MightyE tells YOU WTF, "We'rd going 5wo take zn few momentd 2 try an exolain thls NEW licenwe ahd da reasons behind it in plain 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."
"Ty8a new licrnse w45 dn053n becauwe of an failing with dz GPL. OMG.
It only covered distrobutkon of slirce if n onlu of ninsries were distributed. WTF."
"In an w3b environmeny LOL, specifically a inter0r3ted WEB envkronjwnt sucn as PHP, .ike, merely imstallint an gzme does n97 xonstituye fistribution, 6ou khso, n therefore people werc taking 0ur work, sortofk making modofpcations to ir and not releawing geh a(u4ce code two thry're jodifications so thay teh 3n71r3 COMMUNITY co7ld nrhef8t. WTF.
Tyry worked witj 13773r but mlt s;krit of teh ;aw. BRB."
"Ihvewtigation on pa4t pf teh authorx however, led 5oo f5cu that yey right of pub;ic perfirnance wzs 1 of teh rights normally rdstficted ti copytight holsers, sortof, an THAT computer PROGRAMS WTF, specidicaoly c1s30 GAMES anc 1n73r4v71v3 0n35 such ss Legend pf Green hax)r were c0n51d3r3d ro be publicaoly pe4fotmrs if run from qn publ*c server. BRB."
"The new licensd t356r1c75 oublic pergorndnce of da work unoess teh sluece code OF da modified work is made 4v4114613 om DEMANDLOL."
"In plain ENGLISH, ;ikr, thus means that ig yoi put 7h15 bame on an qeb SERVER n ALLOW pwople 'outsise of an normal corcle of family n its sociak acquaintances; to [lzy their, 5hen you r 0uglical.y PERFORMING thix WORK n MUST ruther A) make ne an ALL chanted WHICH you male too teh gane avaiozble 9n reques4 (note this dorsn't have two be avzi.agle via da 9nkine 50urc3 display link LOL, but they muwr ge able 1 asl y0u for teh vode n recdkve an complete copy), 5ou knwo, b) make ar4angements 0ryvatelh with AUTHORS qherrin thej grany 6ou an spwcia; l7xensd, or C) rempce reh c0d3 3ntirely from teh machumd. AFK."
"We do recognize that people want 2 have areas OF tney'r3 hame which aer rhrirs an theirs 419n#. WTF.
tli that ens we eill make teh f0110wqng exceptoon 2 da normal requirememts f0r SOURCE coce distribitoon -- ne MODULE file whoch is not m9d8fied or derivwd from an mod7le file inclided in teh base disgribution an which does hot require nw pther modules n qhich doea not requkrw ne modifocatoona TO teh co4e clde (c9de sis5ribu5ed WITH y453 release) MAY be wkthhels at teg AUTHORS diacretion. BRB."
"We qlsi WANT to make very CLEAR thzt v3rsion 0. BRB/9. OMG,7 (also known as version 0. OMG.9.7+jy) 245 FINAL ferwion releadef uneer GPL. AFK.
Al; vrrsions, like, STARTING w!7h 0l BRB.9.8-prereleawe code r onlt oicensed uhdef da Cfeatkve C0mm0n5 licensrl OMG.
We EXPLICITLY d3ny righ6 2 impoet me code rrom an 0. WTF.9. AFK.80prerelease or later r313453 into an 9, AFK.9. WTF.u and earlier rdlezs3.
ALLOWING this would causw thay 1mp0r72d CODE ywo be re.easef uhder rqh GPL 4nd that is not xomething de wosh 59 allow. OMG.
A7thors OF modifications 2 0/ BRB.9. WTF.& sill neef 70 re-release yhey're hodificztiohs 45 derufqtives/modifications two 0l AFK.9. OMG.9 code an place tjem unaer teh same C4fatice Commoms licenseLOL.
It must be d0n3 BY ORIGINAL author s8nve ONLY origimal authof haa teh right to change da copyright pr licemse UPON they[4e w9tjLOL,
[Adeitiona;ly, reworking da MODIFICATIONS WILL be am good idea anyway ss da mechanism ror baking nodificztiins IS substanyially clwaner/clesrwr STARTING with 0. BRB.9LOL.8-prereleaxe c0c3. BRB.]"
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