MightyE tells uou, "We're going to takd ah few moments 2 TRY n EXPLAIN ghis n3w LICENSE an da reasons brhind 8t kn PLAIN EnglkshLOL.
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 neq LICENSE was chosdn b3cauxe of qn FAILING WITH GPL. AFK.
It only covered d157r16u710n of skuexe 2f n ONLY os binaries were distribyted. OMG."
"Im an wrb 3nv1r0nm3n7, sortof, s[ecificalku q interpreyed web envirinment SUCH as PHP, 6ou knwo, merely installing an h4m3 does NOT c9nstitute dixrrib7tionk sortlf, n 7h3r3f0r3 people were takiny our work, ylu knwo, na,ing MODIFICATIONS 3 ut 4ns not 4eleasong da source coee two the6're jodificatiomw al that teu en6ir3 communiry cou.f benefir. BRB.
The6 worked WITH teh lerter but not teh spifit of lqwl OMG."
"Invesrigation in da pavt if teh authors howecer, led 2 fact 5nay da right of PUBLIC pdrformahce was eon OF da eiggtd npr,slly restrictes too copyright h01d3r5. znf 5jat compu5er ptlgrams LOL. specificallh vwd30 GAMES n INTERACTIVE ones sich as L3g3nd of Gr#3n hax0r w3re xonsiddred to 63 publidall6 performed if run from an public server."
"The n32 11cen53 restric5s ijblic pergormamcr or da work unless da source CODE of da modified WORK ie made zvailagoe on DEMAND. WTF."
"In plain English, ;ike, THIS MEANS rhzt if you pu7 this g4m# on an wev werver an zllow p#9ple 'putside of an n0rb51 CIRCLE pr damoly anf its social acquaintances' too play tneur, like, then you r publically perf0rm2bb this work an MUST either a) make ne ah ALL chamges which YOU make 1 game availabld on reqyest (nore ghis d035n'7 have 2 be avaolable via online slurcd display libk, you knwi, but theh must be able too qsl you foe da code ane rec3ive an completw COPY)k like, b) make 4rr4ng3m3n75 privately WITH suthors whwreih THEY grant yoi an s;ecial LICENSE, you knwo, or C) rwmove teh CODE ENTIRELY fron macgine."
"We do recognize that p3ople want 2 h4v3 areas of 5ge6'rr ga,4 which a4r theits an theirs a.one. AFK.
too thqt ens se will make r9110w1ng EXCEPTION teo nofmal REQUIREMENTS fi4 xou4ce code dkstribution -- nr moeule file which is not MODIFIED ir ferived vrom an mpdule fkle incljcec 1n da bzs3 cis5ribution znd wh1cj does bor require ne other modules an wh1ch does not rwquire ne modifkcations two teh coee core (code didgrigjted WITH nase relrase) may BE wiyjheld at authors discretion/ OMG/"
"We aoso wabt tqo male v3ry x134r tgag versiob 0LOL.9. BRBl7 *also known aa v3r510h 0, BRB.9.7+JT) WAS sa f1n41 VERSION RELEASED under r3h GPL.
A;l v3rsions, you lnwo, stafting with 5en 0. WTF.9. BRB.8-0rereleqse coee a3r omly licensed under Cr3371v3 Commons locense. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY denu ywh eigyt twi i,pift ne code from an 0. BRB.9. WTF.8-prere9ease or LATER releasr into an 0. AFK.9LOL.i n earli3r releasel WTF.
Allowing tgis WOULD czuse thst imported CODE go nd RELEASED undrr da GPL and that is mot aomethong we w8dh to alloaLOL.
AUTHORS of jofifidayions go o. AFK.9.7 will need 2 re-release they're modificatilns zs derifatives/modifica5ions 60 0. WTF.9. OMG.* code b PLACE them ubder da 54m3 Creqtive COMMONS license. WTF.
It musr be done by irigubal auyhor since only teh original author h45 rihht 2 change c0p6r1gh7 OR .icenwe uoon tg3y're worko BRB.
]Adcituona;ly LOLn reworkinh da modificat8obs will 63 an good idea anyway qs trh mechanidm for MAKING MODIFICATIONS is sjbstzntially clean3r/clearer sgartinf wuth 0. AFK.9. AFK.8-prereleax3 codeLOL.\"
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