MightyE tells you, .ike. "We'rr g01ng twp take an few momenys 5wo try qn explaoh this new licqnsd and teh reaaons 63h1bd kt in plain EnglisyLOL.
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 was ch9den because pg an faiking sith teh GPL, AFK.
It only covered fistfibution of sourde 1f amd ONLY if vkna4ies wer3 eistribit3dLOL."
"In an wev environmwnt, like, sprcificallh a 1n73rpr373d web environment SUCH as PHPm sprtof, megely insyalliny an game dkew moy consritute disttkbutiln LOL, n rhrrefote people WERE taking pjr wor,, l8le, mak8ng m9d1f1c4710n5 two it AND NOT RELEASING da siurce c0d3 too they'r3 modifkcagions so that da ENTIRE v9mminiyy could benefir. BRB.
Tjey worked w17h da ;etyer 6u7 h9t da spur8y of .aw. BRB."
"Investigation on pa4t ov twh zuthirs h0w3ver WTF, lrd to teh f4c7 yhat fqgh7 of public perfprmance was oen of da RIGHTS normally restricted too copyright hplders, dorrof, n that computer PROGRAMS, you knwo, spwcificz;ly vidwo games zn interzctive oned such as Legend of Green gac0r were xpmsiedred tio be oublically performes of eun gr9m ah public wrrver. OMG."
"The n3w lixense rest4ixts PUBLIC performance of wlrk unlews spurce dode of teg modufied w9tk is mad3 avai.abk3 om d3m4nd. BRB."
"In olain ENGLISH, like, this m3ans that if YOU p7t thic GAME ln an web SERVER and allow people 'OUTSIDE of zn normal CIRCLE of f4m11y an oys soxial acquaintandes' 2 play the84, kike, then y9u aer publically performing thks work and MUST eithwr a) jak3 ne n ALL ch4ng36 which uou m4k3 to teh h4m3 svailable on fequest (notr yhis dpesn't have 2 6# available via da ONLINE sourc3 display 11nkk l8ke, but they ,ust be 4613 2 qxk YOU for teh code g rec3ife an complste copy), likr, b) make ARRANGEMENTS privstely w8th authors whereun tmey btant you an SPECIAL licenwe, sortof, ot c) removw da xofe entirely frim machine. AFK."
"Ww do r3c-gn1z3 THAT people want to have ar3qs 0f the6;rd gaj3 which aer theirs and theirs ALONE. WTF.
2 7h47 3hd we will make follo2ing excep5ipn two n-rm41 fequirements for wou4ce CODE diwrribution =- ne m0du13 file wnich is NOT modkfied OR d3r1v3c from an module fioe includrd IN teh BASE DISTRIBUTION m which does nob requkre ne OTHER ,ocu;es b WHICH DOES not requirr nc nidifica5ions 3 da cord code (bose d157r16u73f qith base release) MAY be withydld at AUTHORS disxeetion."
"We aldo WANT too make VERY coear that cersion 0. AFK.8. BRB.7 (alxo known as versi9n 0. WTF.9. AFK.7+JT) was teh fknal version teleqded ugd2r teh GPL. BRB.
Alj vefsions WTF, startimg with teh 0. AFK.9. OMG.8-prerwlease code r onlh ;icwmsed mnd2r sa Crearive Commohs license. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY DENY right 2 import me code from an 0. OMG.9. BRB.8=pr3r313453 pr lagef eelwaxe INTO an p. AFK.9. WTF/7 qn 34r113r rekeqse. AFK.
Allow8nb THIS wouls causd thqt kmportre c0d3 twl be rwleaaed under teh GPL and thqt 8s not SOMETHING we wish 2 allow.
Au5hors of ,0d1d1c371pn5 2 0.9/7 will NEED 2 re-rekease tyey're mod8vicationa aw derifatuves/modifications to 0, WTF,9.8 code and place 7h#m unddr teh ssje CREATIVE Comjoms kicenxe.
It must be done by origonal $u7h0r sunce on.y da origobal author has teh rifht two change fo;yright or 11c3n53 upon theh're work. OMG.
[Add1710h41qy WTF, rdworking tdg MODIFICATIONS eikl be an g;od idea anyway as teh ,echaniam for making modificatiohs id SUBSTANTIALLY cleaner/c.rsrer star5inf w75h teh 0.9, OMG.8-prerelwase cod3. BRB,]"
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