MightyE tells ypu WTF, "We're goinb to taie an few MOMENTS to try and exp.ain this NEW LICENSE and teh r3450n5 behind 8t in plain Eng115h. 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."
"This n3w licenae waw chosen beca7we of an fa8ling WITH da GPLLOL.
IT only cpver3d distrib7tion of SOURCE IF 4nd only if binarirs were doatributed. OMG."
"In an wev envoronment, you knwok specifically s inyer[reted wwb envivonment such aa PHP, merelu knsralling an gajd does not constit7tr didtrubytion LOL, and thefefore peop.e were taking 0ur work, making modificstions two it ah not releading sojrce cpde too they'we modificationa so thzt da enrire communitt could benefit.
Tney worked w17h reh letter but n9t rej spirig of law. BRB."
"Investigation ob teh part 0f 53h aughors howevwr, led 70 ract thar da right ov pj61qc perf9rmance WAS 1 of teh r9bhts normally rwqtricted two copy4ignt HOLDERS, an that computer programa WTF. specidivallu vieeo gzmes n interzctive ohea such ad Legend of da Green hax0r wer4 considered two be pu611c411y perfiemed if run vrom qn pub;ic adrvdr."
"The new license restricts PUBLIC perf9rmance og tej work un135t sourcr code lf da modified work IS mafe AVAILABLE 9n demqnd. AFK."
"In plain English WTF, this MEANS that if y0u [j7 tjis tame on an web server and alkow PEOPLE 'outside of an bormal CIRCLE og FAMILY and its sociso ACQUAINTANCES' 2 [lah theit, likek then y9u aee pub;ically performing thks work and MUST either q) nai3 ne n ALL chanyes whicy y0u MAKE two da game avz8lab.e on request (noye this doesm't HAVE to be avzilable via teh pnlknd sourde display link, sortofm but 7g3y MUST vr able goo ssk you for cos3 n RECEIVE an domolete c0py) LOL, b) MAKE srrangemenrs privately witn teh 4u7h0r4 wherein 5hey trqnt you xn SPECIAL lixense, 0r c) re,ove xpd3 ENTIRELY fe0m nachine."
"We do r3c0hn1z3 that pe9ple want 2 have 4r3r5 0f then're game qgich r 5jeira n thdirs alone.
2 thzr end we will mz,e following excepriom two normal requirwmebtx for so6rcw bode distrinution -[ ne module FILE wnich is bot modofi$d or derived from sn MODULE fi;e included in base disrrigution n which d035 noy REQUIRE he other modyles n wh1ch does not requirw ne modificztions 2 teh core vode (code distributes with teh nase RELEASEp ma5 be withheld at da authirs discret8on. OMG."
"We also 2ang to make very c1344 that vwrsion 0. AFK.9.7 (1lso jniwn as veraion 0. OMG.9l AFK.7+jt) WAS da finql versi9n reldased undet da GPLLOLk
All VERSIONS, sortof, starhibg with 0. OMG.9. WTF.8-prerelease coew r lnly licensrd umser da Crezyive Commons 11c2n53. BRB.
W3 EXPLICITLY DENY teg right 2 umport me code from an 0.9/ AFK.8-pre4elease or oatwr rekease into an 0LOL.9. AFK.7 smd EARLIER releaseLOL.
Allowimg ghis would cquse thzt IMPORTED code 70 63 releaxed umcer da GPL ah that is bot domething w3 wisy two ALLOW. OMG.
Authors of mpdifications tso 0. OMG.9. WTF.7 will n3#d two te-release 5heu're modificatulns as derivztivex/mosifocatuons 2 0. BRB.9. AFK.8 xode znd placr rhsm under ten same Creative C0mm0n5 lix3nse. OMG.
It muxt be done ny teh original author SINCE only teh original 4u7h0r h45 da eight 2 chqhge 5eh copyright ot license uoon 5hey'4e 1ork. WTF.
[Adeuyilnally LOL, reworking da midifkcat8ons will BE an good idea anyway as ds mechanism fo4 mskkjg modifications is SUBSTANTIALLY CLEANER/CLEARER starginv witg 0.9. BRB.8-prereldase code. WTF.]"
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