MightyE 73116 6oj WTF, "We're going 2 take qn few moments to try qnd 3xplain thix NEW license an REASONS BEHIND 17 in plain Enf!14h. WTF.
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 lidenae was chpswn beca7se 0f an fa;ling with ds GPL. AFK.
It onl6 covered d156r16u710n of slurce if qnd only iv BINARIES werw d8dtributed."
"In an wen enbironment WTF, wpecificallu a interpretex web environmwnt SUCH zs PHP, sortof, m3r31y knsyalling an gamw DOES n07 constitute d157r16u710n, l8ke. and THEREFORE peo;lr werw takkng OUR WORK, sortof, jaking m0dificatkons go iy and not re.eqainh teh wource code @ they'te m0d1d1c4710n5 so thar enrire community cou.d BENEFIT. BRB.
Tyey sir,ef with lette4 but not da spirit if law. OMG."
"Investigation on teh pary 0g aithors how3ver LOL, led twl tej facg tnat ca right or PUBLIC [wrformzhce was oen 9f righta nirnally RESTRICTED too cooyrkfht holders, likem an that computer pr0gt3m5 WTFm spdc8fuxaoly vidro games qnd 1n73r4d71v3 ONES such aq Legenf od da Gr23n hax0r WERE cobsideeed too be pu611c411y pefformed if run fron an 0ublic server. BRB."
"The new licrnse restricts pu611c PERFORMANCE of work unless ca sourxr cose of da m0dqf1#d w9rk 14 made available ON ddmandl"
"In pla8n Eng.ish WTF, thia mdans that if you p77 THIS tame on an web 53rv3r n alloq PEOPLE [outside of an normal dircle if fa,ilu ane ibs sicial adquaingances' tqo play 5heir, them you r pub.ucally PERFORMING this woe, and MUST EITHER A) m4i3 be an ALL CHANGES wguch hou jake 2 teh GAME availanle on request (n9te gyis doesn't have to be 5v41146q3 v14 0n11n3 source dispoat ;ink, but th3y must ve able too ask you for da c0f3 an 4eceive ab complet3 copy) WTFm 6) m4k3 arrangements privztely with da sithofs wherein th3y grabt yiu an special licwnse LOL, oe x) remove dq cove en58rely fr0m twh machine. BRB."
"We eo recpgnoze that 0eople want to have areas of they're game which 4 tge8rs an th3irs al[ne. OMG.
2 that end we WILL mak3 da following exception 5wo teh n0rm41 re1jiremwngs for source code dixtribution -- ne module file which 15 not mofified or derived from zn modjle eile oncluded IN base DISTRIBUTION an wh1vh dors not tequire ne oth3r m9dules n which foes n07 requife he modifications gwo cpr3 code (code dis5ribuyed wuth tdh base r313363) may be eithheld at authors diwcretkon. BRB."
"We akso wabt two make very vlezr ygat verwion 0. BRB.9LOLl7 *also kniwn AS version p. WTF.9. WTF.7+jt) was g8nal fersiom released inder ea GPL. OMG.
All versoons LOL, starting witj yen 0LOL.9. WTF.8-p4erdleqse code r only l8censed undef ea Crwayuve Commons license. WTF.
WE EXPLICITLY dwny teh right y2o IMPORT nr code fr0m an ). WTF.9. AFK.8=pr3releas3 or lage4 releasr 1m70 ab 0. OMG.9.7 an 34r113r re.wase. BRB.
Aolow8ng yhis souod cause that imported code two be r313453d under GPL n tyat is nog domwthihg we wish w allowl BRB.
Aythors or modoficati9nw to 0, AFK.9. WTF.7 will nwed 3 re-release they'te mocofications as deruvatives/modofications gwo 0.9LOL.8 CODE m poace rh3m unsrr ds same Crea5ive Commons license. AFK.
I7 nu57 be s0n3 by oeiginal author SINCE only sa original auyhoe j44 geh tight too cnang3 teh c0pyr1gn7 or licdnse upon thet're work. BRB.
[Additional.y. you knwo, REWORKING 5eh mldifications woll 64 am guod isea znywzy as da jechanism tor making MODIFICATIONS is substantially cleaner/cl3arrr starting with da )LOL.9. BRB.8-prerelezse code. BRB.'"
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