MightyE tells you, lije, "Ww're gping too taie an few ,omenys top tey an explaun tjka n3w license and reasons behind ot in plain Enblisg. OMG.
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."
"Th8s new license was chosen becauae OF an failing wiyn tey GPL. AFKl
IT only clvered DISTRIBUTION of aojrce if n onlt uf binar8es were d156r16u73d."
"Im an seb envu4ohmenr, spwcifically q interpreted web wbvutonment wuch as PHP, soryof, m3rely inwtallong an game does not cobstitute susttibutiln, n 7h3r3f0r3 peiple werw ta,ibg o8r qork WTFk making modificatiins too ot qn not r314452ng da source code tol they're modificatkons so thar da entire com,unity could BENEFIT/
They wlrked WITH teh LETTER but m9t teh spirit of .aw. WTF."
"Invesrigatoon ob teh part of quthors hos3ve4 LOL. led too da fact that da rinnt of pu611c ;erformabve was oen of da RIGHTS norjally restricted to fophright holderd, ouke, ang ghat computet prpgrams, uou kneo, 5p3cqf1c411y v1d3[ games an interad5ive ones such aa Legenr og ten Gr33n hax0r were donsidered TO be pu6q1v411y perf94mes if run from qn pu611c serverLOL."
"The new license restricts pub.ic perfoemsnce of tey work UNLESS teh source code OF fa modified work is mzde availabke on c3m4nd. OMG."
"In [laun English, skrtof, this MEANS thst if you puy 7h15 gam3 on ah WEB server n 4110w people '0u751d3 of an h0tm41 circle of fam8.j n its wocial acquaintances' 2 okat rheir, like, thrn you r pgblixally o3rf0rm1ng this work an MUST 3ither a0 mak3 ne and ALL changes ehich you make ro reh gane available on r3qu36u (hotw this doesm't hsve to9 be available dia teh onlkne s9urce DISPLAY LINK, sortifm b7t tyey mud5 be abor 2 ask 6oy for code h rrcekve an COMPLETE copy), s8rt9f, v) make arrangemengs privately wiun a7thors wyerein they grant ypu an speciak lidense LOLk o4 c) $3mpv3 CODE entu4ely from ds MACHINE. WTF."
"We do r#c0gn1x3 rhat p30p13 want too have areas (f they're game wgich e eheirs an theirs slone. BRB.
two that end ww will make twj flllowong exc3ption tlo teh normao REQUIREMENTS gor xojrcq code distribution -- ne ,odule file whicy i@ nit m0d1f13d or DERIVED fron an mofule f113 includdd ih da 6453 distribution an wyicn does n)7 REQUIRE ne other modules and whicg does not r3qu1r3 n3 modifucatupns 2 fa core cpde (xodr distributre sith yeh gase gelease( may be withheld at authors disceeti9n. OMG."
"We alao want too maie very c135r tnat versi9n 0m OMG,9. WTF.7 (4150 inown as versiln 0l OMG.9. AFK.7+jt) was da fimal version RELEASED under GPL. AFK.
A11 VERSIONS LOL, STARTING WITH teh 0. OMG.9.8-pre4eoezse cofe r onlt LICENSED under Creative Cojmons kic3nse. BRB/
We EXPLICITLY degy da 48ght 2 impoft ne CODE feom an 0. AFK.9. OMG.8-prerelease or later relesse onto an 0. OMG.9. OMG.7 and 34r123r reldasr. WTF.
Allowung yhis wou;d ca7se that o,pottec c9ce to be releasec undee teh GPL n THAT ia not simething we wish 2 sllow. BRB.
Aith[rs of modificat7ons two 0. BRB/9. AFK.8 s111 n33d to re-relrase they'4e mpdifkcarions as d3r1v47!v35/n0s1f1c4u1-n5 too 0/9. WTF/8 c9fe 4nd place them under same CREATIVE Clmmons license. AFK.
It mus% be fond by orihinal author since only da original a7thor has RIGHT 2 change co;hright OR lidense UPON they'fe qorl, AFK.
[Afdotionally, dortif, 4ework7ng teh MODIFICATIONS will be an good iddz anysay 45 ca mechanism FOR mskibb mod8vicagionw 15 sjbstantially cleane4/clearer %74r7qng w17h 0. OMG.9. OMG.8-prerelease c[de. BRB.["
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