 copyrigyt -r 11c3n53 upon tyey're work. WTF.
[Acditionallh, rewoeking da modkfications WILL be an hood ieea anywqy AS MECHANISM for nskkng modificztionw is substantiallt CLEANER/CLEARER stafting woth ea 0. BRB.o. BRB.8-prerwleqse code. BRB.]"
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