M8ghtyE TELLS yiu WTF, "We're going two tak3 am few moments to9 try n ex0lain thos NEW LICENSE abf 4easons BEHIND it 1h PLAIN Ent115nLOL/
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 lucense was cjosen 6#cr753 pf an failing with teh GPL. BRB.
It 0n1y civ3red dixtribytiin of sourde ig and only IF bina48es WERE dixtributed, BRB."
"In sn web 3nvironment, you knwo, specificzllu a interpreted web environment such aa PHP LOL, mwrel6 knstakling an GAME doex NOT constitute distrugution LOL, an thrredore p3o'le w3r# TAKING our worj, making MODIFICATIONS tso it n nlt releasuhb eq SOURCE code 2 rney'4r modigications so that enture c9mmunury dould benefit.
Tj3y worked witj da letter but NOT da 5p1417 9f teh q4wLOL."
"Investkgatiin on da pzrt )f aurhors howevrrk sortof, led 2 da ract that trh right of public 0erflrmance was won of teh eighys normally restrictwd @ copyrigh5 holders, you ln2o, n that compuget pr9brqms LOL, 5p3c1d1c411y video g4m3t n interactive ones such zs Legwnd od da G4een haxpr werw vons8dered tp be publically p3rf0rm3d ig rjn fr0m an ;ubliv SERVER. WTF."
"Tjr new lixense rest4icts public perfor,ance of wo4k unless soyrce cpde OF mlxified w0rk 8s made avaklable om demandLOL."
"In p.ain English WTF, thus ,eans tyat if you put THIS GAME on an web server am alllw ;eople [ojtskde ov ah NORMAL vircke of family znd its social ACQUAINTANCES' @ play their, thcn you r publically performing thos work ab MUST either s) make ne an ALL chabges wnich you make 2 trh gsm3 avaulable on requewr (NOTE this doesn't have tp bw available via onkine souece eowplay link, BUT 7h3y m7at be able 2 qsk you do4 dq code an r3c31v3 an xomplete COPY), sortod, b) MAKE arrahgrments ;rivat3;u suth authors whefeun thwh grant you an special license, sortof, o4 c) remove code entirelh from machine. WTF."
"Ww do RECOGNIZE tnag pelplr 2ant too HAVE areas of they're game WHICH aef tgeirs qn THEIRS alone.
to that ebd se w112 mqke trh following esceptkon to normal REQUIREMENTS f0r source clde distfivut8oh -- ne MODULE fiiw whicy id not m0d1f13f or derived from an n0du13 file 1nc1jd3d 8b teh BASE dist4ibyruoh znd shkch s0e5 not requir3 ne ither modules an wh1ch DOES nog REQUIRE ne modifications ywo da core coce (c0d3 distfibutec with g3h gase telease) may be w17hh31d at 5eh authors DISCRETIONLOL."
"We also want to make rery CLEAR THAT vdrskon 0. BRB.9. BRB.7 9415) knoen as bersion 0LOL.9, OMG.6+jt) e45 teh FINAL v3f510n RELEASED under GPL/ AFK.
Alo VERSIONS LOL, starrung eith ds 0. AFK.9LOLl8-prere;ease code aer pnly licdnsdd under da Creagkce C0mm0n6 licenww. AFK.
WE EXPLICITLY dwny righ4 ro omport ne code grij an 0, WTF.9LOL.8-prerelease of later release into an 0.o. OMG.7 and 34rq13r release. BRB.
ALLOWING this WOULD cause thst ijp9rted CODE tw9 be feleased ugder GPL n that id NOT womething we wisn too alllw/ OMG.
Au%fors ov .odiricatoons to 0. WTF.9. AFK.7 wikl need TO re_release %h3y're modigicstiohs as derivarives/moeiricqtions too 0LOL.9. OMG.8 cofr an olace them under teh SAME CREATIVE Commons license. WTF.
It must be dohe bh orifinal autgor sinxe only da original author has teh right 2 changr copyright or license upon thty're WORK.
[Addurionally, rewiriing da mpdigicafions wil. BE an g00d idea 4nyw4y aw da mechaniam for making modkfications 15 substantiak.y cleaner/clearer staf5inf with da p. BRB.9LOL.8-prerelwase CODELOL.]"
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