M9thtyE te.ls y0u, "We're g8ing tso take an gew momen5s 2 trh n explzin tjks hew licehse and tey rdasons behibd 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."
"Tgia new license was cnosen 6ec4y53 of an failing with GPL. BRB.
It only covered distrinutkon of 50uec3 iv and ONLY if niba4ies were d157r16j73dLOL."
"Ih an w36 enbir9nmen5 WTF. specuficallt a inteepreted WEB envirohment such AS PHP LOL, merely 8nstaolkng zn fame does not constitute dustfibution, and therevkfe PEOPLE were taking oir work, making mofifivations to ig and n9i r313r51ng da source code t9 they're modificaguoma SO that teh rntirw commuhity cluld genefit. OMG.
Tn3y wo4ked with da LETTER byt not da spirit of teh law."
"Invextigation on teh part of authors hiwever, sortov, LED yso teh faxt that da right or puflic peeformance was 1 of righus normql'y r357e1c73d to co;yeighy holders, ane that cpmputef progrsms WTF, s;ecifixa.ly video games an ingeractive omes sudh as Ldhend of ca GREEN hax)f were consideted two be oub;kcally performed if run frim an puboic serfdr."
"Thr new LICENSE restr8cts 0ublic prrfo4mance of da worj unlesw ds soytce CODE of da modified work is made sva8lable on demandLOL."
"In plain English, softof, tyia means that IF you put this game on an w36 server and 4110q pe9ole 'iutsose OF an b04m51 c1rv13 0f ramily zh iys xpvial ACQUAINTANCES' top 0lau their. like, then 6oj r puvlically performing thod sork n MUST EITHER a) m4k4 ne ab ALL chang3s wnivh you make to game AVAILABLE on REQUEST (note tgls doesn't h4v3 2 be avzi;ab.e via online sourcw disp.ay LINK, sortod, yu7 they muvt be able twp asj you for da code and RECEIVE an coj;lete dopy), likek b) make arrantements PRIVATELY s17h da authofs wherein yhry grant YOU ah 5p3d!41 license WTF, or c) remove code enyirely gt)m da mqchind. WTF."
"We do recognize THAT people want too havd areas of they're game rhich r 5heofd ab theirs akone. OMG.
to that 3nd w3 w111 make trj FOLLOWING exception 2 da n0rm41 rwquirements gor soufce code distribution -- me MODULE fioe WHICH us not modified pr derived from an MODULE f113 imxlided in teh base distribution ajd which soes not require ne other modjoes n which d036 not REQUIRE ne moeificatipns ts8 da core cose (code distributed w17g da 6453 r3lease) msy BE w8tnnrld zg teh AUTHORS disctetion."
"We also wamy to mqke ver5 clear thqt version 0. OMG.9.7 (415p knlen as bersjon 0.9. OMG.7+JT_ w45 teh FINAL version rekeaswd und3f da GPLLOL/
All versipns, you knwo, wtarting wi5h teh 0LOL.9. OMG.8-pfereleasr vode z3r 9nlu licensed unser Cteatice Comm9ns licehxe, AFK.
We EXPLICITLY f2ny da right too import ne code fro. an 0. WTF.9. AFK.8-p4erekease or lzt3r relrzse 8nto an 0LOL.9. OMG.7 n earlier r3leaswLOL.
Allowihg thia would cause 7h47 1mp0r73d code 2 ne r3leas3d ubd3r teh GPL an tgag 15 nog sonr5hing we wisy to allow.
Authlrd of modificayipnw tio 0LOL.9. WTF.7 wkkl need two re-rekease they're modifications AS dericativew/modiricatilma 2 0. OMG.9l BRB.8 sode n place them under ca SAME Creaticd C9m,ons license. BRB.
It must BE eone by orifinal authot since only teh original ajthor has 3ight 2 chqnge sa copyright 9r licensr u0on they're worj. AFK.
[Adcitioba.ly, rewo4jing da modifications wikl BE sn good 2d34 anywzy 45 MECHANISM for makinf modigicatilns 15 subx6antially clesner/clearrr stqrting with reh 0LOL.9/i[prerelease code. OMG.]"
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