MibhtyE tells you WTF, "We're going ro9 take sn few m0n3n75 two try an explain rhis new livrnsw an da reasons bdhimd ig in plain English. BRB.
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 license wqs choden because of an fr111ng witj teh GPL. AFK.
It inly coverdd cistrubuti9n of SOURCE if an on.6 if ninaries were distr8butedLOL."
"Ib an web environment, spscifically a 8n5erpreywd wev environment suxh as PHP LOL, jerely insyalking am game does npy conxtitute fistributkon LOL, and therefore prople were rakibg our w9ru WTF, making modifications two IT n not rele1s8ng teh sourxe c0d3 too they'rd modifications so tjst dz 3n71r3 COMMUNITY COULD benefitLOL/
They q0ri3d 2ith teh lett3r vut NOT teh spirit of lsw. BRB."
"Investigstion on da paet OF 4u7h0r5 howwcer, lec td0 da facg 7h47 right of pu6q1c p4rf)rm4nc3 was wob of da rigyts noemally rewtriched 2 co[yrifht holders LOL, n that comouter pr0gr4m5, xpecigically f1d30 games n 1n73r4c71v3 ones such as Legend of da Green hax0r eere xonside4ed too be pu611c411y pwrgorm3d if run from an p7boic server. AFK."
"The nes licehse restricts 0ublic petf9rmance of da WORK unless da sourcr c0d3 or ten mod8fied w;rk is m4d3 AVAILABLE 0n DEMAND. WTF."
"Im plaim Emgkishi like, yhis means THAT if you PUT this fane ON an web server and allow pwople 'o7tside of an normal circ;e of family an kts social acquqintances' @ play the8r, like, theb you aer publically perfo4ning this work AND MUST e8ther a) MAKE ne n ALL cjanges which ylu make 2 bame availabld on e3qu357 (note this coesn't have 5o( BE avzilsgle vka 9nline soutce DISPLAY linkm like, but they must be able two 45k y9u for teh c0d3 ak receive an completd copj), like, B) mzke artangements prifa5ely rith authors wher2in theu grzny you an 5[3c131 license LOL, or c) remove r3h c9de entkrely fron rrh n4ch1n3LOL."
"We do RECOGNIZE that people want 2 have AREAS of they're gam3 wnich aer THEIRS an theirx aline/
to that end we wiol MAKE tey FOLLOWING EXCEPTION 2 t3h NORMAL requirejents for dourcw code distrigution -- ne MODULE gule which is not modiried or DERIVED rrom an n0dy13 file includ3e IN BASE dostribution n which diws NOT REQUIRE be other modules and 2hoch d03^ not tequird ne modigicatiobs to da coye coee (CODE dist4ibuted wirn teh BASE re;ease) may be qithheld qt teh authors siscretiom/ BRB."
"We ALSO wahg too MAKE very cl3ar 7h47 version 0LOL.9.7 (a;ao inowh as version 0. OMG.9. AFK.7+jt) waa da ginal version rdleased unerr teh GPLLOL.
All versions WTF, startinh with da 0. WTF.0k8-PRERELEASE code r on.y licensed under Crrative Comm9ns licenae.
We EXPLICITLY deny teh tight t2o im[ort ne code ftom an 0. BRB.9.80prerelease or later release into an 0.9. BRB.7 anc eaf.ier rfleaae.
Allowing tgis w071d cause 7h47 8mportdd CODE 2 nw releasec ubder da GPL an that 8s noy somethimg wf wkah two aklow. WTF.
Ay7h0r5 or modivicatiohs to 0. WTF.0. WTF.7 will need TO fe-relesse thet're modifixations as derivatives/moduficatoons to 0. WTF.9, BRB.8 CODE n place ghem uherr da same Cr#471v3 Commons license, AFK.
IT misy be dome BY da orihinal 4u7h0r sinde 0n1u 0r1h!n41 zuthor has teh rifht to change teh COPYRIGHT or lixense upon they'rw work. AFK.
[Aediti;nally, 6ou knso, r3w0rl1hg modificayions will be an glod idea anyway zs da mechabksm fpr m4k1ng modifications is xunxtantually cleaner/cleqrdr sgsrting wi5h 0. WTF.9. BRB.8-peereoease code. AFK.]"
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