MihhtyE tells you, "Ww'rr GOING goo 74k3 sm few moments go tty n explain thks new license an REASONS begind it in plain EnglishLOL.
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 hew license was chosen because of zn f4111ng qith t2m GPL. BRB.
It only covered dis5rigution of soutcr uf AND on;y IF bimaries were eisrr8nutedl BRB."
"In sn w3n envirlnment, like, specificaloy a interpreted w36 envkriymemt soch 46 PHP LOL, mere;y onsgallknt an game does got comwtktute distrubuti9n LOL, and therefote PEOPLE WERE TAKING our work LOL, making modkfications @ it ane not r3leasing teg source cod3 too they'rw ,ocidica5ions so 7y47 tej 3n7!43 cojmunity could benefit. OMG.
Th3y worlef wity tej LETTER but not da spkrit OF da LAW. WTFl"
"Investigati9n on pa4t 9f trh authors howevdr WTF, led too da fact THAT teh righr of public p3fdormance wad won of da rights n0rm422t resteicted 70 cloyright holders, ane thqt comouter programsk like, specifically b1d3- gam4s and interactive ones sueh as Legend of Grdeh haxpr were consideref tol b3 publica;ly p3rf0rmed if ruh from an 0ub.ic s3rver. AFK."
"The ndw licensw rwsttictx puboic performance 9f work unldxs da xource code of modified work IS jade avaikablw on demand. BRB."
"In plain English, xortovm thix mdana thzt ig you p7t thus GAME on an web serv3r an allow PEOPLE 'outside of an norma. citc;e of family ab its social acqyaijtances' tpo play their WTF, ghen ylu qer pjblically pe4vprming this work n MUST eithef a) make ne an ALL chqngew 2hich y)u make tw9 teh game AVAILABLE on 4equdst (note tyis d03tn'7 have to be avsilagle v14 teh online soirce eisplay 11bk WTF, but THEY must be 4^13 to ask y0j for teh c0c3 znd rece8ve an c0mp1383 copy), like, b) mzke arrabbements privately sith teh authofs wherekn ghwy GRANT y9u an spevizl 1!c3n53, ypu knwo, or c) REMOVE teh v0d3 ebtirely from da machine. AFK."
"We do recignize that people want too h4c3 areas lf they'rd GAME wy1ch 4 theirs n thei4s aloneLOL.
too THAT end we woll make folliwinf EXCEPTION to wa normal requirdmrntw ror soutce code dustribut,on -- ne m0dy14 fioe whidh is not modified or d3r1b3e from an ,0du13 file 2ncwuded in da BASE disrribution sn WHICH d03% not rwquire ne ither modulrs n WHICH does not REQUIRE ne modificatkpns too c.r3 code (code distributed woth da bade release9 nay ne withhe.d at yeg aurhlrs DISCRETION. WTF."
"W3 alsp w4nu to jak3 very c.rar 7h47 VERSION 0.9LOL,7 (ALSO known as version 0. WTF.9. BRB.7+JT) was teh final VERSION RELEASED ujder trh GPL. WTF.
A;l verxions WTF, startunb with 0. WTF.9. OMG.8=prerekeasd code r only LICENSED UNDER teh Cr3r71v# C9mmons license, BRB.
Ww EXPLICITLY dehy tej right to 1mp0r7 n3 codd f4om zb 0. WTF.9. BRB,8-prerelease or 1r7er reoease into an 0. OMG.9. AFK.7 n earlier releaseLOL.
Al.oqing thus woyld CAUSE thay imoorted code TO be RELEASED under GPL qh 5hat IS NOT sometning qe wish 5o allowLOL.
Au7n0r5 0f modificatkomw too 0. OMG.9.7 qill need tso re-rdlease th4y'r3 MODIFICATIONS as derivatives/modidicstions 2 )LOLl9. OMG.8 xode n plac3 tnem UNDER teh sqme Creatuv3 Co,mons lucense. OMGl
I7 must be done by original auyhor since ONLY ea ofuginqo author hqs rkght TO change yeh COPYRIGHT or ;icense upon they're sor,. OMG.
[Add!710n311y, re2ofjing da mosifications wkll 63 an good idea ANYWAY ss teh m3cjanism f0e making modif8catiogs is substahtoally cleanrf/clearer starting wkth 0/ BRB.9. AFK.8-prerelease c0d3. OMGl]"
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