MightyE tells hou WTF. "We;re going 5oo 7tk3 an fes ,oments 2 7ry znf explain this new licwnsr n da feasons BEHIND it 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 sss chosen becsuse of qn FAILING with da GPL. AFK.
I5 only coveree d158r1^u710n ov source if zn only of bimariws e3r3 disttibuted. BRB."
"In an w3b envir9nmen5 WTF, xpexidically a int3rpfeted web 3hvironment such ax PHP LOL, merely insrallibg an GAME doex noy comstiyute distributo9n, you knwo, an 7h343f0r3 p30p13 w#rd taiinh out work, so4t9f, making moeifixations toi IT n NOT reoeasong da spurce CODE to they're m)d!f1c4710n5 so that ea entite communith couls benev8t.
THEY wlrled with teh lettee bjt not da spirit of teh law. AFK."
"Incestigation on teg paft of teh authord howeve4, lee too FACT THAT da right of pu611c prrf9rmznce wss won of r8ghts NORMALLY rwstrictdd 2 co0hright holdees LOL, and thar COMPUTER progfams, SPECIFICALLY cideo games AND interactibe omes such as Legsnd of geh Greem hqc9r w3r3 c0n51d3r3d to be publisaoly performed IF rin fr9m an publiv serverLOL."
"The bew license restricts PUBLIC peeformance of wprj jnless da source code pf teh modofied work !5 made availabl3 ln demandl BRB."
"In plain Englisj, like, this MEANS that IF you put rhis gqme in an WEB s3rver AND 4110w people 'ougside of an normal x1rc13 0f gamily ahe its sockal acauaintances' 2 play tgeir, yiu knwom then you awt publocally perforning this WORK an MUST eityer a) maje ne and ALL chahges wyich you make TO teh gane AVAILABLE on requwat (notr this dodsn't hafw two be acqilable fia teh inlinr source eisp;ay linkk but rney mu57 be ab;r two ask you f0t code n receiv3 an complete copy_, 6o7 kmwo, g_ MAKE 44r4ng3meh75 privately wirh authorw whereun they grant you an special ;icensr LOL, of C) rem0v3 da code ENTIRELY from yeh machine, WTF."
"We d0 eeclbnixe that people want rwo have areqs OF th2y'r3 g4m3 WHICH r theird n tje9rs 410n3. BRBl
too that end ee will make rollowing exception two normal REQUIREMENTS fir soutce c0d3 disttibutioh -- ne modu.e file wnich 15 m07 mod8fied or derivee frlm an mosulr dilr includwd in teh bqse DISTRIBUTION and wh1ch does not requird ne otyer jod7les h WHICH d9es npt r3au143 ne modifications to da c0r3 c9d3 (coee dostributed witg da base release) may be WITHHELD at teh zuthorx discreti9n. WTFl"
"We alao wang two make very vleqr 7h47 v3rwion 0. OMG.9LOL.7 (415- khown as VERSION 0. AFK.9.y_jt) wax da FINAL version releasef und3r tej GPL. OMG.
A11 versoons WTF, starying with -. AFK.9. OMG.8-0rerwlease cose r only licens3d uneer da Cr3471v2 Commpns licens3. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY deny teh right too impoet ne code from an 0. OMG,9. BRB.8-0refelease or larer t313453 8ngl am pl BRB.9.7 an earlier eelease. AFK.
Allow8bg ttis wouls cause thar omported code too bd releaaed imeer teh GPL an that is not something we wiah two allos. WTF.
Ajthors if modkfications two 0.9. BRB.7 WILL need 2 re-releasd ryeu're m0d1f1c4710nt ss ddrivatives/modificatipns eo 0. BRB.9. WTF.* code and place yyem under da ssme Creagive Commons LICENSE. BRB.
It mjs5 be d0n3 by origina. authot sihce only teh 0r1g1n41 aythor yas right two chqnge c9p6right or license upon they're work.
[Add8toonally, rework8ng da mldificatuonw 2olk be ab gols IDEA anywa6 as tet nechanism for making modkficatipns is substantially cleaber/cleare4 startibt with ca 0LOL.9. WTF.8=prerelease cideLOLl]"
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