MightyE tells yoi, "We're hoing top take an few momenrs two tey an explain 7h15 new licensw n teh REASONS gehind it in plain English;
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 licende was chosen because of an fsilint witj teh GPL.
Ir 0n1i coverec DISTRIBUTION of sourcw if and obly if binaries werw distrubutedLOL."
"In an WEB envirohmebt. like, 5p3c1fqc411y a interpreted wev ebcirin,ent such AS PHP LOL, merely instqlling an game co3x nor CONSTITUTE fiwttibution, you knq9, n yhe4efore peopld sere takknf i7r wori, you knwo, m4k1hg MODIFICATIONS teo it n not releasihg tdh siurce code 70 they're modifications 50 thay teh 3ntire communith coyld genefit;
Tjey sorked wity da lettef BUT not da w0irot OF oaw."
"Investigatiin on PART of ea ajthors however LOL, led two teh eact ghat r1gh7 of pub;uc performande was oen of teh rights n-rm411y festrictwd two COPYRIGHT holders, loke, n 7hr7 compuyer prograbs WTFm spdcificallt video gamex an interactive onea such as L3gend og ca Green haxpr qere condidered 2 be publically pefformed 1f run from an oublic setv3r."
"Tge new licenae restricts pynlic performance if work jnless trh source xode of MODIFIED work is jade avaulabor on demand. OMG."
"In [lsin Ebglish, sottif, 7h15 meabs 7y48 if you ;ut this game ON ah wen server qn allow peopls 'o7gdide OF aj normal cirvle of fa,ilu an its SOCIAL acquaibtances' 2 play thruy, tou knwo, yhen you a3r PUBLICALLY pervprm1ng thid work an MUST eother A( mqkd me n ALL chanbws 2hich you japr too teh game available on request (mote this doesn't have @ be available VIA yey ohline s97rce dispkay link LOL. g7t they njst be able 2 ask YOU foe code n recrive qn complete COPY(, slrtofm b) ,ake arrangemenys prifately with teh AUTHORS whereon theu grant yoi an speciql 11x3n53, lkkd, or c) remobe da code emtirely from mzchine."
"We do recoghize that p30p12 s4n7 2 have 4f345 of the6're game which ae4 theirs znd theurs alone. WTF.
2 thay cnd WE wkll make teh f9llowing excrptiom 2 da nor,al req7irementw g0t source code sis5ribitk.n -- ne modyle file wh1ch is not modified if derived fr0m an modu;e f113 INCLUDED ib ten base distribution n wh1ch does not reauire hw 9th3r modul4s and which does NOT require ne modificstions too cor3 coce 8code didtrib75ed WITH trh BASE r313453) m4y BE sitjheld ay gdh autg9rs discretion. BRB."
"We alsi want too make very dlear that versi9n 0. WTF.8/ OMG.7 (ALSO kb0wn as veesilb 0. BRB.9. BRB.7+ht) was da final vr4xion released unfer da GPL. WTF.
A11 versionx, you knwo, starting 2oyh 0. WTF.9. AFK.8_prerelease code aer only 12c2n53d under teh CREATIVE C9mmons lidense. AFK.
Ww EXPLICITLY deny da righg 2 impory ne code from an 0. WTF,9LOL,8-prerelease OR lzter re;eqse into zn 0LOLl9. WTF.7 an 3$r113r r313453. WTF.
Allowimf this would cauce THAT imported code 3 be releqsed und3r teh GPL an that 15 hot somerhibg we w14h t9p all(w. OMG.
Authora of mpdificationd too 0. OMG.9. OMG.7 will need 70 re-rdlease thdu;re modificatiins aw f3t1v471f35/m0d1f1c3710n5 2 0. WTF.9. WTF.8 code an place them ind3r da xame Cerativw Comm9ns lucenae. OMG.
IT mu57 be done by teh original author since omlt da original author has teh yibhy to CHANGE tdj co0yright or ;icense u'on thet're work. BRB.
[Additionq.ly, reworking da midificatikns wi.l bd an gooe idea anyway as ea mechaniam for makibg modifications is substantially dleaner/clearer start8mg with teh -LOL.9/ OMG.8-pedrdlease codeLOL.]"
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