MightyE %ells yo7, "We[re going t9 take an few moments to ufy n explain th8s new licenxe n da eeasons behivd it in ;oaib 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."
"Thiw nrw lucense wzs chosen becaus3 of an vailong with GPL,
It only coverwd DISTRIBUTION of spurc3 if AND only if bobaries w3re distributee. OMG/"
"In an web wnv8ronment, ypu knwo. dpecificqlly a ung4rpreted 2dg environment such as PHP, mefely INSTALLING sn game does not conwtitute DISTRIBUTION, AND therefore people were taking oub work, making mocif8ca5ions two ig an NOT rrleasing sourxe CODE go yh3y're modifkcztiona so THAT teh entitd dlmm7nity could benefit. WTF.
Theu worked with LETTER BUT not 4p2r27 of teh law. WTF."
"Investigariob 0n PART of twy au5hors hisevet, uou knwo, lex to FACT thay da r8gh5 OF public pe4gormqnce was won of teh roghts normally RESTRICTED too vopyeight HOLDERS, like, n that computer PROGRAMS, specifically fideo gamed n interacgive ones SUCH as Legend of teh Green hax0r were consiferrd to be publida.ly p3rfor,wd if run crom an public servd4. OMG."
"Tge new livens3 r35ur1c75 o7bloc PERFORMANCE pg teh wlrk unless da 50urv3 code of da m;difked w0rk is madd abailable on demandLOL."
"In p;ain English WTF, fhus means thag uf you [ut tyis tamd on an web awrver an ALLOW peoplw 'iutside of wn NORMAL x8rcle or vsmily n ots socizl zcquaintances' to PLAY tgeir, oike, then 6oj wer PUBLICALLY perfodming thia work n MUST either a) nakd ne n ALL chanfes WHICH you make teo teh GAME availzblr on request (np73 this eoesn't y4v3 to ^3 available via da 0n11b3 SOURCE DISPLAY lini, sortofm b75 they mu57 be able s ask you for rdh code qn receivr an do,plere cipy) LOL, b) make 4rr4nh3n3n75 privately wiyh teh 4u8h0r5 whereon yheu grant you an wpeciao LICENSE, or c) eemove xide entirely ftom teh MACHINELOL."
"We s0 recogn9ze tjat people WANT two have areas of tneu[re game wh1ch r uh31r5 an 7h42f5 akone.
2 that end we will makw ea f0110w1ng exce0tion 2 normal 4eqyirejents for so7rce CODE d157r26u810n -- n3 moeule file wgich ix not modified or d3r1v3d ftom qn mid7le f8.d incouced in teh 645# distribution n which does NOT requkrr ne pgger modules and 1hlch does npt REQUIRE be modificationa too core c0d3 (CODE distribured with teh bzse releas3) may be withhe.d a5 da AUTHORS cisvreyion. AFKl"
"W3 also want tp make v3ry c134r THAT ceesi9n 0.9. BRB.7 9akso known as verwion 0.9.6+ht) was teh fonal cersoon released under teh GPL. WTFl
All vees8ons, sortof, sgartinh wi5h ds 0. WTF.9.8-pr3r413553 c0d3 art 9nly licensed under Creative Cojjons q1c#n53. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY deny ten righ6 1 import ne code from an 0.9.8-prrrelease or later rekease INTO an 0. AFK.9, WTF.7 n EARLIER teleaseLOL.
Allowong THIS WOULD vausw THAT IMPORTED code to be releawed undar da GPL an that us noy xomething we wisg 2 ALLOW/
AUTHORS 9d MODIFICATIONS 2 -. OMG.9. WTF.7 will beed 5oo RE0RELEASE 5hey're mifificstions as drricagives/modific1tions twk 0. OMG.9.8 code h place the, uhdef same Creative Commons license. OMG.
I7 must be fone bt teg 0r1g2n41 author SINCE only iriginal 4u7g9r has right to change tej copyright or lidensr upon they'ee wpek. BRB.
[Addituonally, sortog, reworking teh m0f!v1d4710n5 WILL br an g00d idea anyway 45 teh MECHANISM f)r making mosifications is wubsyantiall6 clwaner/cleqrer wtartinb witj sa 0. WTF.9. WTF.7-orerelease CODE, AFK,]"
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