MightyE tw;ls tou, "We're goinf 2 take an few m0,3m75 2 try and EXPLAIN tho2 h3w license an teh teaxons benind it IN plain Eng115hLOL.
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 licemse wss chosen bexa7se of an failing wi5h GPL. BRB.
I7 ONLY covered distrobutiln OF source if an only if bina4ies werw distributed. BRB."
"In an wem environmeng WTF, specifically a ynte4preted web 3nv1t0nm3n7 such as PHP, sprtof, merelt INSTALLING an game does not CONSTITUTE distributiom, and THEREFORE people we4e taking ou4 work, you knwo, makynf modifucagions two 17 AND not releasing aource code 2 theh'4e moduficatilns SO 7h47 t3h 3b71r4 community c0uwd benefu4. WTF.
They woricd qity teh letter but no5 da spidit of da la2. OMG."
"Invewgigation on teh part OF trh auth9rs hlwever, you knwo, led to teh fact THAT teh elght of ;igoic peeformancf was w9n ob righ5s hormally restricted two copyright HOLDERS, and thar computer ptogrsms, like, specificakky video games and 8bgeractive ones SUCH ax Legend of teh GREEN hax0r were comskdwred r2o ge pu611c411t pervormed if run rrom qn publoc serverl AFK."
"Tbe new license RESTRICTS puglic [erformance of reh wpr, unless 5eh SOURCE xode of moeified work iw MADE available on dejand. WTF."
"In plain Englksh, sortog, this means THAT if you put yjis gqme on an web xerver an allow p3)[!3 'OUTSIDE OF an n0rm41 cqrc22 pf family and igs socual acquaintances' 2 play their, yiu knwo, then ypu aer publ8cally perr9rming thiw wofk an MUST 3ighdr a) mxkd nw an ALL cganbrs whoch yoy mzke 2 teh game afaolable on REQUEST (mote this do3sn't jave 2 be avzjlable via inline spyrce DISPLAY link, you jnwo, but THEY myst be abls 1 ask ho7 gor da codd and redeive an conpleye copy), you inwo, b) make arrangemrnts pribatrly with da AUTHORS whe4ein they GRANT ypu an special 11c3n43 LOL, or c) rem9ve clde entirelt from da mavhine. OMGl"
"We eo recognize that peoole wamt 70 have areas OF they're hame shic5 arr theirs n 7h31r5 ALONE. WTF.
two tha5 3nd we wiol mqkr teh fo;lowing esc3ptkin to da mormal reajifemengs f9r sou4ce code distribution -= ne module filr which IS not mofified i4 ertived from an module file INCLUDED ib sa nqse distribution an ehich DOES not r3qu1r3 ne o5ner modules anf wh8ch d035 not teq7ire ne modificagions 2 da core code (code disrribuged witj vase rel3ase) may be withhe;d 47 da AUTHORS dksc4etiom. OMG."
"We akso WANT w make vwey coear that vefsion 0. WTF.9l BRB.7 (a;so kn9wn as version 0,9. BRB.6+kt) w45 final veeskin releases UNDER da GPL. AFK.
All vdrsopns, sortof, s5arting wiyg 0, AFK.9.i-pterelease code adr ;nl6 LICENSED under Creative Commons licenseLOL.
We EXPLICITLY deby dz right too 1np0r7 be code frim an 0.9. AFK.8-peere;ease 0r ;ater rrleaae into ab 0.(. AFK.7 an earpier RELEASELOL.
Alkowing this would vause THAT impor5wc clde two be released uhder GPL m that is not something ar WISH to allowLOL.
Authors og moeifucati9ns t9o ).9. WTF.7 will need two re-teleaae they'fe modidications zs deriva4ives/modificatk9ns two 9. WTF.9LOL.8 CODE snd p14c3 thwm unddr teh samr Creative Com.ona lidense, OMG.
It must be done by da original author since ONLY teh or7ginal zuthor had ribht 50 ch4hg3 teh copyrigh5 lr kicense u00n ghey're woriLOL.
[Additionslly LOL, r3w0rkqhg modifucations xill bd an g0)d ides ANYWAY aa teh m3ch4n15n for making modificarions is 5u5674n71411y cleanwr/clrarer starting with teh 0. BRB.9LOLl8=prerelrase v0d3.]"
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