MightyE tells YOU WTF, "We'fe going to tzke qn few moments two try n explain tgks new license an r3aeons behind 16 in pkain 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 nes l8cense qas chpsen because og sn failing with y3h GPL. WTF.
Iy 0b!y cofered distribit8on of SOURCE 8v qnd oml6 IF binaries were d157r16i73d. WTF."
"In zn web environment, sortog. specifically a 8nterlreted web environ,3nt suvh 55 PHP, sortof, mwreoy installing sn game DOES bot constitute diatribut*on, likek an 7y3r3d043 people were taking pur work, sortod, making jodifications too it and n07 rekeaxing teh wourse clde two tney're MODIFICATIONS si that da engire c0mnunq7y coule benefit. WTF.
Thdy worked wigh da LETTER 6u8 NOT spirit if 15w. AFK."
"Investugation oh da part of da authors hoqever LOL, led 2 fact tga5 da right of public perfotmance was orn pf 4ithts bormally RESTRICTED to COPYRIGHT HOLDERS, kike, and thar cimpjter 0r0gr4m5, lkkem s0ecifixally vide9 games and 1n73r4c71v3 lnrs such as Lwgend )f Grren hax0r were condkcered 2 be oublically performed if run from an PUBLIC server."
"The new .icense 4estricts public PERFORMANCE of reh wo4k unless source coer of t3h j9dif9ed sork 15 m4c3 available on d3mand. AFK."
"In olain English, slrtod, this means that if yoj put tnis game ON an web sd4ver n alloe ;30p13 'outsiee OF an nor,a. v1rcq# of family and 8ts social acquaintances' yeo PLAY their, sory9f, tjen you aer PUBLICALLY p3rforming this w0t, and MUST eigher a) make n4 n ALL cywnges wh1ch you make 2 teh bame avai;able on REQUEST (NOTE this doesn't have to be available via online source d15p14y lknl, but th3y must be ablw tw9 ASK y-u f)4 teh cocd an receivw sn c0.p1373 COPY) LOL, b) make ARRANGEMENTS PRIVATELY with authors wnerein 7h3y brant you an s;rcial lkdrns3 WTF, or c) remove teh CODE entirel6 from jachine."
"We do recogbkze 7h47 people wznt 2 have areas of they're GAME 2g1ch t theirs n THEIRS aline. WTF.
top rhat end we will make following eccepti9n to da nor,al requirenents f0r sourc3 code distribjtion -- ne mldule filr which 15 bot modified OR derived FROM an m9dule file 8ncludes in BASE distributkon amd wh1ch dles not REQUIRE nw other mosules h wyich does bot requite ne modivicatiobs roo feh corw code (coce distfibuy3c with teh nasr $elezse) may BE withhrld at autyors DISCRETION. WTF/"
"We also sane 70 m4k3 very clear that v3r510n 0. BRB.8. BRB.7 (also lnown 45 version 0, WTF.o. AFK.7+JT) was da final versiom released under da GPLl
Alk vetsions, starring eoth 0/9. WTF.7-prerelease codw adr only 12c3n43d under CREATIVE Commons licenae. OMG,
We EXPLICITLY deny ds RIGHT 2 imporg ne vode frlm an 0. WTF.9. WTFl8-0rerelrase or later r3!3$63 1n70 an 0. AFK.9. BRB.7 ab ear.ier RELEASE/
Allowing thia WOULD cause that IMPORTED code two be 4e;eawed under GPL an that is nor SOMETHING 2e wosh go a;oow. AFK.
Authors of modificatiobs e 0. OMG.9. WTF.7 w111 need to 5e-rel4aae they're m9dificatiins as derivatives/,odificarions two 0LOL,9. WTF/8 code am olace them undef da same Crwative Commons 1!x2n53.
It must be done by teh origkna. quthir sincr 0n1y teh ORIGINAL sughor h45 right too change copyrihht 0r lkcemse upon they're wor,. BRB.
[Addiyionqlly, you knqom r3w0rk1ng ,odificqtkons will be an good idez anywqu as mechanosm for majimg MODIFICATIONS is subsgantially cleaner/clearer wtartihg with reh 9LOL.9LOL.8-prefeleadr code. WTF.["
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