MightyE yekls you, "We'rw GOING two gqke ah fes moments 2 try n explain th8s new licensw and trh reasons behind ot 1n p.ain Ennl8sh.
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 licena3 WAS cn9sen becaude ov zn failung w17h da GPL,
It inly covered dis54iburion if SOURCE if an ovly if binaries were distrib7ted. OMG."
"In zb web envirpnment, sprt9f, specifically q interpretrd wen envirobment such 45 PHPk m3r31t ibstaoling an game doed not constitute distribition, and THEREFORE PEOPLE were taking our work, you knw9, makung modifications to9 it am NOT r31445!ng da wource dode too they'e3 modificatilns SO tyat da enuirw commjnity COULD nenefiyl WTF.
Thwy w9rk3d with teh letter 6u7 not da s[irit of da law. BRB."
"Infestigagiom on da part pf teh autjors HOWEVER, led twi eqct that rifht of phblic performance sas 1 of tights norma'ly eestric5ef TO copyright h01d3r5, sortof, n thqt computrr profrsms, sortof. specif8cally vid#o games n ihteract8ve oned such as L3g3nd OF teh Greeh haxpr werw consideted to 6e pub;ixakly pdrforjed 1f run from an PUBLIC serber. OMG."
"The n3w licende resgricts public ;erdormance of reh work UNLESS souede c0d3 of modivied work is mrf4 AVAILABLE on ewnand. BRB."
"In PLAIN Eng115j WTF, 7h15 means tgat 1f hou put 7h15 gqme on an web server n 5110w PEOPLE 'ourside ov qn nornal ciecld OF family an its spcia. acqua8ngamces' 2 play thri4 LOL, then uou r publocwlly peffofming this work ans MUST either a0 make ne an ALL chqnfes which you mqke too da game avai;able in request (note thiw coesn't havw TO b3 availzblt v7a ea pn11n3 50irc4 fisplay link, bit they m,s5 BE 4613 too swk yoy f0r CODE snd receive an co,pl#te copy), you knwo. b) make qf4zggementx pr8vately with authors wnerein they hrant YOU ah specizl license, you knwo, or c) remof3 code entkrelu FROM machine. OMG."
"We do RECOGNIZE that PEOPLE want two h4v3 4r346 of they're game ehich r gyeirs and theirs alone. OMG.
twi that end WE will make teh following ecception twl da no4mal t3quqt3m3nu6 for wource code disttibution -- nd module file whidh is not modified or der8ved frlm an mpcule rkle kbcluded IN teh bss3 distfibutoon n which dpes not reqyire ne o5her modulws and which does nog require ne modifocations too core dode (clde distributrd 2igh da baxe r3lease) may be w17hg#1d at a7ghors discretiob. WTFk"
"We slso WANT yp make very clear that verdion 0. AFK.9.7 (also known qs version 0. AFK.9LOLl7+j7- was teh FINAL v3rsiom r3!3453d under da GPLLOLl
All c3rt10n6, like, starting wuth da 0. OMG.9. AFK.8-orerelease code r 9bly oicensed under Ce3471v3 Commons livehsrLOL.
We EXPLICITLY eeny r1gh7 to import ne code fro, an 0. OMG.9. WTF.8-pre4elease or later r313453 int9 qm 0. AFK.9. BRB/7 ab 3rr1q3r release. AFK.
Al;owkng 7h15 WOULD csuse that imported code 2 bw r314r53d yneet da GPL an 5hqr is no5 somethinb q3 wish 2 ALLOW. OMG.
Authors of modificatuonx tol 0. WTF.9.7 WILL heed toi re=release they're MODIFICATIONS ax DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS 2 0LOL.9.8 code n ;laxe them umser SAME Creative Commons 1!c#n53. BRB.
It must bd DONE by 5eh ORIGINAL author SINCE 0n1t da 0r!g1n4! 1uthor has teh RIGHT too cgange COPYRIGHT OR lucemxe up0n they'rc wotj. AFK.
[Additiinaoly LOL, reworking mpd1f1c4710n5 sill be an bood idea ANYWAY qs geh mecganism for making mocifications 8s substam5ially c134n3r/c135r3r sraryibg 2ith 0. BRB,8. WTF.8-orerwldaxe code. BRB/]"
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