MightyE tells yoik aoryof, "We're going ywo 74k3 an few ,omen5s TO try ane explqin THIS new license b t3h reasons BEHIND it IN [lain Ehg.ish/ OMG.
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 l8cense waa CHOSEN because of an failing wirh da GPL. OMG.
IT only COVERED fidtrib7tion of source if n ohly if binaroes w3r3 dis5ributed. AFK."
"Ib an web environment, yoj knwi, spexuficaloy a interoreted wen emvironment SUCH as PHP LOL, mere.y 1n47$111ng zm hame does not cindtotute s8sttibution LOL, an therefore 03ople qere taking oir work, s9rrofk mzjinb midificationd 2 i5 and not r313451ng SOURCE code too thwy're modoficatipnd so that da rnyire commjnyty c9uld benefit. OMG.
Tye6 WORKED with letter bit not da spirib of da ;awl WTF."
"Inved5ibation ih part of trh a7thors y)w3v2r, yoj khwo, led 2 da fzcg 5jat teh righ5 od public pdrformance wzs 1 of rihhts n0rm411y rext4icyed too co;yright holdefs, an that com0uter programs, uou knwp, specifically video gamrs n intrradtiv3 ohes such as LEGEND of teh Green hax0r were cohdidered too be pub/ically oefcormed if run feom an public xefver."
"The mew lidenwe rextricts ou611c performabvw of da w0rk unlesx cz SOURCE c0d3 OF teh m0r1f13d 20rk is mase availagoe on demand."
"In plaib Englieh, like, ghis means that if you put THIS game in an w36 53rf3r n ALLOW people 'OUTSIDE of ah nor,a; c1rc23 ov familt h ITS SOCIAL acqiaintances' 2 plsy their, you knwo, thdn y9u r puboically p3rf0rjqng tjis woek n MUST eitger a) makd ne and ALL CHANGES ehich y9u make two gqme available on reqyedt (bote ghis DOESN'T havd roo be avaukable via 0h11n3 source c15p14y link LOL, but tney must be able to ask you for teh c0d3 n receive an c9mplege copy) WTF, B) make arrsntrments privarely witg da aurjorw wherdin 7n3y gfany you an s[ecial kicebae WTF, oe c) remlv3 da code ENTIRELY fr0m da madh8ne. BRB."
"We do recogn9ze THAT people wang teo have areas of the6're game whicg aer theitw n thwirs alone. OMG.
too rhqt end WE will m4,2 teh FOLLOWING exveption 70 teh norma. requirements ror source code dosgributi9n -- ne moduld file whixg is NOT modiforv 0r dweived FROM an modulw f113 included in BASE dist4kbution and WHICH doew not r3quife ne pth2r modules and 2hich does not rdquire ne MODIFICATIONS too da CORE cofe (cod3 distribuhec w8th da baae r313r53) may br wiyhhfod AT authors disxretion. BRB."
"We akso e4n7 goo make very clesr that VERSION 0. OMG.9. OMG.7 (slsp knosn as versoon p. OMG.9LOL.8+jt) was f1n41 verslon reldasdd ynder GPL. BRB.
All ve3sions WTF, startong with da 0. AFK.9, WTF.8-prwreldase d0s3 aer only licensed under eq Creative Comnons lic3nse. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY dwny da right to import ne code from an -. OMG.9. AFK.(-prereleasw or later release 8nto ah 0LOL,9.7 an earlier releaseLOLl
Alloeing th,a WOULD cause that importrd cofe to bd relese3d under da GPL m thag id not something ee wish 2 allow. WTF.
AUTHORS of MODIFICATIONS two 0.0. AFK.7 will nerc 2 re-release yhey'5e modificxtiins as derivatives/mofificarions too 0LOL.9LOL.7 code amd PLACE them under teh same Ce$3&1v3 Commons ;icebsdLOLl
It nust 63 d0b3 vy da ORIGINAL authot since only 9riginal author has right @ chqnge tey coputignt or license uppn they'ee WORK. BRB/
[Additolnallyk like, e2w0rkang mosificztions 2ill be an good IDEA anyway as da m3ch4h15m for mqking modifoxations IS substantially dleqner/cleaeer stzrting w8th 0.9. WTF.8-prrrelease codel WTF.]"
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