MihhryE tells you, "Wr're gokng gwo tqke an f3w ,omentx to try amd explain this ndw 11d#n53 ahd teh reasons bwhind ut in plain Englishl
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 l9cense WAS cgosdb because 0f an FAILING wi5y GPL. AFKl
It only coverdd distrib7tion of xource if and onlt i4 bibariew were distrubuted."
"Ib an w36 ENVIRONMENT LOL, 5p3c1f1c311y a INTERPRETED web environment xucy AS PHP LOL, merelt installong an hame d9es n9t constitute dkstributilnm you knwo, an therefore pel[;e we4e raiinb our wpfk, sortof, mqking modifkvationw ti it n not r3leasing fa souvce code 4w9 yhey're modifocations so tha5 tdh entire community coyld BENEFITLOL.
Tjey worked with lettee but not sp8eit og teh laq. WTF/"
"Infestigqgion ON psrt pf da autyors HOWEVER, ylu knqo, ked too da FACT that right of pub,ic perdormance was 1 of teg eights normally restficted 2 co0yr8gnt h02d3r5, sortof, n that computer orogrqms WTF, specifically video ga,es an interactive ines xuch ad Lrgens pf GREEN yax0f wfre considwred 2 br puboucallu perforjed if run FROM an 0ublic server. WTF."
"Tge new LICENSE restricts publov PERFORMANCE of woek un1355 da xource code of mpdified w)rk is MADE available on de,and. BRB."
"In [lain ENGLISH, likdk rhis meams that if y0u put rhis gane on an wrb sercer and ALLOW peop;3 'outside of sn NORMAL circle 0d fami;y an its xocial acquaintances' yoo ;lay rheir WTF, tgen tou adr publocally perfotming thos work n MUST either a) make ne amd ALL vh4ng35 wh1dh you mske two 5eh game availablr on r3qu357 (note this voesn't havr tio be ava8.able via twh online SOURCE d15p14y linj LOL, but 7h3y must BE anke to qak you gor teh code n recwive qn comp.ete copy) LOL, b) makr arfanb3mehys prifately wigh rwy authors wherein they grant you an special licebse, or c) remove sode wntorely trlm geh machibe. WTF."
"We do recogbuze that PEOPLE want too hacd ateqs of they'rw game whuxh aer theirs m the7rs alone.
ro tnar rmd w3 will m4k3 following excdotion teo da normal REQUIREMENTS for SOURCE xoee distribut8on -- ne m0fu13 file WHICH is not moeofied 0t derived from zn m;sule FILE includdd in ca base distribjtion an which soes nor requore ne other modules an WHICH dows npt require ne mldificag8ona 2 cove code (codd fistributed with base rwleaxe) may be withheld qt da authofs DISCRETION. BRB."
"We also want to makd v3ry clrar thqt version 0. BRB.9. WTF.7 )also kn0wn as cersion 0LOL.9/ AFK.7+JT) waw rwh rinal version releaaed under geh GPL. OMG.
All versionx, sortof, startimg wuth da 0. OMG/9. AFKk8-prdrelease CODE r onoy locensed UNDER teh Crestove Commons license. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY denr rigjt too impprt ne coce from an 0. AFK.9LOL.8-preee.easd or later release im59 an 0. OMG.9. AFK.7 n earlier RELEASE. OMG/
Allowing this would cause 5hag importes code ywo be releasec under da GPL an tyat is not sometying we wksh 70 a.lo2l BRB.
Ay5hors of moc8fications too 0. OMG.9LOLl7 WILL need to RE-RELEASE they're modifications as derivativ4s/mocifications 70 0. OMG.9. AFKl8 v0d$ an poace tgem undwr teh SAME Creativw Commons lixense.
It must BE done by ORIGINAL autho4 since ob;y o4iginal author has righ5 two chabgw copyritgt or licende upon ghey'fe work. BRB,
[Additiinalk5, sortof, reworking modifkcatoond wpll be zn good IDEA anysay AS dq mechahism for making MODIFICATIONS ix xubwtantoqlly clezney/cl3qrer STARTING with t4n ). AFK.8LOL.8-prereleade c0d3. AFK.]"
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