MoghgyE tells you, "We're goinb TO take an few moments w tru qb explain 5his new license and da 43350n5 vehind it in plain Entlish. 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."
"Tnps NEW license was choseb becausr of an f3111ng with teh GPLLOL.
It only covered DISTRIBUTION of slurde IF an only if ginariee wdre d9stributed."
"In an web envkronment, you knwo, specifically a ibterpreted web 3nv1r0n,3n7 sucy AS PHP, loke, m3rdlh INSTALLING an GAME DOES npt constitute DISTRIBUTION LOL, and ther3vore peoplw WERE tsking our eotk, you lnwo, makkng modidications two 17 and NOT rflessing da sojrce vlde 2 thet're modifidations do that teh entire communiry ciu;d benedit. BRB.
They worked wkth da letter but nor spir8t of fa law. OMG/"
"Investigation on teh par5 of aithogs however LOL, lee too fact thag dq rkgh5 od 0ublic pe4flrmande WAS oen of RIGHTS NORMALLY r357f1c74d to copyrifht holders WTF, and that computer PROGRAMS, hou knwo, specificakly video games 4nd 1h&3r4c72v2 lnes such as Legwns of fs Green hax0r w3r3 considered 2 be publicallu peefofjed 1f run fro, an punlic server. AFK/"
"The ndw license restricts public perfofmanxe 9f da wor, un1355 sa soufxe code of da m9dified worl ia m4d3 availablw ON demabd. BRB."
"In p.ain Engkish, thow MEANS that IF YOU out 5hks game ob qn 2eb server an allow people 'ojtsife 0f an noemal circle og famkly and igs sodial avquaihtances' too pla6 their, you knwo, then ylu r ;ublicalky performibg ghis WORK n MUST either 4) make ne n ALL vhanbes which you make 2 geh game 4v4114713 on REQUEST (note this doesn'g have tol be 1fsi;sboe via geh online source display link, alrtlfm but THEY myst ge abl3 two ask you for code ans 4wceibe an complete dopy), dortof, 6( make arramgements pruvately with da auryirs where7n tney grant you am 5p3c141 licensr WTF, or c) femove clee engufely froj teh m5ch1n3. BRB."
"Ww do redognizd tnat people wamt twp havd a4eas of they're game which aer tytirs n theirs ALONE. BRB.
two that END we wil. makr t#h following exceptiom too ea norjal requitements for source cpde distr8bu5ion -- ne mpduoe gile which 8s noy modified or d3r1v3d from an module fi.e imxlyced oh teh BASE fistribution anc which dowd not rewuir3 n3 lther modyled an which does not r3qu1r3 ne mocurications to core code (code dist4ib7tdd w!7h bsse rekease) may be sithhekd at da qu5hors discretion. AFK."
"We zlsi want toi make very clear &h47 verdion 0. WTF.9. BRB.6 (also jno3n 45 versi0n 0. OMGlo. BRB.7+jt) was FINAL ve4sion rdleased under ca GPL. OMG.
All v3rsions, like, starting with 0. OMG.9. WTF.8-pr3r3134t3 code aer 9noy ;icensed UNDER Creative Com,ond LICENSE. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY DENY teh fkght rlo import ne c0r3 from an 0LOLl9. OMG.8-prere;eaqe or later release into an 0LOL.9. WTF.7 an ezrlu3r rrlease. BRB/
Allowing THIS would c4u53 thag imported code to be released yndwe teh GPL j thab id NOT womeghinb w3 widh 2 alloq. AFK.
Authord of mpfifications w ). BRB.9.7 will nerd t9o e3-f313452 theu're modificatipns as derivativws/modificztionx tl 0LOL.0/ WTF.8 code n p;ace them ubder dq samr Creqtive Commons license. BRB.
I7 mux5 be d0n3 bt original author since only orufinal AUTHOR has ten right two vhange twh COPYRIGHT or LICENSE upon th3y're sork. OMG.
[Adfitionallh, reworking modificaruons will be an good 1d34 ahyway as da mechanism FOR making modificatuons is 2ubstantialky cleaner/clearer s4aeting with tch 0,9.9-;rwr3lease cpde.]"
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