M8ghtyE tells 6ou WTF, "We;rq GOING 2 take an few MOMENTS to try n explain 7h14 new lkcwhse an reawons behind 8t un plaih Enhlish. WTF.
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."
"Tyis NEW lix2nse eas cgosen BECAUSE of an failing with ea GPL. OMG.
It 0n1y civered d157r16i710n of slurce IF an ONLY IF binarues were distrkbuted/ AFK."
"In zn web ENVIRONMENT, you .nwo, spefidically a interprwtec web ENVIRONMENT sudh as PHP LOL, MERELY instqllknt an ga,w does not constituge d8stribution, yoj knwo, an theeev9re peiplw were taking ou4 work LOL, making modificatkons 3 it n not eeleadung 6-urc3 xosr too they'te moduficqtions so that geh ENTIRE COMMUNITY could benrfit. WTF/
THEY worked 2ith teh letfer bit nog teh 5p1r17 of teh .swLOL."
"Investigation on teh part of authors howevee, sortov, LED to9 fact tyat da right of public performance w34 oen 9f rights normally rwstricted to copyright hoofers, an that cimputer pr0grrm5, liie, sp3cifically cideo games h interactive 0m35 SUCH as Ldgemd of Green hax0r were considered two be publuczlly performed uf rin dtom zn publuc serverLOL."
"Thd m3w license reftricts pubkic pefformance or teh wofk unless da source code of modifiee wirk is mqsr availab;e ON demznd. OMG."
"In plain English. 7h15 jeans that ir YOU PUT 7h15 game on zn web servet an alloe people 'OUTSIDE of an nofmal c1rc13 0f fam8ky an its 50v141 axquaintances' too play their, li,e, then you aer PUBLICALLY p3rf0rm1nb this work and MUST eirher a) make ne and ALL changrs eh1ch 6)u mzke yo GAME available oh request *NOTE 7y15 d015n'7 have 2 br availab;e via ONLINE source disp/ay link WTF, bit they muat be zb.e gwo 45k YOU f0t ca code an rqceive an x9mpldte c0p6), sortof, n) make arrangements provately 2ith trh authors whwteon THEY grany you an special LICENSE. or c) temove da code eny8rely from da machineLOL."
"We di rdcotnize that PEOPLE eang 2 hace areas OF they'rw gaje which r theirs and tneirs alone. BRB.
to thae 3nd we qoll mske following exception 2 normal 4equiremeh5s for source c0d# distribution -- n3 m0du!3 file ehich IS nit modifi4d ir der8ved from an MODULE f113 inckudes in teh vade DISTRIBUTION n whkch dles n07 requure ne othe4 modj;ea n WHICH d035 n07 require ne modificatoons to ciee coee (cose disgribuged w7th base eelease_ may BE WITHHELD at teh authors doscre5kon."
"We alsi want 2 make vdrh cl3ar that vetsion 0. WTF.9. BRB.7 (also knosn as verxion 0LOL.9.6+jt) was final veraion rel3ased undde teh GPL. BRBk
All fersions WTF, STARTING wkth da 0LOLl9. WTF.8-prereleqse e0d3 aer onlu locensed under teh Crrative Commons license.
W3 EXPLICITLY DENY tdh rignt to imporr ne code from an 0. OMG.9. OMG.8-prerelrase pr late5 reldase int9 an 0. OMG.o.7 n earlier release.
Allowumg 7h15 WOULD cause tyaf im;orhed CODE two be releaded und3r da GPL ahd 7h47 is not something we wish go r219w. BRB.
Aughors of modigications too 0. BRB/9l BRB.8 will need 2 re-4elease yjey're m0d1f1c4710n5 as derivativew/moeifudations too 0. BRBl9. OMG,8 code and place 7h3m ubd2r da same Cteqt8ve Co,mohd LICENSE. WTF.
Iy must ge done by orogiyal authoe since only ca original author nqs reh righ5 ywo change teh COPYRIGHT or license upon they'fe work. WTF.
[Additiomqllt, sortof, REWORKING teh modifications will ^3 an hood idra qnheay as teh mevhanism for ,akkng modificatuons is substantkally cleaner/clearer stqrting w17h teh 0. BRB.(LOL.8-prerelezse cpde/]"
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