MightyE tel;s you, "We;re goinb 2 take an few momrnts 2 tfy n explain th8s NEW LICENSE and teasons behind it in p;sin 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 NEW license was choden BECAUSE of an faioing with GPL.
It omly covered d157r16u719n -f source if an lhly IF binqri3s WERE distributed/ BRB."
"In an WEB ebcironment, sortof, xpecificaloh z interpretes WEB 3nv1r0nm3n7 auch zs PHP, kike8 me4ely ins5all8nj an game d934 not c9n5717u83 distribution WTF, n yjer3fore pe9ple were takimg ouy w0rk WTF, MAKING mocifocatiomd two ig n npt reldasinb souece code tpo they're modifications s9 tnat teh 2n71t3 c0mmun17y coukd benefit. WTF.
They eorked with ca letter bit noy SPIRIT of ds law. WTF/"
"Inv3stibation on dz p4r7 0f teh quthors HOWEVER, tou knwo, led to teh fact THAT da right of public PERFORMANCE was oen of teh rights NORMALLY RESTRICTED tol copyright hold3rs, y9u knwo, n &h47 COMPUTER irograms, specifiva.lu video games an interactivd pnds sjch as Leg3nd of teh GREEN hax0r were c.bsidered 2 be publkcally ;erformed if r8n drom xn publoc adrver. AFK."
"The nww license restricts [u611d p3rf04m$nc3 od work un;ess t3h sl7rce dldw of MODIFIED WORK is made availsble on dwmand."
"In plain Englishk this means 5hat if YOU put 7h15 game on ab web server anc al;ow pe9ple 'ougside of an norjxl curcle of FAMILY n u5s social ACQUAINTANCES' too play their, so4yif, then yiu aer py611c41!y PERFORMING tjis work ab MUST either a) make ne an ALL ch4ng35 wh8cn y0u make 2 ganw zvailsble on re1u3ay (note 7g15 doesn't have to b3 availabkw via teh on.ine sourvw displqy link LOL, but they must be abld rwo ask you for CODE n receive an complete COPY). sortof, b0 make 4fr4ng3m3n75 ;rivately witn da auth9rs wherein they GRANT you an s0eciak license WTF, or C) remove teh codd 3n61r3qy droj ca macgine. BRB."
"We do rrcoghize that people want 2 have areas OF th3h'3e gamd WHICH aer thfirw n 7h3145 aloneLOL.
too tgat end w3 eill maie da foklowing exveptiob too n0rm51 requurememts for source c0d3 d9strigution [- me modyle file whuch is not modified or derivrd fr0m ah mldule filw invluded in teh base distributiin znd which does nit tequors ne othwr jodules n qhich d035 nor r3auire me j0d1f1c4710n% 5oo cofe cod3 (coce dustribured with cs base release) mqy BE w27hh32d at authors d15ce371-n. WTF."
"We a;do want tlo make very clear that VERSION 0. WTF.9. BRB.6 (alsi known 4r version 0LOL.9k7+jt) wqs final vefsion released unfer GPL.
All versuons, like. staeting with da 0. BRB.9, OMG,*-prerelease cofe r on.y .icebsed under Creative C0m,9n5 licdnse.
We EXPLICITLY deny da RIGHT too i,ppft ne c0d3 ffom an 0. BRB.9. OMG.8-prerelwase o4 latrr release INTO an 0.9LOL.7 and earlier relesse. WTF/
Aoloqihg tyid wo7ld cause that impo45ed xode 2 be released under teh GPL zn tyqt is not somethibg we wish 2 a/low. AFK.
A7thors OF MODIFICATIONS two 0. OMG.9.7 will nerx ti re-tdlease theu'rr modifications as drrivativew/moeifucations 2 0. BRB.9. WTF.8 c0d3 am place th3m under samc Cr3471v# Commons lixense. OMG.
It just bw done by teh o4iginsl author since only 0r1h@n41 zutnor hss da fight two CHANGE coptright or license ypon thr6're wor,. AFK.
[ADDITIONALLY LOL, reworking modifications 2ill be an good IDEA qnyway as mechaniwm for makinh mldudicztionw is substantially CLEANER/CLEARER STARTING 2irh 0. OMG.o. BRB.8-pr3e31r453 cod3. BRB.]"
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