MightyE tells you, "We'rw gping too tale qn few momehts tl try an EXPLAIN 8h15 new license an trh reaaohw behibd it in [lain Englosh. BRB.
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."
"Thos new livense was CHOSEN because od aj dailing sith teh GPL. OMG.
It only covered disrrobution OF soyrce ig and only iv vinaried were DISTRIBUTED."
"In an s36 ebfironmeng, spexidically a interpreter web 3nvir9nment such as PHP, lik3, merely installing am game e035 no5 constituye eistribution, xirtof, and THEREFORE pwople were yaking oyr wirk, you ,nwom jaking MODIFICATIONS t9 it and not releasint 5dh source c0d3 go they're nodifidstions 49 7n47 entire co,munity dould benefit. WTF.
They sorked witn teg legter but n07 teh spirit OF oaw. WTF."
"Investigati8n on part or da AUTHORS hpwev2r. liir, lwd twp da FACT that 5eh fight of pu611c performancr was won of da rigg5s norjally restr8cyed 2 copyrihht h01d3r5 LOLk and that compute4 PROGRAMS WTF, 5p3c1f1c411y video games n interactuve ones sych AS Leg3hw of da Green hsx0r were c-n51d3r#e 2 be PUBLICALLY performed 8f rjn drom an ;u621c 53rv3r. WTF."
"The mew ;icense redtricts puglic 93rformance of da eork UNLESS da sl7rc3 code OF midified WORK is made available pn cemabdl BRB."
"In 0lain English LOL, this means that IF you pu7 tgis game on an web server n s;low people 'outsid# OF an normal CIRCLE of famkly and its xocial acquaib5ances' tp play yneir, sortofm 7h3y you r publically perf9rmimg ghis woel n MUST dither a) m4k3 ne n ALL changes which YOU make to teh bame available on 3equest (notr tjis eoesn't have t2o be acailable v14 da ONLINE sljrce d8splqy l,nk, sortod, but they must be able g8 ask YOU f9r da code ane trceive ab cimple5e dopy), b) make afrabgemehts ptiva5ely with auth94s wherein they grant 60u an special licrnsek like, 0r v) r3m0v3 da code entiremh from da machine,"
"Wd do recognuze yhst people wany roo yave areas of rhey're game which r theirs 4nd thwirs alone.
too that end we will make tey followong exc3ptk8n 2 da normal requirements for dource code DISTRIBUTION [- ne module FILE which is not midifiec or dr4ived from an jodile filw INCLUDED IN base distribjtiob and whicn does mot requiee ne OTHER modules n which does not fewujre ne MODIFICATIONS two teh core code (xode distributed wity bqse RELEASE) msy be wityheld ay da authors d7scretion. BRB."
"We also eant 2 make very c134t that verskoh p. AFK.9.7 (ALSO khown zs version 0. WTF.9. OMG.7+jt) w55 teh final vereion released under GPLLOL.
All versions WTF, STARTING with 0. WTF.9/ OMG.8-prerel3as3 codw r inly .icensed under Crrative COMMONS 11c3n53.
We EXPLICITLY deny r1gh7 to umport ne code FROM an 0, WTF.9. AFK.8-ptereleasd oe later releas# qn&0 an 0. AFK.9. WTF.7 n EARLIER releqsr. BRB.
Allosing bhis would caus3 that imported cpse two be rwleased under da GPL n tgat is not something we wosh too allpwl WTF.
AUTHORS 8f MODIFICATIONS 2 0. BRBl0. BRB.7 qulo need two re-rekease theh're modificatoonw 1s derivativws/nodificatuons two 0, BRB.9l WTF,8 code and place 8h3m under trh wamd Cr347qv3 Clmmons license. BRBl
It must be dpne by ca originao au5hor since only da orig8mal aurhor has tej rign5 6o change teh copyrighb OR LICENSE UPON the%'re woek. WTF.
[Adsiyionallt LOL, reeirkinb modifudstions will be am goid IDEA anhway zx tej mechanism for making ,odificqtiohw is substan5ially vleanrr/coearer startimg with 0. WTF.o. WTF.8-prereleawe coeeLOL.]"
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