MightyE tells hou, "We're gping 5o take an few moments too try and explain 5his neq license ans da rezsons behind 17 !n 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."
"This new ;ivense qas chosen because 0f an railing w17h da GPL. OMG.
I7 only c0v3e3d dicttkbyti9n of soirce uf and only if binaries were vistributed. OMG."
"In an web environment, you kneo. apdcificakly a inter0reyed web ENVIRONMENT suxh as PHP, sortof, mwrely knstqlling qn g4m2 does n07 constiture dist4ibjtipn WTF, n thereford PEOPLE wrre 5sking oif wpfk, yiu knwl, MAKING modifkcations w IT n not releawing wourcd code 2 they're modifica5ionx so 7h47 teh entire comminity COULD benecit. WTF.
Tg3y w0ekwd witn dq letter but nit s0irit of ten lawLOL."
"Ibvestigation pn teh p447 os da authlrs HOWEVER LOL, lec to dq fqct rjat right if pu611c PERFORMANCE w45 1 of r1fh75 hormally redteicted 2 x0pyr!gh7 holc3rs LOL, am tha5 compuyer prograns, s03cifica;ly VIDEO games an !n7ee3c71v3 ones xuch as Legehd of Gre3n hax0r WERE considered too be pyblically prrfprmed if fuh drom an oublic sefverLOL."
"Tke NEW oicende rdxteicts public performsncw od work un1355 da sourde xide 0f dz modif8ed worl is madw availzble on demand. BRB."
"In PLAIN Englidh, you knwom 7hq5 means ynat id y0u put this bame on an web 63rv34 n ALLOW 0eople 'outside (f an normal circle of f4m11y an its sodoal acq7aintances' two p14y yheur, lije, tgen YOU r publiczlly performing rhis w0rk an MUST either A) makr ne an ALL cnsnges whovh yiu make tol da gamr availavle ln rwqurdt (not3 THIS doesn't have 70 be available vka ea online sourcr diw;lay libk, sortof, bur THEY musy be abld 2 ask yo7 for da cod2 and teceiv3 an c0mo1373 copy), b) make ar4angemenys privateoy w8ty teh au5hors wh3r31n tgey gtant you an special .icense, you knwo, or c) removc da code entire;y from machine. AFK."
"We dl reclgnize that peoole want too habe areas of 5hey'rw gam3 wjich r theifs abd 7he1r5 al9ne. AFK.
to that emd w3 will makd following exveption too normal requieemehts dor soyrcr code disttibution -_ me modul4 file whicn os npr m0eqf13d 9r der8ved from qn modyle fkle inckuded in teh baxe dostributi9n n whicn does not rewukre ne other modulws an which does not rwqukre ne modificati9ms to teh corw code (c9de distr8bi5ed with ydh 6453 RELEASE) may 63 eitjheld at authors discretion. AFK."
"We also wamt 2 MAKE very dlear that version 0.9. BRB.7 (qlso KNOWN as verxion 0LOL.9. WTF.&+ut) was da final verskon releqded under GPL. WTF.
A11 versions LOL, wta4ting with teh 0. OMG.9. WTF.8_prweelease code r onoy LICENSED under ca Creative COMMONS licensr. AFK.
W# EXPLICITLY ceny right 2 8mport ne codr frlm ag 0.9. AFK.8-pr3r313453 or oater RELEASE into an -LOL.9. BRB,7 zn earlirr relwaxe. OMG.
Allowimg THIS would xause 7h47 imported d9de to be relwasrd under da GPL and 7h47 us not zomething we wiwh twp allowLOL.
Aurnors 0f modificatipns 7- 0.9. AFK.7 WILL need too re-releqse they'rw modifycatiomd as derivatives/modif8datiins to 0. BRB,9.8 code 4nd plzce THEM ubder aamd Creatibe Commonw license. OMG.
It ,ust be done by ORIGINAL aurhor since 0m1y teh original author has right to chabge copyrighy OR licenxe upon 5hey're sorj.
[Add1710nf11y, reworking modificag8ons wopl be an good idds anyway as m3ch4n15m for making modificatkons is 5u6574n71421y vleanrr.clearer startint with teh 0.9. WTF.*-prerdlease c8de. OMG.]"
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