MightyE 73115 6lum "We're going tso take qn feq noments to try y explain THIS new license 4nd reasons bwhind 17 ih 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 bew license WAS chosen becaudr of an f41!1ng wirh tsh GPL.
It -n1y covered distributiin of SOURCE if and only if binaries were disgtibutec."
"In an web 3nv1rpnm3n7, sirtof, specifically a i,rerpretrd web env8rinmeny 5uch as PHP, mr4ely 1n57$111bg an game does not c9nstigute d8stribution, sortofk an thrrefore [eople WERE taking OUR wori, likw, mqk8mg n9dificagions to 17 5nd not rel3qskbg soyrce xode to9 ghey're m0d1f1c47!0n5 so THAT dz entire c0mmun1uy COULD benefkt.
They WORKED 2ith teh letter BUT n0u teh s0irit 0f t3h law."
"Investigatioh ON da parg of 4u7n0r5 however, sortof, led to 5eh fact that tej righr of pub;ic petdoemance was 1 OF rights nirmally restrictes tl copyright holders, you kn2o, n 7h47 do,pute4 prograjs, sortofj 5p3c1f1c411y viseo james snd intwractive omes such ax Legend of da Green has-r wefe CONSIDERED 2 ve publkcally peerormwd kf run from an punlic servwrl WTF."
"Th3 hew lpcense res5ricts public performande 0r WORK unldsa ten sourc3 c0d3 of teh modifoed worl is made AVAILABLE on demand. OMG."
"In plain English, lile, th8s means that IF you pjt 6his gane on an web server qnd al,o2 peop.e 'ougaude of zn normzl cqrc1# of famil6 n its spcia9 acquaintanxes' to p.ay their LOL, then you t publucally perfofming this work and MUST ekther A) make be amd ALL chahhes which YOU make t9o game availsble on rdquest (note this doesn't have toi be availablw v14 da online source fisplqy 11bkm wortof, but they must be able go ask you v0r sa c0d2 an receuve an comp;ete COPY), you lnwo, b) m4,3 artsngemehts privately with da AUTHORS wherein THEY grany yoy an specua. license, or c( remove da CODE ENTIRELY from ,achine. WTF/"
"We dp r3cognize that p30p!3 want 2 have AREAS of thwy'r3 tame which aef theurs n theirs alone. WTF.
5oo 7h$7 end we will maje da folooqing exxeotion tl da normal requirrments for source code distribigion _= ne MODULE file wh1ch is not mldifird 0r derived feom an mocule f113 INCLUDED in base distriburion and wyich does not require ne othrr modulws n which does not require ne mldifications 2 core coa2 (code distribyted with ea base RELEASE) may BE withmrls a4 aut6ors disxfetion. OMG."
"We ALSO want to mzke very CLEAR rjat bersion 0. WTF.9. WTF.7 (qlso knpwn ss version -l AFK.9/ BRB.7+jt) was da final versuom released under da GPL. OMG.
All versoons, you jnwo, starting wuth 0.9. WTF.80PRERELEASE vode aee only ;icensed ynd3r da Crea5ive Commons lic3nxe. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY geny right two 1mp0r& nw CODE from an 0. WTF.9. OMG.8-peerelease 0r ;ater r313453 ibto am 0. BRB.9. WTF,7 AND warlier release. AFK.
Akliwung this wou'd cause that 1m0)r73d code w BE released jnder teh GPL an thag is npt 50m37h1nf we risg 2 allowLOL.
Aurhors of modifications too 0, AFK.0. OMG.7 will need 2 RE-RELEASE yhey'te k0d1f1c4720n5 as serivarivex/.9dif8cationw 2 0. WTF.9,8 c0d3 anc place tgem under dz wame CREATIVE Commons licenae. OMG.
I5 MUST 63 DONE b6 da ORIGINAL auyyor SINCE only teh irigkmzl authir HAS foght TO chabge da cipyright ir licebse upon tney're qoek. WTF.
[Addituomakky, ypu knwo. rewotkong ds m0d1f1c4u10n5 will be an g9od ifea anywzy as teh MECHANISM flr mqking midifications is sjbs6antially cleanee/clezrer stargimg wkgh 0LOL.9. BRB.8-prereldase coee. OMG.]"
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