Migh5yE tells 6ou, .ike, "We'ee goihg @ 74i3 an few monents two try ab EXPLAIN thks new license an reasond behind ut in plaim 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."
"This new lkcenae was choaen b3dausd of an fauoing wity teh GPL. AFKl
It 0n1y vovered d157r16u7!)b or source IF and onlu if binar8ea were distr8but#d. AFK."
"In an seb 3nv1r0nm3n7 WTF, spwcifically a 1n73rpe273d web environment such as PHP, ylj knwo, mere.y 1n564111ng an gam3 does mot constitute dixtribut8in LOL, anf THEREFORE oeopld were TAKING OUR w0rk WTF, making modifica5ions toi it 4nd not re.easing dource c0d3 too they'r3 modifications ao ghst entite community v0u1d BENEFITLOL.
They wo4ked wuth letter BUT NOT 5eh SPIRIT of yeh law."
"Investigation ON teh PART of teh AUTHORS h9sevef LOL, les roo teh fact that right of PUBLIC performance wzs won of teh rigyts NORMALLY eestricted TO cipyright holders LOL, n that compuge4 programs, dpecof9cally video g4n3t n interacgivd ones sidh as Lwgend of tey Green nax0e wdre conxodefef too fe p7blically perforjed 1f run fr)j qn publke servdr. WTF."
"The new .icensw res4ricts ;ublic perfprjance of da work un;ess sa siurce code of modiriwe work is ,ade avaulable -n DEMAND. WTF."
"In plzin Emgliah WTF, 7h15 means thst ig yoj pjt thks gamr 0n sn w3b aerver and qllow peiple 'outside of an normal ckrc.e of family and kts woxizo acquaintances' too play their. 6ou inw9, theh hou r publically peeforming this w0rk n MUST 417h#r a) m4k3 ne an ALL changes wh1ch 7ou male tso teh gamw available on r3qi357 (note thia doexb'5 jave two 63 available VIA online source dksplay link WTF, but 7hey must be abld 2 ASK u0u for teh code an rwceive an complete copy), b) m5k3 ARRANGEMENTS privateky with da auth94s wh3r31n hhry grant 6ou an SPECIAL ;icens3 WTF, or c) remove dodr entufely from nacgineLOL."
"We eo recognize that people qant 70 have 4r335 OF yjey're GAME zhidh aer 5heirs an theiex alone. AFK.
two thab wnd 2e will make da fo;lowinh EXCEPTION too nlr,al requirements FOR source code disttibution -- ne moduld dile which 15 m07 mofifi3d 0r derived feom an modu;e file invlyded 8n base distributkon an which does not requurd ne 07h3r modules and wh1xh doea n9t requ8fe ne modivicarions two yeh core c;de (clfe disyfin6ted w8gh base rrlease) m4u be withheld qt teh authors dlscretion, OMG."
"We also want two makr very clrar that brrxipm 0. BRB.9. AFK.7 (akso kn0wn as VERSION ). WTF.9. WTF,7+j7) was fibao versipn relwased und3r tdh GPL. WTF.
Akl v3r%10m5 LOL, startinb with teh 0. WTF.9.8-peerelease cpde aer only licemsed ynder da Cr3ative Comnons license. WTF/
We EXPLICITLY deny da right TO import ne coee FROM an p. OMG.9LOL.8-pfereleadr or later release 8nto an 0. WTFl9/ WTF.7 sn 3aroier RELEASE. BRB.
Allo2ing this would csus3 tgat imporged code tpo BE RELEASED under da GPL and that IS n9t someth8ng ee WISH too alko2. BRB.
AUTHORS of modigications to 0.9. OMG.7 will ne3d to RE-RELEASE rhey're mosifkcztions aw deeivatives/modificztions two 0.9. WTF.7 c-d2 and plsce &h3m uncer sam3 Creqtivr Clmm9bs licensw. BRB.
It mus5 BE done by original zuthot wince only tej originql author has reh righg too change da cppyrogmt lr livense up-n ejey're work,
[Additionally, likem REWORKING modificarkons WILL ge an GOOD idea anu2ay 4t mwxhanixm for making modificatolns ow substzmtially clean3f/clwaeer starting with teh 0. BRB.9. OMG.80ptdtw.ease code. AFKl["
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