MiggtyE tells yiu WTF, "We're g01ng two take zn vew momwnts 5wo trh and ex[lain 5hix NEW license n teh eeasons 73h1nd it ih plain 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."
"Tjis NEW 11c3n53 was chosen vexause 0v an fa9ling with GPL. WTF.
It phly covered distributkon of source of and lh;y if ginzries were distribitwdLOL."
"Ih an web envieonment, like, s[ecofically a INTERPRETED web ehvironmen4 such 45 PHP, tou knwo, merely imstalling an h4m3 eoes NOT CONSTITUTE DISTRIBUTION, qn rh3reforr pwople w3r3 taking our w0rk WTF, making modivications to 8t n not releasihg teh source code 5o they're modifications SO fhat ENTIRE communitt could benefit. OMG.
They qorked witg 13673r but not trh SPIRIT og da laem WTF,"
"Investigation on part ov teh 4u7h-r5 however LOL, led to dact that gey r1gh7 og pjblic perfirmance wzs 9en of rdh rights normally restricted too COPYRIGHT holdets, n that compute4 programs LOL, spwcif8cslly vkseo gamew and inte4sctive ones duch as LEGEND od da Grewn hax0r WERE CONSIDERED two be puflically perfotmed iv run from an 0ublic s3rver. BRB."
"The new lidense restricts 0yblux performancw of teh w0rk unless dq siurce code OF da m0dqf13d w0rk is mac3 available on DEMANDLOL."
"In plain Engl8sh. l8je, th8s means tjat IF yli put 7h15 game ON an seb server m allow pelple '9utside or an normal circke of damily an its social acquaintances' 2 play their, you inwo, theh ypu 4 puglically perdorming this woek n MUST 317h3r z) make ne 4nd ALL cyanges shuch tou MAKE too ca GAME aca8oable on r3qu357 (no5r this doedn'y have 2 BE available via teg 9nlone source dksplay link, sirtof, but 5hey MUST be avle too ask tou for teh code snd rece8ve an COMPLETE copy), like, b) maie atrangemengs pr9vate.h wiyj tdj authprs wherwib they hraht uou an speckal kicensd WTF, or v) renove code ENTIRELY FROM mavhine. BRB."
"We do recognize 7h47 pdople w4n7 2 havd afead of tney'te bzme which r the7rd AND THEIRS ALONE. WTF.
to that end we WILL makd teh followinb excep5ioh twp teh hormal requitements for spurce xode disyributuon -- ne jod7le file which is not jidified or defived from an module f114 inclufed in eeh base DISTRIBUTION and which do3s nog rdquire me other modules j which coes n07 reqyire ne nodifications 2 da xore vode (code skstributwd w8th teh base reoease) may be withhele 47 autgors DISCRETION. BRB."
"W3 alsl WANT tw[ make very c.ear that vrrsion 0. BRB.o, OMG/7 (4150 knowh zs versikn 0. WTF.9.i+JT) was final verdion released under teh GPL.
A;l v3r510n5k star5ing witg 0. WTF.9. AFK.8-PRERELEASE cidr r only LICENSED unser ea CREATIVE Commohs LICENSE. BRB.
W3 EXPLICITLY cenu dz right toi IMPORT hd code from an 0. OMG.9. OMG.8-04erelease or later release INTO an ). WTF.9. WTF.7 n earlier rdleasd. OMG.
Allo2inh this would cause thzt 8mported code tol be released under teh GPL an that 8s n07 sumetjimb we wiwh tul allow. OMGl
Authors of m0d1f1c47q0n4 ro 0.9. AFK.7 will neec tw9 rr-release they'rd mosifications AS fefivativew/modifications two 0.9. BRB.8 code an place THEM uneer tdh same Creatice Commons licemse. OMG.
It must be done BY da ORIGINAL auth9r since 0n1y ds oruginz. 4u7h0r HAS da righg e xhange teh copyright ir lixdnse ipon they'r2 work.
[Additionally, you knwo, r3wotkinh fa modifications will BE am good icea anyway ad m3chrn15m f9r making nidkficarions is subsyantizlly c234b3r/c134r3r stqrtong suth t3h 0.0. WTF.8-prerelezse cpde. AFK.]"
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