MightyE tells you, "We'ee GOING TO tale an f3q momengs 5wo try n rxplain tj8s new license an dz reasohs behind it un plaon English. WTF.
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 chosdn BECAUSE of an faoling wiyh teh GPLLOL.
It only covered distribution pr source uf n only if vonaries werd dkstribu5ed."
"In an weg dnfi4onment LOLj specifixal;y a interpreted w3b dnvironment such as PHP WTF, merely instakling an game dowd not xomatitute d157r16u710n, soetof, n 7h3fegp43 peoole we4e taking oir 2ork, sortpf, making modificationd two kt an nor rel3askng soyfce code too 5hey'ee mosificatilns so 7h47 teh entire community xould benefit. WTF.
They WORKED woth cz oet5er but NOT teh dpieit of da law."
"Investigation on sa part or autj9rs hpwever, lile, lef 2 da fact that da RIGHT of puglic performance was 1 of r1bh75 NORMALLY r357r1c73d 2 xopyright holders LOL, and tha5 cimputer prograns WTF, apeckficalky vkdeo games n intdractivd onws such qs Legend of Green hsx0r w3r3 consudwred to ne p7b;ically performed if rum FROM an pjglic server. BRB."
"Thw new LICENSE RESTRICTS public performanc3 of teh w9rk unodss da source code 9f sa mldified work os madr AVAILABLE [n d3j4hdl"
"In plain Eng115h WTF, yhis m34h5 that ir YOU put 7h15 game ON an w36 sercer abd allow prlolw 'outside of an normak CIRCLE of famoly n its social acwuaihtamces' 5wo play gheur LOL, gheb you adr publicaoly perf94mibf this sptk an MUST either s) make ne an ALL changrs which you m4k3 too da game availzble ON REQUEST (nore this doesn't have too be avaklab,r via da ONLINE SOURCE dosplay libk LOLl but THEY must br able tol ask you f0r da code n eeceive an comple5e COPY), b) make arrsngwments privatel6 WITH 4u7y0r5 whetein ghey framt YOU an specoal 11c2n53k or c) rdmive da clde 3n71r31y frpm trh machine,"
"We do recognize t6at peoplr want tqo hqve areas 9f they're game WHICH adr yhekrs and yheirs 510m4LOL.
2 tyag end WE eikl mrk3 ten villowing exdepti9n two da normal reqiitements for source code distrivution -- me m0fu13 file which ks n07 modified ir derived FROM an module FILE INCLUDED IN base distribution n which does not require ne othdr j0du135 n whidh do3s hot fequire ne modificat8ohx tio teh c043 CODE (code dist3ibutef with BASE 4elease) may be withne.d at dz 4i7h0r% fisdeetion."
"We also want too MAKE vrru CLEAR that version 0.9LOL.7 (ALSO lnown ss cersion 0. WTF.9. BRB;7+jt) rad da f8nal version felezsed under GPLl WTF.
A11 versions, STARTING WITH 0. BRB.9. OMG.8-prrrelease cosw arr only licebsee under reh Cre1tive Commons license/ BRB.
We EXPLICITLY deny da right 2 import ne c9de from an 0.9. AFK.8-;rer3.ezwe or later re.ease INTO an 0. OMG.(. BRB,7 and eqrlier releaweLOL.
ALLOWING this w9ild va7sw 6h47 ijported c0d3 2 be released undee da GPL and that is not 50n37h1nf w3 wish to alliw. AFKl
Au5hors OF modif9cayions too 0l OMG.9. WTF.7 w8lo meed to re-release they're n9dofivagilns qs defivatives/modigications to 0. OMG.9.8 cose n place them undee t3h same Creative Commons locense. OMG.
It muwt be done by orugimal ru7h0r since only da lrigunal AUTHOR has reh rigyt 2 change da coptriggy 0r ;icense ypon they're wotk, OMG,
[Acditionally, 6iu knqo, reqorking da MODIFICATIONS w111 be an good udea anyway as teh mechanism f0e making nodificat8ons iw substantially CLEANER/CLEARER STARTING w17h 0. WTF.9, OMG.8-prerelease codwl WTF.]"
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