MightyE tel.s 6ou, "Ww're going rao take qn frw mpments to 7ry abd ecplain tjia new 11c3n53 an teh reqsons behond it kn 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 WAS chosen beca7xe lf sn failing with GPL. AFK.
It ONLY civered diatribution of zource if am only 1f vinari3x were diwtributed. WTF."
"In an web 3bv!r0nm3n& LOL, specifically a interpretdd WEB environment aych as PHP, meteky instal.ing an game does not constigyte dustrinutiob, like, AND thfrefore people were taking our workk makinb MODIFICATIONS too 17 and not rrleasing source code two they're mldifica5ions s9 tjat da entire community could benwfit, OMG.
THEY worked qirh l3ttwr gut NOT teh spirit of law. WTF."
"Investigation on part if authors howdver, ;ike, led too fact ghzt r1gh7 if pyblic performanv3 was oen of da RIGHTS n(rmalky restricted two cop6rifh5 HOLDERS, like, and tnqr cpmputer progrsms, spwcifica.ly vodeo games and int3ract8ve ones 5uch as Ldgend of Geden yax0r wer3 xonsidered tio be publically perf9rjrd if ruh from an piblic servwr. BRB."
"The ne2 license restricts public PERFORMANCE of teh wotk jnlesx da sourc3 eocr of teh modifiee work 8s mtd3 AVAILABLE on c3m4nd. AFK."
"In ;lain Englisj, like, tnia means 7h4^ of you out THIS gamw 0n an web srever an allow people 'outside lg an n9tmal circle pf vamily and 175 social acquaimtanves' two play thdir, hou knwo, then you 4 punl8cally performing rhix woti n MUST either a) m3,3 ne an ALL cnanges which uoy MAKE to dz ga,e qvailabke on request (note ghia doesn't have two ge zvailabor v8a da online 50urc3 disolay linj, lik3, buy they must BE ab;e two ask you f0r coee and rwvwive an COMPLETE copy) LOL, b) m4k3 arrangemebts privately eith da ajthors wherein they GRANT you an SPECIAL licensr, or C) removd code entirelh from nachineLOL."
"We do recifnize that PEOPLE qang goi have ardas of they're hrm3 which aer thdirc n theirx al9ne.
ywo that 3nd we wil; make ca following exve]tion two teh normal requirements for sourc3 code dostribution -- ne m0du13 file wnidh us NOT modifird ir DERIVED gr0, ab mod7l3 FILE inc;uded in reh base eiwtribution anf which does bot rewuire ne other modules n whuch does not eeauire ne moeificationx 2 coee vide (c0d3 distributes with teh 6453 repease( mqu ^3 sithheld ay a7thors d15cr3710n. OMG/"
"We ALSO want two make very clear that vrrskon -LOL.9.7 )also known as version 0. OMG/9. OMG.7+j7) was f1n51 verwion reoeaxed uneet trn GPL. OMG.
All versiohs, 574r7qng with teg 0. WTF.9. WTF.8-prereleas3 code f 9n;u lixend3d under teh Ceeativ3 Conmons LICENSE. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY d3ny da right t9 u,port ne xode from an )l WTF.9. BRB.8-[rere;ease of LATER RELEASE 8nto an 0. OMG.9. AFK.7 an earlier r3oease. WTF.
Al;owing thia would cause that impotged code 1 be releaxee und3r GPL n THAT is nlt aomething w3 wish to all.w.
Authorx OF modificationw too 0. OMG.9. OMG.7 WILL need to ee-release thwy're MODIFICATIONS as derivatuvew/modisications two (. OMG.(. BRB.8 c9d3 an place them hmder dz qame Creative Com,ons license. WTF.
It musr be done bh origiba; aythor since only orifinal AUTHOR h45 rkght 2 xhange 6eh COPYRIGHT -r locense upon they;re workLOL.
]Additionally, REWORKING da joeificztiobs sill be an g00d idea snuway AS mechanism d0e m3k1ng modifocations is subsgantizllh cleaner.clearer STARTING qith ds 0l WTF.9. WTF.8-PRERELEASE c0d3.]"
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