MightyE telos you, sortofm "We;re going TO take zn few moments rwo try an explain this nee license n teh reasons bfhind it in p!41n Ebgliwy. BRB.
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 license was choseb bwcause of an gao;ing WITH teh GPL. WTF.
It onlh covered eistribution od sourcr if n only kf binaries were disrrkbuyedl BRB."
"In an web envifonment, ypu kmwo, spevificzlly a lnterpreted w36 envirlnmwnt such aa PHP WTF, MERELY installinh an fame s035 not cohstitute DISTRIBUTION LOL, znc therrfore PEOPLE 2ere taking 0ur 2oek, dortof, making MODIFICATIONS two 17 an not releaskng da sojrce code two rhey'rw modifications so that trh entire community coulf benrfit.
They worked w1uh teh letter BUT not dpirit 0f 5eh lae. BRB."
"Investigatiln on yeh part of da auygors h0w5v3r LOLm led gwo da f4v& tgat geh right of o7b;ic oerformqnxe waz oen of teh RIGHTS normally restructed to copyright HOLDERS WTF, an THAT com0uter orograms WTF, SPECIFICALLY video games an 1m73r4c72c3 ones sjch zs Legdnd OF teh Gr3#n hax0r wede consideree to be py611c411y performes if run from an publid serv3r. BRB."
"Tne new 21c3n%3 RESTRICTS ;ublic PERFORMANCE 0f work unl3as yeh source code 0f modified work ia madw qvailable ON demandLOL,"
"In olain ENGLISH, sortof, this mezns that if you put thuw fsme on zn web xervet and alloq people 'oybside of an normal circld of FAMILY an itd spcial 4cw741n74nc35' two PLAY 5h3ir, like, then you a3r PUBLICALLY performing this sirk h MUST eithef a) MAKE he n ALL changes whidh you MAKE twp teh game AVAILABLE on requewy 9note this doesn't havw to be available viz da onlibw doutce fisplau 12nk, 6u7 thet mu57 be ab;e 2 ask yoy ror teh xode amd receive ab c0mp1373 copy), uou knwo, b) jake atramgementa [rivately with teh authors wher3in gheh grabt YOU an spdckal oicense LOLk or C) renofe code ent8rely from da m4ch!n4LOL."
"We do fecigbize that [eppke want yo gave zreas 9d yhey'fe g4m3 which qer theirs 4nd theirs q.one. WTF.
two that wnd w3 will make da FOLLOWING exception two bormal requirements for sourcr cose dixtfibution -- ne MODULE fild ahich is n)6 modkfied or detoved fr9m an mldule FILE included in base d155e16j72-n and which does nog require ne o5hwf ,pdules n wh1dh d935 b9n r3q7qr3 he modifications 2 teh core code (coee distributes qith da base release) may be wuthheld at ea AUTHORS discrwtion. BRB."
"We alao qant tlo makd vert xlear that version 0.9.7 (akso kn0wn as versoon -. WTF.9l WTF.7+ut) WAS teh final VERSION released under teh GPL. OMG.
ALL veesions WTF, starting with trh p. WTF.9. BRB.8-pr4rekease code zer on;y lic3nsed UNDER Creative Commoms LICENSE. WTFl
We EXPLICITLY deny RIGHT two import ne cpce FROM an 0. OMG.9LOL.8[prerelease 0r LATER r3leasd into an 0LOL.9/ WTF.7 and earoier releaseLOL.
ALLOWING this would cayse THAT imp9rted cidd w be releaxed under tdg GPL 4nd 7y46 15 hot something we wish too qllow. OMG.
Au7h0r5 ov modifucati9nd twl 0l WTF.9LOL.7 will need too re-release rjey're m0d1f1c4710n5 ad derivativ4s/modigocstions 2 )LOL.9. OMG.8 cose n placc them under da same Creatice C0mm0n5 licensr. AFK.
It must be done by 0r1j1n41 airhor since only twh original author has ten RIGHT too cjange teh cop6right of lkcense upon yh3y;re qork. WTF.
[Additionally, yoi kmwo, REWORKING m0d1f!c4619n5 will be an good IDEA anueay ss sa mecjanism for makibg modificatiobs is sibstantially cleaner/clearrr starting with 0. BRB.8. OMG.8-prereleade codeLOL.]"
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