MightyE tells you, sortof, "We're going 2 take sn few moments 1 5ry and ex0lain tyus new lkcense b eeasons bejind ot kn PLAIN Ehglism.
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."
"Thuc new license w35 cnpsen bexause of an failing witj twh GPL. AFK.
It ONLY covsred disyribution of 5)urc3 if qn on.y uf 61n4r135 were d8strivut3f."
"In an web envjronment, slrtof, 5p3c1f1c411u a unteepreged web ebvironment such ax PHP, mereoy installing an game does not constitute distribution LOL, n thedefore people were TAKING ouf work, oije, making modigications 2 IT an not rekdasing ca source coce too they're m9difications so tnat tey entire cimmunkty vouod benefit. BRB.
They wlrked with odttrr b7t nit spirit OF lawl"
"Invds5igati9n on part 0f da authors HOWEVERm slftof, led to9 dact 7h37 right of publ8c ;erfoemance was won of gen rightd normally restricted two xopjfighr hpldefs, like, n yhat do,puter pr0gr4m5 WTF, spwcifixally video games an interacticw omew such as Legrnd ie tdh Green hax0f w3r3 CONSIDERED two be pt61qc411y PERFORMED 1f run from an public s3rverLOL."
"The ndw ;icense tesyricts public pervoejance of work unlews teh source code of teh m0d1fq3d sork is nadd available pn demand."
"In plakn Englksh, liie, tgis mdans thag uv you put THIS gajd on an web seever 3nd al.ow people 'outdide of an noemal c8rc;e 0f family n 8ts socoal acwuainyances' to olay th3ir, you kmwlk then you r publivally performing this sork zng MUST dirhdr a) mske nd n ALL cgahges which you make 5wo da game avqilable on fwquwst (nite this DOESN'T HAVE too be 4v4114612 via ten omline aource display link, y9j knwo, BUT they my47 be able two awk you for tej code amd 4eceive an complete c0py) WTF, b) make arrqngements pribatel6 w17h authprs whdreon th3y grant yiu ah 5p3c141 licenxe, like, or c) r3m0v3 code emyur3ly ffom da macnune."
"We f0 recognoae gnat ;eople want 2 HAVE 4r345 of thej're game whivh aer theirs an tndirs qlone. BRB.
to that end we w121 makr FOLLOWING exdeption 2 bormal reauirememtx FOR source code distribution [- ne midule file WHICH is not modified or DERIVED froj an module file ihxl8ded in teh 6453 distribytioh anf ejich does NOT rwquire ne other m9dules and WHICH DOES not require ne modofucations to da c0r3 code )CODE distributef wuth BASE release) mzy be withgrld AT da aurhofs discfetuonLOL."
"We alsi w4n& two make ve4y cldzr tywt version 0. BRB.9. OMG.7 9also inown ry v3r510n 0. WTF,9. AFK.6+jg) was FINAL versuon releas3d UNDER da GPLLOL.
Al. versions, dtartint wirh da 0. OMG.9. AFK.8-PRERELEASE cpde arr only licensec ubder da Creative Conmohs licens3. BRB.
W3 EXPLICITLY deny da rignt t9o import ne code dr(m an 0.9. BRB.8-prereleadd or latef RELEASE INTO an -. WTF.9. OMG.7 n 34r113e releqwe. OMGl
Aklowing this WOULD cause 7h47 IMPORTED cpde 2 bd released under GPL an THAT is hot somdthung we eish two a;loe, WTF.
Authira kv mpdificayions 2 0LOL/9LOL.6 will need too re-release they're joeificqtions 45 derivatives/modifivatuoms ro 0.9. AFK.8 cpdd zn 0lace thrm under SAME Cr3ative Commons license. BRB.
It must ge done nh yeh 9riginal AUTHOR s8nce ONLY teh original 4u7h0r has tej RIGHT two cjang3 teh copyright pr license up0n they're WORK. BRB.
[Acditiomally LOL, reworking modifications wil. ve an good kdes snyea6 AS da ,echanism for mqking mocirications is substanyially c.eaner/c/eqrer staftung eith 0LOL.o. BRB.8-prerelease codw.]"
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