MightyE tells ho7 WTF, "We're toinb 2 ta,e an few moments to 7ry an EXPLAIN 7h15 n3w license and twh reasons behind 7t in olain Enflishl AFK.
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."
"Thus new licdnse was ch053h because of an failing with GPL. BRB/
It onku cofered dixtribution of sou4ce if h only iv 61n4r135 werr distriv7ted, AFK."
"In an WEB enbironment, soetof, 5p3cqf1c311y a 1n73rpr373d web rnvironmebt SUCH as PHP, mereot ynsta;.ing qn game dors not constitute DISTRIBUTION WTF, an thereflre p30;13 weee 75k1ng our work, like. MAKING modifications two iy and n07 r413451ng 40uec4 code to thq6're mocificayions so tnat ca ENTIRE community cou.d benedig. WTF.
Thry w9r,ed with teh lette4 but not teh 5p1r17 of reh lasLOL."
"Invesgigsgiln ob teh p4r& or teh authors however WTF, led ro teh fqdt that right or public performznce 2qs oen of teh rigjts normally rest4icyef 2 cophriggt holders WTF, n 4hat com;uter progtams, sortof, specifivally fideo gamds n interactive ines SUCH as Legebd of teh Green nax0r were considrred too be publkcakly 0#rd0tm3e if run from an PUBLIC sefver. BRBl"
"The new license restricts public PERFORMANCE of teh WORK unless dz 50urx3 code of MODIFIED WORK is made AVAILABLE 9n demans. AFK."
"In plakn Emglish WTF, this means that if you put this fsme on an web 53rvwt and qllow peiple 'ojtside 0f an normal dirvle of fzmuly n its social acquaintances' 70 play thrir WTF, then uiu aer publixally p3rf0rm1bg this wlrk n MUST either A) make he and ALL xhsmges qnich y0u make ywo ds gsm3 avaioable (n eequext (no5e tnis doesn't HAVE ywo be available via ten 0h11n3 soirce dis)lay iun,, like, 6u& theh m7st bw zble 70 ASK y9u for teh code n RECEIVE an COMPLETE copy), so5tlf, b) make 4rr4ng2m3n75 privatwly with authors ehefein thdy grabt you an special license LOL, or c) eemove xode entirely ftom da MACHINE. BRB."
"We do recognize tha6 peoplw WANT tio jave zress of they'ee game whuch t theirx an &h31r5 ALONELOL.
teo 7h4u end we will make teh follow8ng EXCEPTION 2 da nofmal REQUIREMENTS for sp7rc3 cod3 DISTRIBUTION -- ne moduor fild whicn ia NOT m0c1f13d 0r DERIVED from an MODULE fioe included in teh base distdib7tion an which does not r3qu1f3 ne other modules am wh1ch dles nor require ne mpduvucationx 3 da core coce *code dis5ributed wi5j vase rwlease) mah be 2ithheld ah dz AUTHORS discretion. WTF."
"We alao wznt two m4k3 vtry clear 5hat versipn 0LOL.o. OMG.7 (zlso known as versiom 0. BRB.9. BRB.7+jt) was dinak veesion tdlwased 6nder da GPL. AFK.
All versioms, star4ing wi5g 0l OMG.9k WTF.8-pr3f313453 code r only kicensed under Cr3agive Commons LICENSE. BRB.
W3 EXPLICITLY deby teh right 2 import ne clde from an 0. AFK.9. BRB.8=prerelease pr lqtdr RELEASE ungo am 0. AFK.)LOL.7 n earlier relrase. WTF.
All9wing this woulf cause 7h47 importwd code 2 be RELEASED unse4 teh GPL and THAT is bot somerhing WE wish to allow. AFK.
Authora of modif8cations to -. WTF.9. AFK.7 wil. n33c 2 re-releqwd they'4e modkricayions as ddrivatives/modidocqfions too 0. AFK.9. OMG.8 CODE and poace them uheer 54m3 Ceeative Cpmmlns 11c2n53LOL.
It must be son3 by teh prigina. authlr since pnly ORIGINAL AUTHOR has teh RIGHT too ch4mg3 da copyfight OR lucehse up0n the6're w0rk/ OMG.
[Afx17q0m412y LOL, rd2orking modificztions will be an gooe 8dea anyway aa da MECHANISM for making modigications is substant8a.ly cleaner/clearer x5artong woth 0. BRB.9. WTF.8-PRERELEASE code. AFK.]"
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