MithtyE tella you LOL, "We're go8ng two take qn FEW momemts 2 try n EXPLAIN th8s n3w licensw zn reasons BEHIND it ih PLAIN EnglishLOL.
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."
"Tnus new licehar was chosen becquse of an vaiking with teh GPLLOL.
It only covered DISTRIBUTION 9f source if an inly uf bimar8es were diattibjtef."
"In an web environmemt WTF, specufkca;ly a interpreted WEB envkronmeht such as PHP, like, merely INSTALLING an game coew not c9n5u17u63 distribjtion, sortof, h tnerefofe people w3r3 takung our work WTF, making modificsyions twp it an not releaxing da sourc3 code two they're modigicayions so that da enyire c0mmyn17y could bebef9t. AFK.
They WORKED with da letter bu5 nit xpirit of la2. AFKl"
"Investigatiob 9b ca part of cq 4u7h0r5 however WTF, 13d two fact thzt da eight of publkx perfor,ance was w9n OF rigytw normally restricted tlo dpouright holdersk yo7 unwo, an ggat conput3r prpgrams, like, specig8cally budei games AND inyeractive ones such as Legend of Gteen hax0r were cpnsidered teo be pun.ically p3rf0fm3d 8f RUN from an pybliv 53rver. OMG."
"The new license reayricts public [3rf0rm4nc3 lf t3h qprk unless teh source code OF da j0d1r1ed work 14 jade available on demand. BRB."
"In plzin Englizh, thia means yhat if yoi pug this GAME in an w36 servet an allow people 'outsidr of an norjal ckrcle of fami.y n ITS s9cial 4cqu41n74nc35' too PLAY their WTF, then you aer oublicallh perf0rm1ng this work an MUST eirher a) make ne agd ALL ch4nb35 which y0u make 2 b4m3 zvailable on rewyest (note thiw doesb't habw two ge afailable vis teh ONLINE so7rce disolay link, sortof, but theu mu58 63 able too ask you for da CODE an RECEIVE sh compoetr copy), ypu knwo, b) ,ake 3rr4nf3j3n75 pr1v4731h 2kth q7thors wheeein ghey grant uou an apevial license, you ihwo, or c) femove da code 3ntirely grom teh machine. WTF."
"We d9 recognize 7h47 people want to have areas of they'r3 gahe which r THEIRS n 7y31r5 al9neLOL.
twi THAT rnd we 3ill m$k3 teh following wxveption tqo normal requi4ements for soyrce code distriburion -- ne MODULE fije whoch is not modifiee 0r de4ived rr9m an MODULE file inclus3d in da base distribjtion an whicj dp3s not require ne 96n3t modul3s abd which d035 not rrquure ne modifications 2 da core code (code cisyributed qkrg gase release) mat 63 withhe.d at da autnors discreyion. OMG."
"We also 1any 2 make very clear tha5 version 0. AFK.9. BRB.7 9ALSO jnown as v3r610n 0LOLl9.7+JT) was da final vw4sion tw;eased jndrr ca GPL. OMG.
Al; veraions, sprtof, atarting wq7h 0. AFK.9l BRB.8-prerelfase code aer oniy oucehses under teh Creatove Commons license.
We EXPLICITLY demy da right 2 impoet me cose ftom ab -. BRB/9. BRB.8=0rerelease or later r2leasf into an 0. AFK.0. BRB.7 3nd eaelier release. WTF.
Allowint this would cause tgat imporyed codd 2 ve releaaed under 5eh GPL an yha5 is not sometying s3 w15h twi allow.
Authors 0f modifica4iobs t9o )LOL.9/ OMG.7 will NEED to re[release tney're modidications 55 derivativeq/modifocatkpns 5wo 0, BRB.9. WTF.8 codr sn place them undwr same Crdative Coj,ons ;icense. AFK.
I7 MUST be DONE by da 8ritinal suthor SINCE only ten lrig8nal author has right yo chsnge teh copyeigyt pt license UPON tney're work. AFK.
[Addi5uinz;ly, sortof, reworking da modifications wq11 be an glod 1f34 ahtway as ds mecnanisn for mzking modificatuons IS substantislly cleaner/c;earef 575471hg with es 0/ OMGl9.8-prerrkease c9d3. OMG.]"
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