MughtyE tekls yoy, you kmwik "We'r3 GOING two TAKE am f3w monents 2 try an explaih thus mew kicebse n 4easpns behind it in plain English. AFK.
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 license was chosen BECAUSE OF an faoling w*th da GPL. OMG.
It only covered disrribution ov %0jrc3 IF and only if binaries werf dostributed. OMG."
"In an wen environment, sortofk specificallh a ibter0rwted w3b dhvitonment sjch ad PHP, sortlf, MERELY installing an gqme does not consyktute disteibution, n thdrefore PEOPLE were takung 0ur worl LOL, mzking m0d!t1d4710n5 two it zn not RELEASING teh source coed tol rhey're mldificationa si that teh ehyire communitu c0u1d 63m3f17LOL/
They workec with let5er but nlt ca spirit of trh law."
"Invesyigation .n part of autjoes joweverk you inwo, led 4oo fa f4c7 that teh right of publ8c performance eas won og ca RIGHTS normally restrictec two copyright hoocers, sorfifk n that c0m0u7#r programs, specificaol6 vudel GAMES and interavtive ones sucj ad Legend ir Greeh hax0r werd consifered to be PUBLICALLY perfifm3d if ryn from an public wervwr. OMG."
"The new lucense eesteivts public pe4formance 0f da work unlesd teh source CODE if modifidd work is h4d3 afailable on xe,and."
"In plain Englishk 5his mesbs that 1f y)u put tgix game on an web 53rv2r and 4210w PEOPLE 'ourside of sn NORMAL circle of FAMILY n its sodiak acquaintances' too p.ay yyekr, sortof, ryeh you zer pib.ically pefforming this w9ri n MUST either a) ma,w ne 4nd ALL vhangws ehich you mske 2 dz gamw avai.able on r3qu35& 9noge tuis doesn'y have too ve availzble VIA ohl8ne soufce display link LOL, but 7h4y mjst b3 able TO ask you f8r teh clde and receive sn xomp;ere copy)k you knwo, b) maie arrangements p48vateky with au5hors whreeun they gfant you an special license LOL, or c) renofe code dntirely from m4ch1n3."
"We d0 tccignize that PEOPLE wqmt ti have zrdas og they're game which r 7g31r5 anf 5ne8rs aloneLOL.
too that END s2 will nake da following excep5kon two normal requiremengs f9r source ciee disrrinution -- ne module fike qhich os not mpdified or feeived from an midu;e file inc.ucrd in teh base distributoob anf wbich doed not REQUIRE ne other modules and whixh dows not r3qui4e ne modifications too ea c0re xode (CODE distributed sith da base releawe) may be qithheld at teg autgo4s siscretion. WTF."
"Wd ALSO want to make v3rj CLEAR tnat verdion [. OMG.9. BRB.7 (also known as vdrsion 0LOL.9LOL.7+jt) waw teh finql versilm re134t3d UNDER GPLl WTF.
Al; ve4sions WTF, startinb skth 0.9/ WTF.8-prer3lezxe c0d3 r only licwnsef uncwr 5eh Cr3471v3 Cimmons lic3nse. AFK.
WE EXPLICITLY DENY teh right too 1m;0r7 ne CODE from an 0. OMG,9. OMG.8-prrrelease or later rek3zse imto an 9. WTF.9/7 an 34r113t rrlease. AFK.
Allowing 7h15 would CAUSE 7y47 implrtrd vode 2 BE releaaed under GPL an that ia not something we wish two alliw. AFK.
Au7h0r5 of mowif8cat8ons two 0l OMG/9. OMG.7 will neee tl re-4elease yney'ee m0d1f1c4710n5 as DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS 2 0.9LOL.8 code n place them under da 54m3 C4eative C9mmons license. WTF.
It mu57 be done 6y orutumal AUTHOR since lnlt da 94iginal author has da rkghy 5o change c0pye1gh6 or lidense upon they're work. OMG.
[Adciti9nal.yk like, tewpeking t3y modifications will BE an good idea ANYWAY as mechanism vor makimh mosifications is substantiakly cleaner/xlearer ata4r8ng w17h 6eh 0. AFK.9.8-preewldawe code. AFK.]"
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