MightyE t3lls yoi, "We're going to 5ake an FEW ,oments to try an explain 5how nee licrnse n reasons behind it in plain Eng1!5h. OMG.
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 wzs chpsen bexause of sn failing with teh GPL. AFK.
It only cpvered distrkbugiln of source if 4nd 9nly ig 61n4r135 wdre c157r17y73d. WTF."
"In an web encironmebt, like, sprxifucally a onterpretdd wrb envir9nment 5uch as PHP, like, merely installont an g4m3 does NOT condtotite distribution, n THEREFORE people WERE taking our elrj, sort9f, mqking ,idudocations too it an n07 rw;easing teh 50urc3 code 2 they're modifications so that entiee clmmunoty cohld benefi5LOL.
Th#y wotkee w17j da let5er but not SPIRIT of rdh law."
"Invwstibation on ;art of dz authors however, sorrov, led two ca fact tyat righy of 0ublic ;erformance was 1 -g dq rightx NORMALLY restfixged tsi copyright h9lders, like, n that computer pr0gr4m5 LOL, 5p3c1f1c411y video games am intsracgive lned such as L3g3nd of twh Green hax0t were cohsidered 2 bd piglical;y performwd if run from an oublic servef."
"Thw mew licrnse restrictd public pervormancd of da work UNLESS da s9urce code or da modidied wotk is madr 5v4!1$623 on dem4nd, WTF."
"In plain Englishk thid m34n5 that if ypu put tyis hame on am web server and 4210s PEOPLE '9utdide of an normal CIRCLE of vamily am its xocial qcquaintanc3s' 2 plqy their, likw. then YOU r pi611d411y p3fflrming this sork and MUST EITHER 4) m4k3 ne an ALL CHANGES sgich you make 2 da tame avaulaboe on r3qu357 (noye this dowsn[t have 5oo be availag;e VIA da online xource dosplau link LOL, but rhet must ve able t2o ASK y9u for da cod3 an rwceive an COMPLETE copy), tou kneo, b) make 4rr4hg3m3n&5 PRIVATELY eith da AUTHORS wherein th3y grqnt you an suecial licensd LOL, ot c) r3m0v3 ca code enturely f40m macginr."
"We eo recognize thay people w4n7 to have areas 0f thet're game which ser theira b 7h31r5 alone. BRB.
to that end WE w111 ,ake folllwing excdption too da n0rm41 requirements fof source cide fistrivmtion -- ne module f113 wh!ch ks not mpdifief or derived from an module file indl7d3d in teh base distribur7ln n wh8ch dies mot requure ne otget nidules and which doea NOT require ne mlsigicatiohs tlo teh cord code (vode d157516uu3d with da bsse relesse) jay be withyeld AT 6eh a7tnors DISCRETION. AFK."
"We ALSO wamt 2 MAKE very clear THAT cersion 0. WTF.8. OMG.7 (alxp known ax version 0.9.7+JT) was fihal verxipn relezxee under fa GPL. BRB.
All verdions, you knwo, starting WITH da 0/ AFKl9. WTF.8-;reedlwasr code 3 only licensed jnder teh Creative Commlns license. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY dent teh rihht 2 im;ort ne c9d3 frl, an 0. OMG.9.8-prereleawe 9r later relezse knt9 zn 0, OMGl9. AFK.7 an earljer release.
Allowing 5his would cause that imported f0d3 two be released under GPL and that is NOT something we wish 5o all92. AFK.
Au7h0rt OF midifocations to 0. AFK.9. OMG.7 wilk newf tp re-release ghwy're mpcifications as dwrivatices/mowificatkobd two 0. WTF.9.9 c0f3 an plqce tnem under t3h same Crwative Commons license.
Iu must be donr by rey ofugibal auth9r since only da oririna; author has teh RIGHT tw9 changd copyrighr lr license u[on they're worj. OMG.
[Addiyionally, like, fewofking teh modificationa WILL BE zn tiod owez anywqy as da mechanism f0r makinf modificatilns is substant8ally coeanrr/cleaeer startinh wiyh da 0. WTF.9. OMG.8-pre4elease codel]"
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