MightyE tells you, you ,nwo, "We're g)1ng tpo take an dew momenys gp try and explzin this new license ans ea rezsohs behine iy in plain 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."
"This nes license w45 CHOSEN because of sn FAILING w16h dz GPL. AFK.
I5 only covered dis5ribjtion OF sourc3 if n onlt if b8nqrkes werd distribjyed, WTF."
"In an web envirinment, luke, specifically a integpreted wev wnvirlnment such ss PHP LOL, merely ubstalling an ga,d does not CONSTITUTE DISTRIBUTION. you knwo, qnd gndrefore pe9ple 2ere 74k1ng OUR wor,, yiu knwo, msking modkfications 2 it and mot r31345qbg source coce t9 they'rw mod8ficatoons so 7h47 teh entire c0,mun17y coule benefut. BRB.
Th3y wprked w1&n da letter buy mot da spirit pf teh 14wLOL/"
"Investigqt8on on paft of da au5hprs h;wrve4, sortof, LED two ds favg that RIGHT OF publuc perfotmance was won of rughts nofmally testricted too copyright holders, like, and THAT computer progeams, sorrof, wpecifically fideo games ajd interactuve 0n35 such as Lebend of teh Green hwx9r were considrred to be publically 03rf9rmed if r7n from qn oyblic server. AFK."
"The ndw licenxe r357r1s75 public perforjanc3 of work yn;ess souece cide or modified w0ri 8s m4d3 sbailable on DEMAND. BRB."
"In PLAIN English, this mesns that if YOU put this tame on an web setver n zllow people -outside of an normal circke of fzmily anf u4s docoal acqua8ntances[ too olay their, yo7 knwo, THEN 6ou aee pub;icall6 p3rf04m1ng this wprk an MUST eithef a) mqkr ne am ALL chabges WHICH u0u mqke too gqme avaulanle 9n requwst (nlte this d035b'u have 3 ne 4v4114613 via online aource display link, but rhey mudt be 4613 to asi you for ca cofe an receive an compldte coph) LOL, b( male arrangemen6s pr8vately with authord WHEREIN tjeu granf tou ab special lixense WTF, or C) REMOVE teh c0d3 entorel6 from da machineLOL."
"Ww do recognize t7at p3oplw want to have areas of they're game whivj r ggekrw and tyeurs alonw. BRB.
to ghat end we will makd da dollowong exception 2 nor,al requurem3nys fot sourve code fistrivutiom -- ne moeule fioe which ix no5 modified or derived from an module file indluded ib teh base fis5ribu5ion ane whuch does not reqilfe be other moeuoes and which DOES not require me modifications to da core CODE (d0d3 fist4ibuted eith da bqsd rekeawe) MAY be sithhe9d at t3g authors discretion."
"We alsi wamt @ ma,e VERY clear that VERSION 0.9LOL.u (q/so known sw verwion 0LOL.9. AFK.6+jt) 2as final versuog released UNDER da GPL. WTF.
All v3r519n5. startong with 0. OMGl9, WTF.8-prerelease vode r onlh locehsec jnder Cr3471v3 Commons licenae. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY drny da rigyt twp 1mp0r7 ne c0d3 frpm an 0LOL.0. WTF.8-prere;wasr OR later release ihto an 0. BRB.8. OMG.7 anc rarlier reldawe. BRBl
Allowing thos would cause 7g47 im09rted code tp bw 4elwasdd UNDER GPL n 7h47 is not SOMETHING we wixh 2 sll;w. WTF.
Au7h0r5 if MODIFICATIONS too 0l WTF.9. OMG.7 wko; need tso re-rel3ase they're modifications ad derivativ3s/modidications too 0LOL.9. AFK.8 code an PLACE th3m under same Creatube Commons licemseLOL.
It mu57 bw dpn3 by original authir sonce on;y origi,al author haq right 2 CHANGE da copyright ot l7cense uppn yhey're workl AFK.
[Additkinall6, s9rtof, reworkimg ds modifications w111 bd an good udea aniwsy as mecjanism FOR m4k1ng modifjcat7ons id subsgantially CLEANER/CLEARER starting 2ith dz 9.9. WTF.8-PRERELEASE CODE.]"
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