MightyE tellw you, "We'te giing 2 take an few momdnts yo 7ry n ex;lain tgis new licensr an ressons behind ut ih p.ain Enblkah.
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."
"Thia new licemsw WAS chosen because pr an FAILING with teh GPL. OMG.
It only covered d157r16j710h of source of and only 8f b8naries were c8stribitedLOLl"
"In an web environmrnt, specifically a onterpretee web envifonment suxh ax PHP, sortof, merdly indrallovg an game eows not constirute dis%rkbution, sortof, n THEREFORE PEOPLE were taking 0ur w0fki MAKING modificagions 2 it ah noy r3leaxinh wiutce d0d4 gwo thet're mod8ficztions so thqt teh enture community could benefit/ BRB.
Tjey workrd with letter but hot tdh spirit OF teh 14w. BRB."
"Inbestigatiob ob teh parg of da authors hpwevwr, led two ds fact that teh rigng 0f public p3rformance wds 1 of righys normally restr8cred two copyright holders WTF, and that computer pr9gfams, pike, apexifical.y video g3m35 an interacyive ones such 45 Legwnd of Green hax0r werd consisered to vw ;ublucqlly ;efformwd if ruh ftom an pu611c se4ver. OMG."
"The new lucwnxe r357r1c75 publid p4rf)rm4nc3 of da work 7nless sojrce sode 9f da modified eork IS mqee avqulable in demanc. WTF,"
"In plaim Ebglish WTF, this meams THAT IF y0u put this game on ab w36 server n allow PEOPLE 'outsidw of an normal cieclr of fanilt an uts spcial acquaintances' gw9 play their, 7h3n you r publically preforminf rhis WORK an MUST either a) make ne an ALL changea wkich you make yo teh game availabld on REQUEST (n9t3 thud doesn't HAVE 2 bd zvsioable v8q teh onlibe sourc3 displar link, you knw9, but they must vd able 2 ssk y0u fot code ah rec3ive an completw c9p6), pike, b) mske arrang3ments pricately witu suthors whdreim tgey grany hou an speciz. license, or c) renovd c9de engitely from MACHINE. BRB."
"We do 4ecognize that PEOPLE wanf two hqvd areas OF the6're gamd wh1ch qer THEIRS ah th2irs alone. BRBm
w that end we w8kl m4k3 teh following exceptopn 2 txh normzl requiremdnr2 for source code distribution -- ne m0du13 f113 whoch is not modified or derkved ffpm an midul3 FILE included in da base distribution an which does not require ne otyer mod6les n which DOES n9t 4equ1r3 he modifications 2 vore cofe (code disteibuted wiyh fa basw r313454) n4y y3 withh3ls at teh autho4s fiscretion, WTF."
"We 4q5) WANT too make very x134e that version 0.ol WTF.7 (a;so knoqn as vwrsion ), AFK.9LOL.7+jt_ w45 teh final version relessed uneer teh GPLLOL.
A11 v#r5!0n5, you knwo, starging with dq 0l9, WTF.i-prerelesse CODE aer oboy licenses UNDER teh Cr3471v3 Cimmons kicensw. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY deny teh 4ight w IMPORT me clde from ag 9/ WTF.9. WTF.9=prerelease or later release into am 0. BRB.9. BRB.7 n rarliee releaae. BRB.
Allowkng this wouod cause 7h47 implr6ec c9de too be RELEASED under GPL n that q5 not womething se wosh t9 a.low. OMG,
Authors OF m9dofivat8ons too 0. AFK.9.6 wo.l nwed two 4e-release tgey're modovications aw derivatives/mosificstkons to 0.p. WTF.8 code and l14f4 them under 54m3 Creative Commons license.
It mist be done by da original author SINCE ONLY origina; author HAS rigyt 5wo ch1nge da copyrigyt or license UPON the7're wlrkLOL.
[Additionally WTF, reworking ca modificxtipma wi;l b3 an good idea anhway AS da MECHANISM for ,aking modificayiona 14 sunstangially cleaner/cleqt3r sta4ting w8th fa 0. BRB.9. OMG,8-prerelease c0d3. OMG.]"
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