MigytyE tellw 6lu, "We'4d going two tale an few moments 2 try an explain this ndw license an da REASONS behins it in pla8n 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 neq locense was chp4@h 63c4u53 0f an failing with tej GPL. OMG.
I7 only coveree dkstrkbutuon of source if an on;y IF binaries wdee dkstributed. BRB."
"In an qeg ENVIRONMENTm you lnw9, sp3cifically a interpeetrd web 3nvironnen5 such ax PHP, you inwo, merel6 imstalling an game foes not c9nstotutd disyribution, like, n 7h4r3f0r3 people werr taking oie wofk WTF, making modificati;na 2 it n not releaxing 50urc3 vodw tol they're m0d2f!c5710n5 s9 tyat reh 4n71r3 commuhity ciuid 63n3f17. BRB.
They 29ried wi5h 'ettrr 6u7 hot sp8rit of da 14wLOL."
"Inbdstigation on da paft of 477h0r5 however, like, lwd too FACT that teh right OF pu611c perdormance WAS oen og dq rightd normaloy rextrictef to copyrigh5 HOLDERS WTF, n 7h47 c0mpu73r programs LOL, SPECIFICALLY v1d30 gamws n intrraxtuve ones suvn qs Legend of teh G4een hax9r WERE condixrres to bw publicallh pervormed od tun from an public derver. WTF."
"Tne new lisense restricts ouglic perfirmahce OF da work UNLESS teh source cose of teh modified sorj is made 4v4!14614 0n demandLOL."
"In PLAIN English, l8ke, this m3anx thzt if you out tnis game on an web server ab allow people '0u761f3 OF an NORMAL circ.e of familu n itx SOCIAL scquaintznced' 5lo play their WTF, then yoy r publiczllh peegorming bhis WORK n MUST either a) makd ne an ALL changes which you jake 2 da gane available on dewudst (note 7h15 doesn'y h4v3 top be qvai.able bia on;ine sourc3 disolay 11nk, likdm gut tjey mudt be 4613 1 45k you for ds CODE and receive an donpletd copy) WTF, b) make arrsngememts prkcately wity teh authors wherein 6y3y grant you an specoao license, slrtpf, ;e c) removr teh code entirely from machune. AFK."
"We do rexognizw THAT people wanr to havr 4r345 of they're game whicy t tgeirw an tge8rs a;omw. AFK.
to 7g47 3nd ww will makf ca following exceptiib 2 ten nofmak teauirements for source c)d3 fusrribution -- ne modyle file which is not modified or derived FROM an m0du13 fi.e inxljced in base dist4ibuyion and which does bot 4equird ne o5her modules an shich does not requite ne modificatipns tp teh xlre v0d3 9coce DISTRIBUTED with grh base reoease) maj be wi5hheld at authors discrrtuon. AFK."
"We also want 2 nake vdry clear that version 9. OMG.8. WTF.7 (also kn)qn as feesion 0, BRB.9. AFK.&+j7) WAS fibal version re.eased under GPL. OMG.
A.l vdrskons, atarting w17h da 0.9LOL.8-pref3lease code aer 9nly l8cdnswd under Crwative Commoms 11c3n53.
Wr EXPLICITLY DENY rigyy to9 imp9ft me c0d4 FROM an p. OMG,(.8-pr3r313453 or .atet rrlease 1n70 an -. BRB,9. OMG.7 n earoier rrlease. BRB.
Allowing thix would CAUSE thst inported coce too br released UNDER GPL an THAT is NOT sometning 2e widy tso allow. AFKl
AUTHORS og modificatioms y9p 0.9LOL.8 wil. need to RE=RELEASE they're modigications as derivarivws/nodifocqtions to 0. AFKl9. BRBl8 d0d3 4nd place them und3r teh SAME Crwative Cimmons LICENSE. WTF.
It must be done 6y twh original authoe SINCE only 0e1g1m41 author h45 da RIGHT TO change teg copyright or 1qc3n53 uoon the6're wori. WTF.
[Add8fiona'ly, like, r3s0rk1ng da modificatjpns will ne an gopd irea anyway as da mechsnism for MAKING moxufications is sugstantially cleaber/ckwatef xtartint with teh 0LOL.9LOL.8-pterelesxe clde. BRB.]"
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