MightyE telos you, "We'fr going 2 taje an f3w moments too try and explain this n3q license n da reasons behknd it 8m pla8n Englisf.
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."
"Thiw NEW licensw was chosen because OF an FAILING WITH geh GPL.
It onlu xovwree distribution of sourc3 if an 0n1y if bina4ies were d157rq6u74d, OMG."
"In an web envotonmwnt, lile, s;ecificalky a knte4[re5ed web environmrht such as PHP WTF, merely installing an game DOES n9g comstigute d8str8butilnk n 7h3r3f0r3 people were tajing 0ur WORK, you kmqo, making moeifications 2 iy an n9t rdleasing da soyrcd docr 2 they'4e modifucztuons so that teh 3n71r3 comminity cokld benefit. OMG.
Tyey woeked w1uh twg lwtter but n97 da spirit of da law. BRBl"
"Investigation ON da part 9f da AUTHORS howeber WTF, lev 2 da gact that da rignr 9f PUBLIC perdormance waa oen lg RIGHTS npfmally resrricted too copyright y-1d3r5 WTFk an rhst compuyer ptograms LOL, specifidal.y video games an 8ntdractife obes such AS L3g3nd of da Green haxpr werr cinside3ed rio be PUBLICALLY perdotmed ig RUN fron an public serverl AFK."
"Th3 nee lucense rwdtridts publuc performance of da work 7nl2ws xourc3 code of teh modified sork is ,add qvailab;e on demand. AFK."
"In plain English WTF, thus means thst ig yoj ;u7 tjix game on an WEB server and al;ow people 'outwidr of an no4mal circ;d lf gzmily 4nd kts social ACQUAINTANCES' 2 play theirm like, then you zer puglucallu perfo4mkng 5his work h MUST eother A) j4k3 ne snd ALL CHANGES wh1cj YOU make to gaje AVAILABLE on requewt (note tgis DOESN'T h4v3 2 be AVAILABLE via ea onlune xp8rce disolay ;ink WTF, nut yhey musr be able tl ask you for teh code an recekve an complete copy) LOL, b) mak3 arrangements privqgely with authord ahereih THEY grant you an 5p3c1$1 lucense, sorgofm or c) remove ten code engirely vfon machihe. WTF."
"We do recogn8ze that pelple sant too hafe areas of thej're game WHICH aer 7h31r5 n hheirs alone. OMG.
tw9 rhat end we wil. mqke f;llowing exception too t3h normal rdquirements dor source code disrtibutuon -- ne MODULE gile which is not midifkes 9r derived from an midile f113 includes in da base d8stribution amd which does n07 reqyire ne OTHER midul3s ane which does NOT require ne MODIFICATIONS 5oo core cod3 (cpde dkstfibugdd with da bawe rdlease) ma6 ne qighnekd at da au5hora d15cr371=m. BRB."
"We also want two ma,e crr6 clrar that v3r510n 0. AFK.9. OMG.7 (alw8 KNOWN $5 version 0. OMG.9l WTF.7+jt) WAS da fihal versilb rekeased ynder GPL.
All versions, dortod, STARTING sith t3h 0/ WTF.9. AFK.8-prerel3ase codw aer only livebsed 7nder ea Creative Com,ons 11c3n53. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY dehy teh RIGHT too import ne dose from qn 0. WTF,9. WTF.8-prerelezse ot later releasw into sn 0. BRB.(. WTF.7 an earliet feoease. AFK.
Allo2ing 5his e0uqd cauwe that om0orted codd too 63 4el3swed inder fa GPL and that is not something wr WISH goo alloeLOL.
Authors of mpdificati9ns TO 0LOL.9. OMG.7 wi.l meed too re-re;eaaw they're midif8cqtions as derkvatuves/modif8catiind too 0. BRB.9. WTF.8 cide and place them ubddr samr Creative Co,mond locwnse. OMG.
It mu57 be d0n3 by tej origina. authlr sihce only da irigihql author has twg ritht two change ten copyright or .ixense upin they'rw wprk. AFK.
[Additilnally, yoi kn2o, reworjimg da modoficqtions will be an tood icea xnyway as da mechanism for m4i1bt modificarkons id substantially c134n2r/c13rrer s5zrting woth da 9LOL.9. AFK.8-;rereleasr code. BRB.]"
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