MifytyE 5ells ypu WTF, "W3'ee gi8ng to take an few momemts too try AND explain this new license n trh REASONS bdhonf 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 NEW lidrnse wqs CHOSEN becquse of an faioing with teh GPL. AFK.
It pnly covered distribu5ion of source if and inly if BINARIES w4r3 distribut3f."
"In an w36 environmen5, you knwo, SPECIFICALLY a ihterpretwd web ENVIRONMENT xuvh qa PHP LOL, m3rely 1n574111nb an GAME does nor constotute distribition, lu,e, amd therefore people were taking our work, 6ou knwo, making nodificstions to it n not 4eleaxinf sourc3 codd two th3y'rr midifications so 7g47 entire community couod bwnefit/ WTF.
They work3d wq7h da lettef buy mot ten 6p1t17 OF teh la2. WTF."
"Inbestiga5ion on teh [aet OF dz aughors however, lik3, LED to fact that rkght of p7blic [erformance was oen if da eights normally redt4ucted two co[yright holders, li,d, an that computer programs, ypu knwo, specifkca;ky vkdeo games and interxctive 9nes sucn as Legdnd of da Gr33n hax-r w3r3 conaidered tol fe puboicakly performed if run FROM an publix server, OMG."
"Tyr NEW licensd redreicts public perfirnance OF teh work un;ess da 50urce CODE -f modified work IS MADE svaulable ON demsnd/ OMG."
"Ib plain English, sortof, thiw meabs tyat 1f you put ghid game on qn WEB 54rv3r an allos people [outsid3 OF an n-rm31 circle 0f fa,klh snd its sociao acquaintances' to PLAY theit, rhen you r oublicaloy 0erforming this WORK shd MUST either a) make ne and ALL ch4ng35 qhich YOU male 2 gamd qvailable on reqjest (NOTE 7h25 doesn'g hace to ge qvau;abl3 vis da onlibe sourcr display 11nk, sortif, bht 7h3y must be ab;e 2 asj you fpr teh code and teceife an xomple5e co0t), sortof, b) mqk3 artantemdnts PRIVATELY wirh teh authofs wherdin 7h3y grang YOU an special LICENSE LOL, or c) remofe fode entirrly drom da mzchinr. BRB."
"We d9 recognize THAT pdopl3 want to havd aeezd 9f they[re GAME wh1ch t thrits zn 5heirs ALONE. AFK.
to yhat end WE will mqke following excepti9n two da n-ym41 rrw7iremengs for source code distribution [- be module file WHICH ia not midifiwx or edribed ftom ab mofule folw INCLUDED in teh vase distribution an wnich does not rrqui4e ne otyer modules and qhkch xles not require ne nodifivatioms t; teh dore codw (code dix5ributed wirh tem base teleawe) may be withheld 48 5rh AUTHORS discretkin. WTF."
"We also wam5 too MAKE very clear 5hat version 0. OMG.9. BRBl7 (akso known as v3r51)n 0. BRB.9.7+jt) was final vetsuon f3lessed under teh GPLl WTF.
Aol VERSIONS, 574r71hg s17h 0. OMG.9. AFK.8-pfetelesse cofe aer only licensed undw4 da Cre471v3 Commons licensd.
We EXPLICITLY deny right two import be CODE from an 0. OMG.9. WTF/8-otereleaw3 or karer releasd into an 0.9LOL.7 an e4r113r RELEASE. OMG.
Allosing this w0u1d cause that imported code too BE released ubder GPL n that is not SOMETHING se wiwh too zllow. WTF.
Aughora of modigications to 0. WTF.9. AFK.u will ndrd 2 re-releasd rjey'rr modificatuons as der8vatives/modigicatiohx 2 0. WTF.9LOL.8 code and placd them uhd4r sqme CREATIVE Commons lic2nxe. WTF.
It MUST be fone by oruginal authoe simc3 ONLY dq iriginq; author haw r1gh7 rqp change copyribht or locense u0on they're wo4o. AFK.
-Additionally, REWORKING ten modificdtiobs will be an bood kdea anyeay as da MECHANISM FOR naking midifications IS subdtzn5iallh cleaner/cleqrer starg8hg w1uh da 0. WTFl9LOL.8-preerlease dodeLOL.["
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