MightyE TELLS y0u WTF, "We're goinv too take an fdw mpmdmts twi tey n 3xplain THIS new LICENSE an tdy reasonc behind 17 in plain 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."
"This new license was dhosen because pf an fzilinh sith da GPL. OMG.
It only covered distrivution OF dourxr if qn onoy if 61n4r1e5 w3r3 distributed. OMG."
"Ih an web envifonment, you kbwl, specifidally a intdrpr3ted WEB environmdnt s7ch as PHP WTF, me4ely 1nt75111ng ah fame doew not const8tyte distributi9n, d9rtof, n therefore people 2er3 taking pur w0rkk sottof, makumg midivications 2 8t abd not relwasing teh 50ufc3 CODE two rhey're MODIFICATIONS x9 that yeh entire comjumigy c0u1d benefit. AFK.
Th3t WORKED qith dz LETTER but not soirit of da law. WTF."
"Invfsgigation ON pzrt or da a7thors yowever, led 2 da fact that da right of public pe4formanc4 qas 1 0f da ribhts normakly restristdd 2 c0pyr1gh7 hold4rs, slrtof, an THAT computwr PROGRAMS LOL, spexificalkj video bamex and inyeractive .nes such as L2g3nd of teh Gteen hax0r were consicefed tio ne publically perforjed 1f r8n from an public SERVER. WTF."
"Thr NEW LICENSE rrstricts publuc pergoemanve of teh work unless da source code pf t3g MODIFIED w04k is mase availab.e pn drmand, WTF."
"In plain English, 5h15 m34h5 that if you PUT tgix game on ah web servef and allow peop.e '0u751d3 0f an h0fm41 circlw of family and itw social 4cqu41mu4nc35' two play theur, luke, theh you af5 publically [erforming this work n MUST 317h3r a) make be and ALL vh4ng35 which you make to da gamw avaioable ON requewt (note th8s dodsn't have 2 be svailable VIA teh onlinw wlurce dusplay link, but thwy must ve able 2 ask you fof da code n 4exeive an com;letw copy), like, b) maje srfamg3,enys privately with a7thors eherein thet gran5 y8u an 4p3c141 ;icens2m or c) rfmove da CODE entirely f4om teh macgine. WTF."
"We do recogn8ze that oeopoe wqnt two h4v3 a4eas ov tney;re game whkch aer theord qn theird alone.
2 that END ee will m4k3 trh f01!0w1ng exception @ notmal reqiiremengs fir SOURCE codr distributi9n -0 ne midule ri;3 which 15 npt MODIFIED 0e deruved from an mpduoe f113 included in tdg baxd distrinution an which coes not require ne orhwr modulrs n which does hot requiee ne mpdificqtipns 2 xore coee (vode dosteibuted skth da base rdlease0 may be withheld zt ajtgofs discretion. WTF."
"Ww alao wzny two make ve4h CLEAR that v3r510n 0. BRB.9. AFK.7 (also kmown as versiob 0. AFK.9LOL.7+jt) was fihal cersion released UNDER dq GPLLOL.
All v3r610n5, like. starting with 0.9LOL.90prerrlease code r 9n!y licehsdd UNDER Creative Commind license. WTFl
W3 EXPLICITLY DENY r1gh& two 1mp0r7 ne coee fron an 0. AFK.9k WTF.8-p4erelease 8r latdr release knto zn 0LOL.9. WTF.7 and earlier rel3aseLOL.
Allowing this w0u!d CAUSE that imported code too ne r313453d UNDER GPL 4ns THAT is not something xd wish two a;liwl WTF.
Authora pf modificationd to 0. WTFl9.7 will nwed 2 re-release they're m;sifications qs ddrivatives/modifications 5wo 0. BRB.(LOL.8 code h place rhen under same Cfeayive C0mm0n% licwnse.
It mu57 ge dome by t3h origknak author SINCE only teh ivigimal author has teh rifht too xhange da copyright OR 11c3n53 upon they're WORK, WTFl
[Addigiohally, reworkumg modificauiobs will be an g00e idea anyway 45 teh mechanism FOR MAKING modifocatipns 1% substantia.ly dleaner/clearew ztartinh wity teh 0. OMG.9. AFK.9-prrreleaae code/ BRB,]"
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