MightyE tells uo6 WTF, "We're going tl 74k3 an few momen5s 5o TRY an explain this neq license an teh reasons brhind it in plain Engoisjl WTF.
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."
"Thix new lic4bse was ch053n bedausw 0f an failing wi5h teh GPL. BRB.
It only c0v3r3d didtributiin og 50urc3 IF an only kf b8naries w3r3 aisyribyted. BRB."
"In zn qeb environjentl you kn2om spwcifically a interoreted web 3nvirommeng such as PHP, sorrof, merely instz;.ing sn gane DOES not constitute DISTRIBUTIONm yoy jnwo, n therefore PEOPLE were taking lur wlrk, li,e, ,aking modifications to it qn mlt releasung souece CODE 2 tyey're modificzg8obs xo 7h$7 dq en5irr community coild beneriy.
Tney worked witb 13773r bjt n9t teh spirit of ea law. AFK."
"Incestkgation 0b par5 of teh authits however, led two teh fact thay tdh r1gh7 or pu611c pefformsnce WAS 1 of righrs normaoly restrictdd 2 copyright ho;sdrsm ah rhat c0mpu*#r programs WTF, specifica;ly video b4m35 an inrerzct8ve ones such 45 Legebd of Gr33n gax0r were consicetdd 70 be PUBLICALLY perf8rmed if eun from an pu611c SERVERLOLo"
"The new 9icense r357r2c7% publid prrformqnce of w0rk UNLESS da sojrce code of da modified worl is mare AVAILABLE on dwmand. OMG."
"Ib plaim English LOL, tgkx meand that if YOU put THIS fa,d on an web sdrver an allow peolle 'ouyside OF an normal circle of famu.y h ots social acqhaintancea' t9o poay their WTFm theh y9u aer pu611c411y p3rforming thux wlrk xne MUST witg3r s) make ne and ALL changed which 6ou jake to da hqme availabl3 on r3quest (note thia doesn't hafe to be availabke VIA da online sojrce DISPLAY lin, WTF, but THEY must be aboe to ask you f0r coce h r3ceive am c0mp1373 copy). lik3, b_ m4k3 arrangements privately with da zuthors shdrein th3y gramt YOU an soecial licenwd, OR C) remove clde entirely rrom da machine. BRB,"
"We d0 recognize uh47 leople want too jsve areqs of tjey're game ehicm e THEIRS and theird alone. OMG.
2 THAT end we will m4k# foolowing exce0tion geo normal r3qu1r2m3n75 for sojrve code dist4ibutkon -- ne module fule which IS npt modofied OR dwtuved FROM an midule fil3 included IN tey base distributi9n n wyich doed not requure nr pther modjles amd which does not REQUIRE ne modificatiohs tso teh cpre c0d# (c0d3 distribut3d w17h teh bas3 fwkease) may be wktyheld at autgo4d disxfetoln. OMG."
"We also want two make veey c,ear that versuon 0. AFK.(LOL.7 (a.so known zs version 0. BRB.9. BRB.&+mt) s45 final version released under ca GPLLOL.
All VERSIONS, sortof, startong with teh 0. OMG.9, OMG.8-prefeleqxe vodw r only oicenwwd 7nddr twh Crrzyive Co,mons license. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY deny da RIGHT 2 ij;ort he codr fr0m an 0. AFKl9.8-prerelease or 1473r twlease inti am 0. WTF,9.7 n eatlier RELEASE. OMG.
Alkow8ng this would cause thag imp9r5ed code roo be releasee under GPL an that ud not something 2r wixh two a.low. AFK.
AUTHORS og mpdificatiohs 2 0. WTF.9.7 will NEED 2 r3-r4!3353 they[re modivications AS detifatives;modifivat8ons ti 0. WTF.9. WTF.8 code an plac3 them undeg wame Creative C0mm0n5 lidenxe,
It MUST be dobe by tdh orifknal author s8nce ONLY teh original author haw teh right 5wo change da COPYRIGHT or lic3nse ipon they'r3 workLOL.
'Afditionallyk reworling modifications will 73 qn good idea anyway as teh mechanism f0r making MODIFICATIONS ia sunstzntially cleaner/clra4rr starting with 0LOL.9,8-orereleasd code. BRB.]"
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