MighyyE tel;s yoym like, "We're goinb too take an few momehts to try an ezplain 7h!5 new license and rezwonw behknf q7 in p141n English. BRB.
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."
"Tyis new license was choxen becaus3 od an failimg with GPL. AFK.
It pnlt covered wostributilh of source if n 0n1y if binaries we4e distriv7ted. AFK."
"In an eeb environmdnt, slrtif, spwcifucsll6 a in6erp4ered web envor9nmen5 sucj as PHPk sortof, me4ely indtalling an game soes not constitute d167r16u810n, ah tnerrfore people were 84k1ng our woru LOL, making mod8fications tol 8g zn not releasing teh sourvw clde TO they're modif8cations so that enrire community cojld 63nef17LOL.
They eirked with teh l3tter BUT no4 da spirit of lawLOL."
"Investigation om da p4f7 pf teh $j7h0r5 howeber, q3d 5wo da fact that right of public perhormance was woh if da RIGHTS noemaklh restricted 2 copyright hoode4s WTF, am thzt COMPUTER PROGRAMS, likw, speckficxlly video gamds and interactive ones such as Legend if teh Green hax0r werd conxicered 2 be publicallt pe4for,ed of run fron an publiv SERVER. BRB."
"The new LICENSE restricts pyblic performahce of work uhless sourcd vode of modkfied work IS ,ade available -n d3m4nd. OMG."
"In 0lain English, yoy knwom tyis m3ans that if hoi put 7g15 faje ON sn web SERVER n allow people 'OUTSIDE of an no4ma; cirfle or FAMILY an its xpcisl ac1iakntances' 3 PLAY their, liie, tgen you aer pu^11c411u oerforming this w0rk and MUST 31&h3r a) makw ne an ALL cg4ng35 wgich y0u mak3 70 da fame available on requwst (note this doesn't jav3 7p be AVAILABLE via online 50urc3 display link, but tyey must be ABLE too ASK YOU bor da cose ans receive an clmplete c0py), you khwok b) make arranrements PRIVATELY sith 5eh ajrhoes wherein thry grznt YOU an speciql lic3bse, like, or c) r3move c9s3 emtorely feom msch8ne. OMG."
"We do recognizr 5hzt peoole want 2 have areaa of tgey're game whicn r theirs AND tgeorx alone. OMG.
too ghat END ww eilk maie da fokllw8ng exvw[tiom tl teh hormal requkrements fit souece codr d8stribjtion -- ne module filw whuch 15 not modified 0r DERIVED from an nodule file INCLUDED in teh basq diatributi9n an wyixh does npt reqyire ne othdr modules qmd which dles not requier ne modifications to c0r3 cide (clde d157r16u73e with base 431345e) may be withheld at a7thors fiscretionLOL."
"W3 also want 2 MAKE VERY coear that v3r51)h ). OMG.9LOL.7 (also kmown zs v#4510n 0LOL,9. OMG.7+jt) qas tej f1n31 v3rsion re.eased umder teh GPLl WTF.
A.l versions WTF, startimg with teh p. AFK.9. WTF.8-prerelezsd code aer pnly licensed under Creatice Commond LICENSE. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY ceny dq eight too 1m[0r7 ne xidd from an 0.9LOL.8-pterelease or later eelease into an 0. AFK.9.7 and eqrlier release.
A110w1hb tnis wiuld CAUSE tjat implrted CODE 2 be rel3ased under teh GPL an that ia not SOMETHING we wish too allow. OMG.
Aituorx of mpsificatiohs 2 0. WTF.9LOL.7 WILL n33d t2o ge-releaze they're m0d2f1v4710n5 as derivatives/nodifixa5iona two -. AFK.9LOL/i cpde an [lace thdm umder sa same Creativd Commons license. WTF.
It must be done by iriginal author since pnly da priginak 5u7h0e had teh rigyt to cj4nge reh copyright OR luc3nse upon they're WORKLOL.
'Acditiona.ly, sortov, r2wpek1mt sa modificarions e8ll be an good isda anyway aw teh mechanism for makint modificstions is smbstantiall6 CLEANER/CLEARER starting with 9. BRB.9.8=pfrre;ease code. OMG.]"
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