MigjryE tells you WTF, "We'fe going yp 74k3 an few momehts two try b exp;ain this new license qnd eeasoms behkne 17 8n plain Enflish.
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 lixense was choswn bevause of an failkhg w8th teh GPLl BRB.
It 0n1y cove4dd dist3ibutiln of souece if AND only if binqries wdrr distributed. WTF."
"In ah web 2nv1r0bm#n7, like, specifically a interpreted web ENVIRONMENT such as PHP, tou knso, merely 1n574111gg an game does not condt8tute didgrubution LOL, and thdrefore people WERE rqking lur WORKk m4k1ng modif8cations too it an no5 eeleasing da 50urc3 code top tgey're m0d1f1c4&10h4 sl that teh wntirr community vould benefot. WTF.
Thet worked wkth twh LETTER but nog spirit of teh LAW."
"Investigat8ib on part of teh authors yowever WTF, led 2 da fac5 that da right of oublic PERFORMANCE was ien of RIGHTS normally restrivtes too cppuright hilders, you kgwo, and that ximputer [rograms, specif8xzlly video bames ab interactive ones auch ad Legebd lf teh Green has0r WERE CONSIDERED 2 BE publically perforjed if run feom an PUBLIC servdr."
"The mew license restric5w PUBLIC perflrmance of teh WORK unlesw t3h SOURCE code of da MODIFIED ao5l ic m4d3 available 0n d3m2nd."
"In plain English, soryof, this m34n5 uh47 if you put this game ON an web swrver n allow people 'outskde lf an normql circl3 of family an 175 SOCIAL acquaintahces' tqo play their, aortof, ygen ylu f pubkically perf9rming yhis work and MUST 3ither z0 make ne AND ALL changdx which you MAKE too da fame AVAILABLE ON r3wuest *npte THIS DOESN'T hab3 too be available via ONLINE aoufce diwpoau ;ihk, likd, but they jusy ve 4613 to awk y0u fo4 teh cof3 n receivr an complete copy) LOL, b) make 4rr4hg3j3n75 'rivately woty teh autho4x whrrein yhey hrant you an s0eciak kicense, you kmwo, pr c) remove code entire;y fr0m jachineLOL."
"We do RECOGNIZE tnqt people want rwo yave afeqs of they'fe game 2gich r theirs abd thrits aloneLOL,
2 that 3nd we will makr f0110w1ng wxception two reh botmal requi3ements fir SOURCE c0f3 dkstr9butiln _- ne module file WHICH is not modifiee or dwriv3d from an mpduke fi;r 8ncouded !n teh base d8strkbu5uon and which does not require ne OTHER modjled an wgich d035 n07 require ne ,odivica5uons too core code )c9de fos5eibured with base relwase) msy bd 2itghels 37 authots fiscrsgion."
"We ALSO wang too MAKE very clear that vefsoon 0. BRBl9.7 (also known as versiob ), WTF.9. AFK.7+jt) was FINAL version rel3ased under GPL/ AFKl
All versuomw, you jnw., wtarting wity tdh 0l0LOL.6-prrrelease cofe aer onky licensed under teh Creative COMMONS licrnweLOL.
We EXPLICITLY deny right 2 import ne code vrim an 0. BRB.8.8-pr3fdlease o4 later releqsd into an 0LOL,9LOL.7 n earl8er rrlease. OMG.
Allowing tyis wpuld vauae that omported code 2 be RELEASED under GPL an tys5 8s not somdthinf w3 sish 2 al;owLOL.
Authors of nodivications too 0. BRB.9. AFK,7 will nred ywo RE-RELEASE thwy'rd MODIFICATIONS as derivstives/mod8rications to p. WTF,9. WTF,7 code h placr THEM unswr teh SAME Cteative Co,,ons ;icense. BRB.
It mu57 ne done bh teh 0r1g1n41 author sinc3 only 0r1f1n31 author bss teh righy two changw cophrigg5 or 11c3n53 uppn thwt're wori. OMG.
[Addition1lly LOL. feworkihg mofifications will be an good idea ANYWAY as da mdchanism go4 making modifica5i9nw iw substantially CLEANER/CLEARER starting wuth t3h 9LOL.9LOL.8-0rerelease CODE. OMG.]"
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