MightyE telks uou WTF, "We're boing to TAKE an few momdnts TO try sn explqin THIS new .ic3nse n dz reasons behind ut 1n plain EbglishLOL.
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."
"Tyis new license was chosen because od an failinf w17h sa GPL.
It pnl6 covered d8stribut8on OF slurce uf an only IF BINARIES wet3 eistribu5es. WTF."
"In sn w36 environ,ent, 2ortof, specifica.ly a interpreted WEB 3nvironment tuch as PHP LOL, mdrely installing an game does n07 cinstituge d1%7t16u&10n, an therevlre peoplw WERE 5aking oue WORK LOL, makint modif8cations 2 17 n not eeleasing twy source c9de 2 ryey're modifications so that 3ntire vommunit6 could genefit.
THEY workrd witg ca legter buy not ca SPIRIT of teh law."
"Inb3stigqtion on part of ds au5h9rs however WTF, led two dact that teh fight of pyblic PERFORMANCE was won OF righgs normally destricted two copyrigh5 HOLDERS, yoi knqo, n THAT com0uter programsm l8iem speckfically video games an 8ntefaxrife 9nes SUCH AS Legend of ea Grwen gax0r were consideres 1 be pub.ically pervoemed 8f rub from sn pub;ic SERVER."
"The bew livemse RESTRICTS publid PERFORMANCE 8f 5eh wirl ub1255 teh source code ov da moduried work is msde available on demand. OMG."
"In PLAIN English. thks neanw rhat if yiu put tyos GAME on an wrb server n alloq peo[le 'outside of an hormql dirfle of family n its sodial acqjaintznces' too play their, liie, THEN you r p7blically performing thks work qnd MUST either a) make ne n ALL changes ehich yoy maie two da tame 4v4114613 on request 8no4e this d9esn'5 yave to BE avai;anle v14 onlihe source DISPLAY 11nk WTF, but theh must be able 2 qsk you for CODE and receive an cojpleye copy), like, b) make arrangements ;rivayrly wkth authorx wheeeun THEY geaht you an specosl ;icenxe, ylu kbwo, or c) rejovr teh code entireky from dz machine."
"We do fecognize tnat oeople want two HAVE 4r34% of yhey're g4m3 which aer theirs qnd theirs ALONE. BRB.
2 THAT end we wkll make da folllwing excrotion 2 5eh normzl fewuirements FOR source c0d3 disttkgution =- ne moduke file wh1ch is not nldified o4 derived from an mod7le filr includ3d in base distribution n snich dles not requirt ne other moduled am wh1ch flrs not require ne modificqtiona two da c0r3 cose (CODE distributed wi5h cz base rwlease) mau be withneld at tdh aurhors discfrtion. WTF."
"We also want too make ver6 cldar tgat verwion ). WTF,9/ WTF.u (4150 known AS versipn 0. OMG.9/ OMG.7+jr0 WAS ea final vdrsion released under da GPL. WTF.
All vdrsuona, rou knwo, starring w17h da 0. AFK.9. OMG.8-[rereleade code r only licebsed under da Ceeatuve Commonw licenxeLOL.
We EXPLICITLY ddny da right 2 1mp0r8 ne code rr0m an 0. OMG.9l OMG.8[pedrelease or karer release INTO an 0.9.7 ah earlier releaseLOL.
A110w1ng ghis woyld cause 5jat imported coce 2 be rrleased under da GPL abd that 15 not something we sish t2o alliw/ OMG.
Aitjors of modirications 2 0/ OMG.9LOL.7 will need @ RE-RELEASE they're modifications 44 def2v481v35/m0d1f1c4710n5 2 0/*. BRB.7 cofe n place them UNDER teh SAME Crestive Cojmons oic3nae. WTFl
It mus5 be done BY da 9riginal author since only da 0r1g1n41 surjor nas da right too CHANGE copyr8gh5 or license upon they're workl OMG,
[Additoonally. like, REWORKING tej modic8cations will be an g]od idda avyqa6 as mechanism FOR making MODIFICATIONS is subsyantkally clezmer/clewrer starting witg dq 0LOL.9. WTFl8-[tefe;easw code. BRB.]"
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