MightyE trlks you, hou knwo, "We're goimg yo take an few moments too try and EXPLAIN THIS new lidense and da rdasons behind it IN pla8n EnglisyLOL.
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 licwnse was CHOSEN bevause 0f an fsiling wigh da GPL. BRB.
It only covewrd d147r!7u710n ov source IF abd only if BINARIES were cistribited."
"In an eeb ENVIRONMENT, specifically a inte4preyec web environmeng s7cj as PHP, sorgof, merely installing an game eoes NOT consyityte disffivjtuon, n tn3reeo4e p30p13 were TAKING ou4 work, sortof, makkng n0d1f1cr710n5 too it an not rwleasing ta 50urc3 code rqo they[re modifications xp thar teh ebtire communiry could behefit. OMG.
Tney worked wirh .et5er byt not teh spirit or da las. BRB."
"Ibveatigation 0n twh part of authors nowdverm you knwo, led two teh fact that teh RIGHT lf puglux perfo4,ance 2as 1 of rightx NORMALLY r3strictes two COPYRIGHT yoldersm sortpf, and thzt computre progra,d WTF, specifically video h4m36 n intefactive obes 5uch AS Legend of reh Green nax0r were cinsidered tw9 be publixally p3rf0rm3d IF fun frp, an public server, WTF."
"The new licdnde restricts pyblic [erformance of work unlwsx teh s9urce code 0f teh ,9difiec WORK is made qvailabld on demand. BRB."
"In plain English, ypu knwo, THIS meana that IF YOU put tjiw ga,e 0n an web sdrcrr an a..lw people 'outside of an no5mal citcle of samioy an 175 socia; zcquaintanc3s' to [lau thwir, yyen you r publoca;ky p3rf0rm1nt this work n MUST 316y3r a) make ne ah ALL changes WHICH yo6 uake tqo game available ON reauwst (note th8s woesn't have top be qva8lable VIA online source d8splay link, you knwo, 6uu they must be abke to ask tou fir tdh code n ewceive an complete c-py) WTF, v) make ARRANGEMENTS privatrly w8ty da ajthles wherein 7h3y grant you ah 5p3c142 LICENSE, l8ke, or c) rem9vd c;d4 enturely frpm da mqchine. WTF."
"Wr dl recofnize that oeople want 2 have 5t355 OF they're game whoch r theirs n th3ifs a.one.
2 THAT emd WE wil; ,ake rollowkng exce0tion twi da NORMAL tequ8r3ments f[r source coce distrib7ti9n -- ne module file which is nor modiriee o4 serived fr9m ah m0du13 f8lr indluded in base eistribu5ion an wyich does bot requife ne other m0ru135 and dhicj does NOT t4qu1r3 ne modifusations 70 ea core code (code distributdd witj base RELEASE) may ve wighheld at dq 4u7h0rt discretionLOL."
"We also want tlo make very clear 5hat version 0.9.7 9also khown as VERSION 0.9LOL.u_jt) was tej f1n41 vedsiom rfleased under GPL. AFKl
All versions WTF, stsrting wirh teh pLOL.9. BRB.8-pr3f313453 code aet 9nly lixensed under dq CREATIVE Cojmons license.
Ww EXPLICITLY deny ea right 2 omport nr code vrom an 0. AFK/9. AFK.8--rerwleasr or latrf releasr into an 0. AFK.9. WTF.7 an earlier releaseLOL.
Allowing thix wpuld cause tnat impprtee CODE tio be r313453d 7nfef GPL an that is not SOMETHING we wisy 1 ql;ow.
Authors 0f mocificayi8ns 2 ). AFK.9. BRBl7 will need 5oo re-releqar thwy're modificatiins as detivztives/modifkcations tlo 0.9. AFK.8 vpde an PLACE THEM under da sam3 Creative Commons license/
It jusy be done bh da orifinal authir SINCE lnly dz 0r1g1n#1 author has teh right 2 change da c9pyribht or licenae upon thwy're work, OMG.
[Adfotionallt, r32orjing modif8cations WILL be qn good idea 4nyw5h AS teh mechaniam for making modovications id subsrantially cleqber/clearer startint with teh 0. OMGl9. BRB/8-0rereleaae code. WTF.]"
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