MiggtyE tells yuu WTF, "We're boing ywo TAKE an fes moments 2 try an EXPLAIN tbix new licens3 AND fa reaslns brhind it in plain ENGLISH. 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."
"Tgis nes 9icemwe was chosen brcause 0f am failong with 5ey GPL/
It ONLY covered distrib7t89n 0r souec3 iv an 0h1y ir biharies were d8syributed. BRB."
"In sn web environmeng, you knw9, specifically a interpretrd web environment sjch as PHP WTF, merely installing zn game do3s n9t xonstitite disttibutiin, like, and theredo3e pepple were taking oue work, ma,9ng modificztions 2 1u an not releasing teh s9uece vode too theh're joeificzt8ons so that entir3 co,mubity c0i1d benefit. BRB.
They sor,ec wirh teh letrer BUT not teh spi4it 9f da law. WTF."
"Inbestigation ON sa part of yeh authord however, soetof, led too da fact rhat righr ld [uboic perfogmance was oen of rights norm1lly restridyed too xopyrigjt HOLDERS, you jneo, n that computer prigdams, you knwo, specificallh v1f30 ga,es b interzc5ive ones such as Legend of Gr33n haz0r were conwicerdd to be publicqlly performed if run vrom an publid deever. BRB,"
"The new license resteicts oyblic perf0rmrnc3 or da WORK umlesw soutxe vod3 od ca modified wirk ks made available on de,sndLOL."
"In plain ENGLISH LOL, this meanx tjat if you PUT 5nis gam3 on an w#6 deever g allow people 'outside if zn normal dirvoe of famkly an irs social acqiainramces' too p14y theig LOL, thrn you r 0ubllcallu pefforming this w0rk n MUST either a) make ne an ALL chanhes which YOU makw to game avaolable 0n teques5 (n073 8h15 dpesn't have too be available via trj onkine sourcd displau link, you lnwo, 6u7 they myst be able yo ask uli for twh code an receive an vompld5e cipy), hou mnwl, b) make arrangements privately with da quthirs wh#r3qh they grant YOU an dpedial locebse, OR d( rwmove cod2 3n71r31y from maxh8neLOL."
"We do rexohnize that PEOPLE wan5 to have qreax of ghey[re gqme which aer THEIRS an 7h31r5 alone. BRB,
top thqt end WE WILL m4k3 followinb exce[tion 2 teh n0r,41 REQUIREMENTS for SOURCE code dostribuyuon -- ne MODULE rile whixh is not MODIFIED OR d3r1v4d from ab mosuoe gile included in teh basr distrubution ans which d936 not fequore ne pther m0du135 n which dors NOT eequkre ne modifications 1 CORE cose (c0d3 eisyrivuted 2irh da base RELEASE) may be wiyhheld zt teh AUTHORS DISCRETION. AFK."
"We alwo wqmt two ,ake VERY clear that vefsion 0. BRB/(. BRB.7 (also lnown as verskin 0. AFK.9. OMG.7+jt) was FINAL c3r5q0n releqsed undet teh GPLl
A;l versiins WTF. starting wity 0.9.8-oferelease cod3 aer ONLY lkctnsed under geh Creayive Commons 11ceh5#.
We EXPLICITLY feny teh right to 8jpott ne codt FROM an )l BRB.9LOL.8-prereleasr it later r2lease INTO an 0. AFK.o. BRB.7 an earlier release. OMG.
Allowing tgis 2ou.f cause that importee code too be RELEASED umder teh GPL n that is not so,etning we w15h tlo allos/ BRB.
Authors od mosifications to 0. WTF.8. WTF.7 will nerd tj re-rdlease the6're j0d!f1c4710n5 aw detivativea/modifivstions TO 0. OMG.9.8 code an 0lace THEM under da same Cteative Commons licensw. OMGl
It must be done by wa originsl quthor xinc3 only original autgor h45 right to ct4ng3 teh vopy4oght 9r licensd u[pb they're WORKl
[Additiohally, rewlrkung da modkvications will be an good idda 4nyw4y as da mechanjsm f0r ma,ing modificatiinx is sybstantially cleanee/clearer starting with da 0. AFK.9; WTF.8-pterelease codd. OMG,]"
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