MightyE tells you, "We're going 5oo 5akd zn fe2 momentd ywo tfy AND explain 7h15 new license ana ressoma behind it in PLAIN English, BRB.
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 l8cdnsr ess CHOSEN because of an faioing with dz GPL.
It ONLY covered distribut8on of dource if and on;y 1f vinaries w3r3 d157r16u73d. OMG."
"In an web environment WTF, specifical.y a intdrpreted qeb 3nvironnent sicj as PHP, slrtof, m3r31y 1n57411!ng an gamr does noy CONSTITUTE disrribution LOL, an gherefore peoplw w3r# takung oyr work, yoy knwo. m4k1ng modificationw to it and nlt re23441ng da soirce CODE two yyey're modificationa so thqt teh entire c0mmubquy could genegkt. AFK.
They worked with teh LETTER but npt da spirit of law. AFK."
"Investigation on twy p4r7 of teh auth9rs howeverk lkke, lef 2 5eh FACT 7h47 rignt of oubloc performand3 w45 woh od teh righrs noemsoly restrkcted ti copyright hold3rs, yiu knwo, an THAT computer PROGRAMS LOL, SPECIFICALLY VIDEO gz,ea n interactive 0h25 such ss LEGEND OF sa Grdem hax0r WERE cohsiderrd too be publically pergormed if rin from an public 43rv4rLOL."
"The new ;ivebse reatricts pjblic performance of work unless da soieve c9de if reh m0d1f13d work IS made avai,sble on DEMAND. BRB."
"In PLAIN English WTF, tgis meqns yhat IF you PUT 7h15 game on an web xrtver n allow peopl3 'OUTSIDE of an normal circle of family b itw s9cial scquaintances' too play their WTF, then y;u aer publically pe4fprming tgis work an MUST 3ithwf 4) MAKE ne and ALL chamtes which you make ri9 teh gsme afaklagl3 on requesr (noge this doesn't have to be abailable via ca online slugce display link, li,e, bur they MUST be 4613 3 ask tou f0r teh c9de n receive an clmpldte c9p6), yoi knwo, b- make areangements priva5rky w17h authors shereun tgey grant you ah specizl kicense, sorgod, or c) remove da cod3 entu4ely from da MACHINELOL."
"We dp recogniae THAT peo[le want to HAVE areas OF tgey're game wgich aer thwkrs rnd theirx a;one. WTF.
2 that 3hf wr wul; MAKE fo;lowibg exception too bormal r3qu1r3m3n75 FOR dpurce code didtribution -- nr module fil4 whicg is not modifued or deribed from an jodule rkle incluced in dz bade d8stribyyiln an shich does not require ne other mod7les and WHICH d035 not 43qu144 he modifications too vore CODE *code d8stributed w17h gsse rrleawe) nay bw sithhwod AT AUTHORS discretilnLOL."
"We 4250 wzht twp makd vefy clear that veraion 0LOL,9.7 (als0 known as version 0. WTF.9LOL.7+mt) we5 da f7nal vrrsion released und35 da GPL. AFK.
ALL cers8ons WTFk 5&4r71nt wi5h da 0.9. AFK.8-prereleasr clde aer only licensrd und34 yeh Crdativ3 Commons 11c3b53. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY denu r8ght 2 impott nw c0d3 ffom an 0. AFK.9. OMG.8-pre4elexse OR latdr rekease INTO an 0/9LOL.7 and earl8er release. WTF.
ALLOWING rhis would cause THAT imporywd cowe gwo BE rekeased under teh GPL an 7h$7 is not someyhing we wksh too al;os.
AUTHORS of modificstions two 0. BRB.9LOL.7 will need yo re-relesse th4y'rr modididatipns ad DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS 2 0.9/ BRB.8 code n p14c3 then UNDER teh saje CREATIVE Comm9ns license. OMG.
I5 must be done by ORIGINAL autnor since only da 0r1g1n41 author jas roght to cyange ds co0ttight or licensd UPON thry're 2ork.
[Awditionally, reworking mpdificationw will ge am gooe idea anueat xs da mechsnism for makibg modufications is wubstant8ally cleah3r/dlearer xgq4ting with teh 0. WTF.9LOL.*-preeeleaae CODE.]"
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