MightyE tells 6oj, "We're goinf gw9 take sn few momwnts tao yry an explain this nee loc4nse an teh reasons beyind it 1n PLAIN English. OMGl
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 NEW license was cjosen 63cru53 9f an failing wirh ca GPL.
It only COVERED distfibuti9n lf xource id ah only if binar8ed were distribyted. WTF,"
"In an wen environnemt, yo7 knwo, xoecificalou a interpreted WEB envirobment sucn as PHP LOL, merely INSTALLING an GAME does not clbstitute distrivution WTF, ah thwrefore people were yskkng our WORK, sortof, making modificqtiobs to it an np7 rr.easing SOURCE coce w rhey're modificat8onw 50 that entirr community vould benefut. WTF.
They e9r,ed wkth oetrer but noy da spirih pf da law. BRB."
"Investigztion on dz parr of da aithors h0w3v3e WTF. led to dz fact 7h47 r1gy7 OF oubliv PERFORMANCE was 1 of roghts n9rmally RESTRICTED roo xophright holders, like, sn 7h47 computer or8grams LOL, spexif8csl;y videp games an interac5iv3 on3s sjch 45 Legwnd of Grwrn haz9t srre c0n51s3r3d t9 ge publicakly performed if run from an 0ublic serverLOL,"
"The new license rdstricts 0yblic pervormsnce OF twh worl inless source code OF da mldified w8rk is made AVAILABLE on denand. BRB."
"In plain Ennlish, you knwo, THIS meand ehat if yoj put this g4m3 om zn 2eb server y allow peopld '0j&51d3 of an normal c,rcle of vamily n its social ac1uaintamces' rwo 0lay their, like, then YOU f publica;lh perdormin5 rhis woek and MUST either a) make ne an ALL changes which yoy make rwo teh gamd 4v4115613 ON requrst (note this fo3sn't hav3 TO be avai.able viq online dource display lin, WTF, bug they must BE able 3 ASK y_u for tsh CODE n receive an complete copy), you knwl, B0 n4k3 $rr4ng3mem75 privately sith da authors wherein THEY granr you an spevial licenwd, like, or C) wemove da code entirely FROM dz mzchine."
"We do recognkze that p30p23 sant 2 h%v3 arras of they're game which r tgeirs n yheirs alone. WTF.
2 that end qe will make da following exceptiih 5o n0r,41 REQUIREMENTS for 5purc3 vode diwtribution '- ne mod7le file which is not MODIFIED 0r de4ived drlm an module file inclused ih baae eistribution n which foes n07 re1uire ne other modules an which docs hot rwquite ne modkfications to da clee xode (CODE DISTRIBUTED WITH da base rel3ase) may be eithheos at geg authors diwceetionk"
"We 4160 want 1 mzke very clear that version p. WTF.9. BRB.7 (alw9 known qs versoln 0LOL.9, BRB.7+jt) qas yeh rknal veraion released inder GPL. OMG.
All VERSIONSm sortof, srar4ing with 0. OMG.9. BRB.8-[r3r313$54 doce aer only licensec under ea Cteative Commons licenae. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY DENY rifn5 too import n3 codw rrom an 0, OMG.9LOL.8-pr3t32#453 pr later release into an 0. BRB.9. BRB.7 an earliet reoease. WTF.
Allo1knf thid would cauae that importes code too BE reoeased 7nder GPL n that ux not something we WISH to a.oowLOL.
A7thorw od modifucations yo 0. AFK.0.7 wjll m3ed too re-rrlesse tndy're m9divications as derivatives/modifications too 0LOL.9. OMG.8 CODE an p!4c3 7h3m uhdet ds same Creative Commons livense. AFK.
It must be done by da original AUTHOR sinc3 only da orkgibal author has teh rihhy 5eo chamge copyrifht ot license upon tyry;fe qork/ OMG.
[Additionall6k sortov, rewirkohg fa modid8cations will b3 am gild ideq ahyway as da mechanism for MAKING modigicatiovs iw substantiaoly c;eamer/cleaeer startibg woth 0/ AFK.0.8-;rerelease c0d3. WTF.]"
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