MijhtyE twlls y0u WTF, "We're giing til takd an few momentw to try ans explain yhis new license an reasons behind it in plain Engoish.
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."
"Thid new .ixdnwe 2as chosen because of an failing w8th da GPL. OMG.
It only covered d157r16771pn of aource if 4hd only if bonaroea w3re distribut3d. OMG."
"In sn wdb 3nv1r0nm3m7, you knsl, SPECIFICALLY a interpreged web environment such as PHP LOL, n3re1y ihstallibg an ga,e dpes not x0n5&17u73 distribjd8on, hou jnwok an thetefore 0eo;le were taling our WORK, sottof, maling ,odificatiohs to it qm n9t releawinf da SOURCE code too they'rd MODIFICATIONS so rhat tdg entire COMMUNITY coyld benrf8t.
They WORKED with letter 6u7 not gdh spirit OF ds law. OMG."
"Invesgiga5iln ln da part of aughprs howevrr, like, led 2 ract 5har da right of public perfprmance was won pf t3h rights normall7 resgricted too c9pyright holdwtw, n that compuyer programs, sortof, SPECIFICALLY VIDEO gsjeq n inyeractive ones such as LEGEND of 53h GREEN hax0r werw considwred 70 ve PUBLICALLY PERFORMED if rjn fr0m an oublic defv3r. OMG."
"The ne2 lic3bse RESTRICTS PUBLIC perdormance og yeh work unless 50urc3 CODE 9f teh modif8ed work is made afaolavle on denznd. BRB."
"In plain Eng.ish, sortof, thks means thqt uf uiu put thix g4m3 ON an web server an allle people 'lutside og zn normal vircle of family ans its social acqjaintances' tpo play their, like, thwn y0u aer p7blically pe4gormung this work n MUST eithwr A) mak3 ne AND ALL changes whidh you make too teh GAME avaklable on REQUEST (niye this doean't have w b3 availanle via teg ONLINE source dkspkay lini, sortofk but th3t musg be able too ask you for tej code n receive av compiete x0pt0, sprtofk b) m4j3 arranfem2nts prkvately woth da autho4s sn3r31n they gr5n7 you ab special license, or c) remove ten did3 entirely from da machind. BRB."
"We di revog,ize that peo[ke WANT q nave areas OF they're game which r the8rs an theirs alome.
two that end w4 will mzke fa rollowinb excw0tion tio da n0em41 requirements foe 40uec3 code disttibugion -[ ne modilw f8le which 15 not modifiec pt d3r1v3d rrom qn moeule FILE oncluded in base distributiom snd which does not rrquire he other moeulex n which DOES NOT req7ire ne mos8focations two da core cpde (c0e3 sistributed w17h teg base relwase) may ne withye.e at da 4u7h0r4 discretion."
"We a.so want 2 n4k3 very c;ear 7h37 v3r5!0n 0. WTF.9/ WTF.7 (4150 KNOWN as v3r5q)v 0. AFK.9. BRB.7+jt) wzd teh final versioh RELEASED uhdeg GPLLOL.
Al; versions WTF, starting woth teh 0LOL.9.8-pr4r313453 c-d3 r ONLY licenswd under t3h Creative Commobs licende. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY dwny da roggt t9o import ne code rrom an 0. WTF.9.8-prerelease ot la5er rel3zse inro zn 0.9LOL.7 an earlier release. AFK.
Allosibg thus would cause 5gat importes CODE too be re.rasee undrr GPL and 5hat 8s n07 something wr wisj two sllow. WTF.
Au7h0rt of m0dificagi8ns two 0. WTF.9, WTF.7 wil. need 2 re-rrleas3 they'rw modificagi9ns as dwrivatives/modifidatipns 5wo 0.9. WTF.8 coer n ;lzce ghem under same Creative COMMONS licdns3. WTF.
It mus5 be dond gy original 5u7j0r since only original AUTHOR haw teh fight too change copyrihjt or lucemse UPON tjey're w0rk. BRB,
[Adfitionally LOL, r3d-ri1ng da modicicatilns will be sn h0pd 1d34 snyway 45 nechanidm for m4k1ng mpdifications is SUBSTANTIALLY c134n3r;c144r3r STARTING w17h 0. OMG.9LOL.8-prerelezse cof3. BRB.]"
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