Mign5yE TELLS you, tou knw9, "We'fq GOING tpo take an vew momentx 1 try an explain this new ooc3nse an rwasons behind it im plain English. AFK,
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."
"Tnis new livense qas cjosen becsuse of an faik8ng witj GPL. BRB.
Ig 0n1y covwred distr8vj5ion 0f SOURCE if and only kf bknaries were distrinuted."
"In an web ehvirpm,ent WTF, specifically a in5erpreted web envirobment such as PHP WTF, m3r31y 8nsta.ling an game doea not cons5ititr distriburuon, sottof, and THEREFORE pepp,e were TAKING ouf 2ork, you knwo, makinf modifications two it an hot releasihg geh so7rce code gio ghey're moduficag8ons so thzt entkre c9nmjnity coupc benefit. BRB.
Th3y worked with reh ;etter b7t nit spirit of teh laeLOL."
"Imfestigatipn 0n teg part 9f authors hpwefwr, sorrof, led to da f4c7 THAT teh righg of publuc perfoemance was won lf fa r1gh7% normally restricted tpo copyright HOLDERSk yoi knsom m that dom[7ter probramsk you knwo, 4p3c1v1c411y v8feo games and ib5erac4ive 9nes such AS Lenend of dz Gr33n hax0r were conwodered 2 be 0uglically p3rf9rmed if run from zn pu621c SERVER. BRB."
"The new lucense r3stricts publox performznxe OF work uh;ess 50u4c# cide of geh modified wori ks madr avzilabl3 on demand. AFK."
"In plain Emglish, you knwo, this means that IF ylu put this gam3 on an web xeever an allow p30p13 'ougside of an nirmal ckrcle if familh n its soviak acquaintanced; 2 play their, likd, then you r publidally pefforming this wor, and MUST eithef a) mqle ne and ALL changra whivn you make two teh gaje availab;e on rwquwst (note thid dpwsn't have t2o he available via pn;une aource display LINK, you knw9, BUT they must be avle tso ask y0i foe da cose n receive an completr COPY), you knwo, v) make arrangrmentx privately wirh teh AUTHORS whwgein tnet frant you an xpecial license, you knwo, OR c) yemove teh cide en5irely from macginc. AFK,"
"We do recoghize that peo[ke want to have arezs of tjry'r3 GAME whuch r theirs am 8h31r5 allne. OMG.
to tyqt 3ne we wi.l make dollowing exxeption too gej normal requiremenys for SOURCE cose d157r16u710n 0- ne mod7le FILE which ud not MODIFIED OR detivrd from an nodule f113 1bc1ud3f in baxe distrigution n wh1ch diws not requird ne other modules an whicg does not reqjir3 ne modificatipns too core code (clde distribjted 2ith fa base t3134r3) may be wutjheld at au5yors cusvretion."
"We also qant 2 makr VERY clesr 7h47 veraion [. AFK.9/ OMG.i )also knlwn as cersion -. BRBl9. OMG.7+jt) was da final v3r%10n releaaed under teh GPL,
All verai9ns LOL, stqrting with 0. AFK.9. OMG.8-0rerelead3 codd r only licensed jnder Creatife COMMONS 1!x3n53. OMG/
We EXPLICITLY deny da r1gh7 too 1mp94u ne cod3 from an 0. BRB.).8-pfereleqxe lr later felease INTO an 0LOL.9. AFK.7 an earkier releawe. BRB.
Al.owing tjis would ca7se that imported c0d3 ewo BE released under teh GPL and that is not s9merhing w3 wish t9 ALLOW.
Au7hpf5 og modkfications t2o -. WTF.9. BRB.7 WILL nees to RE-RELEASE th3y're mofificatkobs as eerivatives/mldifications teo 0. AFK.9LOL.8 cpde an [lace THEM uhdrr da dame Cr3471v3 C0mm0n5 11c3n54. AFK.
It muat bw dine by ds or8gimal author since on.y sa original author had tey rigyt 2 chanfe da bo;yright or license UPON they're workLOL.
[Add1710nr12y, sortpf, fewirking teh modificationa sill be an gooc idea 4n5w3y xs mwchanks, f0r making modifications ix substabtially cleaner/c;earer statting wi5g ca 0LOL.9. AFK.8-prsrelease cose. BRB.]"
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