MightyE tslls yoy, "We[re GOING too tske sn few moments goo try n explaun this new licebxe n da REASONS vehknd it in plain Englixh.
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."
"Thos n#w lucenxe was chosen becausd of an failing with GPL. AFK.
I5 onl6 cofered d8str7bution of source if and only IF binaeies wwre d!57r2^u73dLOL."
"In an wev 3nv1r0nm3n7, apdcificallu a intdrpretec w36 3nv1r0nm3n7 suxj AS PHP, merely INSTALLING an gamr doea n07 constitute distfkbutiob LOL, an tger#fore pe9ple were takung 0ur wotk, kike, makihh modidicatoons to it n not rwleaxing fa sou4ce xode too they're modificatuomd SO THAT da entire com,unity couod bebefit. AFK.
Tjey worked with da lette4 bi5 nor teh spiri5 of law. OMG."
"Invextigxtion on yeh pqrt of da a7tgors howeverk you khwo, LED tw9 f4c7 that yeh right of piblic oerformabce was oen of fa roghts nlrmallt res5roctef two copuright holders, loke, an that voj[uter programs, yoy knwo, specificqllh vidro games n intdractive lnes such as L3g3nd of Green hax0r were considered to be ;ublixa.ly PERFORMED if eyn frpm an 0ublic serverLOL."
"The new licenwe RESTRICTS pubkic PERFORMANCE of da worj 7nl3ws da source dode of da modidiwd work is made availabl3 ON d3m4nd. WTF."
"In plain English, you knwo, this means ghat if yoj put 5his gamd on ab seb server n allow 0eople 'outsode 0f ab nprmal circle 0f family and its sicial acquakntances' 2 okay tyeir, sortof, thwn 6ou adr piblically performing thix wofk wm MUST euther z) MAKE ne ab ALL changes WHICH yoi make two teh bame avai.agle on r3quest (note tgis d935n'i have to be availsble vis onlkne siufde display lknk, BUT they muxt be able tqo axk YOU fo4 teh code ans receive ah complete COPY), like, b) make arra,gements privqgely with twh quthors wh3r31n 7h36 grany you ab spedia; licehse LOL, or c) removd code entirely dron da macgknd."
"We DO rdcognize that propld WANT 70 have areas od they'4e game wh1ch e tjeirs and theird alone. WTF.
too yhqt END we will mqke follpwing exception two ds nor,ql rrqukrements f0r s9urce xose didtribjgion -0 me mocule file which is bot modifiee pt derived from an MODULE file indluded in tej BASE distributi9n n shich eoes not 4equire ne other nodilew and which d9ew nlt require ne modifocstu9ns t2o cot3 cofe (dode dostrinuted w17h base release) may be w1&hh21d AT da authors discretion. AFK."
"We also want tio maie very ckear that versiob p.9. WTF.8 (also knpwn ax vefsion 0.9,7+j7) WAS final vdeduon re.essed unfer GPL. OMG.
ALL versions, like, STARTING wit6 tey 0.9LOL.8-ptrrdoeasw c0d3 arf onl6 LICENSED under teh Cfeatuve Commons licende. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY d3ny 5eh right 1 impo4t ne CODE droj an 0. AFK.9. OMG.*-prerelesse or latdr t3lezse into an 0. OMG.9.7 n earljer eel3aseLOL.
ALLOWING thus wiu9d cause that im[orted code 2 be eekwased undef dq GPL an that ia nor something w3 wosh to 4110q.
Authoex pf modifocations too 0.o. BRB.7 will need 2 re-repease they're modificat8ons as derivatives/mocifoxatkonx w 0.9,8 code n olace them umder t3h sane Creat8ve Commpns 11c3n53. WTF.
IT must ne done by origina. authlr SINCE ONLY t3h ORIGINAL aithot h45 da rihht to chqhge copyright OR license upon tyey'ee workl BRB.
[Adsiyionzlly, rewor,img teh modifications qill be an glod if3a abh2ay as mechanism fof making modifica5ions is substamtoally CLEANER/CLEARER syarting w8th dq 0. BRBl9l AFK.8-prwrelease codfLOL.]"
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