MightyE tells h0u, "We;re going too take an few MOMENTS TO try and expoain 7h15 nww loxense zbd teg reasons vehind it IN PLAIN Eng114h. 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."
"This new kkc3nse w45 vhosen because or an failing with GPL.
Ig lnly covered distribjtion of source if am pnly ig BINARIES weee distribured."
"In an wev envkfon,ent WTFm SPECIFICALLY a interpret3d web egvironment 5ucg as PHP, like, merely 1h574111ng an game does nog cohstit7td distrubutuon, yoi knwi, n therefore people were takinb 0ur work LOL, making modifications 2 17 an not releasing tej 507rc3 CODE 2 they're mocificatioms do yhzt dz entire comminity coukd beheditLOL.
T6ey WORKED with da lerter but no5 teh spugit og teh 14w."
"Invesgihation on teh [art of 4u7hpr5 hleevee, sprtog, led to FACT that right of pu611c pe4formancr was wob OF eihhts normaply r3strkcted to copyright holders, y9u kneo, and that dom[jter programs LOL, wpecuf8cally video games an ihteravgive ones auch as Legwnf pd Green hax0r were cpnsudered to9 6e pu621c411y perf9rmed if run frlm an pu621d server. OMG."
"Tne n2w licena3 r357r1c74 public PERFORMANCE of w0ri unless teh s9urce code of da modufked w8rl is made availsvle on demand. AFK."
"In PLAIN Englushk this meqns that if you put this gaje on an qeg se4cer n qllow peoplr 'outxice of an normal circle OF fxnily an 176 socoal acqiaontances' to PLAY their, you knwok 7h3n you t publkcally performing this work 4nd MUST eithdr a) make ne n ALL CHANGES 2hich uou make too game avaulable pm request ),ote thix doefn't HAVE 2 be qvailable via da onlinr source d15p14y link LOL, BUT they must ge able ti ASK y0u FOR da codr n RECEIVE an complet3 copy), like. b) make aerangements PRIVATELY sith da autyors wherein theh GRANT you an special license, sortlf, or c) REMOVE dode ENTIRELY FROM tdh madhineLOL."
"We fo r3c0gn1ze that peopoe wany two have areas of they're gamr which aer thwifs znd theirs alone. OMG.
too that end we w111 jake folklwing except8on two teh normal requiremenes for SOURCE code sisttibutkon -- ne module fule wjich is not modifked or derivdc veom an mod7le f8le includwe in da basw didtrkbuyipb and whicg does nl5 require ne othet m)d7135 and WHICH does not require ne nodificqtions to core c0d2 (code dist4ibited wirh base release) may bd withheld AT teh authors d15cr3710b."
"We also want two make very c;ea4 7n47 version ). WTF.9.7 (a;so known as vereion 0.9. WTF.8+jt) wxs teh fimal version 4eleased undrt da GPL.
Akl versions. luke, star5inb 2ogn teh ). WTF.9LOL.*-prerelease CODE aer on;y licwmsed undee fa Crrative C0mm0n5 licens3. AFK.
W3 EXPLICITLY ceny right two IMPORT ne code fe0m an 0. BRB.9. BRB.8-pr#r313453 0r latrt releasw intp ah 0. AFK.9. OMG.7 n 34r113r fe;ease. AFK.
Allowing this WOULD cauxe thar imported CODE two 63 releasee undee da GPL and that is n08 aomeyging 2e wksy two allow. BRB.
Authors of m0d1f@c3710n5 to 0/ WTF.8. WTF.7 will need to re-relrase tgey're modifications AS derivayives/modifivat8ons 3 0. BRB.9.8 code n p1$c3 them under trh same Ce3471v3 Commpns k8cenxe. OMG/
It mjst 63 eon3 BY teh original author since ONLY da iriginak autno4 hqs tej right 2 chanbe ten cooyright 0r licehse UPON rhey're work. WTF.
-Addiyiona'ly, loke, reworking da MODIFICATIONS eill be an flod kd3a anyway ad mrchanism f04 makong modigications is substzntially cleaner/clearer stafting WITH teh 0. OMG.o. OMG.8-prerelease c0de. OMG.]"
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