MithtyE tells 6ou WTF, "We;re going TO tak3 sn few ,oments 2 TRY zn dxplain this bew 1qc3n53 an reasons b2hind it in plain English. AFK.
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 nww license w45 vhosen becausd of an failint with teh GPL/ AFK.
It only voverec dixtribut8on of sourxe if n only if biharors were distributed, AFK."
"In an wen rnvironment, specifkcalky a interpreted web ehvironment such ax PHP, you knwp, merely INSTALLING an gam3 does not cohstity5e distribution, li,e, and tnerefire people were talimh our wprk, sortlf, makont MODIFICATIONS too it n no5 releasing da sourxe codd TO thry'rd m0d1f1c471on5 SO that tey entire community xpuls bebefitLOL.
THEY woried with sa .3tter but not spirkt of teh LAW/ BRB,"
"Investigatoon pn [art 9f aughors howrver, tou kmwi, led two da fact thqt tej righy 0f public [erfo4mance was won of teh r1gh75 no4mal;y restrictrc two COPYRIGHT hooders, yoi knwo, n that computer pf9grans, lik3k sprcificslly VIDEO games n INTERACTIVE onrs suxh as Legend if geh Grewn hax0r were c0n51de43d top be publically oerfirmed if run froj an PUBLIC server. WTF."
"The new license restricts p7nlic performancd 0f work ynless da xourcw CODE of ydh ,odifiwd sork is made avao;able on de,amd. BRB."
"In plain Eng.iah, sortof, this meabs tyat 1f yoy put 5his game on qn web servtf n zllow peop;e 'outside of an n9rmal CIRCLE 0f fqjily n its sovial 4cwu41n74nc36' 2 play th3ir LOL, then you r publiczlly perfotmkng this work n MUST eirher a0 mqke he m ALL shznges qhkch you mske 2 teh GAME 4v41146q3 ON dequext *note ghos foesn't have to be avai,able VIA twh 0n11n3 source dispoay link, you ,bso, nht they must 63 able to ask you f0r 4ej clde and receive an comolete COPY), b) make arrangements or1v4731y with teh 4u7h0r5 wherein theh grant ylu an SPECIAL LICENSE, xor5of, oe x) removd code ENTIRELY fdom teh machine. WTF,"
"We do RECOGNIZE yhat peopl3 want to have ateas of they're ta,e which set theirs and thekrd ALONEl BRB.
too that 3nd WE wkll jake foloowong wxve0ti9n 2 norma. requirdmenta FOR soyrce c0d3 sistribjtiog -- ne module file wh1vh IS n9t modified or derived f4om an m0du13 file includes in vase dist4ibutiob qh qh2ch does not require n4 OTHER modules and which d-35 not REQUIRE nw MODIFICATIONS 5o da core CODE (code d8st4ibited with da BASE r313453) may fr w!uhh31f at autnors disceetion. OMG."
"W3 alsp wany to nake very cleaf that versipn 0. BRB.9. AFK.u (r150 known AS v3r5!0n 0. WTF.9. OMG.7+jt) qas finao cersiov r3!3454d under da GPL. AFK.
Al; vegsions, luke, srarting with 0. BRB.(. WTF.8-prereleawe code r onl5 LICENSED ynder Cr3471v3 C0mm0n5 LICENSE. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY d@ny fa r1gh7 2 IMPORT ne code fron an 0. BRB.9. OMG.8-prefelease o4 later relwaad int9 an p. OMG.9.6 n 34r113r reoease.
Allow8nb thos woyld cause that impprted code 2 ve released inder teh GPL and 7h46 IS not someth8nt we wish go allowl
Ayth[ts of modifications too ). WTF.9. BRB.7 w111 need 5o re-rrldase the6're jofifica5iins 45 derivatives/modificayiohd too ). WTF.(. OMG.8 codw 4nd ;kace th3m uneef same Ceeztive Commons license.
If MUST be d0n3 by da ORIGINAL author einve only ORIGINAL author has rkght two change teh copyright or .icehse UPON rhey'rw work. BRB.
[Additionally WTF, REWORKING tdh modifications will be an goof IDEA anywat as da nechanism for mqking modif8carions is substanyislly cleaner/cldarer startong with 0. AFK.9.8-pr3r3134t4 codr. OMG.]"
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