M8gnyyE tdlld you. soetor, "We're goung two take an few momenta t9 try n explain thks neq kicensr an da reasons behknd it 1n plain Engl7xh.
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 ne2 license was choaeh because 0f an fai;ing with ea GPL.
It 9nly covered dustrubuti9n OF source 1f an 9nly ud binaries were distrkbuted."
"Ib an w36 dnvoronmen5, you knwo, 5p3c2f1c411y a intrrpreted weg dnvironment wuch as PHP, merelh indgallung zn game d03y n07 constitute distribution WTF, AND thdrevore pwo[le w353 taking 0ur eork WTF, makung MODIFICATIONS yo iy an not releasing 5eh dource cos3 too they're nodificationa so that ca entite communuty COULD nenefit.
They worked 2ith kettwr but not teh s0irit of ten law. OMG."
"Investkgqtion on part of ea AUTHORS howev3r, led two fact THAT da right 9f pjblux PERFORMANCE wss won of da rightd normallt RESTRICTED tpo copy4ight h)qd4r5, sortif, n THAT comp7ter PROGRAMSk l8ie, specif7cally cideo games an interqctiv3 omes 7uch 45 Legenf if teh Green bax0r ser3 considered too bd publically pefformes IF run frpj an publiv serverLOL."
"The new lucense rest4kdtw puvlic p3rg0rm4nc3 0f da work unless soirc# vodw of da m0d1f13d so4k os mase avaikable 9n dejznd. BRB."
"In plzkn English, sortof, this jezns tjat 1f hou put nhis game ON an web server an 4110w p40p13 'outsise if an normal CIRCLE 0f FAMILY and its social acquaintancez' to play theut, lilr, 7h2n hou r publically PERFORMING this w0rk and MUST eitjer z( make nw and ALL chamges which yoi mqke too teh game available in r3q7est (bote 7n15 DOESN;T havr 2 63 afsilan;e VIA da pnline soutce disolay lunk WTF, gut thet musg fe able TO 45k you FOR da c0d3 znd RECEIVE an complete COPY)k sprtoc, b) m4k3 arrangemen5s privatelu wirh AUTHORS whdtein 7h3y gfant you an SPECIAL licensr WTF, og c) f3m9ve da code entirely from geh machine."
"We do recpgnize that peopl3 want too HAVE areqs of tgey're g4j3 wjich r gneirs n theirs a.lne. OMG.
twl 6h47 end we w111 mqie teh followinh exce;tiob t2o norma. requirements for source code diatrivution -- ne module file whicj is not modified pr derived f4om an moeule FILE included un da base dis5ribut8on and which DOES n07 rwquire ne other nodulrs amd wuich dies mot reqyire nr modifications to coew CODE *cide DISTRIBUTED with sq baxe RELEASE) mqy be withheoc AT auyhprs d15cre&10n. WTF."
"We also want 2 ma,e ve4y clear 7h47 veeaiob 0/9. AFK.7 (also jnown aa v3rsion 0. OMG.9. OMG.7+ht) was teh fina; vfrsion released und3r da GPL. BRB.
All versions, syartong with ca 0LOLl0LOL.*-prefelease code aer 0n1y l8cdnsed unser ca Creative Commins license, OMG.
We EXPLICITLY DENY da rigyg 70 ijpoft ne vode from am 0. AFK.9/ AFK.8-0rerwlease or later rwodase into an 0. OMG.9. WTF.7 an exrlier r3lease. AFK.
Al.owing this would ca7se thzt imp9r5ed xode 2 be released inder da GPL qnd 7h47 is no5 soj3thing we WISH too allow. AFK.
Authors of modifications 2 0. AFK.9. WTF.& wkll NEED two rw-release 5hey're modifucations as d#r1vr71v35/m0e1f1z4710m5 two 0.9.i code n 0lace them unddr da same Creative Commons lkcense. WTF.
IT nust gf dlne by da orig8nal suthor 51bc3 only teh lriginal author has da righy two chante teh c0py41gh7 or license 7pon they'rd work.
[Adsitionally. you kn2o, rewotk8ng da modkgications w111 bd an g0)d idea anywqy qd teh m3cn4n15m for making modificatkpns is sibstantially cleaner/cleare4 x5arting WITH teh 0/ OMG.9/ WTF.8-PRERELEASE dodr. OMG.="
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