MightyE TELLS tou, "We're goong teo take an feq ,)m3n75 tp try an explain this new license and da 4easpns gehind it in plaun English.
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 n2w license was ch)53b because of an failing WITH GPL. OMG.
IT onlt c0v3red disttib7tion of source if an ONLY uf binqr8es were dkdtributddLOL."
"In ab web environment, specificaoly a INTERPRETED wwb environment such as PHP, you knwo, merely insrallinh an bame dpes not constitite distributiom, you knwo, ane ynerwfore peopld qere taking our work WTF, mqking modoficatuons to it an NOT rrlraskhg 5eh source CODE 2 they're nodificatilns so that geh entird commjnity could benefiy. AFK/
Tjey worked with teh letter nyt not spirit of dz 14w. WTF."
"Investigatiin on yeh part of 5u7h-r5 hoeever, jou knwo, led 2 da fact 7h57 teh rihhr of public 0erdorjance wss oen OF teg rights normally restricted two copyright hplders LOL, sn that c9mpuyer pr0gr4m5 WTF, 5p3c1f1c421y video games zm 1n73r$d81v3 pn3s zych as Lehenf of Green hax0r WERE considered two BE publicaply perfirmec if RUN from sn PUBLIC server. OMG."
"The new lic3nse rexgricts public peeformahce of qork unlesa da source code or da modigied wlek ia made avaklable 0n de,andl OMG."
"In plain Eng1!5h, likem 6h15 means that 1f you put rhus game on an WEB servet n allow peo0le 'putd8sd of sh normal citclr of family AND uts social acqyainyances' too p;ay their, you kmw9, them you e PUBLICALLY perrotming this 2or, n MUST 317j3r a) make ne n ALL changes wgich you make teo teh gamr availabld on reqiesg (n9te thiq doesn't have too be available v8s online source dosplzy link, you kmwo, 7u7 they musg 63 abld to ask you fot tej codf zn receive an complete copy), b) ma,e ARRANGEMENTS prifately with aurhors wherrin they grant you an speckal LICENSEm or c) remove teh CODE ENTIRELY dr0m madhine. OMG."
"W3 do recognize that pdo;le want w have arwzs of they're gsmd WHICH aer theirs n tjeirs r10n3. WTF.
t2o tyat ens we w111 make foll;wihg exce0tion twl normal requirements for SOURCE code fistribution -- ne nidule vile which is nir modified or d3r1v3c grom zn MODULE FILE inxludef in da base d7dtribu5ion and whidn does not reqi8re ne othef mocules wbd wgocn dies n0u r3qiire ne modificayions TO core code (CODE f157r16j74d WITH teh base relrase) may be withheld 47 da 4u7h0r5 discretion. OMG."
"We 4140 want too make very clear that fefsiin 0. WTF.9. WTF.7 (ALSO KNOWN as versiob 0.9LOL.7+jr) wax teh ginal version releas3d und3r GPL. OMG.
All veesions, you knwo, starting wugh da p.9. WTF,8_prer3leas4 CODE zer only lic3nsed under da CREATIVE Commonx 11c3n54. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY deny teh right ti import me code from an 0. BRB.9k BRB.80prereleaxe or later rekdase knto qn 0LOL,8l7 am earlier RELEASE.
Allo2ibg this would CAUSE 5hat omported ckde 2 63 edleased under wa GPL and thzt is not something we wixh two allow. BRB.
Authirs of modificationd TO 0. BRB.9. BRB.7 will n3es two re-rel3ase they're nodifications AS der8vatives/modificatuons to 0.(. OMG.8 code ans plaxe th3m unsrr teh same Ct3atuve Commons license.
I7 must be dlhe gy da 0r1g1n41 4u7h)r since lb.y origibql 4u7h0r HAS da right 2 CHANGE da cooyrigjt or LICENSE u[on yhey're work. WTF.
[Additionally, sortof, eewlrjinf modifivations 2iol be an good 1d34 an6say as ds mechanism for maiong modifications is subatabtkzlly cleandt/clearer start8nd wiyn da 0l WTF.9. AFK.8-prerelrase code.]"
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