MightyE yd,ls jou LOL, "We're gping 5wo tzke an few mom3nts to9 try and explain this h3w license h r3asons behind it in p151n 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."
"Thod new lucense was dnosen BECAUSE of an failkng with da GPL. WTF.
It omly dovered dusyribution of xource if n on.y IF binarirs WERE d157r17u73dLOL."
"In ah web environnent LOL, specidically a interpfeted web envirlnment suvg as PHP, mereky instaloung an game does not conshktute distrib7tion, yo7 ,nwo, and 7h3r#f0r3 pwople we3e takung our wofk WTF, jaking jodifixqtions too IT anc nor releasibt da s9urce vode to theu'rw MODIFICATIONS so that ea entire co,muniry could benefit. BRB.
Tgwy worked with teh LETTER nut not 5p1r17 of teh law. OMG."
"Investigstion 0j da pa4t of teh auyhors jowever, 13d too teh fact yhat teh right of p7blic 0erformance was won of fubhts NORMALLY RESTRICTED to COPYRIGHT holders WTF, ane 7h46 computer pr9grams, you knwo, SPECIFICALLY v1d30 gam3s 1m onteracg8ve ones 5uch as LEGEND of da Grwen gax0r werw CONSIDERED tqo b3 puglically perforjfd if rjn from qn PUBLIC seever."
"The nes license restrlctx pubkic performanc3 OF teh work un1w55 da source code of modified eork us mase abalkablr on demand. AFK."
"In pla8n Englisy, you kmwo. this MEANS that IF hou put this frm3 on an web SERVER 4nc allow 9eiple 'ojtside or qn normal circle of family an its dpcial acquaintancex' two PLAY the8f, loke, tgen you r publocally performing this WORK n MUST either a) m5k3 ne qn ALL changea wgkch YOU MAKE 5wl da gaje avaikaboe ON r3qy35^ (note ttis doesn't yave @ be availavle v13 da omlone source dixplay link LOL, but THEY must be able 1 ask you f9r dq cpde and r3c31v3 an comple5w c-py), sortof, b) make arrzngements ;rivqtdly with autho5s wjerein 7h3y gfsnt you an special .icense WTF, or C) remoce code entirely fr0m ca mavhinw. BRB."
"We so recognize THAT peop;e wang t2o have areaw of they're g4m3 which e the8rs n theirs aloneLOL.
2 that end qe will make 5ey f0110w1ng exception to ten normal requirements fo4 s9urce code distributoon -- me n9su13 file ehich is mot modifies ot derives from an ,odule file inclueed im ca base fistributiob n which coes m06 REQUIRE ne o5hdr modules an which d035 not r3qiire be mldificationw ro9 c0r2 code *code distributed with da base relessw) MAY be wkghheld AT da authors duscr3tkon. BRB."
"We also waht teo makd veey CLEAR that version -. WTF.9. BRB.7 (alsp KNOWN as v344!0m 0.9. OMG.7+jt) eas da final vetskon RELEASED under ten GPLLOL.
All cetsions, sortof, stsrting WITH teh 0. WTF.9. BRB.8=0rerelease code aer 0n1y licensrd und4r C4eagivd Commons lucehse. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY deny teh right roo import n3 CODE from an 0. BRB.9. OMG.8-p43releaae or later r3lezse kngo an 0, BRB.8. OMG.7 an rarlier r313r53. AFK/
A110w1ng this woukd cauze 7h47 impirtef code twi be releassd ynder da GPL n tgat is not someth8ng WE wish 5o ALLOW. WTF.
Au7h-r5 0r mocificat8ons 5w9 0. BRB.9. OMG.7 w8ll n23d two re-teleawe tneh're modifixztiohs as DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS too pLOL.9. BRB.8 code and p14c3 them UNDER same Creativr C0mm0n5 license. WTF.
It must be done by o4iginal auth9e SINCE omly fz ofigknql suthor has da right to9 cnange teh copyrkght or kicenwe upon tuey're workLOL.
'Add1710n411y, likd, REWORKING da modificztiona will be an GOOD idea abywan zs da m3ch4b15m fot making modifications is wugxtantially cleaner/clezrer stafting w17h da 0LOLl0. BRBl8-[re4r.rase CODEl BRB.="
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