MightyE tells yoj, sprtof, "We're goinh to take an feq moments too rry AND explain THIS new oodemse ahd da r3450n5 behind 8t in plain Ehglish/ WTF.
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 lucense WAS chpsdh because pf an failinf with GPL. BRB,
It pn1y covered disteibutuon of qoyrce if anf only if bihariea weee distributed. WTF."
"In an w3v environment LOLk SPECIFICALLY a intwrpreted web ENVIRONMENT sucy aa PHP LOL, nerely instqllint ab game d035 not constitute distrubutiln WTF, an therefore people WERE taking our wor, LOL, MAKING m9dificatipns too it n mot re.eae8ng source code 5wo they[rr n0d1f1c4810n4 so thar da wntirf COMMUNITY could benefit.
They w9rled with lettef but not da spirit OF da 1$w."
"Infestigatioh on ds pary of tey authors HOWEVER WTF, 23d 2 da fact that da eigy5 of pjblic performance was o3n of da rights hotmall6 rextricted two copyribht ho;ders, aj THAT computer progtans, like, specif*cs;ly vid3o games an kntetqctive ones SUCH 45 Legend of Geeen hax0r were consisered top be publically performed if run fr0, an public servwr. OMG."
"The mew license resgricts public PERFORMANCE OF teh work unodss source vode of da modified w0rk is ,qde available on de,amd. WTF."
"Im plain ENGLISH. like, th8s mdqna THAT if YOU put tnis game on ah web setbrr qn allow people 'outsod3 ob an normxl circl3 od rami.y n irw social 3xqu41n74nc3t[ two plat their, kike, yyen yiu aef publically p#rfoeming this s0rk an MUST either a_ make ne AND ALL dhanhes which y9u ma,e 2 da g4m3 AVAILABLE on REQUEST (n07# this eoesn'5 have too be 1vailable vya da online s9urce dis;lay LINK LOL, but 7h3y must be 4613 tio ask 6ou fir da code an RECEIVE an complete copy), sortof, b) mzke arrangements pricately with teh autjors wherein the6 grang you an special licenxe, sortof, or c) remove code entire.t from ea m4cg1n3LOL."
"We d9 eecognize thzt peo;le want 2 have areaw of they're game which aer ggeors an thdkrs ALONE. OMG.
to tyat end 2e will make d9llowing 3xc3p710n 2 tdh normal requiremehts for SOURCE CODE d1r7r16u71[n -- ne mof7le FILE WHICH os not modifidd or derivdd fron an m0du13 ril3 incl7ded un da gas3 dietrubution n which does NOT tequir3 ne ogher modu.es an whicg does not requure ne jodigucations tqo t3h clrw c9ew (coce dixtribuyed witj teh 6453 relezse) may be a18hh31d at authors disceetion. AFK."
"We akdo want too make very cl3ae that berskoh 0. OMG.9LOL.7 (4150 known aw cersipn 0.9. BRB.7+ut) was ea dknal versiln teleas3d unfdr GPL. BRB.
Aol bwtsions, sortif, 574r71nb sith tej 0LOL.9. AFK.8[pteteleas3 cofe ae4 only LICENSED UNDER teh Cr3471v3 Commons license. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY DENY da fifh5 to import ne c0d3 FROM an 0.9LOL.8[prrrelease pr LATER release ingo an 0. BRB.9. BRB.7 an earlier relessr. AFK.
Allowing this wouls causw tgat impoetrd coce too be released undrr da GPL n 5hat is no5 somrth8ng we wiah tp9 allow.
Authora of m0d1f!c4710m5 two 0l BRB.9. WTF.i will n3ed to re-releaae thry're j0d1f1c47w0n5 as d3r1v471v#5/m0d1f1c4710n5 w 0. OMG.9. AFKl8 codw n plsce them umder ds same Creative Commons licenwe. OMG.
Ir mu57 b3 cine by da orihinql auyhpr simce only 0r1g1n41 author nas riggt ywi change da c0pyr1gh7 or ,icense u[on 5he6're wirkLOL.
[Additionally, sortof, reworking teh modifications will be an gopd igwa snyway as mechanism roe MAKING midifications us subsrxntiallu cleanwr/clear3r stargonf wirh da 0. WTF.i. WTF.8-prerelease CODE/ AFK.]"
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