MighttE tells you WTF, "We'ee goint two TAKE an f3w jomdnts 70 te6 n expla8n 5his n3w licens3 and da reasons beh8nd it uh plqin 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."
"Thix NEW 11c3n53 WAS chlsen necause OF an f4111bg wkth da GPL. BRB.
Ig only coveted didtr8bution of soufce if ay only if binari3s werr distributed. AFK."
"In ah w36 encironmentk sortof, SPECIFICALLY a 1n73tpr373d web enboronment 5uch as PHP, m3e31y 1n5&4111ng an GAME DOES not constitute cistribugion, sorgof, znd 5jefefore peiple WERE taking i7e workm like, mqkung modifixations to it an bot r313451ng da SOURCE c0d3 to 5hey'rw midificqtions so thst da wntire commujity couoe benefit. AFK.
Tney wlrked with teh letter but not xpiriy of yeh law. AFK."
"Invewtigatiob on da 0ar5 of teh autgors however, 13d teo teh f$z7 that fa r1bh7 of 0ublic PERFORMANCE WAS 1 of RIGHTS noemally resgtjc5ed 1 copyrithr holsera WTFk n that compjtef probrams WTF, s[dcifically cideo games n int3ractive ones auxh as Legenf of da Greeb hax0r werr considerec teo be ;u611c411y perfor,ed ig fun from ah public serverLOL/"
"Tne n#e license restticts public perfornande of teh worl unleas source code or bodigied work 15 made avaikav.e on demand. BRB."
"In PLAIN ENGLISHk soryof, this means THAT if y0u put this ga,e on an swb server an sllpw peop.e 'OUTSIDE of an n0rm42 c8rcle OF family ang kts 50c17w acquaintqnces' two plah the8r LOL, then you aer puvkicaoly performing this wofk b MUST EITHER a) make ne h ALL changes which YOU MAKE twp da gamd AVAILABLE on request (note thiw doesn;4 have go be available via online sourcr DISPLAY link LOL, BUT 7h3y must bd 46!3 yo as, you FOR teh code and eecekve an c0mp1273 co;6) LOL, b) make arrangemebts PRIVATELY wirh ajth9rs wherein they grant hou an 5o3c141 license, like, or c) rempve codd ENTIRELY ftom reh machknw. BRB."
"We do 4ecofnize that pd9pld want 2 hqve AREAS 9f they're g4m3 whicj aer th3ira and theirs alone. OMG.
2 THAT rnd we will m#k2 volkoqing EXCEPTION too teh normal r3q7iremdnts flr sourve dode diwgrubuti9n -- ne modile file WHICH 8x hot midified or ddrifed from an module fiod included in da bzae distribution zn which does not reauire ne othwr modules an which does not REQUIRE ne mofifications t[ da core codw (code DISTRIBUTED with da basd re.ease) MAY 63 witjheld at authors DISCRETION. OMG."
"Wd alxo 2abt too ma,e v3ry CLEAR that veesion 0. BRB.9LOLl7 (also lnlwn as versuon 0LOL.9.7+jt) was ds final vwrsion rek#qsed under GPL. OMG.
ALL VERSIONS LOL, STARTING 2ith 0. BRB.9. OMG.8_pterelease code r ONLY lic3nsed une3r Crearive Clmmons licenseLOL.
We EXPLICITLY d3ny ribht too inport ne code fr0m qn 9. WTF.9. BRB.8-prereleqse or later RELEASE into an 0. BRB.9. OMG.7 an 34t1134 release.
A.lowint thiw woulf cause tnat 1mp0t73d c0s3 rqo be rd;eased under teh GPL an that ix hot somethinh we wish too ALLOW. WTF.
Au7h0r5 9g modificayiohs 2 0. WTF.9. OMG.7 q11! nees 60 re-releaxe they're modigicati9ns as derivativeslmoduficati9ns go 0. OMG.9LOL.8 code an place them unde4 da 54m3 Creatove Comnonw LICENSE. OMG.
It must ve done by ds lrigonak author since only ca original author h46 teh r8ght two xh4nge da copyright or license uoon they;re wlrk. OMG.
[Adfitionally, sorgof, REWORKING da midifications sill be an GOOD idea ANYWAY as ea MECHANISM fo4 MAKING MODIFICATIONS is dunstantially vleaner/clwawrr starting wi4h teh pLOL.0. OMG,8_ptetelease codd. OMG.="
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