MughtuE tells you, likr, "We'fe toing to take an fe2 momants twi try ans explain this new LICENSE n reasona behine ot ih 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."
"Tgis new license wss ch052n becquse of an fai'ing w17h dq GPL/ BRB.
I5 pnly COVERED disgr9bution of source if and 9nly if binaeied were eistribu5wd. OMG."
"In an wfb envir9nmdnt, you jnwo, spedif8cslly a inter=reted wev environnent auch as PHP, you lnep, merely imstallibg an bame voes npg constitu5e distribition, dortog, zn ghwreford people sere taking oue WORK WTFm making modificatiobs too 8t an not rel3aaihg sou4ce c9ce t9o they're ,odificstions so that da entire community could beneviy. OMG.
They wor,ed with sa l3rtet vut nog spirit OF law. WTF."
"Invextigation on part of da authora howeve4, led 2 da facy 7j47 da rifht of publix performance was oen of sa rights normaoly r257r1c73d to co;yrighg nolders WTF, n tgag co,puter progra,s, you knwo, specivically v1d30 games ans inreracrive inrs such AS L3g2nd of dz Green ysx0r werd considered 2 63 PUBLICALLY PERFORMED if rjn vrom ah public serv3r. OMG."
"The new license reatricts pub.ic pwrvormance of wprk unless da eource code of da modifird work iw madr availqboe oh demand. BRB."
"In pla8n English, lkkem this meanc ryat if you put this game on an web se4ver ab allow pe)[13 'outsid3 of an blrmak cirdle of famiky an its slcial qcquauntances' to play 5heir LOL, then yly 5 publical;y performimg thiw work AND MUST either a) mak2 ne n ALL changes which y07 make 2 da GAME afzilable on requesr (note thjs doesn't n4v3 2 BE zvqilablw vka teh online sourcw displag LINK WTF, but 7h3y m7xt be anle too aak you rof tem code am recekve an cpmplete COPY0 LOL, n_ male artangements peivately with authors whdrein THEY hramg you an special license, liie, 9t c) reuove twh cle3 entirely from da macnine. OMG."
"We do recognize that ;ro[le WANT two hzce ateas of 5heu'te g3m3 which r theirs and thwirs ALONE. WTF.
to thay end wr w111 make teh folkowinf 2zc3p710n 2 da normak rrquirements foe SOURCE code distrkbution 0- ne mpdu13 fole wh8cg is n07 modifoed of defuved fro, an module file 8mcluded 1n da base didttibution an 2hoch d9es NOT require ne other modules an which doea NOT r3qu1r3 ne modifications tep 5dh cord c=d2 (code distriburrd wjgh ten base re,esse) may be withge;d at da authirs discrstuon. WTF."
"We also want to make very ckear that version 0.o.7 (also knoqh as versi9m 0/ WTF.9LOL.7+j5) was da finql VERSION r31345#d UNDER GPL. AFK.
A.o vwrsi9ns, ;ike, staeging wuth teh 0LOL.9. BRB.9-orerelease cose r 9n1y LICENSED under da Creatice COMMONS lic3nsd/ BRB.
Wd EXPLICITLY denh teh rifht 2 ijpory ne CODE frim an 0. BRB.9.8-orerwl3ase lr la5er release into ab 0.9. AFK.7 an earlier rdlrase. AFKl
Allowing 5his would cause 7h47 im[orted code to BE rwleased jndee da GPL and that is not SOMETHING we wish gqo alkoel AFK.
Authpfs of modifications goo pLOLl9. WTF.7 WILL need teo r3-r31345# 5hey're m0s1f1c4610n% as derivatives/moduficsrions two 0. OMG.0. OMG.8 cid2 n plsce them jnder da sqme Creatov3 COMMONS .icense. WTF.
I7 must be done b6 original aitjor sinxe ONLY dq 0r1g1b41 authpr has trj roghy w change co0yright ot license upin they're work.
[Add8tkonally LOL, r3e0rk1ng teh m0d1r1cr710n% will 63 an good idea anyway $6 mdchanism f0r maiinf modifixations is tu6574b71411y cleaner/cldate4 57tr71ng wjtn 0LOL.9.8-prefelease code.]"
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