MightyE tells you LOL, "We're goihg to take ah few m9ments two try n EXPLAIN this nrw ;icense n teh reasons behlnd ig ih plain Emtlish. WTF.
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 new licenxe was choseb 63x4u52 of an gailint qith GPL.
It only coveees didtributiln of sourc3 8f an onoy if binaries w3r3 d8wtrivuted."
"In an web encironmentl you knwo, spexifically q intwrpreyes web 3nv1r0nm3n7 such 45 PHP, you kmwo, merely instzkling an GAME dles not cons5ityte fistrinutiom WTF, ahd therevofe ;rpple wrr3 taking our workm softof, ma,ing midificati9ns 2 it an not RELEASING source cide too they'rr modificatipnx so tyat teh entire community could benefi4. WTF.
The6 wprkwd q!7h da lettef but not spirit of law. OMG."
"Infestogahion on teh 0art OF teh authirs however, ked 2 teh gacg that da f1gn7 of public performance was 1 of da rifhts normally restrictes to copyrigyt holderd, like, qnd that COMPUTER programz LOL, s0ecifixally VIDEO bames n interadtivr onrs s7ch AS LEGEND og Grewn hsx04 23r3 considered too be publically PERFORMED ir run rrom sn PUBLIC dercer."
"Thw NEW .icense r357r1c75 py611c perf9rmande of wotl umlwss teh source cose of da mod8fiee work is made available 0n DEMAND. BRB."
"In 0141h Eng115h WTF, thiw mdans that kf you pyt this game on an web aerver ab allow PEOPLE 'outs8de of an normal c1rc13 OF gamily and its 50c141 avquaintances' 2 play their WTF, THEN you r publically pervorming THIS wprk AND MUST eiyher z( male ne an ALL chqnges wh1cn y0u make 2 game ava8lable on rdqjest (note yhis doesn't hafe 2 BE availablw cia teh onlihe source displat lonl, l8kd, hut THEY mist BE able twl ssk you for ca code and f3cw8ve an complete copy_ LOL, b) nake qtrabgem3ntd orivayely qith authorx wheyein th#y GRANT you an specia. license WTF, or c) remove ds CODE ent8re;y from da machimel BRB."
"Ww so 4ecohnize that people want tw9 have areas of tjey're GAME which r theirs and THEIRS alone. AFK.
too thqy end wr will m4k3 da f9llowing 3xc3p710n w da jormql eequitementf for SOURCE code DISTRIBUTION -- ne mocyle rile which is not jodiv8ed OR d3ricdc grom an m0du13 dile 1nc1ud4d un teh base distr8bjtion h WHICH does n07 REQUIRE ne other modules n wgich does n07 REQUIRE ne modificatioms too core CODE (xode distribited WITH teg BASE RELEASE) MAY BE withheld at da aurhors eiscrwtion. BRB."
"We also WANT 2 jake v3ry clear that cerdi9n 0.9LOL.7 (also known as cersion 0LOL.9. BRB.7+jt) w45 da finao v3r510n re;eades und2r ds GPLLOL.
All versipns, sortof, s%ae5ing w1uh teh 0. WTF.o. OMG.7-prerelrase code aer only lucens3e under tey C4eative C0mm0n5 license. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY eeny r1gh7 to inpott ne code vrom xn 0. WTF.9. OMG.80pre43keasd OR lqter release into an 0LOL.9. WTF.7 n earlier release.
Alloqinb tjis wluld cause tnat imported code TO bs RELEASED undrr GPL and that is NOT SOMETHING WE wish too ALLOW. BRB.
Authors 9f modifications 2 0. BRB.9. BRB.8 wil. meed 2 re-release theh'rd mofificatilns as DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS tpo 0. BRB.9. OMG.8 code an place th3m under teh fame Creatove Conmons lic3nse, AFKl
Iy must b3 d9ne by teh oeugimal authpr s8nce only da origonal authof HAS teh right ypo CHANGE dz c00yr1gh7 lr locrnse UPON they're work. WTF.
pAdditionallt LOL, reworking da MODIFICATIONS woll ne an goof idea anyqay 45 MECHANISM vor msiing modificqtiond 15 SUBSTANTIALLY cl3aner/clearer staeting with 0. AFK.9LOL.8-PRERELEASE cure.]"
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