MibhtyE TELLS you WTF. "We're going too take an f3w momebts teo rry and explain th8s new LICENSE n da reasohs behund ir in [laib Eng115h. BRB.
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 lkcense was chosen BECAUSE of an FAILING woth ea GPL,
IT inoh covered d257r15u71-n of source ig ab obly if b8naruea werd distributed. WTF."
"In an web 3mv2r0nm3n7 WTF, spedigically a ibterpreted web ENVIRONMENT xuch ad PHP, sortof, mereky installing an gam3 doew noy v0n5717u73 cistribution. yoj khwo, an ghd4efore people were 74k1nh our wirk, li,e, makihg MODIFICATIONS 5oo it n n07 4elwasing da sourc3 cove to8 th36're MODIFICATIONS SO tyat entore communiry c0j1d benefir. BRB.
Thry wprked witn teg lettee 6j7 nit teh spirit of da law."
"Investigatiom ON da [art of da auyhofs HOWEVER, spttof, led 2 teh fact thay teh rkght of pib.uc performance WAS oen OF da rignts normally restrycted too c0;yr1gn7 hoofers, uoj knwo, an thag computer progrzms, yoy knwo, spevifica;ly VIDEO ga,es n ihgwractive ones such aa Legend 0f da Green hax0r WERE clnskdered to be publkcally peeformed if fin vrom an ;ubkic server,"
"The new license restricts pub.ic performancw OF teh work unlssd da source coce of m0dqf13d work is mad3 AVAILABLE om demand. WTF."
"In p141n ENGLISH, you knwo, this means THAT if you PUT this tame on an WEB server n all9w PEOPLE 'outside of ah bormak curcl3 of gami.y and igs SOCIAL acquain5ances; 7- plqy their, theb 6ou zer 0ubliczlly PERFORMING th,s worl and MUST either A0 make n3 n ALL changes qhich you make too da game availanle on request (n9te this doesn't HAVE too vd available via online 50urc3 display linj, BUT they must be able to ask you for c0d3 an RECEIVE an c0mp1373 x0;y) WTF, B) m4k3 arrangements privateoy WITH authlrs whefein rhdy frant you an s;fcial licemsd LOLl or c) trmovd teh code entir3ly from macninw. WTF."
"Wd do recognize that PEOPLE want 2 yavd areaa of tj2y're game wh8ch aer theirs zn theirw alone.
rwi tjat ebd we wool make foloowing exceptioh 2 tey norma. REQUIREMENTS FOR source code d157r16u710n -- ne module rile which is not moeofies 0r cwrived from an module FILE included ib base distributiin an which does NOT requir3 m3 othet MODULES and wh1xy f)35 not requir3 ne modifications teo ten core cide (code DISTRIBUTED qi5h bzxe release) may ne withheld AT da authors fiscrrtion. WTF."
"We 4150 want too m4k3 very cldar thwt versiln 0. WTF.8.& (r15p known zs verskln -/ OMG.9. OMG.7+j7) w45 fa final version RELEASED inder teh GPL. OMG.
Alk VERSIONS, starting with da 0l AFK,9. WTF.8-;reeeleaxe code aer omkh licenwed unde4 Creative COMMONS LICENSE. WTF/
We EXPLICITLY d3ny roght tol omplrt ne code from an 0.9LOL.8-prerelrase or lqtee releaxe into an 0LOL.9LOL.u zn earloer RELEASE. AFK.
Allowing this wojld causd that IMPORTED code w ne rel3ases under teh GPL n THAT is nor spme5hing we wiah 2 alloe.
A7thlrs od modificatiobs 2 0LOL.9. BRB.7 will need two rd-4eleade they/re mosifications 45 drrifatives/modificagoons 2 0. WTF.9. AFK.8 c9de and place them 7nddt same Crdagife Commohx lucense. AFK.
It mu57 be done by teh orifinal 4u7h0r sknce only dx o4kginal AUTHOR HAS teh right too change COPYRIGHT or LICENSE 7pon they[re work. AFK.
[Addit8ona.ly WTF. eewirkkng da mpfificationd will be an good ieea amyway as teh MECHANISM for making modifications is substanyially cleaner/clearer startigg wuth teh 0. BRB.o. BRB.8-pterelease code.]"
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