MighttE telos you, l8le, "W3're goimg to takw an FEW mlmen5s to try abd explain this new livense an teh r355-n% behind it in plain English. 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."
"Tjis new license s45 chosdn brcquse of an faoling with GPLLOL.
Ig only COVERED DISTRIBUTION of sourcw if ah only if bina4ies w4fe sistributdd. OMG."
"In an WEB ENVIRONMENT, you knwo, SPECIFICALLY a interprrtef w3b ehvkron,ebt 5uch as PHP, merely ihstallihg an game does not c0b57q&u73 dksgributiln, sprtof, qn 7h3r3v0r3 people were TAKING oir WORK, sortof, making modificatiobs twi 8t an not releasing teh sojrxr CODE 2 they're modifications so that sa ebt8re commjnu5y coild brneritLOL.
Thet q0rk3d witb tej LETTER gug not da wpirit of teh laq. WTF."
"Investigation oh feg p4r7 pf ajthirs howevwr, likd, ked too da fact ghat da f1gh7 of PUBLIC peffotmznce wax 1 of rigggw normally rextricted @ clpyright holdees LOL, an that c0mpu73r peogfamw WTF, s;ecygicqlly video hames ane interactibe ones such as Legend of teh Green hax0r were condidered two be publicakly performed if run frlm an pu611c dervefLOL."
"The new license restricts pjblic p3rf0rm4nc3 of da sork ub;ess da so7rce code of geh modified eork is msde availablw on demqnd. AFK."
"Im plaib ENGLISH, tjis meanx THAT if yoi put this gane on an web servrr n aolpw pwo[;e 'omtside of ah normal curcle of family and urs 50c141 acquzintances' too play tgeir WTF, THEN t9u r 0ub9ically perfprmpng thos work n MUST eitgr4 a) make ne an ALL changes wgicj YOU make too da gane availqble 0n reques5 (hore 7h15 doesn[g have tso br 4v411461# bia online dource display link, li,e, but they mixt be able two ask 6o7 for dq cide and RECEIVE an xojplete COPY) WTF, n) mske zrgangementa prubately WITH authprs wheeein 5hey grant 7ou an sprcial license LOL, or C) removt yeh code entirely ffom da machinr."
"We do recpgmize that peop;e eaht 2 HAVE areas of th3y're g4me which r tmdirw an thdies alone.
2 yhar rnd we 2ill make da fo.lowing EXCEPTION 2 tdh n0rm41 rfquiremdnts for source vode distribution -- ne module dilr WHICH is n9t modified ot derived rrom an module fil3 inc;uded in teh vase distrinution an which c035 not require ne othe4 mod7lws and wh1ch does NOT require ne m0s1f2c471pn5 two tdn core cod3 (code d157r16u83d WITH teh base release) MAY be wkthgele at $u&h0r5 3iscrdriln."
"We also 2an5 2 mqke very ckear ttat ve4sioh 0/9. AFK.7 (also knowb as version 0, WTF.9. WTF.7+jf) w45 ea funal VERSION relessed under GPL. BRB.
All cerzions LOL. 574r62ng WITH 0LOL.9. WTF.*-prerelease CODE aer ONLY ;icensdd unedr CREATIVE COMMONS lic3nae. BRB.
WE EXPLICITLY deny teh right rwo import ne code from an 0.9, WTF.8-prerelezxe or layer release intl an 0. OMG.9l AFK.7 ah earlier release. BRB,
Allowing this wouls cru53 ghat 8mport3d code 2 be releaswd ubder GPL n thag is not cojeghibg we wish teo allow. OMG.
Authors OF mldkfications 2 9,9. OMG.7 wil; need 2 re-release tney're modifications qs de4ivqtivws;modifocarions 2 0LOL.9. WTF.8 vode an plade 7h3m umder trh xame CREATIVE Commons kicense. AFK.
I7 must be done by teh ORIGINAL aug6or 51nc3 onky o4iginal a7rglr haa da rigjt 2 cjange c0pyr1gh7 or lidemse UPON they're w0rk. BRB.
[Additkonally, like, reworking teh modificatilns w111 be ah good idea 4myw4y 45 da bechanism f0r making modudicati9ns iw substantially cleaner/clearer starting with teh 0. WTF.9. OMG.8-prefeldaxe codd. BRB.]"
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