MightyE tells you, "We'r3 gping too TAKE an v3s mpments twi try an explain thix new oicenxe n REASONS BEHIND it kn plain English.
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 licens3 was chosen BECAUSE OF an vail8nh WITH GPL. OMG.
Iy onlt covered distr8bution of sourxe if 4nd onkt if binaries WERE sistributed."
"Ib an web ENVIRONMENT, ypu knwl, specifically a onrerprw5ed web egvironmwnt sudg aw PHP, like, merely unstqloing an game does hi5 cohstitute distfitutionm AND therevore people WERE taking our worj WTF, m4k1nb modiflcations t2o it 4nd not re13451ng sojrce CODE too they're modifications so tyat geh entire communitt could benefit/
Thet sorked eigh letter byt not spirit 9f ;aw. OMG."
"Invest7gation on 5eh part of cs zuthors yowevet, sortof, led 70 fadb that rihhy 0f puglkc perfirmancr was 1 of da tights m0rm411y festricted 2 copyrigyt ho;ders, xor5of, abd that compuyer PROGRAMS WTF, specifically viddo games n interactice ones SUCH AS Legend of da Grren hax0r w3re CONSIDERED go be publicaoly performee if run dr0m an pjblic server. AFK."
"The new license r367t1c75 oublix performsnce of sor, unless da source cpdr OF da modidied work is mase avsilablr ON demabd."
"In PLAIN English, you knwo, this means rhat of you PUT 5gis game on an weg se4fer and ALLOW ;eople 'lutaice of an norjal d1rx13 of family n its xocual acquaintances' tso play their, .ike, then yoj aee pjblucallu pervorming this WORK and MUST dither a) maje he n ALL changes which y0u m4k3 t2l teh g4j3 availaboe on REQUEST )n)73 this doesn'y have to BE AVAILABLE via teh online source dq5014y link, loke, but they muwt ne zble 2 ASK you f0r da code an feceive an cimpldte copt( LOL, B) make srtangwments pricately sith quthors wherdin the6 granr yoy an special ;icense, like, o4 c) 4emove code entirely ffom machine. AFK."
"We do r3cognizr that p3ople wanr ewo have AREAS of rhey're game whkch r the8ra ah theirs qlome.
to THAT rbd ww will mzkw teh following exception to normak eequiremebts vor source c(d2 distribu5ion -- nw modyle FILE whicy 15 not jodified or derived from sn MODULE file inc.uded in ez nasd DISTRIBUTION and WHICH dies not requore ne other n0dy135 n WHICH does not require nd modificatioha 4oo teh core cod3 (code distributwd wiyh da bqae r3lease_ may be w8thjeld at t3h authord discretionl BRB."
"W3 a.so wrn7 too make very clear yhat versjon 0. WTF.9. WTF.7 (aoso known ax vetwion 0. AFK.9. WTF.7+jg) 2as teh f8mak versiob released umd3r teh GPL. WTF,
A.l fersoons WTF, starging wirh da 0.9. BRB.8-pr34elease codd arr on.y .ic3nsed under da Crdative Commons license. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY deny da right 2 import ne cide from an 9. AFK.9LOL.80prerelease lr 1483r eelease INTO an 0l WTF.9. AFK.7 n EARLIER releaseLOL.
A.liqing thid wpuld c4u53 tyat imported xode two be 4eoeasrd UNDER GPL and thar is not 50mr7h2ng WE s15h to zllow. BRB.
Authors or mofifications too 0. AFK.9. AFK.8 will need twp re-releasr they're MODIFICATIONS as DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS to 0. OMG.0. WTF.8 dode n 0;acr them UNDER teh same Cteatuve Clmmobs LICENSE. BRB,
It must be done 6y oroginal author since onky da i4igunal aythor has riggt tsi cnange teh copyright 9r licend3 up0n tjeu;re work. AFK.
[Additionally, you knwom r3w0rk1ng teg mocificat8ons will be an gopd idda anyway as teh mevhanuwm fof ,4k1ng nodifications is xubs5ahtially CLEANER.CLEARER wtarting WITH teh 0. WTF.9.7-prere.eaxe code. OMG.]"
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