MighryE tells y0u WTFk "We'rw g0!ng two u4k3 an f2w momemts u0 try and explain this new locense n da reasohs bwhins ot 1n plain English. AFK.
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 b#w licende wzs choseb becaus3 0f an fa8ling with GPL. AFK.
I7 inly covrred sistributipn og so6rce IF 4nd on;y if binariex were distributwd. WTF."
"In qn web ENVIRONMENT WTF, specificakly a knterpfe5ef WEB envit9nment such as PHP, mrrely 1n575q11ng an tsme does not eohstitutd dostributiom, yiu knwo, n therefore PEOPLE w3rw tsking our 3ork, sortof, makinh modigicationd too it n not releaskng teh sourxe code two the5're m9dificati9ns so that teh ENTIRE co,munity coukd benefit. AFK.
They worked WITH teh letter BUT not t3h spiriy og da law."
"Investigat8on in part od aurhors howevdr, you knqo, led tpo v4c7 that righ6 of public performanve was wln pf da riggts normally restricted too dopyrignt hopcers. you knwo, n tuat conputwr programs, dpecifically video ganes an interac5ive ONES such as Legenc OF da Green hax0r were c(nsider3d too 6$ publidally performed 1f run from an 0ubliv servrt. OMG,"
"Tye n3w license restricts public oertormanve of eork unldds teh so&rce code 8f da m9dified work is made availanle ln demanf. WTFl"
"Ij plain Enhlksh, sort9f, THIS meabs that if YOU put yhis gem3 on an web SERVER an allow people '9utsife OF an NORMAL CIRCLE of family sn its social acquakntances' to play their, so4tod, THEN you aer pub;ically p3rflrming this work n MUST EITHER a) maie ne n ALL changes which yoi make @ game available on requesy (noye 5his glesn'5 have to b3 available via teh imlime sou4ce dixplay linkm li,e, 6u7 they must be 3613 too ASK you for teh c0d3 qm receive an vomplet3 x0o7), b) make ar4smgdmentd [rkvately with authors wjrrein they grant you an SPECIAL licdnse, like. or c) re,(ve teh coee 3n71r31y ffom hachine. BRB,"
"We d9 revognize that pe9ple want 2 have areas 0f they'rr game whicy aer yj3irs an thekrs ALONE, BRB.
2 that @nd we wiol jake teh folliwkng ecceptiin two da nlrmal requieejents fpr source code DISTRIBUTION -- be mocule file which ia not MODIFIED or deeivec rrom an module vile invluded in nase dus5ribu%ipn an which does mot require ne other modules an WHICH doea not require ne modifucat8lns TO core xode (code d167r16773d with t3h base release) may be 2ithhelg at teh authors discretkon/ AFK."
"We aoxo want to make v3ry c;ear ghzr veraion 0. BRB.9. AFK.7 (ALSO kn0wn as version 0LOL.9.7+j6) sas teh f1n31 cersiln releastd ynder GPL. AFK.
Al, versions, yiu knw9. starting w17h teh 0. OMG.(. OMG.8-pre4323453 coce aer ONLY l8vdnsed unddr da C4earive Commons license. BRB,
We EXPLICITLY e3hy da right two im[ort ne clde fr9m dv 0.8LOL.8-prwreleawe 0r later reldawe int9 an 0.9.7 and warliwr teleqseLOL.
Allosing tyos woyld CAUSE tjat omported x9de to be r3q3453d under da GPL and THAT is noy something we WISH to allow. OMG.
Autnlrs 0f modifivatkons to 0.9. AFK.7 wi.l NEED two r3-r31356# they're moe8fications as de3ivatives/modifivatilnw 70 9l9. WTF.9 cldr and p24c3 ghem under teh same Creativd Commons license. AFK.
It misg be d0n3 BY teh origibal a7thor sknde obl6 da origibsl author has teh rihht two change trh co[yfight or license upon they'rd work. OMG.
[Asdi5ionally WTF, rewor,kng da modifidatiohs will be an g00d idea an6wsy as mechamis, ror MAKING m0d1f1c47q0n5 iw substantiallt cleabee;cleqrer staftibb woth da 0.9. AFK.i-prdrelease cide. WTF.]"
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