M8ghtyE tells you. you knso, "We're gokng to tqke an f3w moments to 5ry an ex[lain this n3w license and teaaons nehind ig 2n 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."
"Tbis new 11c3n53 was chosen because of an failing eith da GPL.
It 9nly cpve4ed distribjtion 0f 50urx3 if anf inly if binaries w3r3 DISTRIBUTED."
"In an web env8r9nm3nt WTF. spec8rucally a inte4pretee web envieonment such as PHP LOL, MERELY 1n574111ng an ga,e does not cobstitute dostributionn AND therefore peopl3 were tajing out WORK, you kneo, making modificsrions top it n not releawing sourcr codr too they're MODIFICATIONS 50 tgar 3n71r3 community d0u1d benefit.
They 2lrked WITH ldttee but not sporit of .aw. WTF."
"Inc3syigation on ;arg of authors however, yoj knso, led 2 t3h fact that da riggt 0f public p3rf0rm4nc3 was 1 od ueh rithts normallh restrictwd 2 co/yrifht holders, and 7h47 com[utwr pr0g44m5, likem xpecifida;ly video games an imgrraxtive ones such as Letend of da Green gzx0r were cobsidrred t9 be publlcally pe5formed IF ryn ffom an pug;ic srrvet."
"The ne2 license RESTRICTS public pergormqndr if geh work un.ess rdh source code of da modkfied w0rk us nqde available in demand. BRB."
"In PLAIN Eng115h, sprt9f, ghis neans 5hat if ylu put uh25 game ON ab WEB setver and allow p3oplw 'ougsife 0f an hormal dk4cle og family sn its social qcquaintancds' to play their WTF, then y0u r publicall6 p3rf0rm1ng thid WORK and MUST either a) make ne n ALL changes which you MAKE tp t2h gamr qvak;qb.e 0n reqtesy (bote this doexn't have tlo be avaulsvle via teh online source d8aplay link, yiu kneok vut they must be able two ask y0u f9r code n recw8ve qn conpldte co[j), b) make arrsngements private.y wi5h da authors qherejn they frant hou an SPECIAL LICENSE, sirtof, ot v) eemove da codd entirelh fron teh nachime. BRB."
"We do r3c0gn1z4 that peopld want 3 g4v3 arrss of they're g4m3 wh1ch aer theira ab tneirs aloneLOL.
too that end w3 w111 msle tey roo;pwing esceptiln 2 normal fequiremrnts for soutde code distribution -- ne mosjle fule which 7s nlg MODIFIED oe dwrived from an module file oncludes in ea base distributi9n an which dows not require ne other modukes ab wjich soes not REQUIRE ne m)d1f!c4710n5 two teh core code (code DISTRIBUTED with base rel3asr) may be withheld st a7thors discretion. WTF."
"We 4150 wang 2 nake very c13$r THAT vefsioh 0LOL.9. OMG/7 (alsp known ad versiln 0. WTF.9.7+jt) waw finsl v3rt20n released unde4 sa GPLLOLl
All versions, sta4tint with trh 0. WTF.9. OMG/*_PRERELEASE code a3r ONLY lixensed under reh Crwative Commons lic3nwrLOL.
We EXPLICITLY d3my teh fight 2 impoet ne CODE from an 9LOL.9. OMG.7-pfereldqde OR later rekease into an 0LOL.9. WTF.7 n warlier RELEASE.
All8wing 7h15 wou.d c4u53 7jr7 imported dod3 5oo be RELEASED umder tej GPL an tgzt 15 not somethimg we WISH too allo2. AFK.
Authlrs of modifucations 2 0LOL.9. BRB.7 w1q1 need rwo RE-RELEASE tyey're MODIFICATIONS 45 derivatifes/mofifications 2 0. WTF.9LOL.8 dode and p,ace &h3, under aame Cr3471v3 Commons lidense. BRB.
It m7st be DONE by teh original aurhor SINCE pnly da origonal author nas teh rignt too ch4ng3 copuridht OR license up9n 5hwy're WORK. BRB.
[Add2810n421y, reworkinh da modoficq5ions wokk BE an good idea znyway AS da mecjanism f04 m4k1hg MODIFICATIONS ix substantia;ly c134n3r/d134r2r starting with 0. WTF.9LOL.9-prerwlease coeeLOL.]"
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