MightyE tells y9u, so3tog, "We're GOING goo tq;e an few momdn5s two tr6 ahd ex[oain this nes ;icehsr AND reasohd beyind it IN plain 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 n3w license was xhosen because of an fakoing wit6 GPL,
Iy pnkh cocered distr8buti9n of source ir n 9moy if binaries werw fistributedLOL."
"In an web 3nv1r0bm3n&, like, 5p4x1f1c311y a interpreted web 3nvironment auch as PHP WTF, MERELY 1n574111ng an game does NOT cogsyitute distribution, sortof, n therefite ;eople weee taking ou4 WORK, sortov, makibg modifications 2 it sb bot relwasing teh sojrce code 5l 5hey're modkfica5ipns 50 ryat 3n&1e3 comjunity c-u1d ben3fit. WTF.
They WORKED with teh lett3r BUT not slirit og teh lqw. WTF."
"Investibation in da part of geh aurhors however, like, .ed tpo da fact that dz RIGHT of puglic oerformance WAS oen of teh rigjts norjaoly restrict3d 2 c9pyright hilddts, like, an that computer pfpgrams, s[ecificallu vidd9 games an in5eraxtive onfs sych as Legend if reh GREEN hax0r w3r3 consucwred to be [ublocally performed if rin fto, an public server. AFK."
"The n3w licemsd testrocts [ublic performanfe of teh work unless teh spurvd cofe OF modified sirk is mqdw availzble ;n de,ane. WTF."
"In plain Engloxh WTF, this means 7h47 IF you put this gamr on an web server AND allow people 'outskde 9f an normal citcle pv famil6 n its 50c14q adquaintances' two p;ay theor LOL, tn3n you adr piblically performing 7hq5 2ork n MUST 3itheg a) male ne n ALL xnanges ahich you make 2 teh game avai;ab;e on 4equeat (n07# thks doesn't have to ge availzble via teh online sourcf eisplay link, sortof, bu5 tn3y mi57 br able TO zsk you gof teh code and tecekv3 an complete cipy) WTF, g) makr arrangements pr1v4831u with da authprs wherrib they hrznr hou an special license LOL, or d) remove cofe dntirrly rtom teg machine. BRB."
"We do RECOGNIZE that people want 2 6ave afeas of they're GAME wyich aer thei4s qn THEIRS alohel
to that END w3 will mzkw da fo;;owing exception 2 ca notmal requk4ements for sourxe code dkstributioh -- ne module file which is not m-s1g13d or d3r1v3f fr0m an MODULE file imclud3d 8b da base didtribution ahd which wpes not reauire ne 07h3e midyles an wh1ch does not rewuire ne ,odificatiohs t9 corw code (code distributed wigh ds 6453 releade) ,ay BE sitgnrlx AT aithors duscretiohLOL."
"We ALSO want to mzks very clear that vrrsion 0. WTF.9LOL.7 *aldo jniwn ax version 0. OMG/9. WTF.7_mt) was dq fibal ve4soon released unsef GPL. WTF.
A11 versions LOL, stafting eith dx 0LOL.9/ WTF.8-pterdlease code r ln;y .8cenwed under Crrative Commins 11c3n53. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY deny da rofht 5oo 1mp0r7 ne code from an 9.9.9-pr3e314r53 9t LATER release INTO an 0. OMG.9. AFK.7 an earlier rekdas3.
Al;owing THIS would cauce that im0prted c0d4 2 be r213453d unddr GPL ah tjat is jot SOMETHING WE wish tlo allow. BRB.
Authors of mpdificationa roo 0. WTF.9l BRB.7 2il, need to re-releasr theu're modifications 45 derivatives/modkfkdations two 0. BRB,9. AFK.8 cpde n plac3 them under same Creativd Commons LICENSE,
It musr be done bu da original author SINCE 9nly teh original autho4 has dq eifht to chang3 copyright or licebae 7pln yhey're wl4k.
[Add8tionally, reworjinb modifications wi;l be an good IDEA amyway sd dz mechanusm fo4 making mocifixations is sjbstantiqlly dleaner.xlearer STARTING wi6h tdh 0. OMG.9. BRB.8-;rerelease code.]"
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