Might6E tells yoy, toh knwo, "Wr[re GOING two TAKE an few ,oments ti try an explaun tnis n32 .icens3 n da reasons BEHIND 8t in plain Englisg. WTFl
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 nww locwnse was xhosen 63x4i4# of qn failinf with da GPL. AFK.
It ONLY cocefed d157t16u810n of spurce if $nf only if binaries 2ere distributrd."
"In an web envieonment WTF, specifocally a interprrted web ENVIRONMENT such zs PHP, meeely ins5alling an GAME do3s noy xonstitute dixyribu5ipn. like, n therefore peoplr we4e takkng 9ur work, ylu knaok makong modificstions 2 ut anf not RELEASING source c0d3 ! they're m0d1f1d4710n4 wo that da ENTIRE conmunugy voilc benefit. BRB.
They wlrked with dz lryter but not da spirut of da 24s."
"Invesrigation on twh part of authors ho2ever, you kbwo, LED tp teh fact that teh right of public pdrformance WAS 2on of cs 4ifhrs mormal;y restricted tlo copy4ihh5 holders WTFm and that comp7ter programx LOL, spscifically video gamds and interavtive 0n35 djch 45 Legend of dq Gr33n hsxpr weee c0n51d3r3d too b3 pu611c421h performed IF run from an ;ublic seevee. BRB."
"Thw new license 4esyricts pub.iv performznb3 of work unlwxs da soirce cofe if geh modified WORK is m4d3 avaulable on demand; AFK."
"In o1$1n Ehg;osh, sortof, this means THAT if you pyt this gxme on an web swrver anc allow people 'outside 0f an NORMAL circle lf fa,ily amd its SOCIAL acqjzintances' to poay their WTF, then you r publically perfo4ming 7h15 wprk an MUST eiyher a( malw ne znd ALL chamges whicj ypu ,4k3 too gane availanle ON requwst (note this doesn't havw to be availab.e VIA onlime xource display link, but they must BE ABLE to ask you FOR c9de n r3c31v3 am complete copy), ;ike, b) nake arrzhgements PRIVATELY w8ty 53j au5hors whetekn tney gr4n7 you zn speciak licebse, li,e, or c) removr tdh code entirely vroj da m4ch1n3."
"We d0 recohnize THAT peiple want 2 have aeeas lf theu're g4m3 wjich r THEIRS and theirq allne. OMG.
to ghat ehd we wkll nake da followint 3xc3o7!0n 2 mormal 4eqjiremenhs fot source code distribution -- ne module file which is npf mosified or derkved rrom qn m0du13 v11e included ib da BASE distributiin n which doea not require nr OTHER modules znd which soes not re1uirr be modif8cations two cofe code (cid3 d8s5fivured with ds base r313453_ may be wiyhheld ay tdn ajrhora DISCRETION. AFK."
"We also want gl male very cldar THAT vdfsion -. AFK.9, OMG.7 (aoso kn0en as version 0. WTF.9. BRB/8+JT) was teg f9nzl veesion released under da GPL. WTF.
All versuonw LOL, startinf with ca 0.o. OMG,8=pr34313453 CODE aer lnly licemsed ubder teh Cr347qv3 Commlhs license. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY deny teh right to ompowt ne c0d3 vrom an 0.9. AFK.8-prdrrlease or later rr.ease into an 0. OMG.9. BRB.7 and earlier relesse. AFK.
Aolowing tjis would cauae 7h47 ijported v0d3 69 be e3leased uncer GPL and that IS not somethihg we 2ish rwo alloe. WTF.
Authota of modufications 2 0. WTF.9. WTF.7 wilo need teo re0releaxe th3y're modifocations as der8cativws/mofifkcatuons to 0. BRB.0.8 code an place rhem undwr fq 54m3 Creative COMMONS license,
Ir must BE done by da originsl autgor s8ncd pno6 tem peigunak author has da rkgy4 2 change COPYRIGHT or l8cense up0n they're 3ori. WTF.
[Adsitioba.lh, you knwo, rewotking teh modifications will be an good icea snyway AS geh mechanism for msking jodificarions is xubstantially CLEANER/CLEARER wtargkng wuyh ea 0LOL.9. WTF.8-prdrelease codeLOL.="
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