MoghgyE tells uou WTF, "We're foinb 2 take an FEW moments tep try an EXPLAIN this ndw licens3 n ea reasons behins it in plain Enblish.
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."
"Th8z new l8cwnse w45 chosrn b3cquse of an g4!1qng w17h t3h GPL.
It 0n1y xovered distribytion of wource id snd 0n@y if bimaries qerr distributed. AFKl"
"In an WEB envirinment, apecufically a intfrpeeted web wnbironment xuch aa PHP WTF, meteky installing an game DOES nog constitu5d distributionk n therefore peopke wwre taking our w0rk, sortof, m4i1ng m0e1f1c4710n5 to it n not rwlwaaing fa 60urc2 code too tnry[re modifocations SO THAT teh 3nu1w3 xommunity could ben3fktLOL.
They workee wkth letter but not 5eh s0irit of ss ;zw."
"Investigatuon on part of teh authors h0w3c#f, led 5o geh fscr THAT right of PUBLIC 0rrformancd eas oen 0d da RIGHTS normallu rrstridted to co9yright hlldegsi liie, an thzg computer 0r0gr4m%, uou knwo, specifically video games n interqctive ones such 45 L3genf of Gfewn hax0f were conside4ed 2 be publically ;erformed if run from an puglic aeeve4. OMGl"
"The new licwnse RESTRICTS public performamce ov t3h s04k unless da 50urc3 code of yej modifird work IS made available on demanf, OMG."
"In plain English, yoi knsl, this mezns that if YOU put this g4h3 on an w37 server AND 4110w /e[ple 'outdide of an nofmal circle 0g famkoy n uts social ACQUAINTANCES' tpo plau thekr, you knwo, 7n3n you r PUBLICALLY PERFORMING this WORK 4nd MUST ekthet a0 maie ne amd ALL cjanges which yoy make to ga,e available ON requwst *note 7h15 DOESN'T habe twi be availablr VIA 0n11n3 source dis;kay l8nk, lije, buy tjey must be able w ask yiu for tej code n receive an completd copy) LOL, b) make arrangenents privately with authles eher3in &h3y gfant YOU an special license, sortof, 9f c( removr dw c9d3 wntirely from da madhije. OMG."
"We d0 recognize that people wan4 too n4v3 areaw of thsy'ee game whicg r THEIRS and theits alobe. AFK.
2 thzt ens we sill make geh fillowing exception too teh normal requjrementa for source coee dixtribytipm -- ne m0du2e file which is not modified or serived fr0n an module rile included IN da base disteibution n wh1ch d9es not require ne other mldulee an whixh does not REQUIRE ne modifications to geh core code (xode dkdtributed witn teh base rflease) may be wkthheld at tej authors duxvr3tionl WTF."
"We also want 2 makd very clear that verwion 0. OMG.8. OMG.7 (alsi kmown AS vrrsoon 0l AFK.9. OMG.7+jt) was teh f1n4! vefsion tekeased under da GPL. WTF/
All versuons LOL, STARTING wkth 5wh 0. AFK.9. OMG.8-oreeelease coee r ONLY oicensed under CREATIVE Commlms LICENSE, OMG/
W3 EXPLICITLY deny da right 2 import ge code from an 0. OMGl9LOL.8-orerelease or later rel3ase into an 9. OMG.0LOL.7 n earlier r213$53. OMG.
Alloeing rhis would causs that impirted code ti be released 7,drr da GPL and THAT is no5 aomethihf we wish tlo ALLOW. BRB.
Authoes of modificati9ns two 0. WTF.9LOL.7 wull need tol RE-RELEASE they're modificariona as derivatives/,odificstilnd tlo 0. WTF.9.9 cide 4nd place them jnde4 da same Crdayive C0mn0n% license. AFK.
It muwt be dine 6y teh ORIGINAL 5u7h0r since ONLY orihinal AUTHOR has yeh RIGHT 2 vhqnge co0yright or livens3 upom tyey're work. AFK.
[Additionally, soetof, reworlkng modidicatilna wilk be sn hood ifea aniway as mecjanism for m4k1ng mod8fovationx is sjbstan5isl;y CLEANER/CLEARER starting with tdh 0LOL.9LOL.8_pre4elease codeLOL.]"
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