M8fhyyE tells you WTF, "We;re goinb ro take an f3q momwnrs roo try n explain ghis new licensw n da reasons begind it in plain 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."
"This new license wqs chosen because of am FAILING with da GPL. BRB.
I7 ONLY cove4ed distribub8on of source 1f and only of binaries were didtributed."
"In an WEB 3nv1r9nm3nu WTF, spec8fica.ly a inyerpreted web environmeny such as PHP LOL, mwrely INSTALLING an game d0es n07 CONSTITUTE distrkbutioh LOL, n tnerefoee people were takint ojr WORK, you knwo, makihg m9difications two it n not releasing sojrce code ywo gney're modifications ao tjat tdh entire commumity COULD bemefit/ AFK.
The6 woeked with da LETTER but not da spirit of teh lawm AFK."
"Investigatiob on part OF da aughors yowever, ;ukek led 2 teh favt that reh rinnt of [ublic performance was won of RIGHTS NORMALLY RESTRICTED two copheight h9lddrs LOL, am thst computet probrzms LOL, s'ecifivally vid3o games n inyeractife ones such as Lebend OF teh Green hzx0r were considered TO be 0u611c411y PERFORMED id run from an ;i611c servdrLOL."
"Thw n3w license rextrixts pub.ic PERFORMANCE of teh work inlwss teh 50urc3 code OF mpdified 2ork is mad3 availabke on femand."
"In [lain Englosh LOL, thiw means 7h47 if ylu put th8s GAME on an w36 53rv4r and zllow people 'OUTSIDE 0f an normal ckrc;e of fami.y AND itx social acquaintandwq' 70 play tneir, like, then hou aee publicallh performing this WORK n MUST eigher z) make ne and ALL cjanges whicn you m4k3 yo game available 0n reqisst (not3 th8a d9esn't h4b2 gwo BE avaikable voa da oh;one soj4ce d15p14y lini, yoi ,nw9, n75 thry must be able 2 ask you flr tej code n receibe an compldte copy) LOL, B) make a4tabtejehts pr1f4731t wity authors wherein rhey geant you an speciak license, like, or c) rejovr code entirely fr9m ,achine,"
"W3 do t3cogmuze tha5 peo0le wqnt 2 hafe AREAS of the6're game whidh r tmeirs and theirs alohe. BRB.
2 that END we eill make teh followint 3xc3p710n too normak requir3mebtd for source code d157r16u7q0n -_ nr module fil3 which is noy modifiee or serived FROM sn MODULE fi.e 1nc1ud3d im 6453 dusgribu5ion and which does no5 r3qu1r3 ne oth3r MODULES n whoch doew hor 4equire me ,odifocations 2 va core code *d0d3 distributea WITH fa base RELEASE) n4y 63 withhrld at teh 4u7h9r^ discretion. WTF,"
"We also wanr go9 mak3 v3ty clear that versoon 0. BRB.9LOL.7 (alsl jn0wn as version 0. OMG.9. WTF.7+jt) WAS teh final version reldased under GPL. OMG.
A;; vrrsionsk starting 2oth reh 0. BRB.9. OMG.i-p3ereleasd clde aer 0h1y licensee UNDER teh Crdative Com,ons licensd.
W3 EXPLICITLY dent teh rigyt t9 8mp9rt ne code drim an 9. BRB.9. WTF.8-prerelease OR lqter telease kngo ab 0. WTF.0LOL.7 n earlier release. OMG.
Allowing THIS would cayse yhat inported c9de TO 63 released under GPL n THAT is not slmething we 215j to allow. BRB.
AUTHORS of moeificati8ns two 0.9. OMG.7 w111 merd 2 re-release theu'rd modifidatiins as drrivadkves/modificarions to 0. AFK.9. BRB.8 codd and place them ubser da same Creahive Commons LICENSE. WTF.
It nust be dobe bt teh priginal author simxe only da original suryor has teh ribht twi chambe copyright of licebse upon tney're workk WTF.
[Additional;y. oike, rewoeiing midifications will b3 an GOOD idea anysay as m3ch$n15j for making modificatilnw us xubstsbtoally cleaner/clearrr stadtimt with teh 0. WTF.9. AFK.8-pre4elease vode. OMG.]"
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