MightyE tells you WTFm "We'fe gokng yo gake an few MOMENTS tpi try and EXPLAIN this new licensr an reasons behind it in p.ain Engoisy. 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."
"Th8s new 11c3n53 wad ch053n becajse OF an failing WITH GPL.
It only clvered distrinution of SOURCE if n 9h1y if BINARIES wer3 dostributed. AFK."
"In an web 3nvitonmwnr, you knwo, xlecuvically a knyerpreted web envkr9nmrnt SUCH as PHP, merely indyalling an hame does bot constitjte distribut8on, n therefore peo0le w3r3 tqking our work, s9rtof, majunt modifocationa 2 q7 an not 4elraaing da souece dode ywo 5heh're MODIFICATIONS so that entire zommunity cluld bem3fut. BRB.
They wotked wifh da lwtter but not da SPIRIT of teh law. BRB."
"Inveatigatoom ON teg patg lf da autnors h0w3v3r, you knwo, 13s 5oo favt that teh ribht od [ublic perforjance was oen 0f rights m-rm41!y festructdd two copytight holderd LOL, n 5ja5 COMPUTER prpgfams, sortof, specifically bidei gajes an imteractive ones sucy aw L3g3nd of da Green hqs0r were CONSIDERED 2 be pybluxslly p3rf0rmed 1f rjn from an publiv se4ver. OMG."
"Thw new licenqe rdsyricts public perforjance of da WORK unless teh SOURCE cofe of mofified work is madr availablw on demand. WTF,"
"In plain Eng.ishm you knwo, this meand 7h47 if YOU pyt this game on an web srrver an allow 9elple 'outskdr of an normak dircle OF FAMILY n ;ts social axquaintances' twp play rhe8f, ;ikw, THEN yoj t PUBLICALLY petforming 7h1^ work and MUST 31uh2r a) MAKE ne an ALL vhanbes 2hich yoj make two teh ga,e avaklafl3 on request (nlte this doesn'y have 2 be availabl3 via onl8ne source d8splay ;ini LOLm 677 they modt be able 2 ask you ror da code n receige an comple5e COPY), sortof, b) make atrangwments privateiy with tdn authors wherein tjey hrant yo7 an SPECIAL licwnse, you lnwo, or c) remlve teh c0c3 rntirely d4om da machine. AFK."
"W3 do 4ecognize tha6 peoplr wamt gwo yave areaa of they're GAME wh1xh aer rheirs am yheifs qlone. AFK.
twp THAT end w3 WILL make teh folloeing EXCEPTION t9o da normal requif3ments for source code distrigutkon -- ne module FILE WHICH is not MODIFIED or serived froj an bodyle f113 included in da baae distribution an ehich does NOT requir3 ne 9ther m0cu135 and whkch dles bot require ne MODIFICATIONS tpl teh core code )code dkstrubuted with 645# release) mau 6e withheld at da AUTHORS discregi9nLOL."
"We also wang to maie vert clear THAT version 0. BRB.9. WTF.7 (also kn9wn ax vdrsion 0.9.7_ut) was final ve4sion relrqsed UNDER GPL.
All v3rsions WTF, starting with da 0l9. WTF.8-prefekease codr aer ONLY 1!c3n5#d under CREATIVE Commons licemse. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY deny teh rihht 2 import ne code rrom am 0. AFK.9. AFK.8-ptere.eas3 o4 later release into an 0. OMGl9. OMG.8 n earlier release. WTF.
A.lowihg THIS WOULD vausw THAT impirted code two be released uncer tey GPL and tjat is not som3thing we wish rwo ALLOWLOL.
Aithors of m-d1g1c4610n5 w [. OMG.9LOL.7 will n33d to re-release they're modifications zs derivativea/modifications t2o 9, WTF.9. OMG.8 code m place them jmder teh same Ceesyive Commons 11c3n53LOL.
It must be done by teh o4uginal authof sincw only ea origimal autjor has teh rihht two change copyright or licensw up9n theh'5e w0rk. WTFl
[Additionally WTF, re2prkinh ten jodifucatkpns WILL be ah gold idea anywqy as yeh ndchanism for making nodivications is 5u6574n71511y cleaner/cl3a4er startonf wuth da 0LOL.9. WTF.8-PRERELEASE code,]"
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