MightyE yflls you, you knwi, "We'rd goong too TAKE an fe2 mlmen5w 5oo try and explain thus new license n REASONS benind it in p;ain 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 license was chosen becaus3 of an gakling WITH sa GPL/ OMG.
Iy ONLY covdred distriburion of 50urc3 8f and only ir binzried qr4e distrigutee."
"Ih an wrb rnvirihment, soryof, specivically a inywroreted w3^ environmeny sych as PHP, you knwp, merely inatallinb an game does NOT constityte distrib7tion. sor5of, n gherefoee [30013 wdre takubg our wori, doetod, makong mpdificatuons 80 kt abd n07 releasing da sourcd c0e3 too they'rr modifications so tyah da entirw commuhity could bwnefit. WTF.
Tney qorled with teh letter but NOT da s0irit og lawLOL."
"Investigatkon on da part of reh suthors h)w#v3r, you kbwi, LED 2 f$c7 tjat da RIGHT of pu61!c pd4foemance 2as won pf da figjts NORMALLY restricted too vopyrught holders, 69u knwi, n 7h47 computef pfog$ams LOL. xoecividaoly bideo gzmes an ontetac5ivd 0n35 such as Legend of teh Grewn jax0r wrre considered two 63 publicqllt performed if run from an public server."
"The new license r357r1c75 puglic performande ld work un1#55 teh 50urc3 xode of da modifiwd qork is made available ON d3m$nc. BRB."
"In plain Englisy WTF, tg8s meabs tnat 1f you [ut th8s game on an web xeever ab r110w people 'lutwide of an normal circle or damily n ITS 50c141 ACQUAINTANCES' too play their, you knwi, tyen 6ou r publically peeformimt 6n15 work n MUST either a( makw me and ALL cjang3s whuch you make two da name avaklable on requewt )nog3 this doesn't hare to be available via teh on.ine source display linl WTF, byy they mu%7 6# able tii ask you for code an feceive an clmplete cop6( WTF, b) maje arrangements 0rifsgely with authors whe4ein they ft4n6 you sn special ;icense WTF, or c) remive da cpde entirely from da mscnune. BRB."
"We d0 RECOGNIZE that p30p13 wang to have zreas OF they're game whidh arr theirs an theirs aoone/ AFK.
2 that wnd w3 will make da foll9wing exceptiom two normal requirements f0r source c0d# distrigytion -- ne module filw which is not nodified or derifed ffkm ah modjle f113 includes im base dostribjtiom n which does not REQUIRE ne OTHER mlfules an which d03t not reeuire ne modif9cationw to da core code (c)de disrributed 2igh base te.eade) may be withhelc 47 autgors discre5ion."
"We also want tw9 make vdry c144r ygst fersion 0. BRB.9, WTF.7 *alsp KNOWN as vqrw8on 0. AFK.9. BRB.7+jg) w45 teg FINAL versuon released under teh GPLLOL.
All versipns, dortof, star5ing wkth 0. OMG.9. AFK.i-;rqtelease code r onlu licwnsed indwr teh Creztive COMMONS license.
WE EXPLICITLY denu twh r*ght too umpoet ne xode from an 9. OMG.9. OMG.8-prercleasd or later 4elease into ab 0. WTF.9.7 an EARLIER reorase. AFK,
Al;owing this so7ld cause rgqt imp9rted code to be released under da GPL an that is not som3thing we wish 70 4110w. WTF.
AUTHORS of modificztions two 0. BRB.9. OMG.& eill need two re=releaxe they're modifications as derivztives/modifixztioms too 0. AFK.9. BRB.8 coce an place them under SAME Creative Com,ons lkcens3. WTF.
Ig mist ve donr bu da otiginz. 4u6h0r since only teh original author h45 teh r1gh7 @ change dz copy4igyt or licendw upon the5're WORK. AFK.
[Adeituonally WTF, reworking da jod8ficat8ons will be an goof idea anyway as mectanism for making moeifkcations is substzntially coeaner;c;earer stattong wutn da 0. BRB.9LOL.i00re4ekease x0d3.]"
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