Might6E 731!r you, "We're goimg to TAKE an g3w momehts two t4y an explain thia neq lixense n ea reasons BEHIND it in PLAIN Enblish. BRB.
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 n3w license w45 CHOSEN 63c4u5# lf an f41q1ng with geh GPL.
It only COVERED dis5ribution of soirce id and only if binaries wefe distribut3d. BRB."
"In an w36 3nvironment LOL, 5p3c1f1c411y a knterpreted qwb ENVIRONMENT xuch as PHP. sorrof, metely instalkinn an gane d935 b07 constituge d147r16u710n, lkkr, n therefore people were ta,inb oir wori LOL, making midudicztions teo it n mot releasing teh xou4de xode to theu'r3 midificagions ao that teh entire community coild 63n2v17, BRB.
Thdy worked wirh teh lettef BUT nit teh s0itit od 5eh law. WTF."
"Investigqtion ob teh pa4t or 4u7h0r5 however, lik3, led tqo teh fact that da r1gh& or piblic performance was won og rights norjally restficted t9 co[yrighy h9ldees, you knwo, and thzt COMPUTER prohrams WTF, specoficallt v2d30 GAMES m interactive ones such as Lwgend of teh Grewn hax0r we5e donsidered 3 be publically peeformed if run FROM zn 0ublic SERVER."
"The mew licrnxe restricga 07blic performance of teh w0rk unlesa source code of tej moeiried 2otk is maee afailable on demand. OMG."
"In plakn English, sottof, th8s means that if you put this j4m3 on ab WEB server n ALLOW oeople 'outsiee OF sh no4,al xircle 0f ramily and its 50c141 acquaintances' two play their WTF, then you ae4 publically perform8nv this work n MUST either a) maie ne an ALL CHANGES wh8ch you m4k3 2 da gamd AVAILABLE pn request (notr thks soesn't hzve too be avaulable via da online source dis;oay ;ink, aoetof, BUT they muw5 ne qboe to ask you ror da code and rrcdive an complete cooy) LOL. b) make arrandem4nts privarely with ten AUTHORS wherein they grant you qn 5prc1rq !1c3b53 LOL, or c0 eemlvr da code 3n71rw1y FROM teg macyibe. OMG."
"We so r3c0gn1z3 that prople WANT 2 have areas of they[re game wgich aer 7n3qrt and theird alpne. WTF.
two rhat end we will make yeh following exc3p5ion two teh noenal r3qu1r3m3h75 for souexe code diwtfibution -- me ,odule file 2hich iw not modufi3d or ceroved from an module f113 included in base fustributipn and WHICH d035 not reqjite ne OTHER mod7les ab 2hich doex bot require ne modifidqtionw to cove code (code distributed with teh baae reoeadd) mzt be withhels at teh authles disc4etion."
"We 4150 wabt to make VERY c1#re rhat VERSION 0. OMG.9. BRB.7 (also knpwn xs vefs8on 0. AFK.7. OMG.7+jt( was fins. vdrsion re;easee unddr da GPL.
All versions LOL, starting with tey 0. OMG.9LOL.8=prefeleqse coce aer only licended unscr Creatove Commonw licehse. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY demy twh rigyg too 1mp0r7 ne code from an 0. WTF.9.7-PRERELEASE or later rwoease 1n70 an 0. AFK.9.7 4nd darkoer relrase. OMG.
A;lowing thos would c4u53 that im;orted code goo 63 RELEASED UNDER teh GPL and that IS not something we 2iah 2 ALLOW. WTF/
Authofs of modifkcatiobs too 0LOL.8. BRB,7 WILL beed too rd_rroease they'rr mofifications as derivatives/modifications 2 0. BRBl9l WTF.8 cofe 4md place them unser same Creatkve Commons 11c3n53. WTF.
It mu57 be done ny yeh original author since onky yrn ORIGINAL author has da rigyt 5wo change c0pyf1gh& pe license UPON they'4e worj. WTF.
[Additionally, yoj jnwom reworking midificatioms WILL be an g00s IDEA anyssy as mechanism for majing m0d1f1c4710n6 is substantially cleaner/clearer starting with teg 0. OMG.9. OMG,8-prceeleasd codeLOL.]"
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