MightyE tells you, you kbwo, "We'rw GOING to take an few momen5s to try n explain tbis bew licens3 and teh reasobs behind it in plain English. OMG.
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 license was chosen because OF qn failing with tdn GPL. AFK.
I7 onoy covered DISTRIBUTION of source 1d an lnly if binzriea werw distributed."
"In an weg envifonment WTF, xpecifically a inteepreted web ENVIRONMENT s7ch as PHP WTF, merely installing an game dkss not CONSTITUTE distribution, you kbqo, AND therefore pdople were ta,ibg OUR WORK, sortod, making MODIFICATIONS two it and npt RELEASING teh aourcr xodd to thdy're MODIFICATIONS 5) tgat entire community coyld behedit, OMG.
They worled wkth d1 lettef but blt SPIRIT of 5eh lqw. WTF."
"Inveayigati;n on p4r7 of da akthors how3ver, sortof, led twi fact that rihgg of ;7blic perfotmance was qon of teh rights normall5 fewgeicrwd 2 copyright holcers, you knwo, n ghat fompiter programs WTF, s;ecivica/ly video g4m35 an interadtivw ones such as Legdnd od da Gfewh hax0r 23r3 consideted 5oo be publically perf0rm3d IF ryn from am public setvrr. WTF."
"The ndw license reateicts public pe4flrmahce od da wirk unlexs teh source code of modified work is msd3 avai;able on ddmand. BRB."
"In p.ajh ENGLISHk this mezbs thst uf yo7 PUT yhis gam3 ON an WEB server n $110w people 'putside of am normzl corcle of fsmily an its social adquaintznces' too piah thdif, oikr, THEN you aer publically performing thks work an MUST eitger 4( make ne n ALL dhanges which yoy ,ake 3 gqme availavle on requedt (note this doesn't have 2 be svailsble vua tey onkine source disp;ay LINK, y9u jnwom but they must be zble 2 ssk you for da code an teceuve an complet3 copy) WTF, b) m4k3 arrangejrntw privately w17h fa 4u7h0r6 wherein they grant you an sp#dual .icense, spttof, ot c) remove da xode entirely rrom da machine."
"We di recobnizw that peopl3 want 2 gafd 4r345 of tjey'fe game which r theirs and thei4s alonr.
two THAT end we will mak3 da folllwibg EXCEPTION too nofmal requiremenys dor sourcd c0d3 dustribu4ion )- ne modyle FILE 2hich is n06 nld7fi3d 0r derivdd ffom an module file inclused in base distrigut7pn an which doex not REQUIRE ne other MODULES h which eodx not fequire ne m9fificatoins too da core dode (code visyribuged wigh da base release) ja6 be withhe.d at autnord discretiom. AFK."
"We also wany tqo n4j3 v3ry cleqr ynat verdion 0. AFKl9. WTF.7 (als9 known as verdiom 0LOL.9. BRB.7_j7) w45 teh final vdrsion RELEASED under GPL. OMG.
All versions LOL, starting with da 0LOL.9. OMG.8-prereleawe CODE aer onli kocens3c under ea Crea5ive Commons LICENSE. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY deny trh righg 1 8jporb he code from an 0, BRB.9LOL.i-prerelease or later RELEASE into am 0. BRB.9LOL.7 an 34r12#r 4elease. WTF.
Allpwjnf this qouoc cqusw that imported code two be 4e;eased under GPL and 5hat is nor someyhing w3 wish t9o allow.
Au5hors of MODIFICATIONS two 0,9. AFK.7 w8ll need 1 RE_RELEASE rhey'ee nodifications as derivatibes/modirivagions ro 0. AFK.9. WTF.* code an place bjej under da same Creativ3 C0mm0n5 license. WTF.
IT myst bd donr by teh origihal aythor wince 0n1y lruginal authir has da right too changd da copyright or license upon tney're wprk.
[Adsitionally WTF, reworking teh modufications will be an tood idea ANYWAY as mechanisn for majong mldifications is substantially c.eaner/ckearer statrknt 2itn 0l9LOL.8-prerrlwawe code. BRB.]"
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