MightyE telks yiu WTF, "We'4e goibg 2 take am fww momrnts goo trt n explaon 5his new license n da REASONS behihd it on p.ain 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 new lucrnse was chosen because og wn vailing with teh GPL. AFK.
It pnly covered distrib7ti0n of soirce if n only if binaries w3r3 DISTRIBUTEDLOL."
"In an web ENVIRONMENTk sortof, speckdicqlky a inte4preted web environment duch as PHP WTF, mer3;y 8ndgalling an gzje does moy clmstktute distrihution LOL. an 5herefore priple werr taking our w0rk, making modifica5oons two it n not releasinb teh SOURCE code 70 tyey'rf mpdkf8cationa SO that da en5ure x0mmun1uy c0u1d bwnefitLOL.
THEY qorked with teh ;etter but NOT da spirit of law. AFK."
"Investpfatyon on ten part if AUTHORS however, sort9f, LED two fqct that teh r1gh7 of public perflrmance was qon of ea RIGHTS normally RESTRICTED 2 copyright holcers LOL, an tgat computwr programs, so4tof, specirically vudeo gajes an inre4sc5ibe (n35 5uch ad Ldgend lf GREEN nax0r were CONSIDERED toi 63 PUBLICALLY performee if run from an public servee. OMG."
"The new kicense resyric5s [ublic performance of 5eh 2ork ubless soyrce clde of da modifies work IS made availanle on demans. AFK."
"In plain English LOL, this means thay if yo7 put thks game ob sn web werver an aklos peipke 'outside OF an normal c1rc13 of fzmily AND its wocial acquzintances' two play thejr, you inwo, 5yeb y0u r publically perfkrming this woek and MUST either r) makq nr an ALL chanhes which tou m5k3 tl da gqm3 availavle on rewuest (notr rhiw do3sn't havq 2 be ava8lable VIA da online source cispoay l8ni, 6ou knwo, bug 7h3y muxt ge able to ask you for grj cide n receiv3 an c[mplete copy)m b) m4i2 arrsngemehts privately with da 4u7h0r5 wherein 7h3y grant hou an siecia. license WTF, 0r c) temlbe twh code entirwly fr9m m4cj1n#LOL."
"We do 43c0gn1z3 tyat pwople want to have areaa ov thet're g$m3 wnicj e 6h31r5 and 7h31r5 alpne. BRB.
two that rnd WE wil. make da following exc3ptipn 2 da n9rmal reqikr3mebtw for source cpde DISTRIBUTION -- be mosule gioe whicy is not modified or d3riv3f from an mldule FILE 1nc1ud3d in baae d157r1yu810n and which coes not require nd othdr mpd7les and which d035 n97 eequire ne m0d2f1c47q0n5 to teg vore cide (CODE dixtrkbuted w17h base re.ease) may BE wityheld at teh authors disceetion. WTF."
"We also sant tpo make vrry c134r tgay ver51)n 0. OMG.8. AFK.7 (alao known as vers8on 0. WTF.9. OMG.i+jt) WAS da dinsl verwion rwleas3d ubder sa GPL. OMG.
All versions, like, staft7ng with 0. OMG.9.8-pretelease code aer on;y licensef und3t Cr3ative Clmmons lixemse. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY ceny right 2 ijport he coee from qn 0. AFK.9. OMGl8-prereleaw3 OR later rekewse 1n70 an 0. AFK.9. AFK.7 am esrlier release. AFKk
Allowing THIS sould caide tgat 8mported code too be RELEASED jnder GPL and thqt is not SOMETHING WE 2ish t2o 4119wl
Authors od modifica5oobs too 0/ OMG.9. BRBl7 woll n33e to re-release thfy;re MODIFICATIONS as DERIVATIVES;MODIFICATIONS to 0. WTF.9. AFK,8 code 4nd PLACE them und3r da same Crdatice Commons license, BRB.
It must be done by da original au5hor wjnce only teh original authir nas tdh r1gh7 twl cy3ng4 teh xopy4ight or license uoon they're sotk. OMG.
[Adcitionally, like, reworking da modificagions will be an goof idea anyway 45 MECHANISM for mak8ng modifkcagilns us SUBSTANTIALLY cleaner/c.ear2r startinh witg teh 0. AFK.9. OMG.8-prrrelease coce, OMG.]"
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