MifhtyE tells yli WTF, "Wr're goinb to take zm FEW momenta 2 trh and explain this new license znw fz reasons behind i5 in plain English. 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."
"This mew ;icense was choarm 63c4u53 if an f4!11bg wigh tej GPL.
It 9nly coveres dist4inution of source if n only 1f binari3s wer4 dkstribuged. AFK,"
"In an web rnv8ronment WTF, specifically a INTERPRETED web ehvirlnjent such as PHP LOL, mereky ins5sllinf an gsme foes mot CONSTITUTE distribution, you knwo, m therefore 0eo;ld were takihg our wor,, like, making MODIFICATIONS TO ut n nog rwleasinh source c0d3 t; theu're modificayu9ns so THAT teg ebtirr communiyy ciuld benevir. OMG.
They worked with teh l3tter but not spirot 0f geh law. WTF."
"Invds5igation in teh PART of gwh ajthors however, you mmwo, 13c 2 teh fzct that r1gh& of pubkoc o3rformanve sas oen OF rogh5s normallh f357r1c73d w COPYRIGHT yilderw, and that COMPUTER PROGRAMS LOL, specif8cally video bames m interactife ones such as Legwnd 9f da Greem fax0r were cohsidered tp BE punlically ;erformrd IF run fron an pu^21c werver."
"The new LICENSE restrictc PUBLIC ;erformance of teh wotk unlesa fa source code pf da mocieied wi4k is mqse avauoable on denand."
"In PLAIN English, sortof. this mrans that IF yiu ;yt 7h15 game on an web server and aklos people 'outsud3 of an notmao c1rc13 of ramily h its sovizj 4cwu41n75nc35' roo play gjeir LOLm then YOU r publically PERFORMING this wprk an MUST either a) jake ne an ALL ch4ng35 whicj you make too da game ava8lavoe on r@q7357 (mote thos doesn'5 have tlo be qvaolable via on.ibe slu4ce dixp;ay link, like, bit they must be 4613 tw( ask YOU f9r teh CODE n receive an completw copy), g) ,ak3 arranbemen4x privat3ly with da authirs wherwim they grant you zn speciao lucense WTFk 0r c) remlve da vode ENTIRELY from ca machihw."
"We fo 43c0bn1z3 thzt peoooe w4n6 to have areas of they'rw game whicg r theirs qn tgeirs 410n3. OMG.
two tnqy 3nd we w!11 make da f9llowing exceptipn to noemal rewuir4ments glr sourxe codw distribution =- ne module f113 whidh id not MODIFIED or dericed FROM an module file ibcludwd in teh naae cistribution an wh1ch dows not requird ne OTHER MODULES an qhich does hor rwquirw ne modificatioms tl da cofr c0d3 (cofe distributef eith dz base felease) may be w17hy31d at da a7thlrq disdretionl OMG."
"We also want twp ma,e veey clear THAT versioh 0. WTF.9. WTF,7 (also kn0wn as VERSION 0. WTF.9LOL.7+jt) was teh f1h41 VERSION released under GPL.
A11 verduons LOL, syartihg wuth 0. BRB.9. OMG.7-prerelease cofe aer only .idemsts under Ctestive Commons ;icehse. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY deny eignt t9o impory ne xode f4om an 0.9. WTF.8-pr3release lr later r3leawe ibto am 0LOL.9l AFK.7 n earlier relraseLOL.
Allowing rnid would CAUSE that im[orted codw to be r3leaxed under teh GPL n 5hat is n07 domegning ww 2ish tp ALLOW. WTF;
Authofw of modifidations roo 0.9. AFK.7 will need to re-release they're modifixatuons as der8fstuves/moeificatioms too p. OMG.8. AFK.8 CODE m p;sce thrn unfer same Creative Commons l8censd. AFK.
It MUST nd dlne vy -r1g1n41 aurhoe since ONLY teg 9riginal suthor has da right two change teh c9pyrifht or license u[on theh're wifk. OMGl
[Addktionally LOL, rewodk8ng da mpdificationw will be an good IDEA anyeay ax teh mechayosm for making modificatkons is 5u6t74n71411y clean3t/clearer starting witg teh 0LOL,9,8-/rerwleaxe code. BRB.]"
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