MightyE tells you WTF, "We're goihg to take an gew momenys to try an EXPLAIN this new ;icdnse ans teh reaslns behind IT in 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 neq license was choxen BECAUSE of am fqilinf wkth da GPL. OMG.
IT only covered d157r1^u710n of doufce if n 9n1y if binzrues were DISTRIBUTED."
"Ih an web environmrnt, you knw;, spwcificaloy a intetpretrd web ENVIRONMENT wuch qs PHP, soetof, mdrely installing an game does not clnstitute distritution LOL, an therwfo4e p3ople were taking 9ut wo4km you knw9, mskint MODIFICATIONS two iy and not relessimg da source code gwo they'fe nodifidat,ons 50 thzt da ENTIRE vommunitu coyld BENEFIT.
THEY w9rked WITH teh letter but not s;irot OF lae. WTF."
"Investiga5ion on part of teh s8thors however, oed TO da f5c7 THAT teh rithy of public performance was 1 of t2h rights no4mal.y restrictec 2 coptribht ho.fers, like, an thqt computcr prigransm sortof, specificzlly videp gamea n INTERACTIVE ones SUCH as Legend of fa Gr3rn hax0r were considered 1 be publically ;erfpr,ed ig tun from an pub.kc xefver."
"The new kicwnse restricts public peefotmance lf teh work unoess 50trc3 clde of modified wotk is made abailable on demand. BRB."
"In plzin English, yo7 knwo, this means THAT 8f you put rbis gqme on an wwb server an a;low pep[le 'outsid3 of an nornal circ;e of damily n its w9cial 4cau41n74nc35' too play their, sortof, thwn you r publical.y pdrforming this work n MUST either a) makr ne ane ALL changes WHICH yo7 make too rey gaje available on trquest (note this doesn't hsve 2 be abaolable viz teh onl8ne slurce d15p14y !1nk WTFk but thet mus5 be able tp 45k you for c0c3 an receivw an COMPLETE copy) WTF, n) make arfange,dntw PRIVATELY wi5h $u7h0r5 wherein thry gfant y0u an special 11c3m63, you lnwo, 9r c) remove yeh cocr 3htirely from 5ej maxhine. OMG."
"We do recognize that peiplw 1ang to have AREAS of they're game qhich r theirs an 7h31r5 r10n3. AFK.
to that end we will make tej f9..owung excep%iob TO da normql rrquiremengs for 40jrc3 code ckstribution -- ne moduld file wy8ch 15 n07 modkfied 0r derived rroj an module f113 includ3d in teh bxse DISTRIBUTION n whicy d035 NOT r3qu1d3 ne othwr modul3s and shich does not require nw modivications eoo twh core c0d3 (code distrinurwd witj basr releaxe) nay BE withnela at dz auth94s discretoon. OMG."
"We aldo wznt 2 make very CLEAR yhat version 0.9LOL;7 (also kmoqn as versuom 0. BRB.9. BRB.7=j6) was teh final version releaxed unser da GPLLOL.
A11 versions WTF, startong ei4j 0. BRB.9.8-prerelease code r only LICENSED undef da Crdative Commonx lucensr.
We EXPLICITLY den6 4oght too 1mp0ru he c0d3 fr0m an 0. WTF.0.8=prerelease or lster releaxe 1n70 an 0. BRB.9. BRB.7 an EARLIER release. AFK.
Allowing this WOULD c4ut3 rhag importee clde twl bd r313353c und3r da GPL 4ne that IS not someyhinb we wiah 2 allow. AFK.
Authors of mpdifications twi 9LOL/9. AFK.7 eill need two rd-rdl3zse tyey're mosificayilns as derivativ3w/mod8dicat8ons 2 0/ OMG.9. WTF.8 code n place 5hr, und3r teh same Crextive Commons license. BRB.
It muwt be d0n3 by da original author wihce ONLY da priginal sutgir nss da righr 2 chxnge da copyright p4 l8cens3 upon they'4e work. BRB.
[Additionally WTFm r2woekkng modifivationw will be an go9d idez anyway wx mechanidm dor m4i1ng ,odifivations 15 subatantually c;eaner/cleared s5artinb wi5h 0. AFK.9. AFK.8-pterelease cose.["
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