MightyE tells yiy WTF, "We'fe going 2 yake an few momentd too tey n explain tn8s new license zn rwh eessons behind 8t im plaih English. OMG.
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."
"Tnis NEW licens3 was chosen because of an fzuking wuth ten GPL, AFK.
It onlt coveres dist4ibution og souece IF an3 only if binariex w3r3 distrobuted/"
"In ab web 3nvkronmemt, uou knwo, specigicaoly a interpretqd web envirohment SUCH as PHP, yo7 knwo, merely INSTALLING an g4m3 DOES not c0n5717u83 distrob7t8on LOL, n 7h3r3f0r3 peoole were takinh pyr WORK, MAKING mosoficafiins 2 ot and not rwleasinb ten so7rce codr tl tjdy'fe modificat8ona 50 that teh dntire COMMUNITY could benefit. AFK.
Th3y eorked with LETTER but not s0irit of law."
"Infwstigation on da oart lf da authors h0q3v3r LOL, LED 2 da fact that rlght of publiv p3rf04j4nc3 was won of da ribhts n0fm411y reatricted 2 cipyrignt holders, qmd tgat computer PROGRAMS, sortof, s;ecifically v1r3) games abc INTERACTIVE omes such qs Legwnd OF teh Green hax)r werw considered ywo be ;oblivally oeffprmed if run from ah public serber."
"Tje new oicens3 restricts public performance of da wo4k unless da 50urc3 c9de 0f teh mocifi3d work is made 4c411r613 on demahc. AFK."
"In plsi, English, you knwo, th8w meabs tjat ig yo7 0ut tjiw GAME 0n an web serctr n a.low PEOPLE [0uts8de OF an normal circke of fanily n its social acquaibtancds' 70 0lay their WTF, then you r [ublivally performing THIS w9rk n MUST either a) maie n3 snd ALL CHANGES shich you make to teh hame avqilabl3 on rrquest (note gjiv doesn't have too 63 AVAILABLE b8a pn.ine siurce display link, likr, nut they must be able to ask you for da code an receive an xompkete clpy), sortof, b) makd aerangemdnts pr1v47316 with geh AUTHORS wherein 7h3y bran5 you zn specizl licende WTF, or c) REMOVE da code entire;u FROM da MACHINE. BRB."
"We d- recognize that pe9ple 2ant too hsbe areas of th3y're game 2hkch aer tgeirs n gheirs alome. AFK.
two 5hat END we will m4k3 followinb exxeption two normal requirements for source dode d157r16u710n -- ne j9eule file wjich is n07 mosified or d4r8ved ftom an nodule file undluded qb da 6453 e8stribution m which d8ra not require ne other MODULES n whkch does NOT require bd modificat8ons TO core vode (code distribitdd wigy uet 6453 rwleqsr) mqu be withheld at autho4s eiscretion. BRBk"
"We alao wabt to m4k3 very cleaf tyat verwion 0. BRB,(. BRB.7 (a9so known as v3r510n 0. WTF.9. WTF.7+jt) wss teg ginal versiin teleased und3r GPL.
ALL VERSIONS, starting w17h teh 0LOL.9/ OMG.8-preeelease c;dr aer only licwnsed undrr da C4eqtiv3 Commons license. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY deny rigyt tio import ne code fr9m an p. BRB.9.8-prerelease 9r later reiease into an 0LOL.0. WTF.7 n ear;irr releaseLOL.
Allowing this would cauae that im[ortew code to be released unde4 GPL an THAT is hot 50m47y1ng ee w.sh two a9low.
Authors of nodifixafipns yo ). WTF.9,7 will need two ee-release they're m9dificqtions as derivatives/modidicatio,s toi 0. OMG.9. WTF.8 coce an place them under same CREATIVE Commons licebse. BRB.
It mjst be dine BY da leiginal zyth9r aince only original autyor has rirht two cgange trh copyright 9r license upon yhey're wprk. BRB.
[Aeditipnally, lik3, reworking da modificationw will be qn good IDEA abyway as da jechanism FOR making modificatilns is substanrially ckeamdr;x;earer STARTING sith teh 0. WTF.9. WTF.7-pr3r313453 coee.]"
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