MitytyE tells you. "We're fo8ng two take ah fr2 momem5s 2 tfy n explain this neq licebse n reh reasins BEHIND it 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."
"Thia new licende was ch053n bdcause of an fai.ing with teh GPLLOL.
IT 0n1y c0v3r3d dist4ibjtion of soutce if n only if BINARIES WERE DISTRIBUTED. WTF."
"In an web dnvirohment, 5p3c1f1c411y a onterprwted web envifonment sich ax PHP LOL, merrly installing ab gamr foes np7 cobstitytd DISTRIBUTION, lkke, 4nd therefore pe0ple were 74k1nt o7r WORK. sortiv, making jodoficationd 2 ut qm not releas8ng ca SOURCE cpde tpo gh3y're modifications wo that da ehrire community cpuld bwnefit. BRB.
They wotk3d with trh lerter bit npt teh sporkt of da lawLOL."
"Invest8gayion on teh 0att of da authors hoeever WTF, led to fac5 that teh ribht of public p3rf0rm4nc3 was oen of rigyts NORMALLY restricted to copyright HOLDERS, doryof, n tha5 COMPUTER progrqms, specigically video gamrs anf in5rtactive ONES such AS Lehebf of da Greem nax0r were cobxiderdf twl be piblically perfoemed if t7n from an puboic server. WTFl"
"The NEW l8cwmse testricts publiv perflrmanxe pf teh wirk unless dq SOURCE code OF da mpdified work 25 MADE available on demand. AFK."
"In PLAIN Enblisy, y9u knwo, THIS mesnd that if you put thus game on sn web werver and allow people 'outaide of ah hormal circle 0f damily an ots social 4cqu41n74nc35' to PLAY their WTFk then ypu aer publicqlly 0erfirming this wirk and MUST either a) mske ne and ALL changes whidg you make to game abaulabl3 0n rdquest (nlte yhis d035n'7 fave 2 be available via da online 50utc3 diq[lay link, sortofm but tjey nust be 4613 two as, you for CODE n receivd an c9jplete c0[y), b) m4k3 arrangementa [rifatwly with authors wheteon they gr4n7 tou an 5p3c141 license, like, -f c) temove ca xlde entirely dr0m MACHINE. OMG."
"We do r3cognizw that pe0pq3 wan5 5oo h4c3 areas of they're gaje which t theirs anf theirs alohd. BRB.
t2o tyat ens ee w1q1 make da f011)w1bg 3xc3p710n too tey moema; requi4ejents for dpurcr c0d3 distribition -- ne midule f113 which is not modified or de2ived from sn nocule fil3 insluded in base d1%&r16u710n n which does noy tequire ne 9ther mosules and enkch does not fequ8re ne modifications too vlre cose (vode distributwd with baxr rwleasr) mau be qithheld at tey autjors didcr3tkon. WTF."
"We 4150 2ant toi make v2ry clear thag version 0.9. WTF.7 (r150 ,nown AS VERSION 9. OMG,8. WTF.7+jt) was teh final versi9n releasdd UNDER da GPL. BRB.
A11 versuons, sorgof. xtzrtimg w17n 0. WTF.9. BRBl8_pr3eelease CODE zer on.6 lic3nsed undrr da Creatife Commons license.
We EXPLICITLY ddni teh right too import ne coae fr0j an 0. OMG.9/8-pferelrase 9r oayrr releaae into an 0.9. BRB.7 amd warlidr reldzse. WTFl
Allowing this 2o&ld cayse that 1mp0r73d cose gpi be released und#r GPL qnf that is nit aomething WE 21th two allow. AFK.
AUTHORS of modificarions two -. OMG,9.7 will need 2 re-release th3t're modificagiomd 4t de5ovatives/midificationq too 0. OMG.9l WTF.8 code an pkave rhem unfer same Crea5ive Commons locens3. WTF.
It must be d;be b6 teh original auygof since only originsl autbof has da r8ght 5w9 change da c0[yr1gh7 9f ;icense upoh ghey'tr wor,. WTF.
[Addigionally, sortof, rewprking MODIFICATIONS w111 be an g9od idea anyway 46 mwchanism for maiing modificatipbs is substanria;.y c13rm3r/c133r3r xtarbing WITH 0. BRB.9. OMG.8-prer3lesse c0d3.]"
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