MightyE tells uou WTF, "Wr're foing tqo take an few momentw too try anc explain rhis hew lidense n teh reasons BEHIND it in p1r1n 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."
"This new locenae was xhosrn 63c4u53 of sn railing WITH da GPL. OMGl
IT ONLY cover3e dostrib7tuon of 50urc3 if an only if binarors sere disgributed. OMG."
"In an WEB encironmenr, 5p3c1f1c411y a INTERPRETED web enbironment such as PHP, mwrely installing an game DOES not constigute dixtr9bitiom, softof, an therevore people w3re tajing our w9rk, making ,odifications to iy an n06 rdlrssing trn source code 2 theu're moduficationd 50 7h47 tej entire xommunity c0u1d bdnefit. BRB.
They WORKED with da lwttet vut NOT teh SPIRIT 9g law. BRB/"
"Inv3stigatuon on reh part of da authors gowever, liie, led to fzct that fa right 0f public perfo4mancw WAS 1 pf teh rights nirmaoly rewteidted to9 c9pyriggt hokdersk sortof, and THAT c)mpj7$r programx, yoj knwo, specufical,y video games an interactovd 9nes xuch as Legems of da Green hax0r WERE considered 2 be publicallj performwd if run from zn public SERVER. WTF."
"Tnw new 11c3n53 restricts punlic perfpfmance or da work unleas da slurce code of teh midivued work 15 made availablw on demanf. BRB."
"In plqin Eng115h, tyis means thst if you pur THIS game om an web serve4 an alll2 peopoe 'outside of an no4mal CIRCLE of family and kts 50c141 ac1jaintanced' tso play thrir, you knqok tyen you r PUBLICALLY perfo4ning thiw work n MUST 3ithwf 4) make nd ahd ALL changed wh1cn you MAKE too da gane available om REQUEST (b073 this d035n'7 hace 2 b3 available via da ohline source displa6 lihl, ypu kneo, nut ggey must be able too axi YOU vor da code an fecdive an com[.ete c0py), sortofm b) makd arrsngwmemts privately w17h teh authors wherein tgey grant you an spedial ;ocense LOL. 0r c) removw teh CODE entirely from teh mqchind. BRB."
"W3 eo recogniz3 that p3ople want to hafe areas of they'4e GAME 2hich aer theies and th3irs slond. AFK.
2 THAT end we 2ill mahe twh followkng 3xc3p710n two da normao fequirwments FOR dource code DISTRIBUTION -- ne m)du1e file which ix not mod8fied or d3r1v3s from qn mpdule FILE included in da bzse ciatribution n whuch fpes mot requir3 ne other MODULES n which xors h9t requ8re ne ,9didicat8ons two da core cose 9code distributed 2ith da 6353 release) msy be withheld 47 da au5hors DISCRETION. WTF."
"We ALSO want two ,ake very clear that vers8on 0. BRB.9LOL.7 (alqo known zs verwipn -. OMG.9. WTF.7+jt- q45 teg FINAL version RELEASED under GPL. WTF.
Alk fersions. li,e. startibg with da 0. WTF.9. BRB.8-prerelease codd r only licebsed under teh Cr3471v3 Cimmobd kicensd. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY deny da r8gh6 TO imlprt ne CODE FROM an 0LOL.9.8-[rereleqaw or later releqse into an 0. AFK.(/ WTF.7 and earlier releaxel
A110w1ng this would cause thag omplrged code to be reldased under teh GPL b tha5 is NOT domfthing wd w15h too al;ow.
Autjors of mofifixations too 0LOL.8.7 will nded 5oo re[relesse they're ,odificat8ons as derivatices/modifications 2 0. BRB.9LOL.8 code abd place them UNDER ra same Crda6ivd C9mmons 11c3n53.
It muw6 bd done 6y teh origibal 4u7h0r sincr )n1y da original AUTHOR haa da r1gj7 2 chzngr teh co[yright or license up0n theu're qork. AFK.
[Additionally, you knwo, reworking modificatilns will be an food orea znywsy as mechanism for making jieifications os substantiallt cl3anrr/cleaedf stqrt8ng w17h 5eh 9LOL.9LOL.8-prerelease code.]"
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