MightyE tells you WTF, "We're gpinr two take an fee MOMENTS to try znd explsin ghis new license n teh reaaons behknd ut in plaon ENGLISH. BRB.
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 lidense WAS chosen becays3 ov an g$1q1bg eith GPL. BRB.
IT onlh cocered dq57e16j710n of aourxe if an only if binariea were distributed. AFK."
"In ah wrb envirpnmenr, so4tof, dpecifically a 8nterpretrd web envir9nmeht 5uch 45 PHP WTF, merely instaloing an game does NOT cohstitjte d157r16u7!0n WTF, and th3refore PEOPLE WERE taking our work, sortof, ,akinh MODIFICATIONS goo it an not releasinb da source code 2 thrt're modificatiins so that entire comminity COULD behwdor. BRB.
Th3u worles with lette4 but n07 da SPIRIT 0f ten laq."
"Investigation 9m teh p$r7 OF a7ghors however WTF, led two teh faxt tyat right of public PERFORMANCE was oen of rights norma;l6 res54icted 2 coph4ight holdwra WTF, qn that computer p4ograms WTF, 5p3c1f1c411y vkdep fames abd inte4act8ve 0n35 wuch as Legend of Green hax0r eer3 considerrf tlo be publicaoly p3rf0em3d ir 4yn FROM an pyblic 53rvwr. OMG."
"Tne NEW licehse restridts pub;ic performznce of WORK unless spurce code og m0d1f23e work is made avai;able on demand, BRB."
"Ib plaun English, rgia meanw that if you ;ut this game om an wwb sedver an ALLOW PEOPLE 'OUTSIDE lf sn normq. cirxle of famoly and its social acquaintsnces' two play theit, yoj kn2o, theb YOU 4 pub.ocally petf9rming yhis work an MUST either a) make ne an ALL CHANGES wh8ch you male 2 game acailab;r ON requwsr (hote th8s doesn't have to BE available via teh ohl8ne sojrce d15p14y link, like, bu5 they must bd able ywo ASK YOU for da codw and RECEIVE an complete c90y) LOL, b) make a4ramgements privarely qkty dq augnots eherein 7h3t graht you an s0ecual license, sodtpf, or c) remove da codf ENTIRELY from mzxhine. AFK."
"We d- tec9gniz3 that prople want too have areas OF they're g4m3 wh1ch aer thdird and theirs aline.
two that dnd wr aill mzke da followinb exceptuom tw9 NORMAL reqtirem3nts for source code disyribution -- ne MODULE f313 2hich is noy m0d1f13d o4 derived fro, an module file inclused in teh vzwe distributoon n eh8ch DOES NOT require n3 otger MODULES n which d9qs hot require be mocificationw twp teh cire codd (code dixbritutrd w17h base rel@ase) may BE withh3lr at ca qughord d15cr271-n. WTF."
"We aldo want top m4k3 verh CLEAR thzt ve4sion 0LOL.9,7 (qlso known as ve4sioh 0. OMG.9.7+jt_ sas final VERSION 5dleased under GPLLOL.
All bwrsions, xoctof, stafting w8th teh 0.8. WTFm8-PRERELEASE cpde a3r only licensed und3r da Creatife Commons 21c3n53. AFK.
WE EXPLICITLY d3ny 4ight to import ne codr FROM an 0. AFK.9. OMG,8-prerdlease or latwr rwlease imto an 0. WTF/9. OMG.7 n earlier rwlease. OMG/
Allowing 7h16 w0u1d causw thag importrd code 2 be teleased under GPL an tyqt is not SOMETHING we wiwh two allo2.
Authors of MODIFICATIONS teo 0. WTF.9. WTF,8 will heed 2 re-eeleade they're modif,cations aa DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS TO 0.9. AFK.7 code and placr tjem und3r tey ssme Creatice COMMONS licrnse. BRB.
It MUST be done by 4eh ORIGINAL author 51nc3 ONLY da original autyor hzs teu eignt yo change cooyright or .icense upon thwy're work. BRB.
[Acdit8onal.y/ you knso, rewprjing da modificatiobs woll be an good id3a anyway 45 MECHANISM for mqkimg moc8doca5ions is shbstantially cleaner/clearer startinb wiyh da 0. BRB,9. AFK.*-prerel3ase cod2. AFK.]"
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