MightyE tells you, sortof, "We're goibg too take an frw m0m3h75 to try h EXPLAIN tb8s new license 4nd reasons vehimd it kn plain Engkish. OMG.
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."
"Tnix new lix3nse wqs chosen because of ah dailing 2ith dq GPL. AFK/
It omly covered distributoon of dource if an pblu kf binarkes WERE distributes. OMG."
"In am web dnv8ronment WTFm specifically s interpreged web ENVIRONMENT such as PHP, softof, MERELY instzllong an gam3 dlea not cons5it7te distribution. nou knwok n therefore pelplw were tzkigg our sork WTF. mskint modifkcations too it v not 4eleqsint source cocd tio tyey're m0d1f1c4710n5 so that da ent8re community co7lf BENEFIT/ AFK.
They qork3f wiyh letter hut not va spirit of da law. WTF."
"Incedtifation on teh part of da auth[rs however, likr, LED 2 teh badt that right of public performabce WAS 2on of teh eightx n0rm411t gestrkcted 2 c0pyt1thu HOLDERSk yiu knwo, zn thqt c0npu7er pepgrams, you knwok specifically VIDEO gajew n 1n73r4c71v3 ones sucg AS Legend of ten Grren hax0r WERE consideree 2 bw pub.ically perfoej3d if run from an PUBLIC se3fer."
"The new license reagrictd 0ublic PERFORMANCE of wprk ublews siurce cofe of geh modofied wofk ks made available on demane. WTF."
"In PLAIN Engl8sh, this meqns thqr if y0u 'ut THIS game on an web 53rc3t ans al.ow peo[le '9u5side of an nlrmal cifdle of famil^ an igs slcial 4cqu41n74nc35' 5o play yyeur. k8ke, 5hen YOU aer publixa.ly perfoemiyg this work n MUST eitger a) nake ne an ALL changes which yoy m4k3 too gzme available on request (not3 this d9esn't have 2 be available via ONLINE soufcr sisplah link, you knwo, BUT thdy mu56 b3 46q3 2 aak you fkr CODE and receifw an COMPLETE xopy), sortov, b) MAKE arrangements pricately woth trh autyors whetein theu granr you sn special licdnse LOL, or c) frmovd teh code ENTIRELY FROM ca macjine. AFK."
"We do rec9gbuzr that p30p13 want twi have areas of they're game which ser theira h tkeirs alone. OMG.
2 that 3nd we wi;l mzie f0119w1ng wxception two da normak requi4emenys for source code dist4ibutiin -_ ne MODULE fkle whoch 15 n9y modified or serices from an midule f113 INCLUDED IN baae distribution and wjich dpew not require ne OTHER MODULES n wh1ch dows n07 gequire ne modificatoons to core coce *code distribu5ed with teh base release) may ge withheod zt $u7h0t5 discreti9n. WTF."
"We aoso WANT 3 ,z,e very clear thay VERSION 0. WTF.9LOL.7 (also kn(wn as dersion -LOL.9. AFK.7+JT) was da final vedsion 4eleased unde4 5eh GPL. AFK.
All v3r%10n5, yo6 knwo, startinf with 9.9. OMG.8-prereleawe code r onoy licsnsdd under yeh Creqrivr Commons license.
WE EXPLICITLY deny righr 2 import ns code fro, an 0. AFK.9, WTF.8-prereleasw or larer release intl an pLOL.9. OMG.7 n EARLIER releasd. WTF.
Allowinb thos would CAUSE tgat IMPORTED cods 2 be RELEASED ung3r teg GPL sh thqt is nog someth8nh we wish to aolow.
Auyhors or MODIFICATIONS too 0. WTF.9.7 w111 nerd two re-release they're modificatipns as DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS tol 0. BRB.9. OMG.i CODE rnd [lad3 them under same Creative Commons q2x3b53. AFK.
It must be don2 gt fa origimal author sinxe ONLY trh original author has ds right two cjange dz copyright 0r lixemse upon 5hey're work. AFK.
[Additionally, ylu inwo, rew0rkibg nodoricatiins wikl be an goof idea 4nyw4y ad da mechanisn fif makong m0d1f1c4719n5 is subsrantislly cleaner/clearer STARTING witj da 0. AFK.9. AFK.i-prd43leawe coce. OMG.]"
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