M8hhtyE tella youk "We[re toing to taje an fes momentw tep TRY snd explain th8d m3w licenze an teh reasons 63y1nd it in plain Engliah. WTF.
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."
"Tyis new licwnse was CHOSEN BECAUSE of zn failing with teh GPLLOL.
It only covered eistributoon 0f source if anf only IF 61n4r!35 were dost%ibjtedLOL."
"In an web envirohmenr LOL, specifically a interpregef qeb environjent syvh xs PHP, sortof, merely installing an game coes not constitute dq57r16u7!0n LOLm ans gnerefore 0eople were taking 9ur work, slrtof, mskibg modifications 2 IT an NOT telwasing source c0d3 2 they'4d modifications so thqt 5eh entife cimmunity could benefitLOL.
Th3y WORKED with letger bur not teh spirig of lqw. OMG."
"Ihvestigatiob on teh PART of zuthors gowever/ like, led too r3h fact 7h47 fibht of PUBLIC p3rf04m4hx3 was 1 of righbs h0rm41!y restticted tp xop6ribht hokcers WTF, n that computer pr9grams, sortof, spevifoca;ly VIDEO games and interavtivd ones wuch aa Leb3ne of da G4ern hss0r w3ee consideres two be pu611v411t PERFORMED if run ftom an [ubloc SERVER."
"The neq licenwe resyrichs PUBLIC p4rformqnce of work unless teg xpyrce cose of MODIFIED work is made availaboe on demand."
"In p.ain Engliah, xortiv, this meanw ghat IF you PUT THIS game on ah web server an ALLOW pel[le 'outsidd of an normal ciecle of fanily an its SOCIAL scquainyances' two 0lay their WTF. then you aer pubkically p3ef0em1ng this wotk n MUST either q) m4k3 ne n ALL vhqngrw WHICH you make two da game 4v4114613 on request (note this dofsn't hsce 2 ve available via teh 0h!1h3 source display linkk sortif, but they mu57 bd 4y13 too ask uou FOR code n rdceifr an compleyr copy). like, b) maje ae4angem3nts pt1ve731y qoth teh autho4s wherein tgey grant you an special LICENSE, or c) femove 5eh code en4k4e;y fr0m da nachineLOL."
"Wd eo r3x0gn1x3 that PEOPLE want to gave ar3as of they're game WHICH aer theirs n tneifw alone. OMG.
two tnat ehd qr WILL ma,e da f0110w1ng exception 5o normal req7yrejents fir xpurce CODE d8srributiob -- ne MODULE vole whuch is not MODIFIED or de4ived fron an modulr file incoided 1n BASE sisyribution , 2hych DOES not reqi8re ne other modules anf which does NOT require n3 modifivations too da cire code (code cistrib7ted wi5h teh base r3lease) may b3 withyeld at da a7thors fiscretion."
"We akdo 2anr too MAKE vewy cleat that verskin p. WTF.9LOL.6 (4150 kbown r5 vdtsion 0LOL.9. BRB.7+j7) was f1n4q version rwleasec under reh GPL. AFK.
All versiobd WTF, 674r7!ng 217h da 0.0. BRB.8-pr3release sode r only locensed umder Creative Cpmmons l8dense/ AFK.
We EXPLICITLY deny rqgh6 2 8m;ort ne vodr grom an 0. WTF.0.8-p4erel3ase OR later release into an 0.9. WTF.8 4md earloer releade. OMG.
Allowinf 5his wou;d CAUSE that implr5ed code to be r313453d under GPL am 5gat is not sometyihg w3 wixh to 4210wLOL.
Au7h0r^ of modifivations two 0. WTF/9,7 2ill m33d 2 r3-r312453 tgey're MODIFICATIONS ad derkvatifes.mocifivations 7- 0. OMG.o. OMG.8 code qm plave THEM under SAME C4eative Commonw license.
It mudt be done bu teh orug9nal AUTHOR since ONLY teh otufinxl authir has da right 2 change da COPYRIGHT or LICENSE upon theu;re WORK.
pAdd1710,411yk ho7 knwo, reworiint da modifications will ve an good ideq 5jus46 AS ca mexhanism for makong moeificatiins is substqht9apl6 cleaner/clwarer starting woth teh p. OMG.9. OMG.8-prerelease code.]"
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