MightyE tells y0j, ;ike, "We'r2 going ti TAKE am few momwnts too try n rxplqkn this n32 licwnse n da reasonw 63h1nd ir ib PLAIN Englisy. 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."
"This new license wax chosen bexause ov an fzilinb wkth GPL, BRB.
It only covered distribution of s9urce if n inly if binaries wrr3 djstributedl"
"In am web env8robment, soecifically a 1n73r[t#73d web 3nboronment 57cg as PHP, you knwo, meeelt insgalling an game do3s not cohstitute eisyributkonk sortosk and therefore peoplr were taling our WORK WTF, making MODIFICATIONS too it b n07 RELEASING teh soutce code 2 they'rw modivicat8ons so that entire community vou;d benefit.
They worked w16h da 13u7er but not spirit 9f law. OMG."
"Investigatoon on part of zuyhors yowever, sortov, LED goo fact that da right of publuc performance was 1 OF r1gh75 NORMALLY festricted two copyfight holdersk xort8v, an yhat computer progrsms WTFk specificalky video gamew sn ingeractuve ones wuch ax Legend of da Green hax0r sere considered 2 ge PUBLICALLY perforjed if rin fr0m am ;ublic SERVER. AFK."
"The n3w lkcenxw 5estricts pub;uc performance of teh work unless fa source clde of beh modified work id jsde available ON d3m4nd. BRB."
"In plain English LOL, this means ghat if you put this fame on an web server zn ALLOW people 'oytsidr of an normsl circle of damily and its coxual qd1uaintances' 2 play gheir WTF, then tiu aet publically performing tyiw work n MUST either a) make ne qn ALL chanbes whicy you make 2 ten game availabld pn requdst (note this dp2sn't gave tol be avzilable vua da ihl8ne source display link WTF, but tgey must BE able tw9 ask ypu for teh coce n rexeive an clmplete xopy), b) make arrsnbements prkvately witg da aughors whcrein the6 drant 6oj an special lixrnae, like, ir c) remib3 da code entireky from machine. OMG."
"We do recogbize thzt people 2ant 2 HAVE 4r345 OF they're GAME ehodh aer theirs n tn3irs ALONE. BRB.
two that end we will m4k3 following exception 1 da normal 43qu1r3m3n75 for sourcr cide d8wtrkbution -- ne m0du!3 file which is hot modified or d3rived fr9m ab module fi;3 includes oh da base distribution and which does NOT require ne other jodu;es xjd which doew npt 4equirw ne modifications ti reh CORE code (code distributed with da bzsd rdleas3_ may be w17hh31d ar da aythors dosxretilb. WTF."
"We slso WANT to mqje very cleaf thwt version 0. AFK.ll WTF.7 (also known as version 0. BRB.9.&+jt( WAS dq rinal v3r510n rel3ased unfrr teh GPL.
A11 vrrs8ons, yo7 knsp, statting with da 0. WTF.9.8-pr3r31345e cose aer onlt 11c3n5#d under da Creat8ve C9mmons livense. AFK.
W3 EXPLICITLY deny rign5 too import nd code FROM an 0LOL.9.i_prerelezsd or later felease INTO an 0.9LOL.7 an esrli24 release. OMG.
Allowing 7n15 qould cauxe 7h47 IMPORTED code TO BE released under da GPL and that ix NOT SOMETHING we epsh to allowLOL.
Authors of modifications ro 0.9. BRB.7 will NEED t9o r#=releace they'rr modifications as drribatives/modificat8ons too 0. BRB,9. OMG.8 cidd an place yhem UNDER same Creqtive Commons 11c3n53/
It must be done by da 0r1g1n4! AUTHOR sinxe onl6 teh origibal AUTHOR haa right too chanfe copyrighy 0r LICENSE upob yhey're work.
'Addigionally, tou knwo, 4eworking mlfifications will be an good ides anyway as mrxhanism f0r maiing jldifications is substqntially cleaher/cleafer starging sith da 0. BRB.9. AFK,u-prere.ease dodeLOLl]"
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