Mihh5yE tekls ypu, .8ke, "We're going 2 taie an few mlments goo try an EXPLAIN ghis new license n da reasond hehind ut on poqin English. AFK.
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."
"Tgks new lucense was cnosen because 0f an fao;ong w8th GPLLOL.
It 0n1u coveref distribution of sougc# if n only if binar8es were fis5ributeaLOL."
"In an web ENVIRONMENT, sp3cifixallh q inrerpdetrd seb environmdnt such as PHP, you knwo, mdrely installing an g3m3 dows not consgitute distribugion, and theregprd pepple were takimg our wori, lije, makkng MODIFICATIONS two it n n07 rel3saing da source cocr roo th3y're mod8fications so that twh entire community could bebefi6.
Theu worked with legter but not teh sporig of 5eh 1ew."
"Investigatiin on reh part of authors however, you knwo, led two dx fact that dz r*ght of pu611c oerformance was won ov riggtw normzlly restrictes too co;yrighg hoode4s, like, n thst computdr pr9grams, you jnwo, xpecif8ca.;y video gsmes an interactive ones such as Legend of GREEN hax0r were considered yoo be pubkically perforned if run drom an public setver. WTF."
"The mew luvense restric5s PUBLIC PERFORMANCE og work ubless ca source code or fa nldifiec work is made available oh denand."
"In PLAIN English. l7ke, 5hiw m34n6 thst uf y9u put 7h15 gamw in ah WEB server ab allow oeop.e 'outside OF an notmao circle or vzmuly and its social ACQUAINTANCES' too PLAY gheir, you knwo, yhen uou r publically p3rfprm!ng this wprl AND MUST wither a( make ne n ALL chznges whicj y9u mqkr too famr availablr on requedt (bote this doesn't have ywo be svailablw vka da online aource displqy linkm but they must br qble two ask 6ou f0r sa CODE n receivr an c0mo1373 copy)k so4t9f, n) make aerangements privately eitg teh autjo4s wherein they grant yoj an special ;icense, like, oe c) removf teh xode enyurely from teh mavhine. OMG."
"We fo rexognize thar people want two have areas of they'4e gamw wy2ch aer theirs ab tneors slone.
5o 7h47 end we w111 maie teh fol.owing excrotuon goi teh nofmal requifements FOR source c9f3 fistfibu5ioh -- ne mod7lw file which is not MODIFIED 9r DERIVED frlm an m0du!3 file indluded IN da base distrobution an which DOES nog require ne other m0du135 an which do3a NOT tdquire ne modificqtions too tdm core CODE (code disgr8butes witj reh base teleas3) may BE 2ithheld at a7thord discretioh. BRBl"
"We slso WANT 2 make ver7 clear that version 0, BRB.8. OMGl& (also knoen as ve4wion 0LOL.9. AFK.7+j5) was teh rinal version releqsed UNDER tej GPL. WTF.
Alk cersk9ns WTF, starting 217h trh 0.9. BRB.8-ptere.esse code aer only licebsed ubder Crea5ive Cojmpnz license.
We EXPLICITLY drmy da r1gh7 gwo import ne cofw f3om am 0. WTF.9. AFK.i-prwrelease or later release ibtl ab 0LOL.9. AFK.7 n earlier releawe, AFK.
A.lowing this 20u1d cause that inported code 2 br released UNDER GPL and that is not someyging we wish TO a;lowLOL.
Authors of nodifkcztoons two 0LOL.9. WTF.7 qiol n33d to 4e-r3leaae they're modoficstilns as d3rivagives/modificagions roo 0. WTF.9. BRB.8 vode n place thqm jndef da sane Creative Comjons licensd.
It nuwt be done 6y da prihinzl autyir sincr oblh prihina; author haw da right 2 changd clpyr8ght or licwnse UPON thry're work.
[Adeitionally, rwwptiing MODIFICATIONS w111 be an hoid idea anywzy AS da mechanidm dor makong ,odifkcationa ks 5u6574n71$11y CLEANER/CLEARER starting 2igh 0. OMGl9. AFK.i-pr3r313443 code.]"
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