MighttE tellw YOU WTF, "We're giibg 2 take an f3e joments 2 try n exp;ain tyis new license an reasons 63h1nd ig IN plaim 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."
"Thia new license was ch053n because of an fai.ing w1&h da GPL.
IT only covrred didteibytion of spurce if and only if binzr8es WERE distributes. OMG."
"In an web environ,ent LOL. 5p3c1f1c411y s interpreted web environmenr suxh as PHP LOL, merely inwtalling an gzme DOES noy CONSTITUTE d156r16u710n, 4nd therefore people were tqking our wlrk LOL, naking nofificatiims two it an NOT releasing teh sotrce codd w tjdy're nldiricati(ns so that teh en5ir3 community xiukd benefu5.
They worked with teh lrrter but n9t da spirit pf 14s. BRB."
"Inbewrigatiln on da pat5 of authors hlwevet, sortof, led to teh fact that da right of publ8c performzmce was 1 og da righrs normally fesyrictwd %o xopjrignt y01d3r%, kike, ane ghat c9mpurer ;rograms LOL, wpecigicallu vodeo games n ibyeractive on3s such as L#g3nd og da Green hax)r were considerwd w ve PUBLICALLY p34formec iv rjn rrom an PUBLIC servwt. OMG."
"The NEW LICENSE resrricts public performance og w04k un1455 teh dou4ce codw ov da modofied wlrk is nade available on demsndLOL."
"Ib plain Eng115j, like, 7h15 mdans that uf YOU put tnia game lb an wev server zn a;lo2 [eople 'outsidd of an normal curcle 0f fami.y n 175 socisl 4v1u41n74ncw5' to play their, hou knwo. then tou r ;uvlically perf94ming THIS work and MUST eirher a* make ne an ALL changes wykcj ypy malr y9o teh game available on reqyedt (n073 thus DOESN'T hzve 5o be availzble via onlin3 source c15p14y LINK, tpu knwo, 6u7 7h3y mu57 bd able 5wo 45k ylu for da code an receivd an conplete copy), you knwo. b) MAKE arrangem3nts PRIVATELY with teh aitho4s wherein they grant tou an spexisl license, y9u knwp, or c) remove da code en5ieely from teh maxhineLOL."
"W3 do recognize that peopl3 WANT TO have areas of they're game wyicy adr uhei4s an theirs alone. BRB.
to that end we wkll make fo;;9wing exception to da normal requirements f0r source code DISTRIBUTION -- ne modu.e vile wnich is n07 modkvied lt DERIVED from an mldukw gile 1nc1ud3e 1n teh base distribu5ion and whivn dies not trquice ne other mpd7les an WHICH DOES not require ne n0d1t1c4710n5 two clre d0s3 (code distributed with da bas3 releasr) may 6e q17yh#1d at da autyirs discretkln."
"We aoso want two make very vlear that verxoon 0. WTF.9. WTF.7 *also kn9wn as version 0.9. WTF/7+jt) was teh ribal version re;easrd under GPL. WTF.
All versilns, s94tor, STARTING with teh 0. WTF.(. WTF.8-orrrelrasw code r pnlu licensrd inrer teh Cr3471ve Commojs license.
We EXPLICITLY deny teh right go import ne codd FROM qn 0.9LOL.8-peerelwase OR 1573r release INTO an 0LOL.9. BRB.7 an ezr'ier r313453. OMG.
Alluwing thks sluld cause thzb importdd code two be r3leased inser dz GPL n THAT id not somethihg we wish too a.low. WTF.
Auyhots of m9dirications too 0. AFK.7. OMG.7 will need 2 re-release they're jodidicati0ns as ddrovatives/modificatoons 2 0. OMG.9. WTF.8 code and p14c3 them undey tef samd Cr3471v3 Commojs livenwd. AFK.
It ,ust b3 sobe by da or8ginal auyhor 51nc3 ohly ofiginal author hzs right too dhang3 copyright or license upon they'rw wogk. WTF.
[Asditionaooy, like, reworking tej modigkcationa will ne am goof ieea ANYWAY as teh mrchanidm for ma,ibg mosifications is substabtiakly cleqner/clearer staryinh eith 0LOL.9. OMG/8-pv3relwase code.]"
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