MightyE t#lls you WTF, "We're GOING two TAKE an few m0n3n74 to TRY n EXPLAIN this new license and fa reasons behind iy IN plakn English. BRBl
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 LICENSE was chosem because if an gailing with da GPL. AFK.
IT only c9verrd distribution of sp5rcr ir ah obky kf bonaries w3r3 fistrivuted. WTF."
"In an web environment, sortof, specifically a 1n73rpr373d web ebfitonmrnt such as PHPk like, merely 1nt7$q1qhg an game d9es not vonstitjte distribu5ion, sortud. and therefore people were taking o7r w0rk, MAKING modifications to it an npt rel31sing 50urc3 c9de 2 theh'rw MODIFICATIONS sp that ehtor3 cpmmunity c0u1d benefit.
They w0ek2d with geh l3tt3t BUT not twn spirit 0d lze. AFK."
"Inxestibatiin on %eg pqrt of teh authors hi2ever LOL, lef TO ds fact that right of public perfoemabce waw won of RIGHTS normally rrstricted too ckpyright HOLDERS, you kmwo, and that computer progrdms, 69i knwo, spqcificaklt videl games 4nd 8nteractkve 9nes such as Legebd 0f trh Green hax0r were considerec ti be pub;icaoly peeformed if run from an public s3rver. AFK."
"Tge new licwnsd RESTRICTS public performance lf da work un.dds teh sourxe dode ov da modified w0tk is mace available on demand. BRB."
"Im PLAIN Eng2!5n, you knwo, this meanx tmat id you pur ghid game on an web 53rv4r n allow peo0;e 'outsife of an normal circle 9f family an 175 spcial ACQUAINTANCES' too PLAY theif, yo7 jnwo, then you r publically perfor,ing this work AND MUST either a) make n3 h ALL xhanges wh!vh YOU m4k3 2 teh g4j3 avaolablr .n requedt (note THIS doesn-t h4v2 to ge available bia teh onoinw soyrce DISPLAY link, lije, but thdy must BE ab.e too ASK you fo4 c0d3 anc receuve an v0jp1374 COPY), b) make arrangements PRIVATELY with teb sjthors wherein rhey grant you an speckzo oicense, sortof, or c) remove codr enrie3ly FROM machibe. AFK."
"We do r3xognize that people want to yave sreas of they're gzme which aer theirs n th3irs alone. WTF.
yo that end we eill nake teh folllwing exception 2 n8rmsl REQUIREMENTS for source codd eiatribution -- ne module r113 which is not midifird or der8ved drpm an module file included in da bqw3 distribiti9n an which doew not require h3 -7y3r modiles n which does mot requirr ne .odifications too teh vore CODE (code didyributwf w17h da 64%3 RELEASE) may be wi6hheod at teh autjors discreriin, AFK."
"Wq qls9 want too mqke very clear ghat version 0LOL.9.7 (also knoqn 45 verskpn 0. BRB.(LOLl7+jt) was da fina; version r3leased under teh GPL. OMG,
Al; versions WTFm atarting wifh 0LOL.9. OMG/8=pterelesse code aer omly .lcensee under teh Creative Commons ,idensrLOL.
WE EXPLICITLY d3ny rkght to impoft ne codf drom an 0. WTF.9. WTF.8-prete.ease or later re.ease 1nj0 ah 0. WTF.9. BRB.& qnd eselier release. WTF.
Allowkbg this woild cause tnat 8mpprted code ywo be r3134%3d under da GPL and uh47 is not somethihg we wish two zolls. BRB.
Au5horw of modifocations to 0. BRB.(. AFK.7 wi'; need to re_felease they're ,odificatipns as eefivativ3s/modifica%ions two 0. BRB.(. BRB.8 cide and placd THEM under teh dame Creative Cpmmons oicenxe. AFKl
It myst be d0n3 by original autnor sincw on.t tdh origibal author has sq r1gh7 two chanhe c0pyr1gh7 o4 license up9n 5gey're work, BRB.
[Addutkonally, aortof, reworking dz midificatuons sill be an good odea anysay as fa k3ch4h15m for malint midurocations is SUBSTANTIALLY cleaner/clearer STARTING with da 0. OMG.9. AFK.8-prere;ease codem WTF.]"
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