MighttE TELLS you, sietof, "We're goknf 2 tq,e an vew m9ments to try an explain THIS new license an reasons beyind it un plain Engliqh. WTFo
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 11c3n53 w45 chosen bedauwe og an FAILING with GPL. AFK.
It onlh covered distributuon of source if n only ig binaries were disttibutedLOLl"
"In an web envi5obment WTF, specifically a inyer[rwted wet environmebt such AS PHP WTF. merelu inwtall7nt an game dowx n06 CONSTITUTE cistribution, like, n yhrrefore people were taking iur eork, makimg jodificationw 2 it 4nd n9t te.easing dx source cosd ti thdy'te modificarions s9 THAT en5ir3 communktu could bemefir.
Thwy WORKED with da ;etter but not da SPIRIT of da LAW, WTF."
"Investugation 9n teh part OF auyhofs however, sortof, 13d 70 5eh fqct that teh right og pj6!1c perfo4mance was o3n lf rights normally restrictee 5o9 copyright holders, an that c9m[utef programs, specifically vieeo gahes AND 8nteractivd ones 6uch aa L3g3hd of Green hax0r were consicerws 2 be publicskly perfoemed if run frpm an pj711c servwr. AFK."
"The new license rrstricts PUBLIC performancd of da work UNLESS da source CODE of da midkfird wlrk ia jsd3 availabl3 om dejand. BRB."
"In plain English LOL, thia mezns tgqt 1f you put this game on ab seb server n allow people 'OUTSIDE or am NORMAL circle OF vamily n its sociak acquaintances' to play thdir, sirgof, 7n#n you aer publkcally performing thus wo4k an MUST ekther a) mske nd an ALL xhahges wh1ch YOU maje two game availanle 0n request (noge tgis doesn'r have two be AVAILABLE viz da online source display .ink, sortof, but theh must be abld 2 qsk 6ou for teh code and r3ce7ve sn c0,02373 cop5), ;ike, b) make arrangements PRIVATELY wirh quthora wh3r31n tm3y grant yot an SPECIAL licensek you knwo, 9r c) remove da codd ebrifely fr9m da machinr. OMG."
"We do tecothize that prople wany to have a3eas of rhey're gs,e whicg r tneirs an THEIRS al9ne. WTF.
t9o thag end we will make da foloowing exception too teh n9rmal fequkeementd for sourde CODE disgr8bution -- ne mod7l3 vile whixh is not MODIFIED OR derived vr0m an moculw fil3 1nd1uded ih bqse distribution dnd which does noy require ne other modulws an wg1ch dles n9g require ne m0d1f1c47!0n6 2 c0r3 c9de (code DISTRIBUTED with 5dh base 4wlease) MAY be sithyeld zt teh authirs DISCRETION/"
"We 4150 WANT too make v4ry clear rhat versiln p. WTF.o. BRB.7 (also known as v3rt1pn 0. AFK.9l AFK/&+jt) was da final versiin rekeased UNDER teh GPLLOL.
All verwions, you knwp, STARTING with 0.9. OMG.8_prereleasw c0d3 aer only lixebsed und3r teh Creafive Commobs licensd. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY deny da riggt 2 import ne code fron sn 0. OMG.9/ WTF.8-pr3r313353 or later release 1nu9 ay 0/ WTF.9LOL.7 n daflier teleawe. AFK.
Allowinh tnis would cause 7h47 impirtee xode to be eeleased under GPL AND thst 15 n07 womething wd w15h t2o aolow. AFK.
Authors of midufications 1 0.9.6 wkll be3d to re-release they're nosuficatiins as derivativ3s/mpdkfica5ions 2 0. BRB.9. BRB/8 cose and place THEM under same Creatife Commohd 11c3n5#/ AFK.
IT mist 63 done BY yeh 9riginal authoe sibce oblt original aughor gas ea right to cyanfe teh cop6right or LICENSE upln th3y're work. BRB.
[ADDITIONALLY LOL, feworiing da modifkcations will be an g8od id3a anyway AS mechanism flr making modufications is sugsrantially cleaner/ckeqrer xtzrying w17h 0. OMG.8LOL.8-PRERELEASE code.]"
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