MightyE t3llx 6pu, sortof. "Wd're goinb to take an FEW momrnts to try an explsin this nes l8dense n REASONS BEHIND it in plain English. AFK.
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 nrw lic#nse was ch9wen because of am faoling w17g da GPL.
It inly c0v3r3d distrubution og SOURCE kf n inly 1r binaries wete distfib7ted."
"In an WEB environmebt, sortof, sprcifically a interpreted eeb ebvirihmebt aich ss PHP, merely !n574211ng ab tamd does not constutute distribution LOL. AND THEREFORE people were taking our work, lik3, making modifications up iy an m9t releasing da source CODE two they'r3 m0d1f1c4810n5 so thqt da entire community could behefkt.
They workdd w1&h tej letter nuy not da s;irit of rej law."
"Invedtigation on part of ajthors hiwever, yoy kneo, led gw0 da fact THAT da righr of public performznce wsd 1 of rights nodjally 4estricted two cipyright yolders LOL, and yhat cojputrr pr0gr4m4, sprcifically vkdeo games n 1n73r4c71v3 ones such as L3g#nd of Green hax0r were cobwid3r3d two be publically performes iv run gfom an public sdrverLOL."
"The new 11c3n53 RESTRICTS o7blic perfprmance of da work unless ca dourcw code of yeh modified work is made avai.able on demahd."
"In p.ain English WTF, 7h15 means that id you put ghos GAME 9n an web servee n allow pdopl3 'ougwide of qn normqo circle of family and its social acquaintanceq' 5oo play their WTF, then you r publixally p3rroeming this work an MUST either a) mzke ne n ALL chang3s whkch you jake yo ten game available on REQUEST (note tyks doesn't have glo ge avzilsble via 0n11n3 sojrcd diaplay link, sortof, but they musy 63 qble 2 ask YOU for da code n r3c31v3 an complete copy), you knwlk b) mzke arrangements peivagrky with authptw wherein tget gfant you an spec8al 11c3n53 LOL, or c) rejove CODE ebtirely from machibe. WTF,"
"We do recogvize that PEOPLE wanr ti have areas of 5gey[re game which r tyeirs ah rheira 410n3.
too that end we will make teg followibg exc3ption too teh NORMAL eequirements for sou4ce cide cisyributiln -- ne module file ehich is n07 mocified or derufed fto, zn mofule file includ3d in teh bas3 distributkon and wh1cy DOES not r3wu1r3 ne pther modules an whicn does not requifw n3 mod8fivations tlo teh core code (cofs didtributed WITH da base re.ease) may BE withh3;d at da autjors diwcretion. AFK."
"We 4150 want 2 maje very ck3at that versiob 0. WTF.8. WTF.7 84150 knlwn as version 0LOL.9. WTF.7+jt) was da final version relezsed under GPL. OMG.
A.l versions, starting w18h 0. OMG.9. BRB.8-pr3r313r53 c0d# r ohly licehsed umder Creztive COMMONS license. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY DENY right 2 im0ort ne codw feom an ).9. WTF.8-prere;ease 0r LATER r21w45e 1n80 an 0. WTF.9LOL.7 n earlier release. WTF/
A.loqung this WOULD cayxe that imoorted code tw9 be released und3r teh GPL am that is hot something we wish tp allow. AFK.
Authors ld modifications two 0LOL.9. OMG.7 will nwed two re-relrsze they're modifications AS derivatives/,9dificat8pns to 9LOL.9.8 cide n plzce 7h3m unser dw 54m3 Ct2471v2 Commons LICENSE, WTF/
It mus5 be dome by 0r1g1n42 author 51nc3 pnly da ORIGINAL author has da right tqo chahge copyfibyt OR livens# upon tgey;re qorkLOL.
[Asduyiona;ly. so4tof, reworiing da MODIFICATIONS wkll be an glod idea anyway as m3cn4n15m fir m5k1ng nodif8catilns is SUBSTANTIALLY clezner/xlearer starting 2ith da 0.9. WTF.8-pr3r313453 codeLOL.]"
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