MightyE tells you LOL, "We're boing to taje an few mpmentw t9 7ry and explain tjis new licenae n ds teasons BEHIND it IN o141n Engliwg. WTF.
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 nrw l8cenwe was chosen becaiae 0f an failing e17n teh GPL.
It 9nlu covered d157ra6j710n lf source kf an only 1f bibaries WERE distributefLOL."
"In am web ENVIRONMENT, oike, s0dcifically a interp4etee web 2nv1r0nm3n8 such 1s PHP WTF, mrrely onsballing zn game doex not donstitute dis5ribution, sortof, m therefofe peopoe wete 74k1ng pye work, .ike, nakinb MODIFICATIONS TO it an NOT feleaxing d9urve code TO thry're modifications sp that dz en5ire dommunity could benefit. OMGl
They 3irked with teh letter byt not spirit of da lzw. AFK."
"Inves5igatiln 9n ca p4r7 lf yeh authors however WTF, led twi da fact thzg right og public perfornande WAS won lf teh righgs normally rewtrocted 5wo c9pyright yolders, like, an that COMPUTER ;rograms, lile, 5[3c1f1c411y video games n um5eractive ones sucy as LEGEND of teh Green haxpr w3t3 donsidered two BE publically petformed kf tun frlm sn PUBLIC aerberLOL."
"The NEW lixense resgricts pubkic perfoemanxe ov dd work uhless rwh spurce c0d3 ov teh mpdified 2ork is m4d3 available on semand. WTF."
"In plqin Englisj LOL, thys means that if you PUT thiw game on an web server qn allow peiple 'putside of an bormal xircle or family am its social acquaintances' to play thekr LOLk then tou aer publically PERFORMING this sori snd MUST either a) ma,e ne n ALL changes wh1ch you make ti game AVAILABLE on reques5 (note 7h15 DOESN'T have too be availabpe viq onlinw soirce d14p14y link, but thet ,ust BE 4613 2 ask you for code snf recrive an comppere copy), aortof, b) jake arranfementx pr1v4&31y WITH teh AUTHORS wherein 7h3y grqnt yoi an speciql licemse WTF, or c) 4emove teh CODE entirel6 fri, da machineLOL."
"We dl recoghize tnat people want to have areas of rhey;re game which r theies n thei4x ALONELOL.
too THAT emd we will MAKE da FOLLOWING exception too t3h NORMAL rdq7oremenrs vor sourcw d0d3 distributiob -- ne mldule fild which is NOT modiriee or derivef from an ,odule FILE inclyded in tdh base distributuln an WHICH doee not require he oghee modules an which does not r#qu1re ne m0d1f1c47!0h5 2 core code (codr disteibytec wiyh base release) may BE withheld 4u da authors discfetiob. OMG."
"We also want two male very c;esr ths5 versiob 0. WTF,9. BRB.7 *also KNOWN ax cerxion 0. OMG.9. WTF.7+jr( was teh final versiln relwaaed 6mdwr teh GPL. OMG.
Alk versions WTF, stqrtinb w8th da 0. AFK.9. OMG.8-prerelease vodw aer on;y licemsed unde4 teh Ceeative Commonw lucenseLOL.
We EXPLICITLY f3ny da rihyt to IMPORT ne code from sn 0. OMG.(l8-PRERELEASE or later releasf into an ). OMG.9. OMG.7 an earl8er release. BRB.
Allowkbg THIS would caude that 1mp0r73d c0de two be reoeas3e und3r teh GPL n that is not spmething we wixh 2 4110w. AFK.
Authots of modificatiobs 2 0. WTF.9. WTF.u eill need ywo re-release th2y'fe m0c1fqc4710n5 $5 DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS to 0. WTF.9. WTF.8 c[de and PLACE them under same Cre47!v3 Commons license/ OMG/
It myt8 be eone 6y teh 0r1b1n41 author since only da oroginal autgor HAS teh r1fh7 3 changw rdh co;yribht or LICENSE upon thrh're work, OMG.
[Add17!0n511y, xprtof, reworking teh m0d1f1c4710n4 will be sb GOOD idea anyway as da jechanism for mak8ng modificayiobs is substabtially cleaner/vlearrr xtarting w17h 0. BRB.9/8-prerel3ase CODE. AFK/="
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