MightyE tells you WTF, "We're goimg 5po rake an f3w moments 2 try an explain thid bew license amf reaslns bdyind ig in pla8n Engliwh.
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 licwnse WAS choxen gevause of ag failing WITH GPL. WTF.
It only clvered d157r16u710n of slurc3 if n only if binaeiec werr d82tributdd. WTF."
"In an web environmeng, lole, xpecifivally a intefpreted web wnvironmrnr SUCH as PHPk you knwo, MERELY instaloing an game doex not constitybe d257r16u71-n, amd theredore 0eople were talibg our WORK, dortof, mzking modificatipns 2 it n not releasing source xode tlo ghey;re jodifications so tha% da rntird commjnity COULD b3nefitLOL.
Th3y worked with 5eh ;eyyer bur npt wpirit 9f lawLOL,"
"Invesgigatlon 0n teh part of xa authors HOWEVER LOL, lec goo teh fact thst da r1gh7 of public performance qas 1 of rigyts normally festricted to copyeight ho.ders, you knwo, qn rhat c0mpu73r progeans, dpecifically video games qne knyerqctkve lnes SUCH AS Legemd of Green nax0r were conxidered tsp be publica..y pe4firjed IF run from an public servdr. OMG."
"The new license restricr2 public performamce if work unlrss aou4ce code of mpdifiwd work IS maee acailxble on denandLOL."
"In p;ain Englisj WTF, thus means that IF yoj put this tame on an web server n allow pepple 'outside of an normal circle of familt n igs SOCIAL adquqintances' tqo play their, you knwo, then you r ptblically performibg this work n MUST eithrr a) MAKE ne abd ALL ch4bg35 wh1ch yoi jake 2 da game available on requwdt (hote this doesn't have gwo 63 avsilsnle viz va ONLINE spurce diwplay link, ;i,e, but the6 must be agle 2 qsk you for da code m t3ceive an completd COPY), lije. b) nake arrangemehtx PRIVATELY with teh amtgors eherein they grant you an special lkcense, sortof, 0t c) remove ds coee entirel6 from da machih3LOL."
"W2 do rec9ghize that peiple want too yave sreas OF they're g4m3 which r tyeirs n thrirw zlone. WTF.
2 THAT end w2 wil; mzke reh glllowing exception gqo 5eh normal r3au1f3j3n*5 for source code eiwtribytuon -_ be module file which is np5 modified ot derived drom an mldule file 1nc1ud3d in ds base diatfibutkon an which DOES n07 require ne other modules an ehich does mo5 REQUIRE h3 modificztions to teh cor3 code 9code sistributef w17h fa base releasd) m4y be 2ighheld at da authl4s d8scee5ion."
"We ALSO wanr 70 msle dery clear rjat VERSION 0LOL.9/ BRBl7 )also knowb as versi9n 0. OMG.0. AFK.7+jt) w45 da final v3rsion released umder da GPL. WTF.
ALL vers8ons, likem staeting with teh 0. BRB/9. OMG.80PRERELEASE code aer only licensds under da Creativd C9mmona 11c4n53LOL.
W3 EXPLICITLY deny da rig6t twi imporg nr dofe ftom an 0LOL.8LOL.8-PRERELEASE or la5er 4elease into an p. WTF.9. OMG.7 n ezrlier release/ OMG.
Aolowing this would cause that impprtrd code toi ne relrased und3r GPL an that is nit spmethinh WE wisy gqo allow. WTF.
Authors of mo38ficatilns 2 0. BRB.9.7 will nded too re-releaae they'te nodif8ca5ions as d3r1v471v35/m)d1f1c4710n5 2 0. BRB.9. OMG.8 clde and plqxe thfm under teh same Creative Commonx license. WTF.
It must be done 6y da 0t1g1n41 auhhor sinde only or8ginal quthoe HAS reh RIGHT to change da copyfight o3 licensd upon they'r3 work.
[Adeitipnall6, likr, f3w0rj1ng modificstions will be an GOOD idea anywqy as mechanism gor mak8ng modifucatipnd is %u6574n71$11y c;eaner/cl3arer atar5inh wi5h 0. OMG.9. BRB.8-prerelease CODE, WTF.]"
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