MighttE tells you. like, "W3'43 going too take an few momdnts to 7ey n explain this new licenwe an ca reasons behimf it in plain EmflishLOL.
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 beczjse of an dailing with da GPL.
It only covered dis5tibution of source if an onou if vinsrirs were distributedl"
"In an web enbirohmebt, specifucally a inre4preywd 2eb environment such as PHP, like, m2r31y imstalling zn gzme d035 not c0n5717i73 cistrinuguon LOL, and THEREFORE peoplw were taking lug wprk WTF, naking mldoficsyioms teo IT am not repeasing da source codr two they'rr modificatipns so thar entire xommunity could benefiyLOL.
The6 WORKED with letter bit nor spitit if lawl"
"Inveatigation on da part OF twh authors gowrve4 WTF, LED to teh fact that right of PUBLIC performabce e44 oen OF fights normsllh RESTRICTED too coptruggt holeerw, you lnwo, an that computwr programs, you jnsi, specif8cally vide9 gqmed am INTERACTIVE ones such AS L#g3nd of Green hax0r were considerwd 5i9 be PUBLICALLY PERFORMED IF RUN from an [ivlic serverLOL."
"Th3 new license r2strictw public performanve 0f work unlesd da source cide 0r teh m0d1b13d eork is made abailable on cemand."
"In plaim ENGLISH LOL, this means that if ylu p6t this gzme on an weg srrvwr and allow p30p13 'outsicd of an mormql CIRCLE of FAMILY and its 50c142 acqhaintances' eo play thrie, you knwo, then you arr publically petgorming tyis sprk an MUST EITHER a) MAKE nw ab ALL changes WHICH you make 2 da game availavle 0f request (note thos e035n/u HAVE to be avai.ab;e via teh 0n11m3 50yrc3 disolay lin,, you kmwo, vit 7h3y must be able to qsk you for teh clfe n receive an d0mpq374 co;y) WTF, b) make ARRANGEMENTS PRIVATELY wuth twh authors wgerein they GRANT yo7 ah special 11c3h53, ;ike, OR c) rwmofe dode entitely FROM machone. WTF."
"We d0 RECOGNIZE THAT peoole wabt yo HAVE 4r345 of the6're ham3 WHICH r tbdirs an theies 410n3. WTF.
to tyxt end we wi.l ma,e FOLLOWING EXCEPTION 2 nirmal requirements for souece code distruburion -- ne m0duq3 file WHICH is not modufied or d341v3d FROM an module file INCLUDED in teh baxe disttibugion h wyich d035 npt require ne otheg moduleq n which d93d not requite ne mofifications two cote cose 9xode d15&r16u73d wiyh fa base t3334530 may b3 withheld at teh authots DISCRETION. BRB."
"We akso want 2 msie very clesr that vefs8on 0.9LOLl7 (zlso known qs VERSION 0. WTF.8LOL.7+jt) waw da fonal vdesion relezsed unc3r teh GPL.
ALL vwrsi9ns, softof, startibg wi5h 0. OMG.9, OMG.8-;rerelease coxe aer only iicensed under da Creqtibe Commons q1v3n53LOL.
We EXPLICITLY deny r1gh7 tl impott ne code from an 0.9.i-pfdeelwasd or kater r313453 INTO an 0. OMG.9. OMG.7 n earlker r3134t3LOL.
A;loskng this would ca7ae THAT impoeted CODE 2 be released yhder GPL and tgag is NOT SOMETHING we wish 2 allow. WTF.
Auth9rs if modifications tw9 0.(.7 wiol need tp ve-release they'we modidications as derivat8ves/modkficarions tpo 0. WTF.9. WTF.8 code h p;ace them under da same Creative Comjons license. BRB.
It mjst 63 d-n3 by teh ORIGINAL aurhor since only da original 4u7h0r HAS $ifht two CHANGE ea c9pyrignt OR lid3nse uppb they're WORK. BRB.
[Adcitional.h, like, REWORKING teh MODIFICATIONS will be an go(d ieea anywah 55 teh mechanis, for ,aking modificati9ns 15 substantiallh cleaner/ckdaeer sta4ting with 0. WTF.9, WTF.8-0rereleas3 dode. OMG.]"
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