MifgtyE tells you WTF, "Wd'e3 going to TAKE an FEW moments tso try an explain tgis n3w license anw reasons b3hind 8t ih 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."
"Thos b3w license was choseh bevause of an railing w17h da GPL.
It only covered sisgeibutiob of sourcr kf an only 1f binaries wwrd distribur3d. BRB/"
"In an s36 environment LOL, s;ecifically a interprerrf WEB emfirobment %uch as PHP, like. merely instaloinb an game d03t not constitute distrubut8in, you knwo, an thererpre 0eople were tzking ouf work, lile, mzkkbg m0d1fqc4710n5 2 it an not rwleas8hv source dode roo thwy'4e modificationx so that entirr community could benefit. WTF.
THEY worked with da letter but nog 5eh SPIRIT 0f law. WTF."
"Investigation in oart OF teh a7thora howeberm you knwo, led @ tej FACT thay teh ribht of pyblix perfirmzmce eaa won ov RIGHTS NORMALLY restricyee two copyright h01d3r5 LOL, qnd that cpmputer pe0gr4m5, liue, specifucally v1de0 g4m35 an kntrractive ONES such as L3g3nd of teg GREEN nax0r qere c[ns8dered to ve puglivally pwrfo4med if run g40m an PUBLIC server. AFK."
"Tye bew licehse restticts [ublic PERFORMANCE of da work unlesd teh apurcr c0d3 of ,odifiwd work is made availabke on ermand. WTF."
"In plain Enhlosh, x9rtof, this means that if you put this gsme on an web server an allow PEOPLE 'outside of an normal circle OF fzmily an its socjal ACQUAINTANCES' two play tn3ir, sortog, THEN you aer pu611c411t pervormint this work an MUST eityer a) mzkd ne an ALL changes wh1xh you make TO tej game AVAILABLE on rwquest 9note this doesn't have two be availqb;e v14 t3h onkibe aoyrce d15p14y linkm likd, but they must be avle t9o ask you g0r da fode n eeceive an c0mp137e cop6), sortof, b) make artangementw p4iba5eoy with teh zuthors wherein they grant uou an special lkcende, hou knwo, or C_ temovd fz codw 2n71r32y fr0m teh machine."
"Wr do rexognizd thzt oeople want to nave 4r345 or they[re game whidy aer theirw m theirs a.one. WTF.
too that wbf we wull make da follosing excwption rwo n0em4! requiremrbts for siurce code eistribution -= ne m9dule f1q3 whicj 15 npt nodified or derived fr0m an mpfu;e f8oe included in 6453 DISTRIBUTION n wgich does not 4equire ne other moeules an sh1ch foes not r3qu1r3 ne modifications 5o core vode (code distfobuted with t3h BASE release) may be wk5hhd.d at aubhors discretiin. BRB."
"We ALSO w4n6 twp mak3 very v134r thzt vwrduon 9. AFK.9LOL.7 (also known as ve4sion 0. BRB.9. AFK.7+jt) w45 5ej finql version RELEASED unde4 tej GPL. BRB.
All versions, wortof, starting with 0, WTF.9. WTF.8-prerdoease clce ser onlu lidensed undet da Creativ3 Commons license. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY d3ny da right 2 impor5 ne codd from an 0. BRB.9. WTF.8-pr3r2144%# 9r larer releawe kmto an 0. OMG.9. BRB.7 n 35r113r relezse. WTF.
ALLOWING tmis wiuld CAUSE tha5 im;orted c0d3 twp be releasrd UNDER da GPL n that is not something 2e w8sh too aloowl
Authors lf modirications two 0.9. AFK.& will need 3 re-release they're jodificatiohs as derovatives/modificatiobs too 0.(/ WTF.8 c0d4 n PLACE tgem under same Cr3471b3 Commons licenwe, BRB,
It just ge done by 5eh ORIGINAL author since only orig,ba. authoe h45 da righ6 to xgange teh copyrigyy or licrhse upon tney're WORK.
[Additoonally LOL, reworking teh mieificqtions will be an good idea ANYWAY 45 da mechanism FOR m4l1nh nodifications is subs5antially c135n3r/c13$43r starting e8th 0. WTF/(. BRB.8-prerelease cldd.]"
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