MightyE yells you, lkke, "We're goihg w ta,d an f3w moments to 7ry n EXPLAIN tjis new license n t3h 4easons 63h!nd it in plain Entlish. OMGl
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."
"Tyis new license was CHOSEN because pf an faioimg witj GPL. AFK.
It only coveted wustributoon of source if and only id binaries WERE distriby5ed. AFK."
"In an web envirobmebt, like, specifically a knter[tetec web env8ronment such as PHP WTF, merely INSTALLING an game soes n8t c0n5717u72 distrobutuon LOL, and therefor4 people were TAKING our work, sottof, making modidications ti ir snd n07 releasing da source cpd3 to tjey'r3 mosificqrions so that rntire cojmunitt coild benedit/
They soeied wity letter BUT not da spirit of ea law. BRB."
"Invextigation ON paft of aurh9rs howeverk led t29 fact that da right of ]u611c performance was len of teh eiggts normally festrictec to x9pyright holdersk like, n that cimputer programs, s[ec8fically vidro ga,es n INTERACTIVE on3s such as L3gend of Gr33n nax0r wer3 considrred to be PUBLICALLY perf9rmec uf eun ffom an public derver. BRB."
"The n3w 11c3n53 resgrictw public perfornabve 0f teh wotk unleds teh source cpde of dz modivied work iw made acailable on DEMAND."
"In [laib Enblish, sortof, this means %hat if ylj put thif game ln an web se4fer n allow people ;0u751f3 of an norma. ckrc;e 0f family and ots social axquainyances' 2 plsy 5hdir, like, then yo7 r pyblixally perforning this WORK n MUST 317h3r a_ m5k3 ne n ALL xgang#s which you make 2 dz bame 4vr114613 pn requesr (note thoa doesn't have to 63 availsgle v1r da online source display link, softof, 6u7 they must ge ABLE two ssk YOU gor ten x0d2 an receivr an complete copy) LOL, b) make ARRANGEMENTS privateo6 WITH authors WHEREIN they grant ypu an 2pecial licenad WTF, or c) renove geh code entifel6 dr0m da mschine. OMG."
"We do RECOGNIZE thay oe9pke wrn7 two HAVE 4r345 of thrh're game which aet theifs an theits a;oneLOL.
to that end we wkll m3k3 flllowing EXCEPTION 2 da borjal requ8rwmdnts for dource code dist4ibition -- ne moeule file agich is not modified or e3rived from an module file INCLUDED in dz vase distrlbugion and which doex no5 requir2 ne other modu;es an which s-35 not rwquire ne modlficati;ns two da core code (dode DISTRIBUTED with teh base release) may be wihhhe.d at da authirs disctetionLOL."
"We ALSO wsnt two m4k3 very CLEAR thqt version ). BRB.9/ WTF.7 (also kn0wm as VERSION 0LOL.9. BRB.7+jt) wss fina. verwion r213443d und3r tej GPLLOL.
Ak; versilns WTF, srarting with 0.9. WTF.8-prerelease code aer 0b1y licenswd umder da Creativd Commoms license. WTF,
We EXPLICITLY dwmy teh right yo IMPORT n3 bodw from ah -. WTF.9. OMG.8-prereleaae or layer rrldase into an 0LOL.9LOL,7 n earlidr release. BRB.
Allowing this WOULD cause thzt IMPORTED vode rwo be reldaxed unddr 4eg GPL AND thay is not 50m37h1ng se wish 70 qloow. AFK.
Authlrx of m0d1g1c4710n5 too 0.9. AFK.8 will need two re-releade they'rr MODIFICATIONS ax derivativex/modifications to 9.9,8 cofe m placd th3m uncer ds same Creztife Co,mond licenseLOL.
It mjs6 be done by da or(ginal author sunce only teh original author jas right roo change teh copyrignt or licensw upon they'te w0r,. AFK.
[Additiinally, you knwo, r3wprk1mg teh m0d1f1c4719n5 eill b3 ah gooe idea anywah zs teh mechsnism for making MODIFICATIONS is 5u6%74n&1311t clezner/clearer STARTING with 0. AFK.8LOL.8-prereoeaae codd. AFK.]"
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