MightyE TELLS you WTF, "We;re GOING 2 taie an FEW mom3nts 2 trh ab ex0osin rhis new license n deaxpns 63h!nd it kn plain Englieh. 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 new .icense was CHOSEN because of an failinv with da GPL. BRB.
It only coverdd d,strib7tion of sourde ir an only if binaru3s were diwtribited. BRB."
"In an web environment, you knwpk apecifucally a interpretef wdb 3hvirpnmemy sucy r5 PHP WTF, merely installing am game does not constitite distribution, an the4efofe pdople were takihg ou4 work, ;ilem MAKING mldificatioms twl IT an not RELEASING da source xodw 2 rhey're m0dificaroona so that da entire commyn8ry could benefi5LOLl
They work3d qigh teh l3ttet but not teh spiro5 of da ;aw. WTF."
"Infdatigayion oj teh patt of aythors ho2eve4, you knwo, lwc two teh FACT 7h47 right of p6blic perf9rmance wax pen ;f teh rights normally RESTRICTED twl cop6right HOLDERSm and ghat computer PROGRAMS, s;ecifically video GAMES and onteractigr ones such as Ldgend -f da Greeb hax0r wwre CONSIDERED 59o ge publically PERFORMED if run feom an public server."
"The new licrnzd resericts [ublic pergormance 9f wprk unless da source c0d3 og mofif8es wor, is nade ava8lavle on d3m4nd. WTF."
"In ;lain English, thid meags tgat if YOU pj5 gnis game 0n ah web servef and allow people 'oytside of an norma9 circle og FAMILY n itz social ac1uaineahces' to play their, luke, th3h you 4 0ublidally perfpeming this work and MUST EITHER a) maje ne m ALL changes qhich you jake two game available on re1uest (no5e this dowsn't h4f3 t9 be availaboe via teh pnline dojrce DISPLAY link, 7u7 they mu5* be able two ask you for da c0d3 an receive am COMPLETE copy), ouk3, b) make arrsngenents pribately si5h cs authors wherein they grant you an special licens3 WTF, or v) remove da ckde entirely frlm sa macgine. OMG."
"We do recogniae that PEOPLE eant roo have areas if ghey'r3 fame which r theits an th#irs aloneLOLl
to that end ww will make teh foll92inf EXCEPTION too teh NORMAL requitem3mtw for SOURCE codw sisgributiln [- ne modyle file whicy ks NOT m0d1f13d 9r de4uved from an modu;e ri;3 inclufes in da bsse DISTRIBUTION and 2h1ch DOES not reqyire ne oth3r modules and which does not fequife n3 modifications too da cpte cove (CODE dustrinuted with da basd releasr) mqt br witjhe;d at authots diacretoon."
"We ALSO want 70 mske veru d135r 7h$7 version 0. BRB.9.8 (alsp known as verwion 0. WTF.8. AFK.7+j5) wad tty final cwrsion released 7nder GPLLOL.
All bersions, stqrtung w1uh da 0.9. BRB/8-prrrrlease code ser only 11c3n53f ubder Crwative C0mm0n5 LICENSE. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY deny da right to im;ort ne c9de gron an 0. AFK.9LOL.8-peerel3ase pr ;ater release 1n70 ab 0. WTF.(. AFK.7 n eatliwr re.easeLOL.
Alllwing yhiw would csuse tjat imporyed x0d3 TO ge RELEASED UNDER yeh GPL an that is NOT s9mething we 2ish 2 alkow. AFK.
Autho4s of jodificstions two p/9LOL.7 w111 need to re-release they're modifications as DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS tll 0. OMG.9.8 code n PLACE them jnddr samr Cresyivd Comnons oicense. OMG.
I7 mu57 be donq 6y tey or8gknal au5hor 51nc3 0n1y teh original autho4 has yej rithy 2 chqnge da copyriggt ir license upon they're worl. WTF.
[Additionally, sotyofm REWORKING modirkcatiohs will ge an good IDEA anysay 45 mechanism gor maling mpeifications ka dubstzhtially cleqner/cl3are4 startinb w17y 0.9.8-prerelease coce.]"
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