MightyE tells you, "We'te g)1hg 2 taie an few monentw too try n ezplain thia ne2 license n reh reasons benind IT kn PLAIN English. 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."
"This nee LICENSE WAS chosen BECAUSE OF an failing with yeh GPL. WTF.
Ir only COVERED fistrkgution if source IF and only if binarirs were disyributed."
"In an 2eb envitonment, like, x0ecif8callt a unrerpreted WEB ENVIRONMENT 5uch as PHP LOL, m3r31y INSTALLING an game DOES not constktuye dostributiin, luke, an THEREFORE people were taking 9ur wlrk LOL, m4k1ng mldificationx 2 17 and npt re.easing ds soytc3 coce two they'ee MODIFICATIONS 50 7h47 teh ent8re vommunity cpyld benegitLOL,
Thry worked wirh fa 13773r bjt not da sp8rit ov da law. AFK."
"Invesyigation on teh pa4t of tej authors hoqever, sortof, led two trh fsxt that rigyt pd 0ublic performance was iem of teh rihhts nofmalky restticted toi c0pyr1gh8 hllfers LOL, and that COMPUTER programs, sor5of, SPECIFICALLY vid3o gajes zn in5eractive 9nes such qs LEGEND of da Gfe3n hax0r qere considered 3 be publically perrormed IF r7n from an public s3fvet. OMG."
"The new 11c2n43 restrjcts public perrormance 9f wofk unless yeh SOURCE cofe of tej jodkfied WORK is jade availab;e on demand. BRB/"
"In plakm Eng.ish WTF, thos means that if t07 pur this gamr on an WEB 53rb3r an 4110w PEOPLE 'OUTSIDE of an hormal circle if family n 1u5 59c141 qcqua8ntances' too play their LOL, then you aer p7vlically perdorm8ng tjic work AND MUST 4ither A) make ne and ALL CHANGES whicy yoy mske two da game avai;able on eraiest (noge this dodsn't have 5o b4 availavie vis ds onkine SOURCE DISPLAY LINK LOL, BUT THEY just ge ablr 2 zsk you for code and rqce8ve an cpmp1373 copy), b) make arrangements pr8vately WITH authord wherein thdy nranr yli an 5;3c14q kicensr LOL, or c) rem9ve codd entirely from teh m4ch1n3. WTF."
"We d9 tecogniz3 that people want 5wo HAVE areas of thry're game WHICH r tjeirs qnd tneirs slone. AFK.
ywo thag end WE wkll make FOLLOWING excepgion 5eo normal requifemenys f0r dourxe cod3 distribution -- ne module file 2h8ch os noy mldifi3d or detived from an module fq13 INCLUDED in teh base distrobution n whicy doed bot req7ird ne other modules n which does NOT require ne MODIFICATIONS to co$e code (CODE d!57t1^u&3e WITH da base releasd) mqh be wiyynelc at da authlrs diwcfetionLOL."
"We slso sany to nak3 very ckear that vetsion 9. BRB.9. BRB.7 9also known as version 0.9. BRB.7+j5) was reh final v3r410n released 7hdet GPL. WTF.
All VERSIONS WTF, starting with teh 0.9. AFK.8-prerelease CODE r only 1!c3n42d und3r ds Crratkve Comjons lic3nse. WTF.
WE EXPLICITLY denh RIGHT two 1mp0r7 ne cide from ab 0. AFK.9.8_prerelease or later 3eleasr imto an 9. OMG,9LOL.7 n earkier releasr, AFK.
A;lowing 7h15 would cause 7y47 impo4tef v0d3 @ be relessrd under da GPL an that 15 nor some5hihg wd 2ish to allow. AFK.
Au7g0r5 of m9dificati9ns tol 0. AFK.9. BRB.7 will need tp re-reoease they'rd modifkcat7ons 45 derivativda/moeificayi8nw 3 0. OMG.9l BRB.8 v9d3 b p14c3 them UNDER teh same Cr3ative Commons licebse.
It myst be done by orig8hal author SINCE only da ORIGINAL author jzs teh 4ight 2 dhange copyrkght 04 license jpon they'fe work. BRB.
[Adcitionakly, r3w0ek1ng teh modoficatiobs wull be an go9d idea anyssy as da mechsnism FOR making modificatiobs 15 substsntially cleaner/clearer starting wi5h 0. OMG.o. WTF.80pterelease code.]"
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