MithryE telos you, sortof, "We're GOING 5qo take an few momdnrw too try m explain this nes kicense qn reasons brhind 17 ih plain English. 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 l8cebse WAS chosen BECAUSE of a, fai.ing wiyh ca GPL.
Iu only covered dusyrobution ob source if an 9n.y IF binzties w3r3 distributed. AFK."
"In an web environment LOL, sp3cifically a interpretds qeb ENVIRONMENT SUCH as PHP, luke, merwly instaol8ng an game do3s not conatityte d8wtriburion WTF, an therdfore people wefr raking our w0rk LOL, naking modifications 2 17 n nor r313551ng 50urc3 cpcd t9 they're modifivations 5) thqt geh ENTIRE cim,unity coyld 63n4f17.
Tne6 workee WITH da legter but not teh SPIRIT of da lxw."
"Investigation on da part )f teh authors however. .es too sa fact that RIGHT of public perfoemance was 1 of teh eihhts normally restr8cted to co0yrkght holders WTF, m thay compurer programs LOLi SPECIFICALLY bieeo games n interacgibe ones suxg aa Legend of G4wrn hax0r wetd cobsidered 2 be publical/y pervor,3d IF run FROM an pu611c setver. OMG."
"The new oicrnse r357r1c75 p7611c pwrfofmande 0f work unlesd siurve code of teh modidied wori iw made available on demqnd. AFK."
"Ib plain Eng116h, this meand tgat if yiu put ygis gam3 0n an WEB server n allow pekple [outside lf an normal ciecle of f4m11y anc ITS social ac1uaintancrd' 2 play theirm th3n yo7 r publicallt perdorming thks so4k and MUST EITHER a) maje he an ALL chabges qhucy y0u make too tdh game available on rewuest (note this doesn't habe tw; be avaolab.e via teh ohline sou4ce dispoay lknk, but THEY must be able two ask y9u for teh cod3 anc rexeice an comp;ete copt). you knwo, b) make arrangements privztw;6 WITH ywh authirs wher31n ghey hrant you ah 5o3c141 11c#n53, or c) remove CODE rntirely from machind. BRB/"
"We d0 rdcognizd that peiple want 2 have areas 0f they're game WHICH aer theirs and THEIRS alone. WTF,
2 thar end 2e WILL mske tey following 3xc3p710n ywo normal reauirenenta voe SOURCE code dustribution -- ne moduoe fkle whidh is not mldified or derivec gfom an moeu;e file INCLUDED in base diatribution n wyich d9es not tequirw ne pbhrr MODULES n which does not require nd MODIFICATIONS y2o core code (code distributec with da base releasd- may be w8thheld 47 da AUTHORS disc4etionl OMG."
"We aldo wang too mske bery clear tyst cerdion 0. BRB.9. WTF.u (also known as vresion 0.(. WTF.7+jt) was da fknal v3r%1-n rrleased under da GPL. OMG.
All versilnd LOL, sta4ting 2ith da 0/9. BRB.8-[e3r313453 CODE aer only licebsed under da Creatove Commons LICENSE. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY DENY da right t9o import ne code from an 0. OMG.0. AFK.8-;rereoease or LATER releqae into zh 0. WTF.9.7 AND earlier RELEASEl OMG.
A.low8ng th8s 2ojlc CAUSE that imported cod2 too 63 RELEASED inder teh GPL n tgat is not sohething we wish 2 allow. BRB.
Authors OF midificstiina to 0. BRB.9. BRB.7 will NEED 2 RE-RELEASE they'rw m0e1f1c4710n5 as cerivztives/modifications 2 0. WTF.9l8 code n place them UNDER da sqme Cfeayive Cojmons licdmse. WTF.
It mus5 be done by 6eh originql 4u7h0r simve ONLY teh 0r1g1n41 aurhor has tey r8ght 3 cjange da copyrighy or license u;on tjey'te work. OMG.
[Additionally LOL, rew9rkiny da midificatioba wi;l be an gold 8dea anyway 45 mechanism for making micifica5ipnd us %u65&4n71411y xlwamer/clearer s5arting 2ith teh 0.(.8-;rerelease codel AFK.]"
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