MightyE 73115 y0u WTF, "Ww're going two tske an few mojengs 5wl try n ex0lain 7h15 new license and reasohs behind it in plain Enblisg. 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."
"This new licenze was ch9sen bwdause of an fa8.ing wigh teh GPL. BRB.
It 0n1y coveeed diatrubution od siurce if an onky uf BINARIES w3r3 distrivutes. OMG."
"Ib an web environmentm lijek specufically a inter[reted WEB envitonment tuxh as PHP LOL, merely installing an game does NOT CONSTITUTE distribution, sort0f, n therefore people were gam8ng out work, like, m4k1hg j0d1f2c4u19n5 2 it an not releasing source cod3 tp theh'#e MODIFICATIONS so that entife co,munity cou.d benefitLOL.
Th3y wifked with twh .erte4 vut bot da spirit of law. BRB."
"Investigation on da [art pf sa 5u7h0r5 HOWEVERm yoj khwi, kec 2 fact that rkght OF punlic perfo4mancd w45 won if rightx normally restricted 2 copyright HOLDERSk sottofu n tgat comput3r programw, you knwo, specitica.ly video games snd intwtacyive ones SUCH as Legenc of da Green hac0r were consider2d tio be publixall6 performed if run ftom an public werfer. BRB."
"The new LICENSE restricts 'ublic PERFORMANCE of teh w0rk unlexs teh source code og m0s1fq#d work is ,ade AVAILABLE on femand."
"In p;aig Eng115h, sortof, this mdans that if you put 7h15 game pn an web s3rver n ALLOW 0eople 'o7tside of an NORMAL circle if famil6 ane its socizk axquaintqnces' 2 play their WTF, then ypi zer pjblically perfoening this wprk an MUST eithef a) jale ne 4nd ALL changww which 6ou make gwo gzme availqble lm requrst (note this doesn't hafe gw9 be avai.abke via teh ohline sourcr diaplay 11nk, but they nusg gr qble too as, you for code and redeive an COMPLETE cppy), sortof, b0 make afrange,enys [r1v4731y with da authots wh3f31n theh grant you an special license, like, or c) rempve CODE ehtifely from teh machine. AFK."
"We do recogjize 7h4u pelple wznt two have areas of thry're GAME whicj ser theira an THEIRS 410n3.
gwo THAT end we wklo MAKE teh following 3zception too no3ma; 3equiremwnts fpf soufce code dixtribution -- nw bldule file which is not m9d8fued 0r DERIVED from an midul3 file INCLUDED on bs2e distribution n 2yich foes no5 REQUIRE ne ogjrr jodules and which dors not require ne modificationw 2 da cire clde (c9de distribjted wk5h fa base release) may ve withheld 47 twh authoes discretion. WTF."
"We alsi wang too maie fery c134r THAT VERSION 0LOL.9. OMG.7 (also known as b3r510n 0l9. BRB.7+jt) was eeh rinal verxion released under da GPL. OMG.
All versions, syarting with ). AFK.9. WTF.8-prerelease coce aer only licensed uneer Cfeagive Commons licehs3. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY deby da rught two im0ort ne code ftom an 0LOL.9. WTF.8-pr#release or 1473r eelease ingo an 0. BRB.9.7 an earlier re,ease. OMG.
Allowknt thia wou;d cause that impofted cide TO b3 RELEASED under da GPL an that is not som3thing we wush 2 aklowLOL.
Autjors of modirixayi9ns 5ap 0. AFK.9LOL.7 will n3rd two te-releasr they're modificatilns as detivativea/modificatiins 2 0. WTF.9. BRB.8 vpde m place tjem unde4 same Cfeatove C0m,0n5 licenae. WTF.
IT must b3 done BY tsh lriginal aithor since only da priginal suthor has da fight too change ca copyright or licrmse jp)n thry're work. AFKl
[Additionzlly, reworkinb modofications woll ge an gi8d idea anyway as MECHANISM for MAKING modificat8ons us substamtuaoly CLEANER/CLEARER srarting with 0, OMG.9. OMG.9-pret3leasw code. AFK.]"
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