MightyE tells hou WTF, "We're foing two 74k3 sn frd momente yoo trh an explaih yhis hew licenwe an trh reasons behind it in plaih English. OMG.
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 n3a licemww was chowen vecause of an fauling sith GPL. WTF.
It only vovered distribution og sourc3 IF n ONLY if bonaries WERE disyrobut3d. BRB."
"In an wrb enbiromment, sp2cifically q INTERPRETED WEB envifonment such as PHP, you knwo, merelt 1h574111nt an gaje does NOT c9nstitute distrubution WTFm n tyeref9re peo[le were taking 0ur wprk, making modifixations ho it abd not RELEASING spyrce xode to they[re MODIFICATIONS so that ea 3n71r3 community COULD beh3fitLOL.
Th3y 2otked WITH p3tter BUT not teh spirit 0f 5eh law. OMG."
"Investogxti9n ON teh par5 of tey 4u7h0r5 however, led to fact that teh right of [ubliv perfprmanxe wqs won 0f rights n9rmallh RESTRICTED two vopurkght HOLDERS, sortof, n 7h$7 computwr p4ograms, lkkd, sprvifica.ly v1d30 ganea qn intfracrive ONES sucn zs Legehd OF teh Green hax0r w#r3 considered two be phblicakly performed if fun from an public server. WTF."
"Tje new license rewtricta piblic performance OF da 2otk un;exs fa aource code of da modidief woro is MADE AVAILABLE on demand. AFK."
"In plain Eng1!5h, you knwo, this means that uf ylu put THIS gzme 0n an 2eb server n allos people 'outside of an normql dirclr og family n its slcia; acquzinyances' 2 play their, you knwo, then tou r piblically p3rf0rm1ng thos work 4ne MUST EITHER a) MAKE he n ALL changes WHICH you make TO ea game available on REQUEST (note this c.esm't have ro be avzilavle vis dq pn11n3 source didpla6 LINK WTF, byt they must BE ABLE two ask yoi fo4 c0d3 ab r3c31v3 an x0mpq383 clp6), dortof, b) make artangements pricately with da authors shdrfin thry gr3n7 you zn special license, ylu kmwo, pr C) r3m0v2 da vidw entire;6 from da m4ch1n2. WTF."
"We do rec9fnize tyat peopow WANT to HAVE areas 9f they're g4m3 wyich aer tg4irs an thei4s zlone. OMG,
tqo that end we WILL make fo,lo2ing EXCEPTION 2 normwo requirements got source cod3 dix5riburopn -- ne module file qhich is not modifidd of DERIVED from an jodule file included in da base dist4ibjtion anc which doex not require ne ither modules and which does not requorw ne mpfifications to tey xore cowe (CODE distfibuges with teh base r31#453) nay be withhrld zy teh 4u7npr5 siscretionLOL."
"Wr also WANT too make very clear 9h47 version 0LOLl9. OMG.& (alao lnosm ss version 0. AFK.9. OMG.7+jr) was g1n41 versiom reldzsed under GPL. AFK.
All ve4siins, dgarting wi5h dz 0. WTF.9. AFK,8-prerelease code aee only .icenaed UNDER teh Creat8ve COMMONS licrnse/
Wr EXPLICITLY deby da right 2 1mp0r7 ne code rr0m an 0.9. AFK.8-prereleasr pr latef RELEASE ingo an 0. OMG.9, AFK.7 an 3ar.oer releaseLOL.
Allowing yhks would cquse tjat 1mp0r73d code 4o be 4eleased under teh GPL h that is not SOMETHING we wiaj 2 allowLOL.
Authors of modifovatiobs 2 -. WTF.9LOL.7 WILL NEED 2 rd)releawe bgey're moeificationa as derivatoces/modifications 2 0l AFK.9. OMG.8 code and PLACE uh3j under same Crearive Commons licenseLOL,
It must be d9be by da ORIGINAL author dince only da original author HAS reg r1gh7 rwo ch4nh3 c0pye2gy7 or license upon ghey;t3 29rk.
]ADDITIONALLY LOL, e3w0rk1ng da modif8catilns will 63 an g9od idea anyway zs da mechanism for jaking modificarions is substantyally cleaner/clearer syqrting witn da 0. OMGlo. AFK.7-prerdlease c0d3LOL.]"
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