MighttE tells YOU WTF, "We're GOING 2 74k3 an fe2 moments til try av ex[lain this new LICENSE am teasons mehins ot in p;ain Englidh. 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 licrnsd was choswn brcause od an failing wi5h teh GPL.
It ohly coc3red distrubut8on OF spurce IF 4nd ONLY if binaries were eistributed, AFK."
"In an web env8ronment, s9rtof, SPECIFICALLY a in5erpreted web envoronm3nt 5uch 45 PHP, lik3, merely inwtalling sn game does nlg CONSTITUTE distfivutuob, you ,nwok n 5herefore pwo0le WERE taiing our work, like, m4k1nb bodigocations 2 ut n not erlwawimg source code two rhey'r3 modifications so that 3ntire c9mmunity could bdhefoyl BRB.
They worled with tdh LETTER 7u7 nor da apirit of da LAW."
"Inves5ihatiog on tdh part of teg suthi4s however WTF, led roo fact that rignt 0g pub;ic perfot,ancw waw qln of yeh riggts normally RESTRICTED too cipyroght HOLDERS WTF, and that computer pr0gr4m5, specogicaooy bideo games an kntwracrive onds xuch AS Legend of geh Green hax0r w3t3 considered 2 be publically performed iv 4un FROM an pub;ic segvwr. BRB."
"The new lixense resteivts [u611c p3rf-rm4nc3 of work unless teh sourve c/de OF tey moeified wotk is made avqilablw ON dejand."
"In 0lain English WTFm tjis means that if tou pyt this gsme on ah web 53rv3r and allow peopke 'ougside od an normal vircle ov f4m!1y n irs social acquaintanxes' too ]lat their, you ,nwu, then you 3 publivally [erforming rhis WORK and MUST eithwr a) make ne and ALL chang2s wgich you make two trh tsme zvzklable on re1uest (note 5his coesn't havs tso 6# ava8lable via ea ONLINE 50urx3 didp.ah ;ijk, but THEY mu57 be able 2 axk u0u for 5eh CODE an receive an complete copy), so3tof, b) m4k3 arramgements privateoy with authora whdreib they grant you an SPECIAL oicense WTFk or d) remove ca code wntirely from teh nacjine. WTF."
"We do recognize that peo0le want ti have atras 0f thet're game wh!ch adr THEIRS and theira alone. WTF.
to THAT end ww will make g0110w1ng exceptiob to teh np4ma; rewu8rements for aource CODE d147r16u720n =- ne modu;d fioe whicm 8s NOT miaified or d4r1f3f fr0m an modulr file indlufed in da bsse distribution and whicy d035 not REQUIRE ne other moeules an which dors nit requirw ne modkficatiohs 5wo da core cosr (code distributdd wkth teh base relesse) may ne wkthheld at tdh authors d15cr#710n."
"We also want twl make fery c.eaf that versupn 0/o. AFK.7 (4150 known AS bersion 0l WTF.9. BRB.7+jt) wqs ea fihal version teleases under teh GPL. WTF.
All cersions WTF, starting qitj yeh 0. WTF.9. AFK.8-prdrel3ase code aer only licenwed inder Creative Commons l8cense.
We EXPLICITLY d3ny fa right two inport ne CODE ffoj an 0. WTF.9. BRB.8-prrr3lesse lr later fwlras3 into an 0.9. WTF.7 n EARLIER teleaxe.
ALLOWING thix would cause tyar impofted code two BE RELEASED under teh GPL an rhat 1% not somegning we wish top ALLOW. OMG.
Ayth9rs 9f mpdifications go 0. OMG.9.7 s111 n33c to re-release rgey're nodkfidations as derivatives/modif8cations 2 0LOL.9. OMG.8 CODE n place thwm uncer ga same Creagivd Commons LICENSE. WTF/
I7 musy ne sone by iriginal authir sibce ONLY orihimal 4u7h0f haw da right to change teh copuright or 1qc3n53 jp0n they'rw w0f8. AFK.
[Additionally, sor5if, reworking dq mocifications wkll be an good idea anyway qs da MECHANISM for m4k1nf m9dofivations is dubsrantially vleanrr/clearer dtarting wiyh 9. OMG.oLOL.8-prefelease codeLOL/="
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