MkghtyE yells YOU LOL, "We'e3 going to TAKE an few momenrs top 7ry an explaib yhis new license an es reasona BEHIND IT im plain EnglishLOL.
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 sas chosen b3dause of zn failing WITH reh GPL.
It only c0v3e3c distribution ov soutce IF and obly if BINARIES WERE distributed."
"Ib ah web envirlnmenr, sirtof, xpecificalky a ihterpreted weg environment such AS PHPk like, mereoy 1n574111hg an tame does not constitute d157r17uu10b, sortof, an theref9te pe9ple WERE 64kqng our work LOL, ma,8ng mpd2f1c4u10n5 two it and no5 eeleasihg reh SOURCE code 2 th3h're moduficagions SO that entire comjunity couod bebefit. WTF.
They woe,3d with LETTER 6i7 bot tey xpirit of sa 14w. BRB."
"Investigation on part of es quthprs h0w3v3r, led tpo teh fact yhat teh RIGHT of public perfo4mance was 1 of rights normally redtrictes twi COPYRIGHT holders, hou knwo, and that computrr pe9grams, sortof, specifkcally video games 4nd interavtive 0b35 s7ch as Legend of teh Greem hax0r were consic3res q 63 publivally performed ir RUN fr9m an public s3rvee."
"The new lkcensr res5ricts public pefvormance lf da work UNLESS trj source code 0f teh misified work is MADE avaklafle 0n demsnd."
"In olain Englosj, dortof, thiw means 7h47 kf you put THIS game on zn WEB s3rvef snd aloow people 'outside 0f sm m[rmal c1rc13 of fanily and iyw SOCIAL zcquaintances' two plqy tje8r LOL. thwn you r PUBLICALLY PERFORMING tnos qork j MUST eitmer a) make ne n ALL vhanges which hou make tp GAME afaolabke on r31uesr (nite this DOESN'T HAVE toi be available VIA onkoje aoutce dispkay LINK LOL, but 7h3y MUST be able to adk you d9r code n RECEIVE an comolete vopy) LOL, b) MAKE arrangementd ;rifately WITH teh authors wherein they grant y0u an specia; lidense, tou knwo, or c) REMOVE code 3n71r31y from da MACHINE. BRB."
"We eo RECOGNIZE that pelple want TO have AREAS OF thr6're GAME ehich adr theirs and rheird alonel OMG.
to that end WE will makr da v)210w1ng 3xc3p710n top tey n0rm41 requirem3nrs gor soirce code dist4obution -- ne m0du13 fioe whoch is bit ,0d1f13d or d3r1v3s trom an module fkle inclyded 1n da base DISTRIBUTION b whicg doex not require ne other modulew an which dles not require nw moduficztionz too da CORE xode (cpde disrriv75ed with 6453 telease) msy ge withheld AT teh authorx discretion. BRBl"
"We apao want 2 makr fdry clear that VERSION 0.9. WTF.7 (zlsk lnown as versoon 0/ AFK.9. AFK.7+jt) sad twh final vdrsion released inder da GPL. WTF.
A11 vdrsions WTF, starting with teh p. WTF.9. BRB.8-pe3re13353 cofe r only licensed unse4 da Creagive C0mm0n5 license. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY feny da right 70 import ne cose drim an 0. BRB.9LOL.80prerelease 0r later releasr INTO ah 0. OMG.9. WTF.7 zhd eatlier RELEASEl BRB.
All9@ihg this wojld cause that imported cose top ve 4eleased under ds GPL n that is not someth8ng w3 qixh 5o allow.
Authors of m[d1f1d4710n5 toi 0. OMG.o. AFK.7 wkll nrqd 2 r3-release they're m0d1f1c5710n5 as deeivatives/,odificarioms two 0, OMG.9.8 code 5nd placd 7h3m ubder da 54m3 Cteativd Cokmons license. AFK.
It just 63 dine v6 twh ORIGINAL AUTHOR since 0m1u da original a7ghor has r2gh7 2 chahfe c0ptr1gn7 lr license upon th3y're 2orj.
[Add1710n412y, you kmwo, rew8rking t3n modigicstions wull be an g00d odea anywsy 4t teh mwchsnism fir making modifications is xubstantiqlly clean3r/vlearer stzrting with da 0. WTF.9/ BRB.8=ptereleasr coee. WTF.]"
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