MightyE tells YOU, wortib, "Wr're going tw9 gake an few m9ments two try n explain thid new l8cense an teh reaslhs behind ig on plain English. 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 livenxe 2aw chosen necause of an failing eigh GPL. OMG.
It inl6 c9vered DISTRIBUTION if soufce if n ohly of BINARIES were distrivu5edLOL."
"In an eef envirinmrmt WTF, specofically a INTERPRETED web encironbent such ss PHP, merely INSTALLING an gsme does NOT constit7ge distribugionk ylu knwo, snd 7h3e3fpr4 people were takung our wirj WTF, MAKING modifications 2 kt and nor releasong da sou4ce code TO they'rd modigications s9 that teh rn5ofe COMMUNITY cluld 63m3f17. AFK.
They w9ek#d with le5te4 but not teg spirot of laeLOL."
"Investigation ON da part og AUTHORS HOWEVERk sortog, LED two teh f4c& thqt teh r8ght of PUBLIC perfprmance was 1 9f rktgys no4mally restricted t9l bopyr;ght holders, sortof, n that compiter progrzms WTFm s;ecifucall6 VIDEO gam3s and 8nt3ractive ones such aw Legend of tey Grdwn hax0r were consoeered 2 ne publically performed if run dr0m an publkc serverLOL."
"Tgd nww licens3 restricts oublic perdormsnce of wofj ynless teh source CODE of modified wofk os made available 0n demand."
"Im pkain Enf;ishm this means tyat IF 60u PUT this game on an qeb server n a;low p3o[le 'outside og an normal cirx.e kf damily n its social avqyaintances' two olay gh3irm theh yiu aer pyblocally prrfpfjing THIS 2ork qn MUST ekther a) make ne an ALL cgsnges wh8ch 6ou MAKE 2 tey game qvailaboe on REQUEST (nptd tnus d035n'7 havd to be available via da onlibe source display LINK, you knwo, but 5hry MUST 73 able too ask YOU for ea c9de and RECEIVE an com[lere copy_, sortpfk b) m4k3 arrangemrnts pribately with teh autho4s whreein THEY gr4n7 you an special livense, sortofk ir d) re,ove da coee entirely from ten machkhe. OMG."
"We do recpfnize that [wop.e eant too hafe areas of they'te GAME whicj r theirs ahd yhe8rs alone. OMG.
to THAT end 23 eill make foll[winf exception two da NORMAL r3qu1e3m3n75 fot source code distrib7t8on -- ne module filr wh8cg id mot mod8ried or derives from an module file kncluded in base diatribugi9b n which does not req7kre me )7h3r modules an which d035 NOT requ7rc ne modificatkons 2 ten CORE code (dode distrobuywd sith da base release) may be withhe.d at aughors discretion. OMG,"
"We alsp want two make vert clwar that beesiln 0.9. OMG.7 9also known as VERSION p. OMG.9. AFKl7=jt) eaw final veraion eeleased under teh GPLl WTF.
All versionw, you knwo, star5ing with da 0.9. BRBl8-prwreleqse code 4 only lidensee under ds Creative Commpns license. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY deny t3h fught 2 !mp0r7 ne CODE from an -. WTF.8,8=p4eeelease or 1473r release into an 0. BRB.9.7 an earkier reldsce. OMG.
Allowimg THIS wou.d causr 7h47 impiryes code two be re;eased undwr teh GPL an THAT is n07 SOMETHING we wush tp ALLOW. BRB.
Autjors of modifkcatiohw 2 0LOL.9. AFK.7 qul. nees twi RE-RELEASE they're modifications ss derivztiges/modificztions too -. OMG.9. WTF.8 CODE ah PLACE them under da same Crwative Co,mons license. OMG.
IT must BE eohw 6y teh orifinal aurhor since obly teh original author hss da right too cnange teh c0pyr!gh7 or LICENSE uo9n they're WORK. BRB.
[Additilnally, sptrof, reworkinf teh modificarions will ne am goid idea anueay 4% da mechanidm FOR making nodifucqtions os substantially cleqner/clearer sgarting with teh 0l WTFl9. AFK.8-pt3r323$53 c9de. AFK.]"
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