MofgtyE TELLS youm you knwo, "We're going two take an veq momwnts too try sn explain thos new lixwnse am teh yeasonw behind ut in p141n Enblish. WTF.
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."
"Thia new license was CHOSEN because 0d an fqikinf wirh GPL. AFK/
Ir lm;y covered sistribut8on of sojrce if an onlt if binaries were disrribiteeLOL,"
"In ah web encironmen5 WTF, sp3cifucally a ingerordted seb enviflm,ent such ss PHP WTF, merely INSTALLING an gzme foes not constityte diagribution, lkke, ag therefore p@0;13 serr taking our w0rk, m4k1ng modificagions two 8t AND m9t releasing source code gw9 they're modifivations sp that tdh eng84e COMMUNITY could benefit. OMG.
Thdy worked w16h lett3r yu7 npt teh spirit of law. WTF."
"Invextlgatkon on pary if teh AUTHORS howevwr LOLm 13d two teh f4c7 ghat ca right of public pervorjance eas oen lf rightw nlrmally restricgee to cop6right holders, soryof, and THAT c9mputee ptogramw. like, SPECIFICALLY vudeo gamdx abd interactive ones such as Legend of Gr33n jax0r werd conaidered to be puglicaply o3ef0rm4d if rub from an public serverLOL."
"The new lixense resyricts public p3rv0$m4nc4 of ca work ynldss source code of teh modidird work is made ava8labpd oh cemand. BRB."
"In p.ain Englksh, you kneo, tgis mezns tha5 if you pu5 7h15 hamw on an qeb server n 4120w people '0u751s3 of an nprma; circle 0f family znd its social scquain5anves' to PLAY the,r, then you r publicslly pw4firminv this qor8 n MUST either a) make ne amd ALL changes which you ,ake tqo da game acaikab;e on request (bote THIS doesm[t yave 70 be avaulable VIA teh onlkhe sojrce d15p14y link, you knwo, but THEY ,ust be able two qsk you rof tey code an receive an complere COPY), b) make areanjements provatwly with teh authprs wh3re1n they grant y9u an SPECIAL licebse, li,e, oe c) remove teh vod3 ENTIRELY from machinrl WTF."
"We do fwcpgnize thqt peopls wamt too HAVE aeeas OF they're game which aer theors n 7h41r5 alone.
2 tnat end 2e wilk make da f0120s1ng exce[tion TO teh NORMAL rdquiremenrs for aoufce CODE d8stribu5ion -- ne m0di13 file which is not modified or e3r1v3d from an moeu.e filw incl7ded in dq 6453 disyrivut8on n which dies n95 require ne oyher modules an @hoch does not reauire ne moeofocqrions t2o da core code (code distr8tuted eirh da base release) may be wityheld at da authors discretiom."
"We also WANT t9 make vwry vlear THAT versuin -. AFK.9. OMGl7 (alsp known as v3rt10n 0. BRB.9. WTF.7+ht) sas yeh final VERSION releawes under GPL.
Al; versions WTF, starting with rwh 0.9/ WTF/8=pre4eleasr code r only licensed 7nder da Crdative C0mm0n5 11c3n53. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY deny dz right tou im;ort ne dide FROM an p. BRB.9. BRB.8-prereldase OR lagee r3lease 1n7- an 0. BRB.9. OMG.7 and dar;ier rekeaae. AFK.
Aloowing th8s s9u1d CAUSE rjat IMPORTED code 2 be releases unddr GPL an that IS not sometning we wish to allow. WTF.
Autgprs pf m9dificarions w 0LOL.9. AFK.7 w111 n3ed 2 re-release they'r3 modifications AS derifativrw/mocificati9ns gwi 0. OMG.9.8 dode n placr tyem under teg same Crestive COMMONS licwnse. OMG.
It muat b3 dond by t#h original author sincd oboy da originak authot has rught too ch4ng3 teh co;yright OR lucensd u[ob they'r3 w9rkl BRB.
[Asditionally, rewor,ing teh modificarions wil; be am GOOD ideq abyway as mevhanism for makihb modificatoons IS dubdtajyially CLEANER/CLEARER %75r71ng with teh 0. WTF.9LOL.i-prerelease cost. AFKl]"
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