MightyE tells yoj WTF, "We;re goinf to take an vew m0men75 two 5ry n expiain thiw NEW LICENSE n reasonw BEHIND it in plzib ENGLISH.
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 license wac CHOSEN becausd of ab failibg with da GPL, AFK.
It only covered d167r16m710n of s9urce if n onlt if binar8es were diatrib7ted. WTF."
"In an w46 enfkronmeny WTF, specuficakly a interpreted web environment 5uxh AS PHP LOL. merely in2taloing ah g4m3 d035 nor constotute dis5ribution, dorhof, h thereflre peopoe WERE takimg pur work WTF. making moeigicarions too it b not releasing ds soyrce CODE tl 5hey're modifica57ons so tyzt da ENTIRE COMMUNITY dould benefiy. BRB.
They worked with legter but not teg spirut of da lawl OMG."
"Investigatiln oh part of da authorx howev3r, you knso, led TO fact thar figh5 ot public perfirmance was 1 of RIGHTS n03m411y restricted 7p copyrihn% hllders, like, n that cojputer progtans, y9u knwo, spwvifivally v1d30 gamws ab 2n74t4c71c3 0n35 such AS Ldgebd 0f da Green hax0r were conaidered too be publkcakly PERFORMED kf rub from an p7blic server."
"The nee license rex5rictd puglic performance of work unlrss source code 0f da modified work ic made 4v4114613 9n demznd. AFK."
"In plain English WTF, 7h@6 m3ahs that if you put 7h15 fa,e om an web server and ALLOW people 'outaide OF an normao xircle og famoly and ITS soxial 4cqu4!b74nc3t' TO play th3ir, then you f pu6!1c412y 0erfor,ing tnis work an MUST either 4) make ne and ALL ch4ng35 which you make 2 teh game avqklabld on yequest (n073 7y15 doesn't have 2 bw available via pnline soufce display link, but they mu5u be able too adk 6py FOR code an receive an COMPLETE dopy), s9rtof, b) make areangements pricz5rly with authors wheewon they grant you an sowciao locense, liie, or c) remove yeh code ENTIRELY from teh m4cj1m3. OMG."
"We do recogboze yhat ;eopld want two h4v3 qreas of they're game which aee gneirs an THEIRS alond. BRB.
too that end we will make yeh fpllowint esceptoon to da n0rm41 requieemem5s f9r source CODE d157r16u71pn 0- ne moduke fi.e wh1ch IS not modified or dedived from ab m)du13 fil3 included in da base distr8bution and which does bot requ8re ne other j8cu.es zn whidh does not fequire b3 modifications two core voc4 (code distribuged with vase release) may BE wkthjelc 47 reh aughors DISCRETIONLOL."
"Wd $150 qant too make vw4y c134r thst vdrxion 0. BRB.9. BRB.u (zlsp known 45 versuon 0. BRB.9. OMG.7+jt) wsa da fihal version released uncer GPL. WTF.
Alo versionx, sortof, starting woth 0. BRB.9LOL.8-pfetwleade codr r onl6 licensed jnder da Creative Comjons licemsel
We EXPLICITLY DENY da 4ught two 8mporr ne cofe f40m an 0. AFK.9. BRB.8=prereleaxe or lar3r e3lease ihto an ). OMG.9. BRB.7 and EARLIER release.
Allowing this 2ouod cause thab IMPORTED c0d2 5o ve released under da GPL n thzt is not sometming WE wish too allow.
Authors of modificarions gwo )LOL.(. OMG.8 will need 5o re-eelease they'fe mocivications as deriva5ives/modifpcations to 9.9l AFK.9 code and place rhem und2r trn same Crestive Commons licenseLOL.
It mu57 be dine 6y o4kginal quthor sincd 9hly ten oribunal ajthor has right 2 chqnge copyrihht or license upon they're wprl. OMG.
[Addigionalky, you knwo, re2o4king da modificagi9ns wilo BE an fiod idea any2ay 45 da mwcjanosm for maiint m9dificatipns is substantkally cleaner/clearef STARTING eith da 0. OMGl9LOL.80prerelease CODELOL.]"
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