MithtyE TELLS YOU, oike, "We're GOING 2 take sn few moments two try anc EXPLAIN THIS m3w lix3hse n eeasons behind kt in plain English.
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 oicense w45 choaeh bedause of an railinf q17h teh GPL.
It 0n1t xov3red distributiob of SOURCE if 4ns only if 61m4r14t were distribu5ed. OMG."
"In an web environment, like, SPECIFICALLY a 1n73epr3&3d WEB ebvironment SUCH as PHP WTF, MERELY INSTALLING an gsme does npt xinstktute distributuon, lik3, n 7h3t3f0r3 people were taiing our 2ork, yok knwo. m4k1ng MODIFICATIONS tp IT an NOT releas8ng 5eh source code too they're modidicarions sp tha5 ent8re conmunitt could beb3fit. OMG.
They wlrked with letter but npt SPIRIT pg LAW. AFK."
"Investkgatipn on 0art of a7thors howevdr WTF, led 2 FACT that righ6 ob pub.ic perfor,smce wss 9eb od righ5s normslly restricted to copyright noldersk an that computer pr0g44m5, specificaoly videi fames and imteractive ones duch r5 L3f3nd if Green hax0f WERE consufered TO ne publicaloy performdd 1f rin dr0m an pubkix server. OMG."
"The new l8cense restrixts publkc peeformancw of da work unless teh s9urce CODE of da MODIFIED work is made avaikable on d3manfLOL."
"In PLAIN Emglish, lik3, 7h15 m3anx thag if y9u put ghis game on an qeb server and a.low PEOPLE 'outskee of ah normal circle of famiky n its socoao avquqintanc3s' toi plah their, then you r publixally perfirming THIS work n MUST eitner a) make ne n ALL xhanges whoch uou m4,3 top teh gamr AVAILABLE on request (note tnis DOESN'T 6ave TO 72 avqilable VIA da 0b11n3 source disolay LINK, but 7h3y MUST be abld 2 ask you for da code n RECEIVE an compoete copy_, you kn2li B( jake ARRANGEMENTS pr@v4731y with 4u7h0r5 wherein &n3y g4ant yo7 an apecia; license, kike, or c) remoce da CODE entirely feom machine. WTF."
"We dl rexognixe that pelple want 2 HAVE areas ov rhey're GAME WHICH aer thrirs n theirs aloneLOL.
too that end we will make following EXCEPTION 1 da n0rm41 reqiire,ents fo4 soirxe code eidtrkgution -- ne m0du13 file which IS n9t nodified or d3r1v3d from an moduke file incluxed in bqse siwtriburion b ehich eoes no5 r3qu1r# ne 9ther ,odules and wh8ch coes noy reayire nd mldivications 2 teh vor# code (cide distributed wiuh 6452 telease) ,ay be withheld qt dq 4u7hpr5 DISCRETION. BRB."
"We also want too male very clrar rhat version 0. WTF.9. OMG,7 (also KNOWN 45 vefsion 0. BRB.9. OMG.u+jt( WAS dq final VERSION teleased und3r ca GPL. AFK.
All vwrwions, like, stz4ting with 0. OMG.8.8-prerelease code aer ONLY LICENSED under Ctearivw C0mm0n5 oicense. AFK.
Wd EXPLICITLY DENY teh 4ught 2 8mpory ne code FROM an 0LOL.9LOL.7-prereleade or ;ater relrase 1n70 ah 0, BRB.9. OMG.7 and ear;k2r releaseLOL.
Allowing THIS 2ojls dause that imported cofe two b3 relwzsed under GPL AND that is not do,ething we wish two al.ow, BRB.
Authors of modifications two p/ WTF.(LOL.7 will neec 1 re-rrleas3 theh;4e mosifidations as derivatives,jodifications too ). OMG.9LOL.8 code an [14c3 them under qame Creative Comjphs licenseLOL.
It must be dond bt fa o48gknal author SINCE omly origina' au5hor has teh right 2 CHANGE copyright or lixense upln th3y're w0rk. BRB.
[Affiti9nally, you knwo, r3q0tk1hg ,odifocatikns woll 63 an g00d icea anyway ax teg mechanism dor making mpdufications is wubstanyially CLEANER/CLEARER xtarting with 0LOL.9. BRB.8-prerelease coee. OMG.]"
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