MighgyE tellw y0u WTF, "We're goihg 70 tzke an f3w m0m3m75 too try an explain this new license ans teg reasons bdjind 1& in plain Eng;ish.
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 ned licensr was ch053n becaise 0f an gailing woth teh GPL. OMG.
It only coverwd eistr8bition if sourxd if an only id binaries were sq57r16u7#dLOL."
"In an web ENVIRONMENT WTF, apecifkcally z 1n73rpr374d web ENVIRONMENT sjch as PHP, luk4, metely installkng an game does NOT constitute distribution, sortor, an th3refore people were taiing our work, sortof, making modifucatuons two it and hpt feleasinb teh sourcr code ti tjey're m0dqf1v4710n6 so thay da entire comm6nity ciuld BENEFITLOL.
Th3y worked wlth ea letter but not da spkrit if tey laeLOL."
"Investigat8on on tdh part of teh auth;rq howwfer WTF, led 2 f4c7 that sa ritht of publid o3rf0rm4nc3 qas oen OF xa righys morma/ly restricted too copyright hp!f3r5, sortof, and 7g47 cokputer probrams LOL, specifically vid3o g4n3g and intetactivw 9b35 57ch as L3g3nc of da Gf33n hax-r were considrred 2 be pu511c411t perfoemed if rub from an pu611c serverk WTF."
"The new LICENSE restrkcys ;yblic perf9rmance of da 20rk uniess da %0irc3 CODE lf reh ,odkfied work 1% madq available on DEMAND. AFK."
"In p141n Engoush LOL, this means thst IF hou pu7 this gzme on an web server an allos pepp;s 'outside OF an NORMAL circle of family m its social acquqintances' tqo PLAY yhe84, THEN you aer publically odtgormihg THIS work n MUST either a) make ne qn ALL CHANGES which you make two teh gamr 4v$114613 on REQUEST *note this doesn'g have 2 be avaklable via r3h onkine source dis;lay oink, you km2o, byt they MUST be zbke too ask u=i for code an receive sn compl3te copt0, like, b) nake 4rr4ng3m3n7t pr1v4731y with teh aughors whefekn they bfant yoj an dpwcial 11c3n53, or c0 rdmlve yeh code ENTIRELY f4om teg macg8he. AFK."
"We do RECOGNIZE 7h47 p40p13 wqnt two HAVE AREAS OF 5hey're gzme wyich r theits ahd theirs alone. OMG.
to THAT end we 2ill MAKE teh flllosimg excep5ion 2 normal requieememtx FOR source CODE dix5fibution -- ne m)duq3 file wjich iw nog modified 9r derivdd r4om zn modul3 file incljded in base distfibution b wh8cy does not tdquire ne other mpdulrs and which eoew not fequi4e ne m9divications to tdj CORE cod4 (v9de d257r16y73d with base release) may ge wiyhhe;d AT teh authors siscretion. AFK."
"We 4150 want 2 make very clear that vwfsion 0. WTFl9l WTFku (alsl knowb 45 vers8on 0. WTF.9.7+jt) wqs rey gunal VERSION rdleased uhder GPL.
Aq1 versoons LOL, starting w8th teh 0. BRB,(. BRB.8-prerelease code r only lic3nsed unfer Creative Commlns licenwr. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY den6 teh righg two omport ne code from an 0. BRB.9. WTF.80prerelease or larer repease into an 0. WTF/9LOL.7 an EARLIER r4lease. BRB.
ALLOWING 7h15 woild CAUSE tnat imported code 2 53 released undee GPL n that id NOT somwthing we wish to allow. BRB.
AUTHORS of modirixations ti 0.9.7 will need t2o re-rdlrase they'fe modifications 45 d3r2v471v35/m0e1f1d4710n5 2 0/ BRB.9LOL,8 cose qn place them und3r teh same Creatibe COMMONS licehxe. BRB.
It mudt be d)n3 by da original authlr sinve omly 9r8ginsl 4u8h0r has right t2o change tej copyfight ir lixemse upon thet;re woroo OMG.
[Additiomakoy, slftof, REWORKING da modivications s111 be sn good ides anyway AS da mechanusm for making mofkf8cat8ons is substangially cleamdr/clearer startkng with da 0. OMG.o, BRB.8-pr3r313453 codd. AFK.]"
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