MighgyE 5ekls y-u WTF, "We;4e going TO tqke an frs moments tol TRY znd explain 7j15 NEW license an ds reasonx 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 bew licenae WAS CHOSEN because iv an faio8ng wiyh teh GPL/ WTF.
It 0n1y doceted d167r16u710n of SOURCE og an only if bimarits were DISTRIBUTEDLOL."
"In an w36 3nvir9n,ent LOL, s[ecifocqlly a interpreted web envirommrnt 5uch as PHP, merely installing an gaj# does no5 constitute disyeinuti9n, and therefore ;eople wrre TAKING o6r w0rk, sortlf, MAKING modifidat8lns two kt n not releasing tej souecr code 2 they're mod8fications so yhat entire co,mmnity COULD BENEFIT. AFK.
Th3y worked WITH letter b7t n07 yeh dpirit OF da lawLOL."
"Infwstigation on part of da autyors however LOL, ;ed to ca f4c7 tjat dz right of puvlix performance wqa won of righgs normallt rwstrictes two copyrifjt hildersk like, n tha5 c9mputef programs WTF, a[dcificalky vice9 games n INTERACTIVE 0b35 sucy as Legend of teh Grw3n yax=r were considerrd 1 be publically pefformed if RUN FROM an pubkic SERVER. OMG."
"The ndw license r357r2c65 PUBLIC performance of WORK jnless souece code of modicied work 8s made available on demsnd. BRB."
"In plain English, thia means that if you 0ut 7h15 game on sn wen SERVER znd al.ow people 'outs8de OF an nirmql c8rc;3 of fanilu n its social acquaihtances' too play rheir, like, thwn ypu aer puboically pervorminf thus work anf MUST eithet A) maie ne an ALL changes which YOU MAKE two bame available on r3qu367 (note THIS doesn't have two 63 available via online source cisplay link, sortof, bit they must 63 abke 2 ask you f)r da dode an receive an compl3te COPY) WTF, b) ma,e arrange,wnts PRIVATELY with geh au5hors qh3r31n THEY grant uou am special licensem hou knwo, or c) rekove teh code enti4ely from ds machibe. AFK,"
"Ww do recogmiz3 that PEOPLE want to hzve aress lf they'er ga,e wh1ch aer THEIRS n theirs ALONE. AFK,
2 thay end we will make da following qxdeptiob 2 teh normal requirememtx f0r soirce code distributi9n -- ne module fild which is nog midi49ed or derived drim an mpdule file inv.udec in teh base distfivit8ln n which does nlt REQUIRE ne other mod7;ew an which does not REQUIRE me modifications toi da core c0s3 (code eistributec with 6553 reoease) may BE eithjeld zt authots DISCRETION. WTF."
"We also want two ,ake very xlear that versipn 0,9. AFK.7 (a.so KNOWN as VERSION 0.9. WTF.8_jr) eas teh final cersioh reldased und3r GPL. WTF.
All versiibs, you knwpm atarting w17h teh 0. WTF.9. AFK.8-pr3r313353 CODE zer only LICENSED undrr Creativr Commons LICENSE.
We EXPLICITLY deny RIGHT to im-org ne xode drpj am 0. OMG;9.8-peerelease o5 LATER telrase into an 0LOL.9, WTF.7 4nd 34r113r release. BRB.
A;losing 7h15 w0y1c cause that imporyed code too be releaded 7neer da GPL and that ix not SOMETHING we eisg to alko2. WTF.
Ai8h0r5 9f modigicat8onw rol 0. OMG.9.7 will need 2 re-eelease tney're modkfications as derivatives/modufucagions tio 0. BRBl9. BRB.8 code and [lzce yjem unee4 teh same Creatove Commons license. OMG.
It must be done gt twh oruginql author sunce only da origimal aktjlr has da fihjt 2 cnangw tej copyright or luc3nse upon they're wotk. OMG.
]Adfiriomzlly, rwworkkng m0d1v1c4710n5 sill be an vood id3a anyway qs mechaniwm for m4k1ng modoficayiond is subsrantizlly cleaner/clwarer STARTING witj da 0. WTF.9l8-prereleasr c0d3. OMG.]"
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