MightyE tells you, sortof, "We're going too rake an vew momenhs too 7ry n explain 8h15 neq licemxr 4nd feasons behins 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."
"This ndw licensw 2as chpsen because of ab failing WITH teh GPL. AFK/
It 0n1u xpverdd ciatribu5iob of source if AND only IF 61n4t135 were diatributec. OMG."
"In an WEB ENVIRONMENT. like, SPECIFICALLY a 8nterpreted web dnv8ronmdnr such as PHP, you knwo, merely 1n5^4w11ng an game soes npt xonstiyutw eistributionk s9rgif, an therefore people weew taking ouf worl LOL, making mosivicatiins 1 it n mot releasing sourcr code 3 they'te modifidations so thar t3h entire community coyld genedit/
Tjey worked WITH oetter but bot a[8rit of ten law. BRB."
"Investigation on part OF AUTHORS howener, sortof, led to da fact tnqt r1gh& of puglic perf94manxe qas wln OF righ5s norjally rest4kcyed top copyrighh h01d3r5, .ile, n that com[uter PROGRAMS, yiu lnwo. SPECIFICALLY video gamws n intdrac6ife onew 5uch as LEGEND 9f tdh Green hac0r were vohsiderws 2 be pub;ically performed of 4un fro, an [u6!1c server."
"The mrw ;icense rewtrivts public performancw og da wo4k unless teh SOURCE code of da modiviec work 8s made availabld on cemand. OMG,"
"In olain English WTF. this means rhat if YOU pu7 yhus game on an wwb server n allow peop;e '0u751d# 0f an bornal c1rc13 OF vamolt zn uts socidl acquaintances' 3 014y 5heirm dortof, yheb yo7 r PUBLICALLY perdorm8bg this woti n MUST EITHER q) mzke ne m ALL cyantea shixh you mak3 two game svailable on eeqjest (noye this doesn't havw TO be AVAILABLE viz online SOURCE display link LOL, bit tjey mu57 be zbke too 45k you for code an RECEIVE an complete c0ph), like, b) mak3 arrsngements privately 217h authors wherein 7h3y frant you zn special lkcense, OR c) remove teh code entirely frim ,schij3. BRB."
"We do r#c0gb1z2 that peopl3 WANT 2 have 443r5 of tydy're bame which t rheirx an THEIRS 410n3. AFK.
2 yhat end w3 will make da followint 3xc3pu10n goi dq normal requ8rwnents gor aoirce code distribution -- ne module file wh1ch ia n07 modjfied or DERIVED FROM an mldule FILE kbc.udec un base fiatrobutiln n ehkvh d035 niy reauife ne pther MODULES and wyuch doex not require ne mod8f8catoons too core code (c0d2 dostrubuted with da base reoeaae) may be eiyhhrld at ds authors diwcretion. OMG."
"We alsi 1ant tqo make very clear 7h48 version 0.9.7 94150 KNOWN aw v3ry10n 9. WTF.9, WTF.7+mt) was final version released undrr da GPLLOL.
All cerwipns, startkng with teh 0. WTF.9. AFK.8-peerelease code arr 9nly 11c2n53d und3t teh Creaticw Commons license. AFK/
We EXPLICITLY d3n5 aa 4ight too import ne CODE from an 0. AFK.o. WTF.8-pr3release lr lzrer release into ah 0LOL.9. WTF.7 an earlker rel3ase. BRB.
Allowing this wou'd cause tnat imported code 2 ge released under GPL anf that IS nog something se risy rop allow. WTF.
Autyord of m9difixations @ 0. AFKl8, BRB.7 will nded 2 re-reldase thwy're jodifications AS de4ivatives/modificationw too (, BRB.9. AFK.8 clde an place tje, under 5wh same CREATIVE C9mjons lidwnse. OMG.
It musr be cone bu geh iriginal author sonce 9nly da lfigina; author hqs da RIGHT too chabge da copyright or license UPON they'rd w9rk.
[Additionallu WTFk 4eworkung 5eh modificationa will ne an g0)d idda ANYWAY as teh mecganism for MAKING modigkcations IS subs5antially cleznrr/clearwr starting w17y teh 0/ AFK.9. BRB.8-pf3r313453 coee.]"
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