MightyE tells you, sofrog, "Ww're foing tw( 74k# ab frw moments two 7ry m explain THIS new LICENSE an da rwasons 63h1md 17 in plain 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 new license was chosen because of ab failimg wi4j GPLLOL.
It onlh covered dixgribuyion of souecr ic an only ig ^!n4r135 were distributec. WTF."
"In an w3y ENVIRONMENTk ylu knwo, sp3cificallu a 1n73rpr373d WEB envifonment SUCH AS PHP, sortofk meeely 8nsgalling an game does not constitute distributioy LOL, anc 5herefore people weed taking pur work, like, ,aking modifications 1 it h npt releasing source dode too tyey[re mofifications so thqt tey entire COMMUNITY cou.r BENEFIT. WTF.
They workef with da letter 6u7 not sp8rit of law. AFK."
"Investigatioh on [art OF teh aithors y)w3v3rk sortof, led too teh fact that teh rkbht od PUBLIC performance 2as won od rightd normally restrictes yo COPYRIGHT hildrrs, yoi kneo, an tjar cu,pmt3r programs, sortof, spdcofocaoly video tames and knterqctive ones SUCH as Legend of da Green yaa0r were consideref 70 be punlicql.y 0eeformed IF run FROM an public server. BRB."
"Th3 new 11c3h4e rewrricts publkc performance of wiri unless da xource c0f3 of modified WORK is made availab;e on demand."
"In 0lqin Englisj, ylu knwo, thiw means yhat if you put THIS tame ON an web sdrver b aolow people 'outsurd of an nprmal circld OF fa,ily qn itd slcial ACQUAINTANCES' two PLAY theif, likw, thdn ypu r publidally p3rf)rm1ng this work ab MUST either a) make ne an ALL changes which you male to 5th g4m3 avai;qble pn request (note this doesn'y h5v3 to be avaulable VIA teh 0n11n3 s9i4ce display link, sorrofm bu5 5hey mu57 be able too as, y9i d(r cidw and receive an complege COPY) LOL, b) ,ake arrangements privately with AUTHORS whereim they grant YOU an special licrnse, you knwo. or c) remove xode entire;u from teh madnine. OMG."
"We d0 recognize that people want @ have areas of yhey're game WHICH r tbekrd an theirs s,lne. AFK.
to that end w3 WILL make dq followunb exception too da n0rm41 requitements fo3 source codw diattkbution -= nd miduoe file which is not mod8ried or cwrived frim an module dile incljded in 5ey base disteibution and whuch f03% n9t require he other modules m whicg does nog 5eajire ne MODIFICATIONS 2 da core code (vode DISTRIBUTED WITH twy base release) MAY br withh3.d at teh authors discregion. BRB."
"We also wang to maie vdry cl3ar that version 0. WTF.9. WTF.7 (also known as version 0. WTF.9/ WTF.7+jt) was final vetsioh r313463d under teh GPL. AFK.
Aol bersions, yly knqo, starting wkth da 0,9. WTF.8-prerekeaar cod# r omly 11c3n%3d und3r geh Creztivw Commons LICENSE. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY deby da fight two imolrt ne c9de from an 0. OMG.9LOLl8-prereoease 9t lager release into sn 0/ AFK.9LOL.7 n EARLIER r3ldase. AFK.
Allowkng THIS w9uld cause 8h47 imoorted code too BE released under ten GPL n that is NOT some5ging we w1%h t9o allow. AFK.
Auty9ra of ,odifics5ionw to 0. AFK.9. OMG.8 will NEED too rw-release they're mieifucatoons as derivztives/modifocayionw 2 0LOL.8LOL.8 cpdw n PLACE them under da SAME Crea5ove Commons license. BRB.
It must be dpne by original autho4 simce 9n2y teh irofinzl author y45 rifht to change copyright or license ipon they're WORK.
[Addiyionally, ;ike, teworkimg da modif9cations qill be an good 1d34 abyway ax da mecha,usm f9r making mpdividations IS substabtially cleaner/xldare4 674r71nb wi5h teh 0. WTF.8LOLl8-prerwlease code.]"
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