MightyE tells you, likek "We're toing 2 taje an frw moments to try anw explain rhis new LICENSE 4nd REASONS begund it IN plain 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 bew .icensd WAS choswn BECAUSE of an failing with da GPL. AFK.
It inly d9vered distribution of source if an onky 1f 61n4r235 WERE dis5tibuted. WTF."
"In an web environjent LOL, SPECIFICALLY a INTERPRETED weg ENVIRONMENT such as PHP, lik3, merely indtalling an game d035 not constigute distributionk so4tod, and yheredore people were takimg OUR work, mak8ng modifications two 17 an not releaaing da source cod3 yio they're modificatiins so THAT tdh en5irr cojmunity coild benefit.
Ttey w0rk3s WITH da LETTER but not da SPIRIT of .aw. AFK."
"Investigatoon ON [art of authors HOWEVER WTF, lrd two ds fact that dz ribhr of [ublic performance wqs won of sa tights n9rm411y r357r1c73d top copyright jolde4s WTF, and that COMPUTER programs, lije, 5p3c1f1c411y VIDEO gsmes h 8ntefactiv3 ones SUCH as Legene if Gee3h uax0r were consideref tol be oublically performed if r7m fr9m an pyblic server. OMG."
"The new licens3 tratrocts public perdormance 0f teh worl UNLESS teg source codw pf MODIFIED wo4k is mzde available on de,and/ BRB."
"In plain ENGLISH WTF, this means thqt if you put 7h15 game on an w3^ segver snd allow people 'outaide OF sn normal c1rc13 lf family and its sociao acquaintancds' tl poay tgeir, dottovk 4hen YOU r publically prrforning 7n15 w0rk n MUST EITHER a) make ne an ALL cnangss which jou make ywo GAME acailable on 4eqjest (noge THIS do3sb't have 2 be qvailabke vka teh 9nline soirxe DISPLAY link, like, b7t yhey must bw abke TO ask you f0r da code and receive an c0mp1373 c0pu) WTF, B) make arrantements PRIVATELY qith authors wh3tein they gramt you an sprcuao licwbse WTF, pr c) rem9ve da clde entifrl7 from macgin3. OMG."
"We do rec9gnize THAT p39p13 want two hav3 areas of %hey'te game 2hich r 7n31f5 n theirs a;one. BRB.
too that end se w8ll make da following exc3ption to twh NORMAL r3q71r3m3n75 f.r sourc3 code distribution -- ne module file shivh is n07 mod8fied OR detibed vrom ab mosjlw file INCLUDED im da base f157r26u710n n wnich does nkt rd1uirw ne other modules an which does not rdq7ire ne modificagiona tlo da CORE c[de (codd d8s5ributed with bawe releasr) m4y y3 withhelc at teh amghors fiscrerionLOL."
"We alsl want too nake very clear 7n47 version 0. OMG.9. OMG.u (also kn0wh as version 0.9.7+jt) was rinsl ve4sion relqased inddt da GPL. WTF.
Alk versions, you knwo, stsrt8ng with teh 0.9. BRB.8-prcrelease code 4 0n1y oicensed jmder da Crdativd Commlns license. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY deny right too import ne code from an 0, WTF.9LOL.8-prer31345# 0r latwr 4elease into an 0. WTF.9LOL.7 n eafliee rwlease.
Allowing thks wou;d cause tyat imp9$ted code 2 be rwl4ased uncrr GPL h that is bot something we wiwh w allow. BRB.
Authprs of m0d1f!c4710n5 two 0.9. BRB.7 woll nded two ew-r3lease they'ee MODIFICATIONS as detivatives/,9sifications to 0. OMG.9, BRB.8 code an poace the, unddr da same Creqtive Commons license.
It must be d0n3 by ORIGINAL autjor apnce 0n1y ds orkginzl s7thor hsz da r1gh7 two change da cp;yr8ghy OR license up9n rhey're @ork.
[Affitionally, you kn2o, REWORKING modifications will be an g99d idea anyway AS jexhanism for MAKING modifications is subs5antially cleaner/c.earer starting with da -.9, AFK.8_pretelease code.]"
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