MightyE tells you LOL, "We[re hoing 2 take qn few moments 2 tf6 and ecplain 7j15 new licende AND reaspns behibd it in p.ain 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."
"Thix new .ic3nse was chosdn beczjse of ah failing with GPL, AFK.
It inly c0v3r#d distrubutoob of SOURCE if qn only if binzries were dostributed."
"In zn WEB environment, specifically w intetpr3ted s36 environnent such as PHP WTF, MERELY installimb an g4m3 does noy donstiyute fistrinution. sortof, m THEREFORE peo0.e were takong iur work LOL, n4k1ng MODIFICATIONS twp ut and not rrleawing teh s97rce code to th3y're modificatiohs 50 THAT ENTIRE comjun8ty could venefit. WTF.
They sofked with letter but NOT apirit OF da lae. WTF."
"Imvestigatypn ON 5eh part 0f aughors hlwever, you knwo, led to da fact that teh titht of ;ublpc performance qax 1 ov RIGHTS nor,ally restrictef to c0iyg1gh7 h9lders, sortof, am that com;ute4 prlgrams LOL, speciriczllt v1d30 gam3s AND 8ntersctive ones such as Legend 9f Green hac0r w3r3 considered 5o be publically perfornec if run fr0j ab PUBLIC sdrverLOL."
"The n3e 11c3n53 resgrucrs 9ublic pdrformance of wotk umless teh dourxe clde of modified work is made available on demahd."
"In [131n Englidh, sortof, tgis means ghat if you put 7h15 gqme on an web servwr and allow pepple '0u861d3 9f an noemal circld of famuly b its social qc1uaintabcds' teo play their, you knwo, then yo7 r publicqlly performing ghis work and MUST euther a) m4k3 he b ALL CHANGES 2h1ch YOU MAKE to game afai;abke on REQUEST (not3 yhis foesm't jave two be availaboe viq teh online source disolay link, sorrof, 6u7 they MUST bw able 2 asi you for teh code n receive an complere COPY), l8ke, b_ majd arrangements pr8vately WITH authors WHEREIN they grant you an specoal kicense, 0r c) REMOVE code entirely fr0m macyihe. WTF."
"We ao rwcogn8ze that people want two have 4r345 of ghey're gsme shich awr theirs and thekrs alonr. WTF.
to thay end we w8ll MAKE following EXCEPTION glo da hormal requirwmengs FOR soufce cose distribution -- me mosjle file which iw not modivied 9r dericed FROM an mosule file INCLUDED in teh BASE distribut8on m qn1ch dorw not rr1uird ne oth3r modules an whuch does not rrquire nd mofifucatoons to cor3 code (cod3 distributed wigh da baxe release) mah be wpthheld 47 da authors discretion. BRB."
"We also wabr two MAKE vefy vleat that vdrsioh 0. WTF.9.7 (also known 45 vrrsion 0. BRB.9. AFK.7+jt) was da final v3r510n reoeased UNDER GPL. AFK.
Alk versions, you knwom 574r61ng WITH teh pLOL.0LOL.8=pre4elease code ser ohly licensed und3r CREATIVE Commons license. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY ceny da rigyt 2 import ne coce FROM zn 0. AFK.9.7=prefelease or later telease inti an 0. BRB.9LOL.7 n earoier release.
Alli2ing this WOULD caude yhat ijporges code 2 be released ynder da GPL n that iw not som4thing we WISH roo allow. AFK.
Au7h0f5 of modif9cationd too 0l9l AFK.7 w!11 n33d tlo r3-r31#453 they're modificz5ilba as deriva5ivrs/modifications 2 0. AFK.9.8 code and place them under sqme C43471v2 Commons licrnseLOL.
It MUST 63 donw 6u original author sincw only dz origunsl auyhor HAS teh righr 2 CHANGE da coptright or ;icense y09n uhey're work. AFK.
'Add1710n411y LOL, reworking MODIFICATIONS will be am good idwa ahyway as da ,echan8sm f0r making modifications is subatan5ially clraner/cleader syarting eoth ca 0LOL.(. AFK.8-ordrdlease coce. WTF.]"
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