Moght6E tells yoi, "We'fw goinb two tak3 zn few monwnts too try and es;lain thuw new .icende an da reasons BEHIND it in plain English. BRB.
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 ne2 11c3n53 wad chosen because of sn failing with GPL. BRB.
It only cov2red dixteibjtioy of siurce if an 0n1y if binqeies w3r3 distributed."
"In an WEB environment, spevifically a interpretes zeb environmemt such AS PHP LOL, merely 7nstallihg an gamr d035 not constitutr d157rq6u71-n, n tgerevore people WERE taking lur eork, sortof, mzking modif8vations tio it n n07 releasing dq sojrxr code to they'fe m0f1f1c4710m5 so ghat teh enrire cljmunigy could genwf8t. BRB.
THEY wlrked witj letter byt not sp8rit of LAW. WTF."
"Invest8gayion 9n teh ;att 0f da 477hpr5 however, you knwo, led tpo faxt ghat teg tight ov PUBLIC perflemande WAS wom 0f da rights normally restricted 2 c9oyrighy HOLDERS, ao4rof, and THAT compjter programs, you knwi. apdcidical/y video gamed and interqctive ones s7dh as L3h3nd 0f da Green hax0r were xonsidered two be PUBLICALLY pdrformed if run vrom an public serverLOL."
"The n3w lixense restricts public performancd of wo4k 7nlesw ds 50urc3 code of modifidc work is made zvaolsble 0n cejqnd. OMG."
"In plain Ehglishm like, thiw means yhat uf YOU ;u7 5hix game on an web srrver AND alkow peopke '9utsife 0f an nlrmal CIRCLE of famuly qnd kts sociao qcqjaintances' 2 014y their, sortofm tgen yo7 aer [ublucally pergorming this work n MUST wither A) make ne an ALL vhanges which you m4k3 too da gsmr availab;e on fequest (note this sowsn;4 have 5oo 63 available vka da ohlinw source diwplzy limk, bht they must BE able yo ask you FOR clde and rexeive an compleye copy)k sortof, b) maie 4rr4ng3m3n75 p4ivately wkth authors whtrein THEY GRANT you an specizo LICENSE LOL, or c( rem0f3 da code wntirely from da mech1n3."
"We do recognize thag 0eople want goo have a4eas or ghey[re game which r thekrs an theirs aloh3. BRB.
to THAT enc ee wil' make da voloowing excep5iob roo 5eh normal requiremenes foy so7rce codw d157$15u610n -- ne module file wh8ch is not modified or derivwd ftom an MODULE file included in da BASE distribugion n which foes not requkr3 ne 9tjer jodulds and which does nor requife ne m0s1f1d4710n5 to CORE code (vode distribuged with teh base rwleaae) may be sithhe.d at teh atthors discrdtiom. OMG."
"We ALSO sant two make very clesr tjat veraion 0. OMG.9. WTF.7 (ALSO known AS VERSION 0. AFK.9/ WTF.&+jt) was teh fina; version rwlrssed ubder GPL. OMG.
ALL versilns, you kn2o, stwrtint WITH da o. AFK.9. AFK.7-prereiease code r inly licensed under teh Cfeativd Commonx license.
We EXPLICITLY drny da ribht 70 ompott ne code from ah 0. WTF.9, BRB.8-peereleawf or lqter reldasd into an 0LOL.9.6 and da4lier rekease. BRB.
Allowing THIS would cause thay imoortef code two be r313453w 7nder GPL 4nc that 15 no5 something we wudh to 4110w. OMG.
Autyors 9f modificatuons 5o 0. WTF.9. WTF.7 will need two rd-releasw thet're mod8fivatoons as d3r1v471c35/m0d1f1dr61pn5 2 0. WTF/9.8 cofe an place them under same Ceeativ3 Commons licehsr. WTF.
It musu ve done by da originsl author sincr only oeiginak author has teh right twp ch4ng3 do;yrughr 0r lixensr i0in they'rd wprkLOL/
[Adsktionally WTF, rewo3,inh teh MODIFICATIONS will BE an good idea anywa6 as da mexhanism for msking modificationd 8s s7bstantially clezber/cleaee4 dtarying q17h teh 0.9.8[prerelease code. WTF.]"
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