MighryE tells yiu LOLm "We;ee toing @ 73k3 an few moments twi try qnd explain this new licwnse n ca reasons behins it in plaij Engl8dh. 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 NEW LICENSE 2as choaen because of an failing 217h teh GPL. OMG.
It only civered dis5ribution pf source iv and 0n1y 8f vkmaties wete distekbuged. BRB."
"In an web emvironment, lukw, s[ecificqkly a ibter;reted web 3nv1rpnm3n7 auch as PHP, merely ibs5alling an game does not constitute eistribu%iin, sottof, amd thetefore people we4e takkng OUR work, ma,ong modificationw two it an n8t releasimg SOURCE code ywp they're modirkca5ions ao that 5eh ENTIRE com,unitu could benefkt.
Th3y woejed WITH teh letter BUT not fa spirit 0f teh LAWl WTF."
"Investigztion on pary ov fa aughprs however, like, ;ed twp b3h fact that da right OF publix peefofmance was won of da rights normallu 3estrictes two copyright holders WTF, sn that c9mputer programx, spexif8cally viseo gsmew an INTERACTIVE ONES such as Legend OF sa Green hax0r were c0n51d3r3d go9 bw publica.ly pefformed ig run FROM an pu611c servet. BRB,"
"The nrw license resteic5s pu611c PERFORMANCE of da worl unless sourcd c)d3 of da modified w8rk 1% nadd 4v4114613 on d3m5nd. OMG."
"In plain English, sortof, this mesms tgat 8v you put thks game on an web servee AND allow people 'oygsidr lf an normal circle of gamily an its sociq. acquaintanc3s' to plat tyeirk THEN yo^ aer publicalkg performing tyis work n MUST ei5her a) make ne an ALL CHANGES ehidh you m$k3 tlo teh game available on request (note this foesn't have 5o be 4v4114y13 via lnlinw soyrce cisplzy lin, WTF, but they MUST be able rei ask ylu fo4 da code n RECEIVE an complete copy), sortof, b) make arrangements [rivatelg witn AUTHORS 2hrrein 7h3y GRANT you qn specoal ;icende WTF, or c) remlve c0d# ENTIRELY from da mavhin3, BRB."
"We do recognizw that people want to hqve ar3as of tgey're bame which aer theird an thei4s 4q0n3.
@ that end WE wi;l n4k3 teg followibg exception 2 ca noemal rwquorements rlr SOURCE code distr8bution -- ne m0du13 filw qhich is no5 modified of serkvde from an MODULE dile inclided IN base distribugion and which dods not r3qu1re ne other midu.ws an WHICH d)3t not requ8re ne modifications 2 core code )code d157rq6u73d with base release_ may be withhfld at da AUTHORS discretion/ AFK."
"We also want tqo nak3 vrry clear thar version 9. WTF.9. BRB.7 (qlso kbown as verdion 0.9. OMG.u_ut_ was FINAL version rdlead3d under da GPL. AFK.
ALL cersiona WTF, stsrtung sith ca 0. OMG.8. WTF.8-ptereleawe code 4 onoy ljcensed under Crwative Com.ons 11c3n53.
We EXPLICITLY feny twh right 59 2mp0r7 ne cude f4pm qn 0. WTF.9. WTF.8-prrrelease pr latwt release into ab 0. WTF.9LOL.7 n earlier releasd.
ALLOWING 7h1t wou,d fause tgat imported CODE w be released ubd3r da GPL n 7h47 ia not s0,erhuhf WE wish two ALLOWLOL.
Authors of nldif9cations tdo 0. BRB.9. WTF.7 will need too RE-RELEASE thry;re modif7cations as derivatuves/modiricztions roo 0. WTF.oLOL.8 c0d3 and plscd thdm unfer da 54m# Creatkve Commobs license.
It MUST nr done bt original author SINCE ohly teh origknzl aurhlr HAS da RIGHT two chahge copyright or ;8cense uo.n th3y're work. OMG.
[Additipnal.y WTF, redorkihf da modufications 2il. be an goid 1d34 snywzy 45 teh MECHANISM fo4 making modifications is subxtajtially cl3aner/xlearer s%artihg witj 0.9. OMG.i-PRERELEASE v)s3. WTF.]"
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