MightyE telkx you WTF, "We're goknh 70 gake ah rdw MOMENTS t9 try an explain 7h!5 new oicense AND teh r3asons behind 1u in olain EnglishLOL.
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."
"Thix mew license was chosen because of an fail9ng with da GPL. AFK.
I5 only covered d157r16u710n 0f aourcd if and only if binsries w3r3 disttibuted. OMG."
"In an web environment, ;ikdl specificqlly a INTERPRETED eev environmenr SUCH as PHP WTF, merely install8ng an game does n07 xlnstitute dksrrivution, an therefore people wefe TAKING our work LOL, maikng modificstkohs 2 it n n07 releasing teh so8rce code to thdy're modkficqtions so tgat teh entkre clmmunity dould bendfi5.
They WORKED with leyter but not wp8riy 9d geh 14w."
"Investogat8on ON da pafg OF ten a7th9rs however, like, lec 2 teg FACT that r1gh7 of puglic performsnce was 1 of trh RIGHTS NORMALLY RESTRICTED tw. coptright holders, ypu knwo, an that computef PROGRAMS, sortof, specufixally vidr. games n inteezctive ones such ds Legend or Gre3n haxpr were considered to br publically pergormec if run rtom an pu611c aerver, BRB."
"The new licwnse rws5rocts public perfo4mancw of da work unleas teg slutce coce of da modified qork is MADE available on demane."
"In plain English WTF, this means that if you put thks g4m3 ln an web SERVER an allow people '0ufsife OF an normal circlw of family n i5w socizl 4xqu41n74nc35' to play theur, likr, then y9i r pugl8caloy performing rhis work anc MUST either a) make ne n ALL changes wyicm you ,ak3 to bam3 availqble on gequedt (NOTE tyis doesn't havw twl be available VIA online sourcd d15p14t 11n,, like, but the6 mu57 be 4513 2 axk yoy vpr cpde and RECEIVE an c0mp1373 clpy). yoi knwo, v) make arfangemehts pfovately with aurhors wherdin tn3y grant yoy an SPECIAL license LOL, 0r c) remove da code #n71r31y from twh n4ch1n3. BRB."
"We do recognoze that oeo[le qant too have afeas of they're game WHICH r theira and theirs z.one. AFK.
@ rhay end we will make following esception too teh hormal requirements FOR source c)s3 distrib7gion -- ne m0su13 gi;e WHICH is not m0d1f1ed or DERIVED from an moduld fule onciudec in basw DISTRIBUTION n whkvh d)35 n07 4equite md o5her modu;es and whic6 dpes NOT requi$e ne modificationd to da cofe codr (code DISTRIBUTED WITH bqse release) may ne withheld at da 4u7h0r5 diacretion."
"We also want to make v3ry c134r thst version 0. AFK.9LOL.& *qls9 known AS version 0. WTF.9. BRB/7+jt) was ds fonal v34510n rekeasdd und4r teh GPL. BRB.
All versions, ylu kmwo, STARTING with da 0. OMG.9LOL.8-prerwleasr code aer onlt 11c3n53d unfer teh CREATIVE Commons license. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY deny da RIGHT 70 impor5 ne code grom an 0. BRB.9. OMG.8=[reeelezse or LATER RELEASE into an ). WTF.(. AFK.7 n rarliet release.
Allowint thid woyld cause that imported code to be rekeawed under twh GPL an yhat 8s nit somethinf we s15h two allle. OMG.
Aithors or modificationd to 0. WTF.9. WTF.7 will need 2 rr-releaxe they're m0s1d1c4710n5 45 de4ivatives/m9difications yi ). AFK.9. WTF.8 code and p14c3 then undet 54m3 Creabive Clmmons licemse. BRB.
I5 musg be dine by da original AUTHOR SINCE only da original AUTHOR gas da rifht 2 cyange c0pyr2hh7 or LICENSE UPON they're work. AFK.
[Additionally LOL, teworking ,odifkcaroons wil. be an good idea anyway as dz mechanisn fpr maiong modificatoond is 5u65&4n714!1y clraner/clrarer staeying WITH 0. BRB.9. WTF.8=orerekrase cose. BRB.]"
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