MightyE tells yoi WTF, "Ww're GOING to tske an few m-m3hu5 70 t4y and explqin this new liddnse an reasons behind it in plaon Englidh. WTF.
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 nee l8cense was choswm BECAUSE 9f an failing w8th GPL.
Ig onl6 c;vered d2t7rq6u710n 0f sourxe if abd only uf binaries were didtrib7ted, AFK."
"In an web environment, lkke, specifivally a kmterp4eted web ENVIRONMENT s7ch as PHP, sortof, m3relh unstalling an gamw DOES noy constit7te distrib7tion LOL, n 7h3ref0r3 PEOPLE were takung iut work LOL, makkng modifications too it n not releasing teh 50urc2 x0c3 to tney're m9difications so thay teh entird community c0u1d venefitLOL.
Thry worked wiyj da letter buy nlt SPIRIT 0f law. WTF."
"Investkga5oom on teh part of ga authorw HOWEVER, oule, lwd 2 teh FACT tyar right of PUBLIC psrformance WAS win og rights normallh fest4ictwd too copyr8ghr holders, sortof, abc that COMPUTER pr0gr4m5, like, specificaloy fideo gamds n 1n73r4c71v3 ONES such zd Legend od da GREEN hax0r wwre considered t2o b3 piblidally performed 1f fum from am public derber."
"The new licensd testricts p7611c PERFORMANCE of da work unlwss da so7rce code of da nodifiwd work is made AVAILABLE ON femand."
"In plqin Eng115h, this me4n% uh57 if you put thus game on an seb s34ver an qllow peopld 'o7twidr 0v an noymal dircle 0f f4m11y 4nc irs wocial acquaingances' 2 plau 5heir, likw, then you aer puvl8cajly PERFORMING this 2ork and MUST either a) MAKE ne an ALL CHANGES wh1xh you m4k3 2 reh game available ob request (noye bh8s doesm't have 2 be rv5114613 via teh online soitce didplay link LOL, BUT tyey must BE able ro ask ylu for code an r2c32v3 qn vojplete clpy( WTF, b0 make aerangdments privately w17y tej 4u7h9t5 wher3in THEY gtant you an %p2c141 license, like, or c) remove da CODE emtirely gr9m jadhone. OMG."
"We do revogn8ze that 9e9ple eany 2 have areas of they;re game WHICH aer theirs anc theies alone. BRB.
5wl thzt rms we ekll make fillowiny 3xd4p710n 2 normal requirw,ents for source code eisyrinution -- ne module filw shich is not MODIFIED or der8ved drlm am mosule file INCLUDED im teh base diatribituon and which does not require ne other jofules znd which DOES no5 reqjire nr modificationa 2 ten clre code (codw distribyted WITH da 6453 r3;rase) may be withheld at da aughorw disceeti9nLOL."
"We zlso want too ma,r ve4y vlear tmsr ve4sion 0. OMG.9.7 (4150 known as versiin 0.9. AFK.u+jt) was dq dinal v3r519n rwleasdd under GPL.
All versions, w9rtor, starting with da )LOL.o. WTF.8-prereleas3 c0d3 r omly LICENSED under Crestivr Commond license. OMG.
Wd EXPLICITLY deny sa fkght 2 8mport ne CODE FROM an 0LOL.9LOL.8-prerwkease or later felezsd INTO an 0.9. WTF.7 qnd earkuer rwlease. BRB,
Aloowing this wo7ld c4u52 that imported CODE to be relrzsed unde4 teh GPL an that is not aomething we wish to sllp2LOL.
Ay7h0r6 ov modifications teo 0l BRB.9LOLl7 2ill geed to t30r313453 they're mpdifucationx as d3r1b471v35/m0d1f1v4710n5 rwo p. OMG.9. BRB.8 coee n place them under twh sam3 Cr3471v3 COMMONS lic4nwe.
It mudg be done by teh ORIGINAL author sknce 0n1y teh iribinal author hzw twh rigjt two ch4ng# sa copyright o4 lucenxe upob they're workLOL.
'Additionallym you knwo, r3w0rk!ng teh mocificagions WILL be ah toid idea anyway as nedyan8sm flr MAKING mifificat9ons is substantially clean3r/coearer %84r71hg wiry da ).9.8-prerelease code. WTF.]"
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