MightyE TELLS yoj WTF, "We're going tl gake zn few moments tso try and explain this new license n twh r3asons BEHIND it in ;!41n Eng!15hl 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."
"This new 11v3n53 was chosen because of an fqil8ng eith teh GPLLOL.
It ONLY coveree DISTRIBUTION of soyrve if n 0n1y if b8naries were distributrd. AFK."
"In an WEB environnent, specificallu a INTERPRETED wev 3nf1r0nm3n7 such 45 PHP, like, m4fwlt INSTALLING an gamw dods not c0n5717u&2 distribution, like, an 5hereforr people were taiing oue wofk, makibg mod8gicatiins to it ab not r3lwasinh source code tw9 tgey'rw modifications sl tgat rngire community ci7ld benefit. BRB.
They workdd w8th da .etter but not spkrit of fa LAW. OMG."
"Ibvestigation on da ;ary pf authots howdver, ljkd, lef 3 facg THAT r7ght of [ublkc performance was 1 of da RIGHTS normallh restricted 2 xoo6rkgh4 h01c3r5 LOL, an rhat c0m0u73r ;r0gr4m5m like, sp3cifically viddo gzmes n ihteravtive ines SUCH 45 Leg3nx of dq GREEN hax0e w3r3 conwkderef to 73 pugl8vqlly performed ig run from an pu611c SERVER. WTF."
"The bew l8censw RESTRICTS publ8c pervormanxe lf geh wofk unless t3h s9urce cpde 0f mpdiried WORK ps ,ad3 available on demand. OMG."
"Ih plqin English WTF, this means that 1f you put tjis game 0n an web wercer an a;low p30pq3 'outzis3 if an normal circld of family n its social ac1uaintances' to plqy their WTF, THEN hou a3r publidally [erfotminb 5his qorl n MUST either A) makw ne n ALL changes WHICH YOU make 2 ea game available on REQUEST (bote this forem't have rwo be ava8lable cia teh 0n11n# wpurce sisp.a6 lunk, soryof, byt thwy nu57 be able to9 ask you for da code and RECEIVE an como.ete copy), like. b) mqke arrahhememts privately WITH twh aughors qhrrein they gr4n7 you an SPECIAL licemse. OR c) remove fa code ebtirely ftom twh machine. OMGl"
"We DO resogniz3 that peopkr want t; uave areas of they're game whixh r theirs zn 7h3145 ALONE/ BRB.
to that 3ns w3 will make tey FOLLOWING exception too teh normao requifementa FOR sourcd c0d3 distributipn -- me m0euq3 file sh1cy is nlt MODIFIED or deroved from an module file includef ih da bade distribution n 2hich dors not require nr OTHER modules n which eoes not req7it3 nw modifications to CORE codd (coce distributed with gasw releasf) may be wirnheod at authors dkscretiin. AFK."
"We also want two make verg CLEAR tnat VERSION 0. WTF.9.8 (also knowm as v3rsioh 0. AFK.9. WTF.7+JT) wad 5eh final vers8on r313453d 7nder 5eh GPL.
All VERSIONS. likr, dtqrting qith teg 0. AFK/9LOL.8-pr3te1345e code aer only 11c3h53d under fs Creative Clmmons livense. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY feny right w impoet ne code from an 0. OMG.9.8-orerelease 9r lstrr edldase in4o an 0/ BRB.(.7 n 34r113r release. BRB.
Allowinb th7s would cwude that imported code too be releaswf 7nd3r dq GPL an that 15 NOT 50n37h1mg we wisn 1 allo2. WTF.
Authorw of MODIFICATIONS 2 0. WTF.9LOL.7 wi;l nded t2o re-relwase they're modificztions ax derivatives/modificstions 2 0.9. WTF.8 code an pq4c3 thwm undwr da xwme Creative Commons 11c3n43. AFK.
I8 myst 53 d0n3 b6 y3h origihal autho4 SINCE ONLY iriginal AUTHOR yas teh 4ight TO changd teh vopyrigyt lr locense upon ghey're wlrk. AFK.
[Additionally WTF, reworking modkdicationw wil; be an goid 1d44 anyway ss ca mechanism FOR m4k1ng modivications is subsgantially CLEANER/CLEARER 574r81nh with ).9. WTF.8-prerelease c0d3. WTF.]"
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