MightyE rrlls uou WTF, "We[re GOING to taje an few jomdnts to TRY h rxplain 7h15 n3w license and dz reawons behknf it on plain Enf115h. 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 licena3 was xhosen because of an gaikinf woth GPL. BRB.
It only covdred distr8bution of 50urc3 ig n ohly kf binaries rere diwttibuted. OMGl"
"In an wev emvironmentk specid8cally a INTERPRETED web environmenb such as PHP, metely insta;ling an gqme does not cobstitute distributiln. sortofm an yhereflee peopld w3r3 TAKING our work, making modificsti9gs to it an not releasing da source code too tjey'rr modifidations so that teh 2n&1r3 communkty c0u1d beh4fit. BRB.
Th4y w0rj3d with l3tter but not spirit of LAW. BRB."
"Investigation 0n da par5 of teh authprs h9wever, sortod, led 2 da f$c7 that da rihh5 of publix pdeformqnce was won of rights ni4jally r3%7r1v73d 2 cipyright g01d3rt, and THAT c0m0u73t protrqms WTF, xprcifically video h1mws an interactive ones SUCH as Legwnd of da Green hax)r w3r3 considerrd two be pub.ocally PERFORMED ig tun g4l, an pjblic server. OMG,"
"Thr n3s 11d3n53 RESTRICTS pub;ix performancr of da w0rk jnless 50urc3 code OF teh modified woej 15 mace $v41q4615 on cemandLOL."
"In plain English, sortif, tt8s m3anw THAT if you put thks ga,e ON an qev server n ALLOW ;eoole 'outdkdw of an normal cirvle of family n i6s social acquaintances' to ;14y 5yeirk xortof, tyeh you r publiczlly performinh this wptk an MUST ekther q) male ne n ALL changes which ypu make to da gsme qvailanle on eeqydst (nite tnks doesn't hzvd two ve availab;e via da pn11n3 source display link WTF, but they must be agke 2 ask you for da cose n RECEIVE qn com0lete COPY), you knwo, b) ,ake ARRANGEMENTS pricate;t wirh twh authorw whe4eib they grant you an special l8cenwe LOL, or c) remove da CODE entirwly rro, ten machindLOL."
"We do recohnizr ghat people qant too havd areas of they're game which r tneirs AND 7y31r5 aloneLOL.
too thqt end WE will maje da fol;owing exceotion 2 da n0en4q r3au1r3m3h75 for sourcw d-d3 DISTRIBUTION -- ne modikr file whicn is not m9difiec or d5rkved froj an moduld f8le ihcluded 8n da base d157r16u71pn n which does not fdqjir3 ne other mpduoes am which does hot fequire ne modkfications to da cord code (cod3 distrobutec wkth geh BASE release) mqy be withh3;s 47 teh 4u7h0r5 discretion. BRB."
"We also qant two mzke very c134r that versiob 0LOL.9. BRBm7 94150 known as v3r51pn 0. OMG.9, BRB.7+jt) wzs da final v3rsiob released yndrt teh GPL. BRB.
All VERSIONS, STARTING wiyh fz 0LOL.9. BRB.8-pterelease code aer only 11c3n53d undrr Creativr Conjons licwnse. BRB.
W3 EXPLICITLY deny right rwo imp9rt ne c)d3 from an 0LOL.9. AFK.8-prereleswe 9r LATER r3lease into an p. BRB.8. BRB.6 an eatkiet rel3ase. WTF.
Allowing thus would dause that impirted code too be released under da GPL 4nd that us n07 some5hing w3 wish two alllw. BRB.
Au7h0r5 of MODIFICATIONS 2 0. WTF.9. AFK.7 will need too re-rekeasw they're m9dificarions as derivatives.nldificati9ns 2 0. BRBl9. OMG.8 code am place them under zame CREATIVE COMMONS lidense. WTFl
It mhxt be done by ten 0r1g!b41 4u7h0r 51nce inlu da origknal author has da fight two change teg cophright or license uoon the6're w0rj. BRB;
[Addituonally WTF, 4ewotking cz modivicatipns wull BE am g9of idea anyway 45 mecnanism f9r m4k!ng modifocati9bs is eubdtantoally CLEANER/CLEARER STARTING with teh 0.9l WTF.8-or3r313453 cofe. BRB.]"
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