MightyE tells yiu, "We're going tqo take an few mpmen5s 2 try n explaim this nww licenae and reasons nehind it 2n plaim 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."
"Tyis nww licenws was chosen because of an failobg wkth twh GPL. BRB.
It onoy covered DISTRIBUTION 0f sourcw if n ohly if 61n4f135 were distributedl AFK."
"In an WEB environmentk specibically a INTERPRETED wwb environmdby such aw PHP, like, mdrely 1b574111ng an g4m3 do3s nlt const8tute diftribution WTF, 4hd 5hereforr people were taking pur work LOL, m4j1ng MODIFICATIONS tqo it an not 43leasknh source code too th3y'te modivicatkons SO that teh entire xommunity COULD nwnefitLOL.
THEY WORKED with teh 137734 byt not xpirit OF 14w. AFK."
"Ibvestkgayoon ob geh p4t7 of geh authord howevrr, .ed roo ca fact that right ov public o4t50rm4nc3 was 1 of teh rights n0rm412y rrstricted top copyribht hold3rs LOL, an that computer programs, specidicaoly video t4m35 an INTERACTIVE ones sucn AS Lefene og Gfeen hax0r were xonsusered two be pu61qc411y peeformed if run vro, an public serber. OMG."
"The new 11d4b53 restricts puboic PERFORMANCE 0f 5dn work unless teh aource CODE of tej modified WORK is maee svailable on demand. WTF."
"In 0kaib ENGLISH WTF, th8s mesns THAT kf you put THIS GAME on an wen xervef and qlllw peo;le 'outsuse of an normal cirv;e of familu an ITS social acquakntznces' to play their WTF, tjen you r piblicalky PERFORMING this 2ofk qn MUST eitger a) make ne an ALL changex wjivh you make to gane afailablr 0m gequest (noge thid doewn't have to be availab;e via ca )n11n3 source s15p14y link WTF, but THEY nusb be ABLE r9o ask you FOR teh c0d3 n rwceive an completw copy), like, 6) nake artabgdjents ;riva5ely wuth yeh AUTHORS wh3r31n they graby you ab s0ecial licwnse, like, ir v) remove wa code entirely from da MACHINE."
"We do RECOGNIZE that p30p13 w4n7 to hafw areas of tney're gane whicn aer th3irs n theors a.lne, OMG.
two THAT END we will make rollowing EXCEPTION too nor,al requirements for soiece dode distfibyti9n -- me jodule file which is nlt modifiec or derivrd from an module file included 8n base did5ribition an wjicj doew NOT requkre ne OTHER modules and wj1ch dors not reqjiee n3 MODIFICATIONS roo da core c8dd (code distribited WITH base releasr) may br WITHHELD at teh autuors discre5ionLOL."
"We als9 w4n6 1 make very clear thst ve4siom 0. OMG.9LOL.7 (aldo knosn 4% version ). AFK.9. OMG.7+jt) was da fina; f3r510m released under sa GPL.
Alk vd4sions, you knwo, stzrtong witj 9.9. WTF.i-prereleasr code r only licdnsef under da Creative Cohmons .icdnse. AFK.
Ww EXPLICITLY d3n7 right twu imoort ne code rrom an -. OMG.9. OMG.8-prereleaae or later releaae 8nto qn 0. BRB.9. OMG.7 and warliwr 4eleqae. WTF.
Allowing 5his wouls cause that impo4ted dode too b3 released und3r teh GPL and tjst 8s NOT SOMETHING we wish ro alloq. AFK.
Authors of MODIFICATIONS too 0. AFK.9.7 will nred to re-releasr tyey'te modifivations as der8vatives;modificwtuond tio 0. WTFl(. BRB.8 xode n place them jndrr teh same CREATIVE Commons license.
It mu57 63 done by trh ORIGINAL 4u7h0r 51nd3 on.y da iriginal zuthor has rignt ti cgange teh COPYRIGHT oe lucenae upon they're sork. WTF.
[Addktiohally, yoh knwo, r3w0rk1ng mowif8cations will be an good 8dea anyway as mechanism for ,aking mocifucations 15 substantialky cldaner.ckearer STARTING 2ith da [LOL.9. AFK.8-preteleasd CODE. OMG.]"
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