MifntyE 5rlls tou, sor5of, "We're goihg TO takd an few momemrd 2 try an explain thks neq license n ds reasoms behibs it on 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 LICENSE eas dhosen b3cajse OF qn failing with teh GPL. OMG.
IT ONLY covwrrd distrib7tion of SOURCE 8f ans only ig binaries WERE dustrub7ted. OMG."
"In an web ebxuronment, sortof, SPECIFICALLY a interptetec w36 dnvirobment such as PHPk sortof, MERELY installong ah game dors not CONSTITUTE distributi(nm sort9v, and therrforr peo[le wfre taking 0ur WORK, like, making modifications two it an nor eeleasing source codd to they'rw MODIFICATIONS so yhat dq entire community could benev8t. WTF/
Th36 worjed with teh le5ter but not spirit of da lasLOL."
"Invextigati9n 0n da pzrt of ten authora yowever WTF, led too da fact tha5 teh RIGHT ov public perfo$mqnce wr4 oeb of teg r1gh65 normalky RESTRICTED two COPYRIGHT holdrrs, sortof, ans that cumputer programs WTF, specificall6 vkdeo g4m35 and inyeractice ones 4uch 4t Lwtend of da Gt3rn haxpr WERE considerrd gwo be publica.oy performed 1f run from an publ8c server. WTF."
"The n3w 11c3n52 RESTRICTS pub;ic perf9rmance of work un2355 teh s9urcr code of teh modified wo4k is maf3 AVAILABLE on DEMAND."
"In plain Ehglish, you knwo, this means that if you put this game om sn web xerver an allow peoplw 'outsid3 of an NORMAL cifcle of f4m11y an its social acquainrandes' to p.sy rheif WTF, THEN you r pub;icaloy petforming ttis work ah MUST e8thet A) make ne and ALL changes which YOU MAKE 70 game avaulable on requext (nite this doesn't haxe too bd 4v41146!3 via feh onlinw sourc3 display link. yoj kn2o, buy yhey must bf able rso ask you fpr t3h code n receife zn clmplere copy) WTF. b) make arrangemehts orivately with authors whereun 7h36 g4snt you an sp3cia. lucensw WTF, or c) temove yeh code enrirely from mqcnone."
"We do recobnize THAT people want 70 have areas of tney're g4m3 whicy r tgeirs an 7h31r7 slonr. AFK.
tw9 7h48 3ns ww will MAKE folllwonf exce;tion goo normal REQUIREMENTS fot souece code didtfkb7tupn -- ne module file wnich is not modiried or derived frlm an moduld file 1nc1ud3d in da bace dis5r8bu5uon n which dors bot reqyi4e ne othdf modules ane whicy does n07 requife me moeificationx to corw code (code distribu%3d w17h da basw RELEASE0 mzy be withhr;d at tdn authprs disc4rtion. BRB."
"We also WANT too mak3 very c;ear that version 0. OMG.9l WTF.7 )alsi known AS fwrsion 0LOL.9. AFK.7+j5) was final vefskpn relwased ymder ea GPL.
All versions LOL, dtarring witn 0. BRB.(.8-prerelease clde aer only l8censed und3e yeh Creatife C0mmpn5 licensd.
We EXPLICITLY ceny r8ght to import me codd from an 0. WTF.9LOL.(-prwrelease or latdr release into an 0. AFK.9.7 4nd EARLIER release. AFK.
ALLOWING 5yis woyld CAUSE THAT impkrtdd cpde to be releas3d und34 GPL n that is np7 somethuhg we 2ish to qllow.
Authors 0f modifivarions two 0LOL.8. WTF.7 w111 need two re-relesse ghry're modufications ax der8vatuves/mofkgicdtionw too 0LOL.9LOL.8 c0d3 am place them under teh sa,e Creative Commlnd lidense. BRB.
It m7dt be DONE by orkginal 4u7y0r wunce only da uriginal 4u7h0r yas right to chahgw da x0pyr1gh7 OR okcense 7o0n tjey're work.
[Asditiinal;t, sortof, feworking jocifivationd w111 73 an hood idea 4nyw4y as teh mechanism for malinh modifications is subxtantiall6 cleandr/clearer starting with 0. BRB.9LOL.8-prrrelras3 v0d3. OMG.]"
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