MightyE tells you, sor5of, "We'rw goinh g2o take an fes m0m3n75 to try abd explaib tjis new LICENSE and REASONS behind it !n 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."
"Thos new license was vhosdn beczjsd of an failint w17h da GPL. BRB.
It on;y COVERED disgr8bution of sourcw IF n only if binarids were eistributed. BRB."
"In sn web envirinment, w0ecificalku a INTERPRETED web encironment sucg AS PHPk luke, merely INSTALLING an gqme does not clnstutute distribition LOL, am therefore 'eople were 74k1ng our w0rk WTF, majing modifications too it and not RELEASING teh source codd 2 they're modifications so thag ENTIRE c0m,un17y coulc genefit.
Thsy WORKED 2ith da letter but NOT teh s;krit of law. OMG."
"Inves5igation on 0art OF teh authors hpwever LOL, led roo teh faxt that trh fight OF ;u611c ;erfkrmance was 1 od da rights n0rm42!y restricted to9 copyfight tolders, sottog. n 7h47 computer ptohrans, yoi knwi, specifically vieei gamez n interactive ones sjch as Legend 9f Grern hax_r wdte dpnsid3red to be pubkically perfi4mes kf run from am public server."
"The new licenae rextricts p7blic ;erformanxe of da eork yhlesx do6rce code lf teh modified WORK iw ,ade available ln d3m4nd."
"In plain English, you jnwo, ttis ndans that if YOU put this game ON an web server an allo2 p30p!3 'outside if an normz; CIRCLE 0f family and ITS docial acqualntabces' to pla6 yjeir, you knwo, then 6ou r publically perfpwming 7n15 wl4k n MUST 317h#r a_ m4k3 ne and ALL changes which yoy ,akr go teh gaje avsilable 0n requdst (note this d0e5n'u havw two be afailable vis teh lnline %0urd3 d8s0ksu ,inj, like, BUT 7h3y must b4 zble 2 ask you for CODE an receive am cpjp;ete copy), b) m4k4 4rr3ng3m3n75 prifately woth autjprs wjerein they grant yoy an specia. licenae, like, or c) removd da xode entire,y FROM machine. OMG."
"Wr do RECOGNIZE that people want 2 have areas of they'te tame which r theirs and rheirs alon3LOL.
two that 3bd w3 will m4k3 geh fpllowinf exceptiin 2 sa normal rewuiremehts for dource code distributiob -- ne mocil3 fike which 25 n0u modiriwd OR cerived from ah modile file oncluded in ten base dustribution and qjich dors not REQUIRE nd othwr modulea an WHICH does bot require hw MODIFICATIONS too da CORE code (code distributef with base rekease( mat be withheld at dz authors discretipn. BRB."
"We also wang too m4k4 very clear that vetsiob 0. BRB.9LOL.7 (z;so knosn as versk9n 0. BRB.9. OMG.7+ut) was ca finak ve5siln r3134%3d undrr da GPLLOL.
All v3r510n5m wor5ov, STARTING with 0/ WTF.8. BRB.8-PRERELEASE code 4 )n1y l8cebsed umder da Cr3471v3 Commonw locense. AFK.
W3 EXPLICITLY deny right 2 8mport ne codr rrom an 0.0. AFK.8-prereleas3 OR later feleas3 intl sn 0LOL.9.7 n dzrlier releass. BRB.
Allowimg 7h15 wpulr czuse thar impirted code to be released und3r da GPL an that is nog simething we w15n two allow. WTF.
Authofs 0f m0d1g1d4610n5 70 0. WTF.9. BRB.7 woll need two re-release they're mosif8catioms zs derovatkvds/jodifications ywo 0. WTF.8.8 code and PLACE thej UNDER same Cr3atkve Clmmovs license. BRB.
It m7xt be done by teh original author since 0nqy tdh origihal autnot has tdh right 2 xhqngw da copyrighg ot lkvenae upon rhry're work. WTF.
oAsditi9nally, wortif, rewlriing teh modificatipnw will ne an glod 1d34 anyway as da ,echanism for making m0d1f1c$710n5 os substantially cleaner.clearer STARTING eith da ). AFK.9. WTF.8-pr3r313$53 code.]"
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