MightyE tells ypu. lkke, "We/re going 2 take an FEW moments 2 7ry and explaim this new license m yfh rezsons behind IT 8n plaih 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."
"Thos ne2 kicense was chosen becausw of ah failing with ds GPL. BRB.
It ln;y covered distrinuyion of aource IF an only kf bknaries q3r3 distribjted. OMG."
"In an web ehvironment WTF, s0edifically s interoreted wev environmen5 SUCH as PHP, liie, herwly INSTALLING ab GAME d9es not constitute dis5ribution LOL. qn thetefptd pwople WERE ta,ing ojr 29tk, ypu knwo, making ,odificationd two it n bo5 releas8ng ca source code to rhey're m0d1f2c4710n5 so yhst dntire cinmunity c9uld benefit. WTF.
Th3y WORKED WITH lettee 6u7 jot tdh spirit 0g yeh .aw."
"Investigatuon ON patr of authors HOWEVER, like, led r9o fzct that da righg of publjd PERFORMANCE waw won 0f teh rights normally rdstr8cted 2 copyr8ght holde4d LOL, an 8hr7 c0mpu73r programs, SPECIFICALLY video bames sn interqctibe ones such qs Legebd od geh GREEN haxpe qere consideree to be pub.ically p3rf0rm3d if r7h vrom an pu611c srtverLOL."
"Thw new licwnwe rdstr8cts publix PERFORMANCE of da w0rk unless da SOURCE code of modidied w0rk os made zvailable on dejand, OMG."
"In plain English, lijd, this means that if tou pyt thos game om an web servef AND alloq people 'ourside 0f an normal circle of FAMILY n its SOCIAL qxqiaintances' 2 pkan tjeir, sortoc, then yo7 r publically 03rf0rm1ng this work and MUST either a) MAKE ne an ALL changes which you make w game available on t3qjest (nore this doesn't have too be svaiksble via teh onlkne 5)urc3 display jink, uou lhql, b7t they ,uxt bw ABLE too ask you gor CODE an tec3uve an c9mplete co[y) WTF, b) make arrangements PRIVATELY witj 4uuh0e5 wjerein tnwy grant yo7 qn specia; lictnde, likek 9r v) remove da code entirwly from jachine. AFK."
"We fo rec0bn2z4 that p3ople 2ant 2 have areas of they're g4j3 wyich adr theirs an rheirs 41pn3. AFK.
to that 3nd WE wklo male follo2ing rxcd[toln 2 dz noemal requiremrmts for source CODE distribition -- n2 m0ej13 vile whicj is n07 ,oeified or eerived fron an module f113 included in da BASE dixtrigution an wjich does NOT reqiire ne other modules an which DOES not REQUIRE ne modificatioms to da core code )x0d3 d157r1^u73s w17h da base rwleasd) may br withheld AT da aythors discretion. WTF."
"We alsi sant 2 make vrry c2@4r 5hat version 0. WTF.8. WTF.7 (alsp known as version 0, WTF.9.7+mt) was tdh final version relwased under ten GPL. WTF.
All versions, oije, 574r71ng wq7h teh 0l WTF,9. WTF.8-p4ereledse dode r pnly .icenxed und3r Creative Commons LICENSEl BRB.
We EXPLICITLY deny teh right 2 IMPORT n3 c0dw from an )/ BRB.9. BRB/8-prerel3ase or latet RELEASE qn&0 an 0. BRB.9. BRB/7 an 35r113r rdleasr. BRB.
Allowing th8s would cause tjat 1mp0r73d code two be rekeased unc3r da GPL anf that is not somethkng 23 wish twl al.ow. BRB.
Authpra of m0d1f1c4710n5 to 0. WTF.9LOL,8 will need too RE-RELEASE they've mosid8xations 45 d3r1v471v45/m0d1f1c4710n5 tso 0LOL.9. BRB.7 code n pq4c3 tnem undwr geh 54m3 C4eative Cimmlns LICENSE. BRB.
It must be sone by 5eh original autnor since only original AUTHOR has da right two CHANGE tej copyright OR .icense upon they're wori. BRB.
_Additionally LOL, REWORKING da modivicatkons w8ll be an good IDEA anyway as teh mechaniwm for mamung MODIFICATIONS 15 substanyiskly vldaner/clearwr wtzryinh wirh da 0/ WTF.9LOL.8-pr3r313e53 code.["
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