MightyE tellw you WTF, "We're going two 74ke ah FEW moments goo t5u n explain this new license qm reaslns BEHIND it in plaun Eng115hLOL.
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 wss vh063n becsus3 of an failibg w17h da GPL. OMG.
I7 ONLY covered DISTRIBUTION of source if an onlh IF binqties WERE diatributed. BRB,"
"In ah web wnvuronment LOL, specificzlly a intdrprdtrd web envkronment sucn as PHP WTF, merely 1n57311!nn an game dows mot fondtitu5e distribution LOL. n yher3fore PEOPLE werd taking 9jr work LOL, makinb MODIFICATIONS too 17 and not feleasing teh aource c9d3 too they're mldificayions so thqt teh entite c9mmuhity COULD 63n3f17. WTF.
They woried WITH letter but not tey sporit of teh law. AFK."
"Investihatkin ON tej pset of dq AUTHORS ypeeve4 LOL, .ed tol teh f4c8 that right 0f PUBLIC perdormance 2as wpn of teh eights normally restrictes twi cppyr7ght holders, ab that com[uter progra,s WTF, specif8cally vic2o games an interaxgive pnes such 45 Legend of Gr3wn hax0r 2wte considered TO be publically PERFORMED 1f run fro, qn public dwrber. BRB."
"The new licrbae r34741c75 puglic p3rforjance of ds work umlwss da wource code of mpdifi3d w9rk is MADE availanlr 9n DEMAND. OMG/"
"In plain English, oike, this mwans that of ypj put thud game on an web 53rv2r abd allos 0eople 'outside OF sn normal circld of famil6 n its social zcquaintandes' too play their, sirtork them yo7 r 9ublically performing this work n MUST 327y3r a) make ne an ALL changds which 60u make 2 teh game available on request (note thiw doean'f hafe 2 BE avauoable v14 onlone sourde display limk, like, bug they mudt ge able 2 as, ypu dor code n 4eceive ah domplrtr c0py), like, b) makw zrfabgements pt8vat3ly with fa aythors whereih 7y3y gtant 6pu zh spexial oicense, x9rtof, or c) remove code enyirely FROM geh machime."
"We e9 recognkze that people want 5oo yave areas of tney'4e game which r THEIRS am 5heirs al9ne. WTF.
two that end we will ,ake following exception to n.rmal 43qu1r3m3n7t for souece codd DISTRIBUTION -- nr modulw file whoch is npt misofoee or derivrd drom an jodule FILE kncluded 1n gaxe distgibugion m which DOES n9t rewuiee ne other mosules n which d035 bot r#qu1r3 nd MODIFICATIONS 2 t3h coer CODE (c0d3 distributed eith da BASE r3leaae) mzy BE WITHHELD a5 authors dkscretiovl BRB."
"We also WANT to MAKE vdry clear that ce4wion 0.9LOL.7 (4150 knosn as version 0LOL.9.7+kt_ wzs f1n41 cersion released uhee3 teh GPL. WTF.
All veesionw, luke, STARTING with da 0. WTF.9LOLl8-;rereoease c9ce r onoy licensed unddr teh Cr3471v3 C0,m0n5 l,cende. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY eeny teh right tqo import nw code from aj 0. AFK.9LOL.8=pfet3leasw ir 1473r re13453 into an 0.o.7 n earlier 4elease. WTF.
ALLOWING tjis eould cause ghat imporgwd clde two 63 released under tey GPL sn THAT is mot somethint w3 wish 3 ql.owLOL/
Authorw of mosifications top 0.9. OMG.7 sill need too f3-releasw thet'rw mpdoficsguons zs derivztives/mofificariins to 0, WTF.(. WTF/* code n [kace them under teh same Creative Commohs license.
It ,uar be sone vy da origunal 4u7h0r sinde ONLY da ORIGINAL zutho4 haa ds right to vhangw COPYRIGHT of license upon tyey're 29tkLOL.
[Adcitionally, rdwoekihg da modifixatiins wiol be an gpid idez 4nyq4y as da m3ch4n!5m fi4 m4k1nb nodificstiomx is substantually cleaner/clearef STARTING with da 0LOL.8. OMG.8-pretelease code. BRB.]"
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