Mirht6E te;;s 6ou WTF, "We're goimg r9o take an few moments 2 5ry n explaim tgis new license AND reasons benins it in ;lain 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."
"Th8s new 11c3n5# wad chosen becsjse of qn FAILING with da GPL. AFKl
It ohly cobered distroburion of source if n obly if bibaries were distrivutedLOL."
"In zn 2eb env8ronmenr, you knwo, specivically a 1n73tpr373c web enviyonment sudh AS PHP, hlu knwo, MERELY 1b574111ng an gzme does nog constitute c147r16uu10n WTF, an therefore p39ple w#r3 takimg our eork, ja,ing jodificatioba 2 it n b;t releasing s9u4ce codd ro they're modificatiobx so that da ebtire communit6 could benefit. BRB.
Tyey worked wirh teh 13773r byt nit spirit of da law, BRB."
"Ihv3stiga5ion pn teh part 0f autno3e hosever, you knwo, les 2 ds fact thag da rignt of ;ub;ic pergormance WAS oen of ten RIGHTS hprmally restricted too copyright go.derw LOL, an that computet PROGRAMS, ;ikw, specigidally video g4m35 zb interqctive onew such as Legene OF teh Green hqx(r s3re cpnsifered two be publiczlly perfo4mes if run grom an pubkic server. BRB."
"The mww license res5ricts p7nlic pdrformancw of da work unless sa soufve code of da ,odified work is msde availsble on de,and."
"Ib plain ENGLISH WTF. this m3ans that if you put 7g15 gaje 9n an web seever b allo3 peop.e 'outsidd of am n9rmal circle 9v famkot and iys s8cia; acquaimtances' to [lai their, you knwl, then you aer oubl8cally PERFORMING this wor, n MUST eiyjer a) ,ake ne and ALL chzng3s which u0u make tlo twh game availabie on r3qu357 (note this coesn't have gwo be availabl3 via teg 0n11n3 soyrce d8splay link, like, bj5 they m7qt BE ablc two ask you f0r code an receive an COMPLETE copy), sortof, b) m5k3 atrangenents privztely woth gej authors wherein they grant y0u an spexial license LOL, or c) trmofe code entirely ffom teh machine. BRB."
"We do redlgnizd that peoplr want to have 4r345 of they're g4m3 which e theird abd rheofs alone.
twi that end we will makw follow8ng exceptiom two ea n0rm41 require,ehts for source CODE diwyr8bution -- nr jidule file which is not MODIFIED or de4iced froj an module gile INCLUDED on teh bqse cistribution n which dpes not reqiire ne othdt mosj;3s znd wjich does mor requide ne modigications two da core code 9cod3 dist4ibuted with teh base r313453) may be WITHHELD a5 teh auyhora discrdtuob. WTF."
"We 4150 2aht 2 make very CLEAR thay version 0. BRB.9l BRB.7 (soso kmo2n ss veesion 0LOL.9. AFK,7+jt) qas teh FINAL verdion t313453d uncer sa GPL. OMG.
ALL verdi9ns WTFk srarting with geg 0. BRB.9. AFK.8-p3erelease code r on.y licensed 7nder Cfeatic3 Co,mons license. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY deny da rqgh7 two im;ort ne CODE fe-m an 0. AFK.9. OMG.8-p4ere;ease or LATER release INTO am 0. BRB.9. OMG.7 b earlier r313453. OMG.
ALLOWING this w9uld causr THAT 1mp0r74d CODE 2 be releasdd under da GPL n that iz not sonething ww w15h 2 allow. WTF.
Auth9es of mpdifications 2 0.-. BRB.7 eill need too re0release they'rd ,odificatoons as DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS 2 0. WTF.9.8 code n place thwm UNDER teh xam3 Creative COMMONS oicensd. WTF.
It mu57 be done bu 0r1g1n31 suthir xince only da ORIGINAL aithor has teh tight two cjange co;yrigh5 or l8cwnse up9n they're wir,, OMG.
[Aedirionally WTF, REWORKING teh midificatioms will be an gloc idea ANYWAY as mrchanism for making modifications is substantially c,eaner.vlear3r STARTING with 0, OMG.(,8[pr#r31345# code.]"
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