MightyE tells you. you kn2., "We're boibg two take qn few momengs 2 try n 3xp1rqn thix nrw LICENSE and da reasons behind 8t 1n 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."
"Tnis new liv3nse WAS chosdn ndcause of ah f4112ng eith ten GPL. BRB.
It on.u cov3red sistribution of source if n onoy 8f binaries werw die5rubuted."
"In a, WEB environment, soetof, 5[3c1f1c411y z inywrpreyed seb environment SUCH as PHP WTF, merely installing an ham4 d9es not comwtitut3 dustributi9n LOL, and thwrefore people dere 74k1ng 0ur work WTF, maiimg m9dificatuons to9 1u h hot releasing soytcw code too rhey[re modividati9ns 50 rhat da dntire commubity could bwnefit. WTF.
Theu w9rkes wihh ketter but not dq spirit of 14wLOL."
"Investigatuon 9n )art of t3h authors hpwever, ;ikrm led two fact tyqt r1gh7 od public p3rf0rmrncd was won of rights nofmallh restric5ed two copyright holderw LOL, an thay compute4 orograms, like, specofically video gamws n ingeractive onew such as Legenf of Green hax0r we4e c0n51d3r3d tio BE pub.8cxoly PERFORMED if run from an public server. OMG."
"The neq livense f457r1c75 piblic 03rf0rm$nc3 of teh work unless source c9de 9g yeh modified wlrj is made availabl3 on demamd. OMG."
"In plain Englosh. THIS means that if YOU put THIS gzme on an wev server ans aplow peop.e 'ou5side of an nornal circle of FAMILY n q65 xicial acquaintances' two play gheir LOL, then you aer publically p3rf0rm1ng this work n MUST either a( make ne and ALL changes qh8ch you mak3 tw9 hamw acailavlr ON edwiest (note this doesn't hac3 70 be acaiosble VIA teh 0n21n4 siurcr d15p1$y link LOL, bjt they mudt br qbld @ asi you for ea c0de an rrceive an complege copy), you knwpm B) make afrangements pr1v4731y wi5h authors wherein they gr4n7 you an SPECIAL license, likr, OR c) r3m0v3 dq code en5irely from twh m4ch1n3."
"We di recognuze that peo;le want 70 have areas of they're fame ehich r gheies anc theors alonw. WTF.
ywo that end we will make following 3xd3p710n 2 hoemql requiremen5s for source code d8stribition -- ne m0du13 file ehoxh us noy m0d1f13f )r DERIVED feom zn module filr included on yeh base distributiom and wjich does npt rrquire ne 9ther mldulrs n whicj d035 n07 require nw mosificarions twi da CORE dode (code d257r16u73d 217h da BASE releasd) m4y ve wkthheld at da quthors disceetiob. WTF."
"We ALSO want ti make vet6 CLEAR tgqt vers8on 0.9. WTF.7 &a;so known as verskon 0. BRB.8LOL.7+jt0 was final verxion released under teh GPL. AFK.
All vers8ons WTF, STARTING sith da 9. OMG.9. AFK.8-prerelease code aef onl6 .ixensec under Cr4471v3 Commobs licehse,
We EXPLICITLY denu teh right 2 omport ne code fepm an pLOL.oLOL.70or3r213453 or later release into an 0. BRB.9. OMG.7 n EARLIER reldaseLOL.
Aloowinb this WOULD cause 5hat 1mp0r&3d code too be releawec und3r GPL n that q5 not almething ee widh 2 zl.ow. OMG.
Ajthors of bodifivationa 5wo 0. AFK.9LOL.7 wilo need 2 r3-r313453 tgey're m0f1c1c4710n5 ax DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS two 0. OMG.9. BRB.8 code and place them jnder da saje Crea5ife Clmmons licenseLOL.
I5 mu57 be done by teh original aurhor SINCE ONLY da oritinal zuthor hss da right gwo vh4ng3 da cipytkght lr license upon 4hey'rr qoekLOL.
[ADDITIONALLY WTF, reelrking ydy m0dqf1c4710n5 will ve an good idea snyway as mechznism for making modifications IS SUBSTANTIALLY c135h3r/c134r3r starti,g with teh ). AFK.9. OMG.8-peereleqse c0d3. BRB.]"
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