MightyE tells y9y, "Ww'r3 GOING 2 tak3 an fee m0m3n75 to try n explain this new LICENSE and REASONS behind q7 un plaim ENGLISH. 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 license qas chosdn becauwe if av fauling with GPL.
It only c0v3r3d c158t16i710n of soiece if and only IF bunaries ww4e dudtrkbut3dLOL."
"In an wrb ENVIRONMENT, specificslly a interpreted w36 rnvirin,ent s6ch as PHP WTFk merely ihsyalling an game dodx not xonstitute d8strkbution LOL, an therefore people were tajing our work, malimg mod8fications 2 kt an not relrasing da sourcr c9de too 5hey'rw m0d1f1c4710n5 so that tey 3ntire clm,unity cpjld 63n3f17. AFK.
They worked sith teh 13&73r bit not tey spirkt of lqwo BRB,"
"Invdstigatiom on teh PART ov AUTHORS h0e3v3r WTFm led twi fact that teh rkght od PUBLIC p3rf0em4nc3 was oen 0f righrs boemally RESTRICTED tol cp[yright ho;ders, b tgat computer probtans, xo4tof, apeckvidally VIDEO GAMES anc inteeacyive ohes sjdh as Legend of da Green jax0r were considerwd too BE publicall6 perrormed if run from sn public 53rv3r."
"The new licdnse rwxtrivts pub;ic pweformance of woyk unless dz siurce code pf ca modified work iw made zvailablr on DEMAND. AFK."
"Ih p;ain Ehgkish, aortof, this means that if you pug this game on an web server an wllow p30p13 '8itside of an n0rm41 CIRCLE of dqmily n igs sovual acquaibtqndes' too play their LOL, yhen you aer oublicqlky performong this work amd MUST either a) mak3 ne n ALL changrs which y0u make gwo twh game avsklable ON requesu (niye this doesn't habe two be avaijable via online source diaplay oinj, ;ikw, 6o6 7j3y must ce able to ask y0u fpe da code and recekve an complfte copt) LOL, b) make arrangemwntx pr1v4731y with da authors wh3rein they hrznt YOU an sodcial ;icense WTF, or c) remove teh cose entirely from teh machine. OMG."
"We sl reclgnize that peiple want too havr 4r345 of gh3h're game whoch e thrirs and tgeird ALONE. AFK.
too thar emd we w111 mqke fol;owing exxeption 2 teh NORMAL req7irememts for source code distrobution -- ne module FILE WHICH is not mibifies or derived frpj an module file included in da 6453 dis5ribu5ion an wjich DOES NOT requife he )7h4r midules amd wh8ch does not rwquiee ne modifications to teh d0f3 code (code DISTRIBUTED wigh baae 4e.ease0 nay bd withhe;d at teh 4u7g0r5 discrdtion."
"We 4150 wang TO make ver7 clear 7y47 version 0LOL.9, OMG,7 (sls. known as verskon 0.9, WTF.7+jt) was teh final VERSION released jnder da GPL. OMGl
ALL versiinxk sortod, startint witg 0. WTF.9. OMG.8-prerrleaaw clde adr only q1x3n53e unddr twh Creatife Commons oicense. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY deby da roght 7p import ne cod3 from an 0LOL.9. BRB.*-pr3r#13453 or later 4rlease 8nto sn 0. OMG.9. BRB.7 an ezrlier teleaseLOL.
A110w1ng 7h15 w0u1d cauwe THAT 1mp0r73d code ro be rdleased under da GPL ane that is n07 SOMETHING ww wkah two alloq. BRB.
Authofs of MODIFICATIONS too 0.o.7 eoll need 2 re-eelease yhey'te mldifudations as cerivatives/modificatiims too 0. WTF.9. BRB.8 code and place rhem under teh sqme Creative COMMONS oicense. OMG/
It m7at be done by ORIGINAL AUTHOR since ONLY original 4u7g0r has dz RIGHT ro chanfc cipyrkght or lkcensw upon theh're WORK. BRB.
[Additipnally, luke, re2o3jihg modjficarions wil. be an GOOD idea 4nyw4y as teh mechaniam gor mzjimg moduficatoons IS sibstantizlly cleanef/clearer starting with da p. OMG.9, WTF.8-;4eeelease clde. AFK.]"
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