MifhtyE tells you, kik4, "We;re hoing two tald an few mp,ents tol TRY an rx[lain tjis new licensw n da ressons behind ut in plain English. 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."
"Tyis n3w 11c3nr2 was chisen because of an failing WITH sa GPL. WTF.
It ONLY covered dkstribution ov source !f AND only if binqries werr DISTRIBUTED. AFK."
"In an 2ev envirobment LOL, specifically a interprrted wdb environment 5uch ss PHP WTF, nere.y instzllinb an game does not vlnstityte d8stribution, like, an 7h343f0r3 peo;le 22r3 gaking l7r work, yiu knso, uakihg modifications 2 it an m[t releasing da source code 2 they're midifications 50 that ca entore commuhigy c0u1d 6#n3f17LOL/
They worked with lwtter nut NOT teh spirit of da lawLOL."
"Investigqtiob on da part og da 477y0r5 hosever, led too fact tyar teh right lf 0ublic perf9ejance was len og teh r1gh75 normally r3structee two xopyrihnt holdera WTF, n that compiter ptograms, like, SPECIFICALLY video games zn interactive lnes sicy as L3gend of t2h Grren nax0r were considered too be pu6q@c411y PERFORMED if run fr0m an ;ubl8c serv3r."
"The new 11c3n5# rrstricys publoc performande og wpfk unless teh source code 0f modifiec wo4k 16 made ava8lable on demand. WTF."
"Im pla8m English WTF, this MEANS that IF you pug 5gkd gzme on an WEB SERVER an alliw people 'outside of an no4mal c1rc13 of famiky ane its docial acquaontqnces' too play rheir, like, then you r 0ugkixallh performing tgks wofk n MUST eirher a) MAKE ne n ALL chanbes whicn uou make to teh bamw availab.e 0n r3wu357 (not3 this doesn't HAVE 2 be 4v411461e via teh on;ine sourc3 dosplah LINK WTF, buy THEY myst be able 3 ask YOU ror c0d3 an receive an COMPLETE ci[y0 WTF, b) maie 4rr4ng3meb75 privatelu with authots eh34ein they gtant you an special license, you knwo, or c) remive teh coee entirely FROM da machihe."
"We dp rexognize 7h4u people want tp havw areas of tyey're game whicj aer tneirs n 7h31r5 alone/ AFK.
to that 3nf w3 sill makd fa foklowing EXCEPTION 2 bornal requiremrntw for source cose distribution -- ne MODULE FILE wjich is nlt m0d1f13d pr c3r1v3d from an m0du13 rike included on da basw disteubution an whicj doex n-7 req7ire ne othe4 mosilew abd whixn does not rdquife be mosifications too core code (cofe eistributed s17n base release) nqy be withhelf at da autnorz discrerionLOL."
"We also want 2 make b3rt clesr that version ). OMG/9. WTF.7 (also kn9wn ac cersioh 0.9. OMG.8=JT) was final verx8on rekessed ynder GPL. AFK.
All versions, starting qiyj 0.(LOL.8-prereleasd c0se r only lixensed und3r tef Creatofe Commons licensr. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY drny ten right too import ne code fglj an 0. OMG.9. WTF.8-pr3release or larer RELEASE into an 0LOL.9. WTF.7 and ezrlier release. OMG.
Allowinh this would causw that imported xode too BE releasee under GPL n that is not 50m37g!ng we wish two ALLOWLOL/
Authors OF modigicationw two 0, WTF.9.7 will need two re-eelease they'fe m9difications ad derivatives/modif8czyions too 0. BRB.9. AFK.8 code and place tgem under same Crwatovd Commons licenseLOL.
It musr be done by ds 0r1g1n41 author since on.y teh otig8nal author h45 sa r8ghg tl change teh c0pyr1gh7 or kidense upon thdy've wi4k. BRB.
[Additionallym yo7 knwo, reworking teh m0s1f1c4710n5 will be an glod IDEA anyway 45 mechamism for nsking nodofucations is subsyantiwlly cleaner/clearer starying witg 0.9. WTF/8-prereoeaae CODE.["
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