MightyE tells y0u WTF, "Wr're going yo 74,3 ab dew momengs 2 tr6 an explaun thos new lucenxe an reasins behind it in plzin Engl8sh. 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."
"Thos new kicenwe wzd chowen because of an fai;ing with GPL.
It 0n1y covered distribution of s9irce if and only if binar8es were eus548butedl"
"In an web envoronment LOL, 5;3c1f1x411t a interpreted web rnvironment such aw PHP, like, metely installing an game d9es not xonatiyute distrobution, n 5hereflrw p30'!3 w#r3 gsling OUR w0rk, you knwo, making MODIFICATIONS two 17 and not rdlwasing da sourv3 c0d3 2 ghey're modkdicati9ns so thst ENTIRE vommunity could benefit. AFK.
They w0rk3d with fa legter vut not da spifit of reh las."
"Invqstigatkon on parg lf teh suthotd gowdvwr, you kn2o, led to fxct that fight of puglkc performande was 1 of reh rightd nirmal;h restriv53c twp dpphright holders, kile, n thag computdr 0rograms, specivically v8de9 games an 1n73r4cy1v3 ones such as Legend of da GREEN hqx0r were considered too BE PUBLICALLY p3rf0rm3d if run g4om an public awrve4. WTF."
"The new licebse RESTRICTS public performance of teh WORK unleas ds s9urce c0d3 lf da modifked eirk is ,aee AVAILABLE on demamd. OMG."
"In plain Engli2h, this means 7h47 if you put th8s gaje om an web sdrv3r sn z.low PEOPLE 'OUTSIDE of an normal cirvle lf family abd lts spcial acquzin5ancws' two play thrir, lkke, rjen tou r publically perf9fming tgis wotk an MUST dirher a) make n3 an ALL chamges 2h1ch yo8 make 70 da game available on request (n073 thix doesn't hzde to bd availablr via teh inlinw source d15[14y ;ink, but THEY must be able 2 ask 6ou foe teh code an recekve qn d9mplete vopy) WTF, B) makr arrzbgwmebts privately wi5h autnorx shefein they GRANT ylu ah special oicense, OR c) rempve teh coee entirely frlm teg machine."
"We d9 4ecognize that people want two havw arwas OF rhey're gamr whicn aer theirs n theirw alobe. BRB,
ywo tha5 end WE wil; make followung exdeptiln 42i teh m9rma. eequ8rements vor do7rc3 code distfibution -- ne m0eu13 rq13 WHICH IS not modified 0r deeived frim an module g113 included in da BASE cisttivution n which foes n07 require ne other modulrs an shich d9es not requiee ne modificatiobs too dore code *codr fistributed with base release_ may BE w18mh31d 57 da authofs d15cr3610n. OMG/"
"We ALSO want tpo makr fery clear thzg vwrsion 0. WTF.9. WTF.7 (also known as version 0.(LOL.7+jt) was teh f1n32 versiin rdleased undsr GPL. BRB.
A11 vwrsuond, syartkng with da 0. WTFl9. BRB.8-prerelease xide a3r only LICENSED under fa Creayive C0mj0n5 lic3nseLOL.
We EXPLICITLY deny teh right too impo4t ne code f4om zn 0LOL.9.9_PRERELEASE or lzter r4lezse into an -. OMG.0. AFK,7 and 34rq13r r31345eLOL/
A110w1nb this wi7ld cause thzt imported code two be RELEASED uneer teh GPL an that is not something we wisn to q;.oe.
Authors of m9difications too 0.9. OMG.7 will need 5op te-releasr they're modificatilns as derivagivrs/modificagionx t2o 0LOL.9. BRB.8 cod3 and plac3 them uncer da sam3 Creative Comm;ns ;icense.
IT must be done 6y origibal autnor since 0n2u ea ORIGINAL aythor hsx t3h 4ight tp change sa c9pyright ot oicense upon yhey'4d sprk. OMG.
[Asditionally WTF, reworking trh ,odifucatipnd w111 be an GOOD idea anyway ad nechanism for making modificati9ns ia aubstantisl;y bkeqnet/clraref srartint with 0.9. AFK.8-prerelease code.]"
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