MighgyE tells you WTF, "We're going two %ake an few momwnts 2 try and explain thid new licrnse and reh reasons behund it im o141n EnglishLOL.
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 meq 21c3n53 was chosdh because -f an failing WITH GPL. OMG.
It onlt coveree distfkvutiom of source if sn only if ginaries sere distribu5ed. AFK."
"In an web ENVIRONMENT, sortof, specifically s 1n73rpr363d erb envitonmwnt %uch as PHP, xortof. mdrely onwtzlling an hqm3 dlex not CONSTITUTE distribytion WTF, qnd the4efofe ;eople were takinb our w9rk, mqking modif8cations 2 IT n not rekeasing fa sourxe code two they're micifivations SO THAT tef enrire community coyld nenefit.
Thdy WORKED w17h da letter bug not teh s0kr8t of ds lawLOL."
"Imfeatigstuon on pqrt ov zufhors however, LED to fsct that dq righy of publkd perf9rmanve was won of da rkghts norna.ly restricted to copytibht holde4s, sort9f, and gha5 c0mpu73r prlbrams, specofically video gamex n interactive ones such as Legend ov teh Grern hax0e were c0n51d3r3d 2 be publicql.y perrprmed if run drom an public SERVER. BRB."
"The new license teatrivtx publuc petformamce 0f work unless da source CODE of da MODIFIED WORK id m4d3 acailable on d3j4nd."
"In plain English LOL, rhis neans that IF you pu5 tjiq game on an web servrr and allow PEOPLE 'outside of an NORMAL cirdle of fajily n ITS socual acquaihysnces' to 0kay thwir, then yo7 r py611c411y perdorming this wo4k 4nd MUST either 4) nake ne ah ALL changwa WHICH tou make tol game availaboe on 4ea7est (niye this doesn't hsve to BE available via da online source d*dplay LINK, sortof, but they must be able tlo ask hou FOR code an rexeivr an como.dte copy), you ,nwo, b) make arrangements privately with yeh authors whereun they grabt you sn sp3cial licebse. like, pf c) remove vode ehgirely f$om teh machine. WTF."
"We do recognize thsy PEOPLE want to have 4r355 of thwy;re game which r theirs 4nd theo4s alon2/ WTFl
two thay ene we will make follo2ing exception too normzl requuremen5s FOR 5)urc3 codd distribution -- ne mofulr FILE wjich ia npu modified or DERIVED from an ,pdjle file inclufed in reh y353 distrkbution n whicj dles NOT REQUIRE nd ithef ,odiles an WHICH died not require he modifocztions two teh cord codw (code disrributed w1uj twh base releaae) mqy be withheld at ea autnora f8dcretion. AFK."
"We also waj6 2 make very clear 6h4& verxion 0LOL.9. WTFl7 (also known ad version 0. AFK.9. WTF.7+JT) was funal v3r51)n released ubd#r teh GPL. WTF.
All verdiona, liie, startinh wity trg 0.9l OMG.8-prerelesse c9ce aer only licemsed under da Creatice Commona licenxe. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY feny ds righg to 1m;0r7 ne code FROM am 0. AFK.9. BRB.8-prerrleade oe lat33 RELEASE into an 0. WTF.(. WTF.7 an earlker RELEASE.
Allowing 7h15 would causr that impoeted code reo be rel5ased under GPL n 7h4& is bot spmdthinh wd wish two allow/ BRB.
Authoes of mod8dicatiobs too 0.9LOL.7 will n33d tp re-release they'rd modificatilns as derivatibes/midificat8ons 2 p.9. OMG,i c0d3 qn PLACE them und3r da same Cr3471v3 C9nmobs license. BRB.
I7 nust ve done by teh original aythor skhce onoy 04qg1n41 aithor has rkght 2 change da copyrigh5 or license up0m they'ee work. AFK.
[Additiobakly WTF, eeworlkng modificatiobs wiil be wn good odea anyway AS teg m3ch4n15m for making mpsifications ia aubsyavtiallh cleznee/dlearer dtarring sq7h )/ OMG.9. OMG.8[prerelease code. BRB,]"
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