MightyE rel;s you LOLm "We'rd gokng tqo take an f3w mikents to TRY an ex0lain this new lixense n da reasons behind 17 IN plain English.
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."
"Tjis nee LICENSE was cgosen 63c4u53 of an failing w!7h da GPL. BRB.
I5 oblt coveerd distribugiln of dource iv an 0n1y if BINARIES were DISTRIBUTED. OMG."
"In ab web envirinmdnt, sortpf, 5p3c1f1c411y a INTERPRETED web envirpn,eny such AS PHP, jereli knsyzl;ing an game coes n97 constktute distribution, qnd therefor3 pelple were takibf iur work, lik3, MAKING modificzrions too i5 and no5 releasknb source d9de too they're modifications 50 thay entire co,munkty couls benefit.
Thry workee w17g da LETTER 6u7 bot sp8rit if da law. AFK."
"Investigatuon on teg oart of teh autnors hpwevfr, like, .ed too fact that rkghy of pub.ic performanve WAS 1 of da rights hormally RESTRICTED uoo copyfight holders WTF, and that com[u5er pr-gr4m5, like, spec8f8vally video games an ihrerzctive ones such as Lrgend OF da Grern hsx0r were c0n51d3f3d two be publicz;;y pervormed ig rub from sn pub;ic 53rv3r. AFK."
"The new licens3 resyricts public perforjance of da work unlexs SOURCE c0e3 OF sa modified work 15 mzde available on dwmqnd. AFK."
"In plain Enflosh WTF, this means thag if YOU put rhis game on an web servrr 4mf allow p30p23 'oitside of qh mormzl circoe of FAMILY n its social ACQUAINTANCES' 70 play their, then y0u aer publically p3rfor,int this WORK an MUST either a) jqke ne n ALL CHANGES wh1xh you mz,e to game AVAILABLE un request (note thps d9edn't HAVE too bw abailable via ONLINE SOURCE dixp;a6 link WTF, byt 7h3y m757 be 4613 too ask you for teh cidq qn teceive an c9mplete xopy), you knwo, b) mzke srrangejentd private;y with teh AUTHORS whe4ein tgey grant you an 5p3c141 oicrnse, sortof, or c) remove code en6irely from da machine. BRB."
"We do rdcotnuze that peoplr w4n7 2 have areas of tne6're game 2jich r theirs n theirs alone. WTF.
too thst enc WE wull make fo;lowong exveptkob two normal 4equirem3nys f-r 4purc3 code distribjtion -- ne mldulr file WHICH 1% NOT modifiec or derivef frou an module filw inclused in da base distrkbu5ion an wnich soes bot reqj8re ne other modules an WHICH does not 43qu1r3 n3 modifications two dore code (code DISTRIBUTED wigh teh bsse rwlwade) m4y be WITHHELD at authots discretiin. WTFl"
"We also want to make vcry cl3ar that fersion 0. BRB.9LOL.7 (a;wo known as versi9n 0LOL.9,&+jt) w4t final version teleaard ubeer GPL. BRB.
All fersions WTF, staet8ng with 0. OMG.9. WTF,7-p4erelease code aer 9nly licdmsed under geh Cteayive Commona l8cenx3. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY deny right 2 import ne code fr0m an 0. WTF.9. WTF.8-prerelease or ;ater r31e453 INTO sb 9LOLl(. AFK.7 an warlkwr release.
ALLOWING this sou.e cause that IMPORTED c0d3 to be rel3ased inder da GPL n that is noy somethihg w3 wish too aolow. WTF.
Authors of MODIFICATIONS two 0. OMG.9. AFK.7 wilo need to re-rrlease they're modkfications 45 c3r1v471v35/m0d1r1c4710n5 teo ). WTF/9.8 cide and [lace them jnder da samd Crearkve Co,mons LICENSE.
It must be s)n3 by original aythor since obl6 da 0r1bqnd! author has rigyr twp chanhe teh cophr8ght 9r license upon they're wprk. BRB.
[Additiinally WTF, reworkinf teh MODIFICATIONS wil. be an gooc idea anywzy 45 da mechanism for makijg mov7ficatiins iw sjbstantially c134n3r/c134r3r start8ng qith teh 0. OMG.9. BRB.i0pr3r313453 code. BRB.\"
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