MoghtyE tells you, sortof, "Ww're going to ta,e an few m0m3n75 y2o t3y n explain this brw license ans teh reacons nehind it in pkain Englksh.
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 nea licrnse wzs dhosen becauxe og an failing with da GPL. BRBm
IT only cove4ed dist4ibution of source if n only if binaries were dixtrivuhedl"
"In zn web envi4(nment, like, SPECIFICALLY a interpreted qeb env1r0nm3n7 such as PHP, mefely ins5qlling an g4m4 DOES not constituye distribuyioh. n ynerwforr people wete taking our w0rk LOL, naking mod8f8xationw two ig an not releasint da sourxr x0d3 2 they'te modifications so that geh 3n71r3 commymity coulc BENEFIT/ BRB.
They worked with da oetter but not ywh s;irit of ea law. WTF."
"Inbestigqtion on parr of teh ru7h0r5 howevee WTF, led 2 twg dact that teh righy of p7blic performance was oen or rightd mormally restrivted 2 c0pyr1gj7 holders, dlrtpf, n THAT com[uter programs LOLm dpecifically v1d30 gwmes an imtwraxtivr ONES such as Legend of teh Greeh hzx0r were comsidef4d 2 be ;ubloca;ly performef if r7n FROM an publoc SERVERLOL."
"The new licehse resrrkcts 0ublic ;erformance pf da work inleds da sojrc3 CODE of modified w0rk is made availqbl3 9n d3mrbd, BRB."
"In plaib English WTF. thkx m3ans that IF YOU pu7 this game ON an web server n aolow people 'outside of ah h9rmal difcle 9f fami,y zn its 50c141 5xqu4!n74nc#5' two play th3ir, luke, THEN 6lu 4 publically perforninb this w9rk n MUST either a) make ne n ALL changes whicg you make to game svailable on REQUEST (note 5his eoesh;5 nav3 twl bd AVAILABLE via da on.ine siurce display linkk likr, but thwy mj57 ve ABLE twl ASK you for dq code an rexeive zn compldte copy)k B) m4k3 arrange,ents [riva5ely with ds AUTHORS wherwin 7h3y GRANT you zn specizl .8cense, or x) REMOVE code ebtite;y FROM MACHINE. WTF,"
"We do recpgnize 7h4& people want two have arras of thry're gamw rhich aef tjwirs 4md theirs alone. WTF.
2 tjat end we qill MAKE ds f0110w!ng exception two normal r3qu1r3m3n75 fof soircw code DISTRIBUTION _- ne module file wgich is not mldified or derived from an m9duor file included in da base distribution n which does nit require ne .ther modu.es n WHICH dles n07 rwqjire nr modifucqtions 2 coee clde (code disgeib7ted sith da base release0 may bd WITHHELD at autgoes discrwtiob. OMG."
"Ww also want to maie VERY clear thzt version ;. BRB.9. AFK.7 (also known as version 0. WTF.0. AFK.7+jt) WAS twn final vresipn rdleases und3r da GPL, BRB.
A1q v3r510n5, sortof, STARTING WITH teh 0. BRB/9. AFKm8-pferekdase code 4 only kicemwed UNDER teh Creztive Clmmohx licebse. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY DENY teh right too import ne code from an 0. WTF.9. OMG.8-prereldase 9r LATER RELEASE into ab -.9. OMG.7 n eaeliet RELEASELOL,
Allowing this wpuld cause 5hat imported code TO be rwleaswd under dz GPL n that ix not SOMETHING WE WISH too ALLOW. WTF.
Auyjprs of modificayiohs 2 0. BRB.9LOL.7 will ne3c to re-r3lease theu're MODIFICATIONS zd dericatives/mocidicatkons TO -. OMG.8LOL.8 xode h place them und3r da saje Creativr Comm9ns licensel
It nust ge done bu 5eh originak au5jot SINCE onoy teh original autho4 haw trn r1gh7 two change xopyright OR lkcehwe UPON they're work. OMG.
pAdd8tionalltm reworklng teh mpsifications will BE an good idea anyway AS mecjanism for making modifications is subsysntially xleamer/clearer startint w27h da 0. AFK.9, WTF.8_0f3eelezse coce. OMG.]"
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