MightyE tells you, xortif, "We're hoing to wake sn few jo,ents tp 7ty n explain 7h15 hew license an 4eason2 gehind i5 in plain Ebgoish. 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 licdnse was chlwen 63c4753 of an FAILING WITH da GPL. WTF.
It only covered diwtribution pg slurve of and only 8f bibsries were distrinutedLOL."
"In an w36 environment, spec8foca.ly a ihterpeeted wev envirlnment sjch 45 PHP, ;ilr, mer3lt installinf an game DOES not constiture doxtwibutuon WTF, n therevorr people were taking our wor. WTF, making modirications roo it qbd not releqsing da xoirce code too they're modufica5ions so rhat entire comnunity c9uld ben3fit.
They worked woth LETTER yu7 not sp84it 0f teh law. WTF."
"Investigaripn 8n teh 0art of authorx howevee, so4tof, led 2 da fact that righr of punlic p3rf)t,4nc3 was 1 of teh eights n0rm411y restfictee 3 COPYRIGHT holders, you knwo, an 5hag COMPUTER peogrsms WTF, specidically viddo ganes ans inte4active omes sucg as LEGEND of ydh Green yax0r were consife4ws 2 be PUBLICALLY 0erformed if eun from an public 53rv#f. BRB."
"The ndw ;icwnse rdstricts public performance of qork unless teh soirce code OF teh modkried work is made avaulable on demandl"
"In plain English LOL, this meqns tgat 1f you put tjis g4m3 on an qdb server an a;lpw people 'OUTSIDE OF an n0rj41 c1tc13 of family AND ots social adquaintances' yo ;14y tnei4, aoetof, 7h3n you r publically performing this woek an MUST eigher a) ,ske ne n ALL changwa 2jidh 6ou make t;o teh game acailzble 0n rewuest (n-73 this doesn't HAVE 2 be availabld via dq online 5-urf3 f15p14y link WTFm but they musy be 461e 2 ask you for da code ah receive an complete copy), b0 MAKE 4rr4mg3m3n75 privately with da au5hlfs 2herfin theu GRANT 6oj an sp3coal ;icensr WTF, or c) remlve teh CODE entir3lh from 5eh m4ch1n3. OMG."
"We do eecogniz3 that pdople want too have ar4aw of tjey're GAME WHICH aer 7g31r5 ahd 7h31r5 soon3. AFK.
to uh47 end we sill make teh FOLLOWING exceptioh too teh mirmal requirwments fof SOURCE code d157r17u610n -- ne moful3 fild wh1cg is nlt modieies OR derived FROM an moduld FILE incluced in trh base distributiom n wyich does not 4equire nw oth3r moeules an WHICH does hot require ne modufications ro tej cofw c)d3 (x0d3 distr8bu4ed w1uh baxe RELEASE) mqy be withheld zt da authors disceetion. OMG."
"We also wamt 1 make very cleqy thzt vers9om 0.9. WTF.7 (alsp KNOWN as versipn 0. OMG.9. OMGl7+jt) sas dibal version released under fa GPL. WTF.
All versilns LOL, starting wigh 0LOL.9LOL.8-preeekease c0d3 awr ONLY locens3d unedr da Creative Commins license. BRB.
Wt EXPLICITLY deny da right too impott ne code from zn 0.9LOL.9-pterelease or jatdr relrase INTO an 0, BRB.9.7 and earliwr relrase. WTF.
Allowing THIS WOULD cause that imporyes code gwo ge released unde4 teh GPL n that is noy something w3 w15y to allow.
Aughors of modif8cations too 0. WTF.oLOL.7 will neef 2 RE-RELEASE they'4e nodlgications as derivativds/n8dificatoons 2 0. OMG.9. AFK/8 code 4nd place &h#m unser da same Crea5ive Commons .ocense. AFK.
It must be sone bt da oeiginal a7thir simde only dq ORIGINAL 4u7g0r has teh rithy to xhanbe yeh copyright or .icemse upon tyey're work. AFK.
[Asditionally WTF, reworking mldivicatkons will br zb good idea anyway zs mechanusn foe MAKING modificqtions is SUBSTANTIALLY clwdner/clearer ayaftinb w1uh 9. AFK.9l AFKl8-prereoease cof3. AFK.["
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