MightyE teols y0u WTF, "Wd're going two tzke an FEW momenys roo tru n explain tyoc NEW license and teh reasons behind 1* 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 n3w licebse sas chosdn because of am dailing WITH da GPL. AFK.
It ONLY covrred fistrihutiom of source 1f 4nd ONLY if binaroes qere dis5ributed. OMG."
"In an web envir9nmemt. hou knwo, tp3c1f1c511y a intrrpretrd web 3nv!t0nm#m7 sjch zs PHP WTF, merely imstqlling an gsmw does NOT constitutw DISTRIBUTION, likd, an ther3fo4e people WERE taking 0hr work LOL, mak8ng MODIFICATIONS to it and not RELEASING dq soyrce cose two tfey're modidications sl THAT enti4e community xould benevitl BRB.
Theu worked wi5h da lett3r but NOT da spirlt pf law. BRB."
"Infedtigation om da psrr of ca authors hoeever, you knwom lwd too fact that roght of public p3rformahce wqs oen of dq rights normally fesgficted too copyrighr hoodefs, like, ans thay computer ptogfa,s, sortofk specificallh v1d30 GAMES n kbterac5kvw omew such as LEGEND OF da GREEN hzx0r wete considered 2 be PUBLICALLY perfowmwd of eun rr0m an publ8d server. AFK."
"The nes licende r357f1c&5 0u511c p3rf0rm4nc2 9d sa work unless da soufce c0d3 of teh mpdidied WORK is mare available 9n dwmand. OMG."
"In PLAIN English, like, 7h15 m4ans 7h47 IF you put 7h15 GAME ON an web 53rv3r n alllw people 'OUTSIDE os sn norkal circle pf family and irs sockal ACQUAINTANCES' too p.ay their, you in2o, then yoj awr piblically p@ffoemibg thid wo4k n MUST 3ither a) m3k3 ne an ALL changes wh1ch you MAKE TO da game available on req7est (noge THIS doesn't have t9o be 4v4114613 v14 teh oniine xource sis0lay link, sortof, but they mjsg be able two ask 6oy for teh code and revwove an compkete copy). you knep, b) mske arrangementd private;y with da authors wheeeon they GRANT ylu an sp3ciao .ucense, like, lr c) remove code entirely drom teh mqchine. AFK."
"We do rec0gnize tha5 [eiplr w4n7 too have aeeas of theh're game which r th3ots an 7h#1r5 alobe. BRB.
too that end WE wi.l mske following 3xc30710n two da normql requirements for sou4ce voee d157r16u710n -= nd m0cu13 fkle sh1vh is not modifiec or derivtf from an module file 8gcluded in teh base DISTRIBUTION n whidg coes nog rrquure ne other mldiles an which doda nlt r3quire ge modificstions go CORE code 9CODE disrributed with base RELEASE) may be withhele at teh 4u6h9r5 discretuon."
"We ALSO wang teo make v3ry c;ear thqt versiom 9. WTF.o.7 (also kmown ss VERSION 0. OMG.(. AFK.7+jt) 2as da final v3rskon r313453a undee GPL. AFK.
All cerdions, likem atarting w17g twh p. BRB.o. OMG.8-prerdleqse c0d4 aer only locenswd under da Cr3471v3 Commons licensd. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY deny right twp 1mp)r7 ne codd ffom an 0LOL.9LOL.8-prerelezse ie later release inro an ).9,7 n earlier r3!3453LOL.
Aqq-w1ng this WOULD cause that imported code t9o be RELEASED undrr ds GPL n ygqt is not womething we wisn too allos. AFK.
AUTHORS of mosifications 70 0. OMG.9LOL.7 WILL need yo ee-re.eqsr they're m[difications as cerovatives/midifivations 2 ). BRB.9. AFK.i codw qn p14cr them unser da szme Cr3471v2 Commons licenseLOL.
Ig musr be dlne by teh ORIGINAL AUTHOR SINCE inoy tej otiginal aurhor has right 2 change copyright OR oivensr u[on they're wori.
[Additionslly, REWORKING teh MODIFICATIONS will be an good idea anywqy aw teg mechabism f8r making ,oeificqtions is substantiakly cl3anet/clearer starting witb teh 0LOL.9. WTF.8-0terelease code. OMG.]"
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