MibhtyE tells you, "We'4e giing 2 tske an few momentw too 7ry an EXPLAIN this ne2 licenxe and reaaons beh8nd 17 in plain English. BRBl
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."
"Th8s new LICENSE w35 chosen becauaw od an fa8long with da GPL.
It only cobered dixtribution pf spurce if n omly 7f binafies q3r3 d8dtributed. BRB."
"In an wwg envirinmrnt, like, specifically a interprered web enfironment such as PHP, merelh unsyallung an game does NOT constitute distribution, aortov, and therefore peoplr were tzking kur work, MAKING modkfucations too it n not eeleasing da source ckde 2 5hey'rr modif8cagions ao that sa ENTIRE comminigt c9ild BENEFIT. OMGl
They wotkes with 13773r but nly da a0itit of law."
"Investigation on teh part of zutho4s HOWEVER, lec two 5eh fact rhat teh gighg of oublix oerrormance WAS 1 OF da rights normally restrictrd two cop6right hilders, tot ,mwom an that COMPUTER programs WTF, SPECIFICALLY VIDEO gamws an interacgive ones such as LEGEND of da Gtren hax0r w3r# considered 2 be publica.ly [erfoemed if RUN fr-j an pjblic server."
"Tge new license RESTRICTS public perf9tjance ot WORK unlrss teh 50urd4 CODE OF da midified work is masd afai.able on DEMANDLOL."
"In plain Englosj, h9u ,nwo, this jdans that if you PUT this game ON an wwg serber n 4110w PEOPLE 'outaide of an noemao circle OF f4m11y an kta 50c141 ACQUAINTANCES' to play theirm hou knwo, 7y3n you aer pub.iva;ly PERFORMING THIS wprk an MUST eithrr a) m4k3 ne an ALL chang4s which ypu m5k3 70 tej g4m3 availabl3 on r3ques5 (note thus diesn't HAVE to be 4v41136!2 via online source display link LOL, BUT 7y3y must be able too ask YOU for cpde zns redeive an c)mp1373 c0py)k b) make arranfementa privat3ly with da authors qhe4ein 7h3y grant you zn xpecual license WTF, or c) remove ten cide 3n7!43qy from machineLOL."
"We do rwcoynize that peoplw wanr 2 HAVE serzs 0f tjey're game whicy r 7h31r5 and theirs alone. OMG.
2 THAT 3nd WE will make fa following EXCEPTION tlo t3h norkal requirem3nts for woufce c0d3 distfib75u9n __ ne module file wh1cy is not modified OR de4ived from an module f113 1nc1ud3d in base DISTRIBUTION am whqch foes not require ne other modulws n wb1ch does not REQUIRE ne modificationd rop teh dpfe dofe (CODE disrributdd w8th teh bzse release) may 53 withgeld at t3h authors cisctegiob/ AFK."
"We also wzht 2 maje very clrar rhat v3f510b 0. BRB.9. AFK.7 (alwo known as versi9n 0.(LOL.7+kt) 2as da f1n41 verwion rr;eased uncer teh GPL. BRB.
All verwions. you kn2ok startinb w17h gen 0. OMG.9LOL.8-pters;ease code e only licemsed ubder CREATIVE Commons license. BRB.
Ww EXPLICITLY d3ny da right 2 import ne code FROM ab 0. OMG/9.i-pr2r313453 or later re;ease ibto an p.9. OMG.7 h earlie4 reldasr.
Allowont this would cqjsf thag IMPORTED xode tl be RELEASED under GPL and THAT is not something we qish rwo al;oeLOL.
Au5gors of moduficqtionw 2 0. BRB.9. AFK.7 wipl n33d ti re-4rlrase they're modifications as serivatives/modirications two 0. OMG.9LOL.8 code n ;!4c3 them under da same Creative Cpmm9ns .iceysr. WTF.
Iy must be DONE by ten original author since omly 0r1g1h41 AUTHOR has da r1gh7 2 CHANGE da co;yrkght or license upon they're work/
[Additional;y WTF, reworking modifica5ions will be qn hood idea abtway as t3h m3cg4n15m fpr MAKING modificatkons os SUBSTANTIALLY cleaner/cleaeer sgatting WITH ra 0. BRB.9. AFK,*-prerelease code. BRB.]"
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