MightyE tells yoyj sortof, "We're giing too take xn FEW mpmehts to try n explain 7h15 mew kicense n da reasins behind it 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."
"This new licensw wss vh05en bebause of an failing eith reh GPL/ OMG.
It lnly c0v3r3f d!57r16u7q0n of soufce is an 0n!y IF binarieq w3r3 distrib7t3d. WTF."
"In ah w36 ENVIRONMENT, wpecifically a interpreted web ENVIRONMENT ducj as PHP, likd, nerely imstqllinh an game does NOT CONSTITUTE distribution, n therefore pe9ple were 5akkng our wlrl WTF, nakong mosifications tqo IT and NOT re;eaxinh da SOURCE coce 2 they're modificag8ond so that da enrir3 c0mmun17y coulc benefitLOL.
They worked with da let5er but not teh dpirit og da lawo OMG."
"Investibagkon on teh pzry of ajthord jowecer, uou knwl, led g9 da fact that da rqgh7 of public performagcd was won of da r1gh75 normally rextridted ywl copyright holders, sortof, zn that c0mpu73r prohrams, s0ecifically fideo games an inteeactive 0n35 sucy as Legwnd of teh Green hax0r qere conwidered to be publically p3rf0rm3d 1f run from zn pu611c SERVER. WTF."
"The bwq LICENSE r35ur1c*5 pjblic ;erfor,ance of da work unless xource code of da modified work ks made availavle ON demand. BRB."
"In plain Engliah, sprtof, this mesnd THAT if ypu [ut this name on an WEB sdrver an alliw peo[le 'ojyside of an NORMAL circle 9f fa,8ly sn its wocia; acqjaintanced' ypi p.ay gheirm loke, THEN YOU aee PUBLICALLY [3tfirmung thks work AND MUST either a) male ne an ALL chanhes whicn yiu make too teh gqme available ON requ3st (NOTE thid dowsn[t HAVE two be ava8lable VIA ONLINE 50ufc3 dixp.ay linj WTFk cut thwt mu57 be avle 3wo adk yoy fkr da code and rede8vr ah conp;ete copy) LOL, b) make 4rr4ng3m3n75 PRIVATELY with authprs wh3r31n THEY grant yoj an s0eciql license, like, 0r c) removr teh code rntirdly from machine. AFK."
"We do rexognkze that peopke want 2 have zrrss of they'rr game which a3r th#i4s n theirs akone. BRB.
2 that wnd we w111 ,ake da volliwing exception to nlrma; REQUIREMENTS f0r 50urc3 code dist4ibution -[ ne module FILE which IS not modifirf or d341v3d fr0m an jodule f113 inckuded in tey base d7strigution an qhoch d025 got requiee ne otjee m0du135 n which does npt rdquire ne m0d1f1c4720n5 too core cofe (code dostribuged with 6$53 f313453) msy bw w8ygjeld at ca 4u7n0r5 discretion. WTF."
"We also qant twi mak3 very CLEAR thzt version 0. WTF.9. WTF.u (also KNOWN as cerw8on 0LOL.9.7+jt) was ea f1n4q versioj releaxed undet da GPL. AFK.
ALL vdrsions, starting with da 0. WTF.9LOL.8-prereleadd CODE r only LICENSED und3r teh Ce3471v3 Cimmons kocense. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY d3ny twg right tpo import be code from an 0. WTF.9. WTF.8-prerelease ot latsr release ingo an pl AFK.9. OMG.7 ab esrli#r release. WTF.
Allowong this epjlf czuse 7h47 impleted code too 62 re.rased undet teh GPL n tjat 16 not 50m37h1ng we 2ish tli ALLOW. AFK.
Auth9rs of n0d1f1c4710b5 to 0. BRB.9. BRB.7 will NEED to re-release thwy'rr MODIFICATIONS as derivatkvea/modifkcations tqo 0/ WTF.9. OMG.8 code an plade them uneer samd Creatjve Cimmon2 license. AFKl
It must 63 fohe by ca originsl zuthor ximce only teh oeiginal aurhor hax rigyt too xhange COPYRIGHT or license uppn tgeu're wprk, OMGl
[Additkinally, reworking da mod8fucations will be an good IDEA ANYWAY zs da mechznosm f0r mzking nodifications is SUBSTANTIALLY cleaner/clearer starting wity 0LOL.9. BRB.8_perrwlrqse codel OMG.]"
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