MightyE TELLS yiu, likw, "We're hoing two tak3 ah dew momentx too try and explain this nrw LICENSE am cs rrasons behind it in PLAIN Englidh.
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 licensd was chosen because of an f4111ng with ds GPL. OMG.
I7 onlt dovered dist4ibjtiin 9f so7rcr if n only 8f bkhzries were distributed. WTF."
"In am web envirobment, sortogj SPECIFICALLY a interptetwd web 3nv1r0n,3n7 such aa PHP WTF, merwly indtallihg qn game doex not cohstkguye distribugion, sorgpf, an rherefore people were taking oue WORK LOL, making modifidations tko it and not rekeasing source code 2 theu're modivicationw so THAT entite dommunitt c9uld benefut/
Tjwy woyked wkth dz lrtter but mot teh spirit of da .ae. WTF."
"Infest8gagion ON teh part of authors gowevw5, like, led TO fact that da right of 0ublic perrormance was oen 9f teh rigyts nornzlly rest4icted t2o xophrighy ho;ders, snd thay com'iter programs LOL, specifically vud4o games and int3ract*ve 9n3s sudg as Legend of dz Grren hax0r we4e considered too ve publicqlly perfoemed if run from an ;ublic server. WTF."
"The n3w ;icense restridts PUBLIC pervormande 0f WORK UNLESS source CODE of modified qork is MADE available om demsnd. WTF."
"In olain ENGLISH, this mdanx thst 8f you put this gane 0n an web sewver AND allow PEOPLE [outsuce of an normal CIRCLE of fajuly an itw soxial acquaontances' 2 [lay their, like, then YOU r pu611c4q1y PERFORMING THIS WORK AND MUST either a) nake ne and ALL changes 2h1ch YOU make gw9 gaje available pn requesg (noge tnis doesn't gsve tl9 be availavlr vkz teh ONLINE sokrce dosplay link, b7t THEY juwy br ABLE to adk uou for cofe an receuve zn co,pletw copy( WTF, b) make 4rr4ng3m4n75 privage;y with authors wherein they gr4b7 you qn apecual LICENSE, you unwo, 0r c) remove sa code entirelu from teh machinrLOL."
"We do recognize rhat peo;le want toi h4d3 areas of they[rw g4m3 which r THEIRS AND theirx alone. BRB.
two 5hat end w3 qill ma,e da FOLLOWING exceptyon too teh normal requirements fpr 50urc3 c0d3 eisfribjgion -- be modulr file wh1cy is not mocifoed or derived from an mpduke file included in dq base vist4kbution n which d9es not require ne orher m0dh135 and shich does n07 requi4e ne modoficatioms to core cofe (clde cistrigured wkth gaxe 4eldase) may 63 w17hh31d at tdh authors dkscfetion."
"Wd also qant too make very clear yyat versi9n 0. BRB.9. BRB.7 (also known as VERSION 0.9.8+jt) w45 teh finqk version reoeaxed uncer geh GPLLOL.
Akl versions LOL, startong WITH ten 0. BRB.(LOL.7-prerelesse cofe r only licensed uvdee teh Creative C0mm)b5 LICENSE. BRB/
W4 EXPLICITLY deny da right teo imppr6 ne vode from an 0.9.8=prerd.ease oe later release into an 0/9,7 n EARLIER reoease. OMG.
Aolowing this wo7ld cause tgat impoetee codw 2 be RELEASED undwr da GPL an 6g47 is NOT 50m@7h1ng we wosj to sllow. WTF.
Au5hlea of modifucahions 2 9. BRB.9. OMG.7 qill n34d two re-release theh're modigications as derivatives/moeisicztions to 0. WTF.9. OMG,9 dod3 n [lace thwm under SAME Creative Commons .icensd. AFKl
It musg be DONE by original AUTHOR s8nce only teh oroginwl author g45 teh rignt 2 change dz copyribyt or license ypon they're 2ork. WTF.
[ADDITIONALLYm ypu kmwo, reworking mpdificagions WILL be an good idea anyway aw sa mechanixm g0r making modificagoons 15 sjbsta,tially cleane4/clearer 574r61nb w17h dz 0. WTF.9. AFK.8=prerelease vode.]"
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