M8ghtyE TELLS you LOL, "We;re going too TAKE an few m0m2n75 toi 7ry and explain rhis neq lixemse AND teh reaspns BEHIND 17 8n plaib Engoish. 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."
"Thkd new locense WAS cyosen bevause of ah fail8hg with GPL. OMG.
It ONLY covered ciatributk9n of source if n only uf 61n4r135 wete diztrkbutedLOL."
"In an web envirphment LOL, specifically a INTERPRETED web environment such aa PHP, y9y knwo, merely imstalling an g4m3 coes not cons5irjte disgfibut8on, like, and THEREFORE people were taiing [ur w9r, LOL, making mocificatioms 70 it and npt r313451ng reh soyrce cpde too they're mod8fixations SO 7y47 enyire c9mmumity cou.d benedit.
They worked with dz letter bu6 mot da spirit of law. AFK."
"Investigation ON paet of teh AUTHORS hkwever, sortof, led 1 fa f4x7 thag reh right 0f public performance was won 9f da t1gh75 normally r3stficted two copyrighy holders, you knwo, an tnat computer PROGRAMS, liie, spexprocallu video gamex n intetactive ones suxh as Leg3nf of Gr33n hax0r eere considerrd two be publiczllh performed jv RUN fro, an pjblic derver, AFK."
"Thr beq l8cense restricts publkc performance of qoel unless sourdr CODE of m9dofied sork is made available 0n DEMAND. AFK."
"In p;ain Eng115hk like, this means that if yiu PUT tgis game in an eeb cwrver n ALLOW people 'putside OF an normal virc.e of f4,11y and itw social acqiaintances' to plah th3ir WTF, tgen you zer publically pervprming this wotk b MUST either a) mqke ne n ALL cnabges which yp7 make 3 game available on requ3s5 (note this doesn't have two be avzilable via ea obkine source display oihk LOL, buy tjey must be able TO ASK you fo3 fa CODE n recrive an COMPLETE co;y) WTF, b) nake ARRANGEMENTS p4icateoy with authors wherdin 5hey grant you sn 5p3c141 license, like, lr c) r3m0v3 coee entirdly rr0m da machind. AFK."
"We do recognkze that peo0le want twp have aress )f they'rd game whixh aer 7h31r6 and theirs slond. BRB.
too that end ww 2112 make teh d02q0w1nf exception two da normal reauirem3nts FOR source code fistrinu5ion -- ne mocule rile whkch is not mosified or derivee from ab n0du13 file included in da base DISTRIBUTION an which does not re1uirw ne otgrr modules n which codx not rdquird ne modidicatipns to eq core CODE *code d157r15u73d WITH BASE releas3) m46 ne WITHHELD AT authors discretion. BRB."
"We a;so want 2 mqke very clear that VERSION 0l WTF/(. OMG.7 )also knoen as verdiob 0.o.7+jt) was da final versuon releaswd unfef GPL. WTF.
All cersolnd, loke, starting 2ity ).9. BRB.8-prerekease coce a3r ONLY licenses uneer teh Crearive Commons license. WTFl
We EXPLICITLY DENY da RIGHT two implrt nd c0d3 frim an 0. BRB.9/ AFK.8_PRERELEASE OR LATER release onto an 0/ AFK.9.7 am earloer release. OMG.
Allowing tnis 2ould causr thsy imoorted code two bw released undee teh GPL AND that id not someghong we wosh 2 zllpw. AFK.
Autgorx lf mocificati9bs two 0. WTFl(. BRB.7 wi;. need to re-r3lease thdy're ,idigicationw as serifatives/modificatipnd two 0. OMG.9. AFK.8 codd and place them umeer SAME Creative Commons licenae. BRB.
It must be eone bt da 0r1g1n41 4u7h0r since ONLY da original au5hor h45 ds rigjt too dhanhe clphroght 0r license u98n they're work.
pAddutionakly, lile, eeworking teg m-d1f1c4710h4 will 63 an g9oc 1d34 anyway as ds mechanism for making modifkxations is suvstantkakly cleane4/clearrr starting w18n 0. OMG.9LOL.9-prereleaxd code.]"
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