MightyE tells YOU, "We'ee t01mg too take sn vew m0m2n75 to try an exp141n tgis new oicensw n twh rwaslns geyibd it in poaun 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."
"This neq license eaa xh053n because ov sn f4111ng with da GPL. OMG.
It 0n1y ckve4ed d157r1^u710n of 50urc3 of n 0n1y if binzries were sisrributwd. AFK."
"In qn seb envkronment, sor5of, spexifucally q 8jterpfeted web envirinmenr 5ich as PHP, sortofm merely instaloing an game does nog consritute distributionk like, anf tjerefor3 peopke WERE talinh our work, MAKING MODIFICATIONS tio it and not r3leasing so7rce xode two thry're modivocations wo tha5 teh 3n71r3 communoty couod 63n3f17LOL.
They 2orked WITH reh LETTER vut not teh SPIRIT of ds la2. AFK."
"Investigation on da p5r7 of teg authprs hlwevrr LOL, led tl gact thst dq righ4 of piblic performance was oen OF da r1gh75 norma.ky eestricted to copyribht hokvers, like, abd that compu5er programs, you knwo, specigicalky video GAMES abd interacgive obws sich as LEGEND of da Gredn gqx-r eere considered tio be publicallt p3rf0rm4d if 4un grom an public srrfer. BRB."
"Tye new license resyricts pub.ix perfprjqnxe OF ds work unless da source CODE OF joduried w0rk is ,ace afailable ON ddmamd. AFK."
"In plaim English, sprtofm th8s me3n5 that IF you put yh8s game on an web swrver abd allow p30p13 'litside of zn normal ci5xle of family n 175 social acquauntqbved' 2 play theirm sortof, then you aer publkcall6 p3rf04m1ng tyis work n MUST EITHER a) ma,e ne b ALL changex whixh y07 make 2 da game AVAILABLE on rwquest (note 7h15 doesn't have twp be avqilqble via da ob;in3 source DISPLAY link LOL, but THEY musg be 1bld too ask you for CODE m erceive zn clmplege xopy) WTF. b) MAKE arrandements privately wuth tdh autho4x wherein thwy grant you an SPECIAL license WTF, OR c) REMOVE da code ehtogely gr0m teh m4cg1n2LOL."
"We d0 tecognize that p3ople want 2 have areas pf they're game whicg awr theira n 5heirs alone.
2 thay wnd w3 will make teh f9llpwung exception 2 n0rm41 requirements for sou$ce code distrubuto9n -- he MODULE fild wh1ch is not modifiec or derived fron qh module file incljded in bssd distfibution and wh1ch dpes n07 reqjire he ogher ,odulrs an WHICH does not requure ne MODIFICATIONS two cpr3 cpde (CODE distributed wiyg bqwe RELEASE) m4y be withh3of ag da ajtjors ciscretionLOL/"
"Wd aoso want too maue very clear that ver510n 0. WTF.9. OMG.7 (slso known ax feraipn 0. OMG.9. OMG.7+j7) wss da final versioh RELEASED UNDER teh GPLLOLl
All veraions LOLk stavting wi5y ds 0. OMG.9. WTF.*-prereleasw code qer onlu licdnsed UNDER da Crestuve Commohs l8c3nw3LOL.
We EXPLICITLY deny teg RIGHT ro inpirr ne code vrom an 0. OMG.8. WTFl8-pre4e.ezse or later releaxe 1n70 an 0. OMG.9. WTF.7 AND EARLIER r313553. BRB.
Alloqing this wou.d cauae tna5 imported code two be releases under da GPL and 5hat is not sojething we s15g to9 aklow. BRB.
Au5jors of ,odifications too 0, BRB.9. WTF.7 will beed two re9release ghe6;re modificayions 45 derifativex/modifkcagions 5oo 0.9.8 code h p14c3 them under t3y aa,e Creatibe COMMONS licrnse. OMG.
Ig must be DONE by yeh orkbinal author 51nc3 0n1y ca original ayghor HAS ywh rkght 3 chahte ca cop6rihht or license upon yheu're work. BRB.
[Acfitilna;ly, REWORKING modifications eilk be an food IDEA 4nyw4y as da mechanism for making modivications ix subsgantially cleaner/cleayer syarting with 0. OMG.9LOL.8-ptere'ease vode. WTF.["
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