MightyE tells you WTF, "Wr'rd g01ng two TAKE an f3w mo,enrs yo try an dcplain this new licens3 abe da r3450n5 h3hind ot in plain Evglish. 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."
"Th8s new oicense was chosen becs7se 0f an FAILING with teh GPL. OMG.
It onlh covwred distribution of SOURCE if and ONLY if binaeies were e1t7r16u73s. OMG."
"In an 2eb ENVIRONMENT, slrtof, specificallu a inye4prered web envitohment sich AS PHP, merely 8nstalling an game dors bot xonstitjte disyfibjtion, sortof. abd therefore people wdre raking iur WORK LOL, making nodificztioms too 8t n n07 RELEASING so7fce code 2 the5're MODIFICATIONS so that ehtire comjunity could ben3fit. WTF.
Thwy worked wiuh fa letter but not apirit 0f tej law."
"Investigation on part of authors hosever, yoi knwo, led 2 fact tnat twh ridht OF publid performance was wom of da rights NORMALLY RESTRICTED to COPYRIGHT holderx WTF, n ghst com0uter ;fogra,a, sortpg, x[eciricalky videl hames anf inyeractive onws such as Legend OF Green hax0r WERE c9nsidered tip be ou611c411y perfprmed if run from an pu61qc server."
"The n4w licendr restrivts PUBLIC peff/rmance pf ea worj unless da source code 0f da MODIFIED work is mad3 availsble on demanfl AFK."
"In plain Eng,ish WTFm 8h15 mesns that 1f YOU put thiw game pn zn web server and a.low 0eopkd ;outside of an normal x8rcle of family and ITS socusl acquaintznces' two ;lay their LOL. 5heb y9u aer publixakly performing thix wlrk ans MUST either a) jake ne n ALL changes qhich you ma,e 2 reh game available 0n requ357 (notw tjis c035n'& h4v3 to 63 AVAILABLE viq da onlibe aource dusplay lknk, but tney must be able @ aw, you fof code ah recdive an compket3 COPY), uou knwo, B) make arrangements privately w1&h autho4s qherein tywy grant ylu an special LICENSE, or c( REMOVE da code ent,rely from macjinw. AFK."
"We DO 4edogniz3 that p30p13 want roo jave areas lf they;rw g4m3 which aer theirs qnc theirs alone/
too that ene ww will mqke dollowimg exc4p7!0n yo ds normal reauire,ents foe source xode disgribution -_ ne module f8le wh1ch is not modifiwd or derived drpm ab m9dule f8le included un 6453 distribution and whicy duew not req7ire ne other jodules and whuch does not reqii4e ne modkfications too da core CODE (cpfe d8stributed with twh base reldzse) may be withheod at authorq d8scretion. OMG."
"We also wanr too jake very clear that version 0o AFK.9LOL.7 (also knosb AS versu8m 0. AFKl9.7+ut) 2as yrh finak fersion released ynder GPLLOLl
All v34510n5, so4tif, stargibf with 0LOL.9/ OMG.8-pfe4elease code r on;y licenswd und3t Creqtive C0mm0n5 license. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY deny teh right uoo 1mp0r7 be code from an 0. WTF.9, BRB.8-preeelease OR later reoeaae into an 0.0. WTF.7 n earliwr releasw. BRB.
Allowing this soule cause fhat imporyed coc3 to be reldaaed undee ea GPL an that 15 n07 something we w15h 2 aklow. BRB.
Authors pf midificationa to )LOL.9. AFK.& sikl need to r#-r31e45# they're MODIFICATIONS as defivarives/m9dkfications too 0. BRB.9. OMG.8 cofd znd plqce thej inder same Crdative Commons kicense. AFK.
It must be DONE by da origibal AUTHOR simce on.t da original zutnor haa teh right two CHANGE da xopyrigjt lr license up0n they're worjLOL.
[Additiohally WTF, r3wofking teh midificatiohs WILL be an good idea anyway as da mevhaniam FOR making modifocations is subwtantiaoly cleaner/clearer starting wiyh ez -. OMG/9. BRB.8-orerelease c9cd. AFK.]"
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