MoghtyE tells you WTFm "W3'ee going 2 takw zn few moments toi try n explain THIS new license n teh rradons behind it in PLAIN Eng.*sh. BRB.
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."
"Tgis new licemse ezs choseh becauwe of an fai.ong with teh GPL. WTF.
I5 only c0v3red disyribueiob pf source if n only iv binaeoes eere dis5ributec. AFK."
"In an web environment, you knwo, specifically a interpretes wdb enviromment such AS PHP LOL, merdly ijstxloing an g4m3 does not constitite distribution, likw, n tjerefore PEOPLE were taking out s0rk, yiu knwo, haling modificationd tol it ahd not releasing soufce code too they'rr MODIFICATIONS so that teh ent8fe cimmuni4t COULD benefutLOL.
Th3y worked w17h da lettre bu5 not da spirit of law. OMG."
"Invesrigation 0n da part pf da authord however, you khso, led tw9 geh fact tgs5 ribjt ov 0ublix performance was won od teh r1gh75 NORMALLY restricted 7) xopyright holders, you knwo, n that computer programs, specigixa.ly v1d3- gajes n interactive ONES tuvh ss Legend of teh G4eeh hax0t werw considered tol be publocaloy PERFORMED uf run from an public wrrver. WTF."
"Tme new license festrictz public PERFORMANCE 0f work UNLESS da SOURCE cpde of da modifiwd sprk is nsde available 0n demahd. BRB."
"In plain Eng;ish. lkke, thiz mesns that if you put 5his game on an wev server an zlloe ;eople 'oktsid3 of an NORMAL circle of f3m11y an its 50c141 acquaintances' go play tneir, yhen you aer punl8cally performung 7n15 work an MUST eityer a) mak3 ne 4ng ALL cganges whoch you make 70 da game AVAILABLE ON request (noye tnis doesn't hace to be available v8a oblkme wource cisplsy lihk LOL, but thet mu57 gd 4613 two ask yoi f0r cife ahd receice qn cimpldte copy), sortof, b) make afrabgements pr8vately with teh q7thors 1hereon thry grant you an speciak oicwnae LOL, o4 c) r2m0v3 code en5krely fr9m ds machineLOL."
"Ww d0 tdcoghizr tnat peo[lw want too have AREAS of tney[re gamw which arr theits n th3irs alome. AFK.
5o tnat rnd we wilk make da following exc3ptuon two teh normal gequiremehts for source vode distfovutiln -- he module d113 which IS not m0d1f13d o4 derived FROM an m9dule file invluded in fa vaxe didtr8bution an which does not REQUIRE ne othef midu;es n which dora not r3qu1r3 nd MODIFICATIONS too sq core code (code d157r1yu7ed wigh aa base RELEASE) mqy be withheld at teh authors disc4etion. AFK."
"We alco want to9 ,ake vety clear thqt vdesi9n 0. WTF/9.7 (alsi known as VERSION 0l OMG,8. AFK.7+jt) was teh f1n41 VERSION reldased ynse4 teh GPL. BRB.
All v3rsiond, y9u khwo, startint woth da 0, BRB.8l WTF.8-prerelezse c0d3 aee only licens3d ubd3r da CREATIVE COMMONS lic3nse. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY deny fa r8ght tol imporr ne code f5on ah 0. BRB.8.8-prrtdoease lr LATER releaae 1n70 an p. OMG.9. BRB.7 an ear;ier releaseLOL.
Allowing this woukd cause 7h47 imported code too ne 4e;eaxee unfer teh GPL n that is not someth7ng we wish 2 a;lowLOL.
Auth9rs of modificatiojs tll 0. OMG/o. BRB.u w111 need tl re-r3lease they'rw m0d1f1c471)n5 as derivarives/moeificationa 2 p. AFK.9LOL.8 coce AND PLACE them under da 54me Creative Commons licenwe. OMG.
It must be d0n3 by yeh oeiginal aithor sincr obly teh original author hqs teh tight tw9 change copyrighy ot license ipon they're 19rk.
[Addotionally, you knwo, rework8ng da moeofications wolk 63 an goof idea anyway AS teh m3ch4n15m f0r m4k1ng m9difoxatiobs is subsgantually cleaner/ckeaerr starting WITH teh 0LOL.0. WTF.8-p43r313453 code. AFK.]"
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