MightyE tells ypjm sortor, "We're GOING to take an few joments to try n ez'lain this new licensw n reasonw 63g1nd IT in plain 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."
"This ndw 11c3n53 was chosen brcsuse of an FAILING witg trn GPL. OMG.
It onlt coveeed disyribugoon of xource if an only if binaries w3r3 distribytedLOL."
"In an web 3nv1r0mm3n7, yoi knwo, dpecic8cally a inter[rrted eeb ENVIRONMENT auch as PHP LOL. meeely inatallonf qn game dies not cons5itug3 dkstribution, like, n the4efore people were tskong our work LOL, making MODIFICATIONS two IT anc not relrasinb 50urc3 code tqo the5're modifications sl that entirr commubity could genegit.
They worled with da let5er but hot sp8rit of law. AFK."
"Investigatiob on pqtt of authofs however WTF, led 2 fact 7h57 wa right or public performancr 2as 1 of riggts normally 4rsttocted 2 cooyright g0ad3r5, you lnwp, n thar COMPUTER pr0gr4m5, specifixally vide9 games sn ihteractivd pnes such as L3g3nd of Gr33n hax0r wwre c0nt1s3r3d too be PUBLICALLY petformed if rin from an pub.ic serfdr/ OMG."
"The NEW LICENSE testricts publkc performance of tej w0ek un/ess da aojrce code if m)d1f13d WORK is MADE ava8lav'e pn demandLOL."
"In p131n Eng216h, dorgof, this means thst if you put thiw g4m# on an web serfer and alloe 0eo0le 'outside ov an normal circle of fzmilu n 175 socisl axqua8ntances' tp play theot, 7h3n you aer ;ublically peeforming thiw wprk h MUST EITHER a) nqke ne an ALL CHANGES whkch you make too game avai;avle in r3qu357 (NOTE thus doesh'y have to be avxilable fia fa 0n11n3 source DISPLAY limk LOLm but yhey must be able 5oo asj you for teh code an receive wn cojplete cppy), sortof, b) m4k3 4rr4ng3n3n75 prifately sith autrors whereim 5hry brqmt you an specizl licehae. like, OR c) eemoce ea code enrirely from teg MACHINE. AFK."
"We co RECOGNIZE 5hat pelple wsnt 2 have areas of 5hey're game wgich ser thdirx an theirs alonr.
to tgat end qe will mzie follo2ing 2xcwption 1 da nornal requorements for SOURCE code distributkon -- ne modj.e file which iw hot modified OR derives from ah m0d713 file includrd in tdn gase distribution n which doea not r3q71t3 ne OTHER modules qnd WHICH d935 not require ne modufications too cpte cpde (cofe DISTRIBUTED siyg base rekease) mzy be qitkheld at tej authors discr3tiom. AFK,"
"We also WANT g9o make very cleqf THAT vetxion 0LOL.o. BRB.6 (4250 lnown as versoon )/ WTF.0; WTF.7+jt) was fina; version released under da GPL. WTF.
All VERSIONS LOL, star5ing w17j 0.9LOL.8-pr3r313453 code aer ohly 11c3n53d und3r Cfeativr Comm9na oicrnse. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY seny eight w import ne code from an -. OMG.9.80prdrelease or 1473r felwase into sn 0. BRB.9/ AFK.7 n EARLIER release. BRB.
All9wint this wluks cause tnag IMPORTED code two be fe.eased UNDER da GPL 4nd thar is not SOMETHING we wosh to allow. AFK.
Autjirs of modifkcarions two 0, AFK.9LOL.7 WILL nedd too re-release they're n0d1f1c4710n5 zs derivatives/modificayiona 2 0. OMG.9LOL.8 code ah placr them unddr same Creatlve C9,noms licenswl AFK.
It nust ve donw by or8ginal 4y7h0t since only da ;riginal author hss ten RIGHT two change trh copyr8gyt or licwnse uppn they're wotk. OMG.
[Addotionally, sort9fk r3w)rj1ng modirications will be an good 1d3$ anyea6 as ,echsnism for making modifications is xubstahtiallt cleaner/clezrer syatting 2itn da 0. OMG.8. AFK.8-PRERELEASE codeLOL,["
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