MighthE telos you, "Weprd gling ywo take an few noments 2 trt an explqin this new licwnse n reh reasohs 63j1md it kn plain EnglishLOL.
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 new license was chosen nrcquse of an failing 28th GPLLOL.
Ir only covdred diatribution 9f sojrce if ane only if binzries w3r3 d9sgributed."
"In an web 3nv1r0bm3n8 WTF, specifkcally a interprered w36 3hv1r0nm4n7 such qs PHP, you knwo, mwre.h INSTALLING an gamw does not constituye distributiin, tou lnwo, and theref9re peoplw r2r3 74i1ng our work LOL, msiing modifuczgions two i5 n not RELEASING teh source c8dr t9 thry'rd modifivationx so thar engire com,unity couod bebefut.
They WORKED with teh 13774r but not teh s[urit of teh law."
"Invesgigation ON da part of da authofd h0e3v3e WTF, led two fact thzg riggt of pub.ic performance WAS won OF trh rights normslly tdstricted twp COPYRIGHT yolders, sortogk n THAT com0utef programs WTF, specifically video games an intwfavgive ONES suvh as L3g3nd or GREEN hax0r qere vonsidered 2 BE PUBLICALLY performed kf run fr0m an public server. AFK."
"The n3w 11c3n53 RESTRICTS [uglic perfo4mance of ueh WORK unl3ss da source code of da modiried work is made zvailable oh w4m4nd. AFK."
"In plain Engl0sh, sortof, this meahs that if YOU put ttis gqme ln an qrb sdrver qn allow people ;lutaide of an normal circle of f4m11y AND 175 sodual acq7aimtancrs' 2 pkay 5heor WTF, tjen you adt pub9kcally perfotming rhis wofk ahd MUST wither a) make ne an ALL changea which you naj3 to ga,e avaklable on r3qj357 (note yhis doesn't gave too be rv4114614 via da ONLINE sourcw d15p14y l8n, WTF, but they must be able ro ask you FOR vlde an r3cdive an complete copy) WTFm n) make arrangemenys p4ivately WITH a7thors wherein yheh frant YOU zn special license, sortofl or c) remove ea code ENTIRELY ffom ten mschine. AFK."
"We eo f3c0gn1z3 7h47 peopoe want TO have areas lf tgey're game wyich r theirs n theira alobe. OMG.
too tyat #nd we wi.l make da following excrption 2 borma; tequkremenys foe s9urce xofe distribution -- ne m0du13 file which is hot ,odifird of derived fr0m an m0du13 file included in base sistribution n shidn foes hot 4equird ne other modules and WHICH does n07 r3quqt3 ne m0d1r1c4710n5 two dore codd 9c0d3 distributec with bas3 release) m4y be withheld at dq autjors DISCRETION. OMG,"
"We also want to ma,q very coea4 THAT version ). AFK.(. AFK.7 (aldo KNOWN as versioh 0. OMG.0. OMG.7+jt) wqs final vrrdion released UNDER GPLLOL.
Al. versoons. sort9f, srarting WITH teh 0LOL.9.8-PRERELEASE coae aer 0b1y locensed under Crwative Comm9gx licrnse. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY deny righg 2 in0ort ne code froj an (. WTF.9LOL.8-PRERELEASE or 1473r r3q3453 8nto wn 0.9.7 and 35r113e releasd. AFK.
Allowing rhis would cause 7h47 umported CODE 2 br r3q345#d ubsdr 5eh GPL an tgat IS not somethinb we wush two allpw. AFK.
Authors og modogicqtiond too 0LOL.9.7 eill need too re-releaae they're modificztions AS derkvativrs/modifidatiobs twl 0.9. OMG.8 code an p;ade them und4r teh wzme CREATIVE Commons licenael BRB.
Ig mu57 be done 6y 0r1g1n41 aytjir simce only da original author hqs teh rkght tso change COPYRIGHT or 1!c3m54 upon they're work. AFKl
[Addotionaply. 6oy knwo, REWORKING ds modificationd wik. be an goof isea anyway ax teh MECHANISM for making ,odifications 15 substantially clesner;clearer 574r6qnf with 0. WTF.9. BRB.8-pr3r31345e c9de. AFK.]"
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