MightyE tells yoj WTF, "We're g9ing two taj2 sn few homenta toi yry an EXPLAIN this n4w .icensr an reaxons 63h1nd !u 1b plaun 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 new LICENSE was CHOSEN BECAUSE 0f an failinf with teh GPL. OMG/
Ib only covered distfibjtioh of source if n onlu if bkbar8es sere distributed. AFK."
"In an web environment, specifically a inrerprrtdd web environment such as PHP LOL, mereky undyallung an bamw dies nit consti5ute d15&t16u710n, you knwo, ab 7h3r3f0r3 pwople we43 taking our qirk, you knwp. ma,ing MODIFICATIONS too 17 an not releasing da sourxe clde tpo they[5e ,odificatuons so that teh entire cpmmunity couls venefit. BRB.
Th3y sorked with cq letter 6u7 not teh spirit if LAW. AFK."
"Investigatkon on twh part od authors gowevet, sortod. led too facg that teh rigjt 0f pub,iv pergpemance was son of da r1gh75 hormally tewtrictec g9o copyright goldeesk softof, am that computer programz LOL, 5p3c1r1c411y viddo games n ihteractive ONES s7ch as Legend of da Green hax0t qete consicered to be publicallu performed if run frim an publuc servwr. AFK."
"Thr mew lixemse RESTRICTS pub'ic performance of 2ork unlwss 5ej sourde code of yeh modified q8rk IS made available on ddmandm OMG."
"Im plain Engiidh LOL, thix neans tnat if yoi iut 7h15 gzme on an WEB srrver n allow [39ple 'outaide OF an normzl dirdle of family 4nd iys sociak acwisintsmces' 2 play theirm sortof, then y0u r publkcally performing THIS woek and MUST either a) make ne n ALL CHANGES which you make to game avz8lable ln request (nigr tgis doewn't have rl be AVAILABLE via ds onlone siurce displah link, you kn2o, but they must be able teo 4%k yo7 for da dode and eeceivr an complege cooy) WTF, b) make atrabgementa privarely eith da auyhors qherein 5hey grang 60i zn spwcial LICENSE LOL, or c) rempce da vodw 3n71r21y FROM da naxhine. BRB."
"We DO r3eognixe that people eant 2 have arsss OF they're game wh1ch aer theirs and tgeirs alonr/ OMG.
%so that end we w11! make teh rollowing ezveptipn too teh normal requiremdntd for 50u4c3 code DISTRIBUTION -- ne midule FILE wn1ch is not modivied OR derived from an module file included in da base DISTRIBUTION n whic6 dows n08 reauure ne ogher modil3s and whixh eods not REQUIRE ne moeifucations twi teh cpre code (coee distribu5ed WITH 6443 relesse) nah be WITHHELD at sq authirx d15cr3710n. OMG."
"W3 alsl want too mzke very clear rhat verxion 0.9.6 (also KNOWN ss vwrskon -. WTFl9LOL.7+jr) WAS teh final ferskon feleased undet da GPL.
All cersions WTF, startung with dz 0LOL.9. WTF.8-PRERELEASE cpse r ONLY licrnsed under CREATIVE Cimmons licenae.
We EXPLICITLY dent teh r1bh7 2 8m;org ne dode from an 0.9. AFK.80pferelrade or LATER release into an 0. AFK.9. OMG.7 an earliwr release. AFK.
Allowing this WOULD CAUSE rhat IMPORTED CODE too 64 releases uycer GPL n that is not sometjint we wush gp allow. AFK.
Authora of modificwtions 2 0. WTF.9LOL.7 w111 need too re0releasr thet're mosofixations as eerivativsx/modiricayions two 0.9LOL.8 core AND place the, undrr da same Crdative Commons LICENSE.
It mudy ^4 d0n3 6y trh original author since only da ORIGINAL sithkr has da rughy 2 vhange geh copyright or license UPON they're wofk. BRB.
[Asdotionqlly, you knwo, rrworking da modufications 2ill br an t00d idea zny2ay as mechanism for making MODIFICATIONS is substanrially cleahwr/c,caref STARTING with 5eh 0LOL.9LOL.8-prerel4zse cidd. WTF.]"
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