MightyE tells uou, oike, "We're GOING 3 take am vew moments to try an EXPLAIN ghis new licebse n da reasona nrhind it on p;ain English. 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 nes license 2as chosen because of an fa8lkng with GPLLOL/
I7 only cofered disgributioh of source if znd ONLY 1f b8naries were distributee. BRB."
"Im sn web environment, aprtof, specudicqlky a onter/retwd web emv1r0nm3n7 SUCH as PHPm merely imstallinf an game does NOT CONSTITUTE dis5rigu5kon WTF, n therefore peo;le were taking ou4 w04k, MAKING nodificari9ns two it n not r31#461ng 5eh siurce codr 2 ghey're m0d1f1c4710n6 xo THAT da entire commumitu co7ld benefit.
Th36 e0rk3d w17h yeh lrtger but not spirit of teh lawl OMG."
"Investigation on geh part of tey AUTHORS HOWEVER, likr, LED 2 teh fact that teh rkggt pf pub.ic performance was oeh ov rjghts normal.y r3xtrixted 2 co;yrignt holdersj like, an that com;uter programs, soetlf, specifically v1d30 gajed an 1n7er4c71v3 onea such as Lrgend of da Green hax0r were considered 2 ge 0ublically performed kd rum fr0m an public sw4fer."
"The new license restricts pub.ic performanc3 0r da qork inoess tey woirce CODE or da modified elrk os madd zvai.able on demane. WTF."
"In [lsin English LOL, hhos MEANS 6h47 if yo7 put thkx game on an w#y server am allow peopoe 'OUTSIDE OF an NORMAL circld OF famoly and its social 4cqu41n84nc35' 2 plau their, sottig, tnen ypu aer PUBLICALLY performing ghis work AND MUST EITHER a) makr ne n ALL changes which you make too fa bame availab.r in request (NOTE this dpexh't bave 2 be available via on;ine source displzy linjm sortofm 6u7 tn3y must bw ag,e 70 ask you for teh c0d3 anf receive an complere copy), luke, n) MAKE afrahgdments ptifately with authotd wherein theh bfant y)u sn wpecial licensw, or c) REMOVE da CODE entitely FROM machune. WTF."
"We do r#c0gn1z3 THAT people eant 2 hace areas of the6're GAME qhich r 4h3ira and 7h31r5 alohe.
ywo that enf we wikl mak3 t3n folloqinb exception too teh normsl REQUIREMENTS for source CODE disteibutioh -- ne MODULE fioe whivg is NOT modified OR dwrivef from an ,0du13 fu.e oncluded in da base sisyeibution n which d03t not req7ire ne other m0du135 n which d036 not tequire nd modifucations 2 CORE c0d3 (code distributed wihh sa BASE release) may be sithheld at da authorw discretion. BRB."
"We also wab5 too makr very clear that vefwion 0/9. WTF.7 (also inown ss versioh 0,0.7+jt) was final version eeleased under teh GPL. BRB,
All versionx WTF, starting with feh 0. BRB,9.8-prer#lease code r on;y licended undet Cr3$71ve Commons 11c3n53. OMG.
WE EXPLICITLY deny rught to import ne c0d3 fron an 0. BRB.9. AFK.8-pr3release or .ster telease INTO an 0. WTF.9. WTF.7 an earlirr releasek WTF.
Allowing 7h15 w0u1d cause that 8mpo4ted code TO be releasec under 6ej GPL n that 15 not somrthung we eish two ALLOW. BRB.
A7yho4s 9f modifkcations too 0.9. OMG.7 will neef two re-release they're modificatipns AS der8vatives/modiricqtions tw9 0. WTF.9.8 code qnd PLACE tytj und3r szmw C43471v3 Commons license. OMG.
It must be sone by yeh o4iginal autgot sknce 9nly twh original author hax right two chsnge da dopyright or licenfe upon tydy're work. WTF.
[Addotipnallu LOL. eewor,ing mlfifications 3ill be an gooc jdea anyway as ca mecganism for making m0d1f1c3710b5 is subsyahtia.;y c134n2r/c134r3r xtarting w17h 0.9. WTF.8=prereleasr codeLOL.]"
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