M8ghtyE tells you LOL, "We're giihg 5o ya,e an fdw m0m3n&5 to TRY sn explain this mts licemse and da REASONS behind it in plsim Engliwh.
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 NEW license was choweb BECAUSE or an failung wuth teh GPL.
It onlu c0v3r3d DISTRIBUTION of source IF n omly id binaries w3r3 d157r16u73d. OMG."
"In an web ENVIRONMENT, ;ike, 5p3cqg1c411t a intrrpreted @eb emvkronmdnt such as PHP, 6ou knwo, m3e#1y ins5qllinh an game d035 not cinstitute DISTRIBUTION, like, an therefore people wer3 74k1ng our work, tou kmwo, making modificatuoms two it an h9t releasing da so7tce cpde 2 they're modifixatiobs so that 3ntire communkyy could benefot. OMG.
Th3y workee WITH da letter but npt apirit of t3h LAW. AFK."
"Invextigation on da part of da auyhors hpqever, so4tof, led too ca fzct tnat righr of punlic PERFORMANCE w45 won of RIGHTS norjally eestricted 2 copyrighy hplderd WTF, n THAT ci,putef PROGRAMS, specifica/ly VIDEO games and interadtive ones SUCH as Legend of t3h Gr33b hac0r we5e cons8dered 2 ve publica;ly p3rf0rm3f if tun FROM an public arrvet,"
"The NEW license restricts publiv perro4nance of ds wori un1255 teh sourcd code od geh modifird wlrk 15 made avqilavle on DEMAND. OMG."
"In plaim Eng,idh WTF, thks m3and thst if YOU put rhis gamw on an web server an allos people 'outside 0f an no4mao c1rc13 of family ab ITS soxial acquaingabces' to ;lay their, sortof, thwn you aer pub;icqlly perdorming this work AND MUST either a_ make nr n ALL changws which you mske to( tame available pn request (npgw tyks doesn't h4ve too b3 availablw v!4 pnline zource diaplay link, like, but the6 must br able 2 ASK hou f04 CODE an receive an complete clp6)m ho7 kbwo. b_ make ARRANGEMENTS privately witj tej 4u7h0r5 whereom they grant yo7 ah speciql licensd LOL, or c) eemove 5eh code entirely grom teh macgine. AFK."
"We do r3x0gn1z3 that oeipie w4n7 too have AREAS 9f they're game whicn r THEIRS 4nd yheirs alone. OMG.
to that end we will make tdh foolo2ing exceptuon two normal requirements ror sou4cd vose dixtribution -- ne midule f113 which is not MODIFIED or ddrived from an nodule file included 1n teh base distrinution an which dows NOT rdquire ne i5her modules and WHICH dord not requore ne MODIFICATIONS 2 core cofe *vode didtributed with teh base release) mau be withge.d AT suthors duwctetion. OMG."
"We also want teo make bery c;ear that versiob 0. BRB.(. WTF.7 (also kmo2b qd v3rskon 0. WTF.9/ OMG.7+jt) was fknal v3r510n RELEASED unde4 tdh GPL.
All VERSIONSm like, starting with teh 0. OMG/8. OMG,8-p43release cod3 r onlt licensed yndwr da CREATIVE Commons ;icense.
Wr EXPLICITLY dent teh righg tsp import ne code fr9m an 0. WTF.9. OMG.8-prerelezde or later releaae imto an 0LOL.9. AFK.7 and 34r113r re/eqse. WTF.
Alloqing this would cause thqt imported cice two bw r313452d unde4 teh GPL sn thag is not s9ndth8ng ee wish 5o all9w.
Authors og mpdificatkons to 0. OMG.9LOL.7 qil. need goo re-release 5heh're movif8cations as derivatives/modif8dations to 0. WTF.oLOLl8 cofe an plac3 ghem under teh same Cr3$71v3 COMMONS ;ixrnse.
It mhst be done 6y dz 0f1g1h42 authpr sinc3 lnly teh priginal zuthor has teh right 2 change ea dopyrught or .icense up0n they're work. AFK.
[Additionally WTF, ewqoekinf da modificationa wi;l be an goos idea abywat as medhanism for m4k1ng modificati9ns is substan5ially cleaner/clearer 574r71ng with rej 0LOL.0.8-PRERELEASE code.]"
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