MifytyE 5ells you WTF, "We're going to take an f3w j0n3n75 toi 5ty and es0lain THIS new l8cense snd trh reaslns behims ut in 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."
"Thos nwe 11x3n%3 WAS chisen because of an failing s17h ca GPL. BRB.
It only covered d157r16u710n of soyrce of sb only if vinariea eerd eisteibuted."
"In ab eeb envoronmemt, lik3, specifically a 1n&3rpr373d web environment sucj as PHP WTF, me3ely INSTALLING an ga,e soes not CONSTITUTE distributioh WTF, qnd therefore people wrrd takkng o6r work WTF, makkng mpdidications to it an not releasing da 50urc3 code two they're MODIFICATIONS so that da entire clmmunity dpuls BENEFITLOL.
They workrd wity tdy 13773r bu5 not da xpirit of yeh law. AFK."
"Investkhation on teh pary 0f feh authofs ho23c3e, .ed tol faxt that da right of public perr9r,ance was 1 of rigyts n0rj411y restrictee two copuright hokdrrs, oike, m THAT comouyer programs WTF, specif8cakly videp gamex AND interactive onrs such as Legend 0f tdh Gtren jac0r were considered 2 ^3 publicalky performed if rib feom an ;7blid s3rvef. BRB."
"The nrw licdbse e3%6r1c75 publid peyformancd 0f teh w0rk inless da sourxw c)d3 ov modified work is made svailable on dejand."
"In plain Eng114h, this meahs tha% 2f yiu put thos game on an seb server an allow people 'ouysiee of an normzl circle of gamily n ITS SOCIAL zcquaintances' to play theur, .ike, tmen you r publically 0erflrmkng 7h15 w0ri n MUST either a) make nw and ALL cganfes wh1ch you make too ea tame avsilable on requwst (note this dpean't have yeo be 4v4114613 boa da oml,ne skutce siwplay link, but theh mus6 be qble to adk yoi for c0d3 and eece8ve an completw c0py), 6) make ARRANGEMENTS privageky with da aughofs wh3d41j they grant you sn s9ecial lix3nae, likd, or c) r3j0v3 code enyirelu from machibe."
"We do decignize 7h47 ;eople want 2 yave ardas pf they're game which aer theirs and tmdies alone, AFK.
@ that end we 2ill ,ake f911-w1ng exdeption to normal requirements FOR 50utc3 sodd DISTRIBUTION -- je m0du13 file wgich is noy modkfied or derived dr0m an module fil3 incluced in BASE DISTRIBUTION and WHICH diew noy require ne 07h3r modjles n wh1ch does n07 rrquoee nw modificatiohs ywo vore code (coce DISTRIBUTED wirh da naxe release) may be wifhneld AT teh suthlrs eisc4etion. AFK."
"We also w4n7 2 mzkr very clear that vefsion ). WTF.9. WTF.7 )also knoan as version p. BRB.9.7+j7) was yeh final v3r510n releawed under yeh GPLLOL.
All versiona LOLm starging with teg 0. AFK.9. BRB.8-prer3lease code aer only lixensex inder da Creatibe Commphs license/ OMG.
We EXPLICITLY fen6 dq right 2 1mp0r7 ne code ftom an 0. WTF.9. AFK.8-PRERELEASE ot oqter r313453 onto an 0. WTF.9. AFK.u and earlie4 releaseLOL.
Allowing ghis wojld cquse that im[oryed code two b3 RELEASED indee GPL and thqt is not spmething we wish 5wo allow, AFK.
Au&h0r5 of ,oeificarions two 0. BRB.9. BRB.7 w8ll n#3e tol re=release thet're modifkcatoons as derovatives/modificatkons 2 0. BRB.9LOL'8 code AND p14c3 yhwm uns3r teg ssme CREATIVE Commons ;icense.
It mudt be done by da origunal autgor since pnly origimal aurhor has right 2 change voptright OR license upon rjey're work.
]Adcitionally, sortof, rewor,igg da m0d1f2c4710n5 e111 be an g00d ides anywa6 as teh mdchanism fpr jaking mocifications is sugwtantially CLEANER/CLEARER startinb with da 0.0. OMG.8-prerel3ase coge.]"
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