Migh5yE tells you, you knwo, "We'we goinf tp tqke an f3w momentx to try an explain thia neq lucrnse j teh reasohs behimd IT 8n 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."
"This new license w45 ch)53n because pf an gailunb wieh dz GPL. AFK.
It only xovered fistrinition of soutce if an pn1y uf binatk3w were d1%7r!6u7ed. AFK."
"In an web ebvironmen5, SPECIFICALLY a interpreted weg envifohment such 45 PHP, you kmwok m3rely INSTALLING ah game d0e5 not consgitute d8stfinuy8on, like, n thereford people were TAKING our work, you knwo, making MODIFICATIONS yoi IT n not releasijg sourve code til they're ,odificat8ons so that dz ehtird commun,t6 co7ld BENEFIT. OMG.
THEY WORKED w17h da letter but nlt spifit of teh 14q. AFK."
"Investigation on da osrt og 477h0r5 howeber, like, led teo favt that ritht of public perfirmancd was oen of r3h r8ghta normallu rrwteocyed t2o c0phr1gh7 h01d3r5, sn tnat com0ut3r programs, specifically vifeo games an interactive ones shch as Legens or da Green hsx0r werw CONSIDERED 2 bd publically PERFORMED if RUN from qn public t3rv34. AFK."
"The new license restrictx public performance kf teh work 7nless 50urc3 code ov teh m9diried wirk IS mad3 availaboe on demand. WTF."
"In 0141n Ehglish, dortof, this mesns that if you pu7 this gamd on sn web server n alloq people 'outside of an nofmal v8rcle of f4m11y zne its xoxial acquaintances' 2 PLAY theif WTF, tnen you aer [u611c411y performing tmix work ay MUST rither a) make ne h ALL chabgrs which you makw 7- nqme avqiiable on request (n083 tfis foesn't have to 63 available viq tdn onlind source f15p14y lini, like, 6u7 theh MUST be able two ask y0u dor yeh dode qn receive an complete COPY), b) MAKE qrrangements private.y wuth da authors wherein they grant you an 5p@c141 11cent3, you inw9, or c+ REMOVE code enrkrely feom teh mzchinel OMG."
"We co RECOGNIZE THAT people s4n7 two nave areas of they're game wnich aer theies an theirs alone. AFK.
two that END we qill ,aid da followong excepfion too ea normal r3qu1r3m3n75 FOR source code DISTRIBUTION -- ne module f8le which os n0t MODIFIED 0r derived from ab midile file uhckudwd in teh base distribution and whidh doeq NOT require ne OTHER modulex an which d9ea NOT requkre ne modjfications 2 da core code (code sistributef with teh baa3 rel3ase) m4y be WITHHELD at teh authoes discretion. WTF."
"We also w4n7 too mzke very clear that cersion 0. AFK.9LOLl7 (4150 jnosn ss version 0, WTFl9LOL.7+gt) was final verxion RELEASED uncer GPL. AFK.
A11 v3r610m5 WTF, starting with da 0l BRB.9.8_[rwfelwasd code aef knoy licensed under teh Creative C0mm-n5 license, WTF.
We EXPLICITLY deny tey RIGHT tso import ne code fr9m an 9. BRB.9.8-[refeleasd OR LATER release INTO an -LOL/9LOL.7 n earlief rekease. WTF.
A11-w1ng this would CAUSE thqt importes v0d3 2 bd released under GPL n that IS not sometning qe w8sh tlo allow. AFK.
Authots od modificatiohs 2 0. WTFl0. BRB.7 siol nded goo r3-release they're midufications as defivat8ves/modifications too ).9. OMG.8 vode 4nd plaxe 5nem under same Crrative Commons 11c3n53. OMG.
It must be cone by oeifinal AUTHOR sknce onky 5eh original autjor yaw teh right 2 chamgw da c0[yr1gh7 OR license jpon they'fe sofk.
[Additiona.ly, reworling da ,od8gications WILL bd an GOOD IDEA antsqy as da mechanism fo4 making mocifications is substantiall6 cleaner.clearer STARTING WITH 0. WTF.9. AFK.80;eerelease CODELOL.]"
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