MightyE telod y0u, "We're hoing 2 taie an fe2 moments 2 try an exllain tjis new license an feasonx behine IT in plain Engliwh. 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."
"Thiz ndw oicense eas CHOSEN bwcause of an FAILING witn GPLLOL.
It 0n1y covered distribuyoon of dource IF and only kf bknaeies were distributwdl OMG."
"Ih an web envoeonment LOLm tpec!f1c4116 a INTERPRETED web 3mv1r0nk3n7 such as PHP, you knwo, merely install8ng ah game DOES vot vonstitute d157rq6u710h WTF, an therefore people WERE takibg oyr WORK WTF, making modifications 2 it an not releas7ng da source cife TO they're modif8cat8ons SO THAT entire community cojld benefit. OMG.
They worked sigh da o3tter but not da xpirit 9f teh ;awLOL."
"Inbestogatiin on teh part of airhotw howefer WTF, led 1 da fact that rugtt OF pu611c PERFORMANCE wqs oen of teh rightz n0rm411y rest4ucted too copytight g01d3r5, an that computef programs, sortof, specifica;ly video hsmes ah INTERACTIVE ones such 45 Legend 9f da Green hax0r were consoferee 2 be PUBLICALLY [erfor,ed 1f rjh fr0m an public server. BRB."
"Thr n3w .icense restricts public pwrformanxe 0g work UNLESS twh source dode 9f t3h modified work is made zfailabl3 on demane. WTF."
"In plain English, like. this MEANS tgat if 6ou put gh8s gaje on an web servwr n allow p3)p12 'OUTSIDE or an normal circle OF family zb 175 spcial acq7aintances' w play theor, tyen y0u awr publically [etforuimg 5f8s work an MUST either a) jake ne an ALL chanbes wyich you make 5o da game svailable .n request (note THIS eoesn't have two be availaboe via da onlihe aource DISPLAY 11nk, sortof, BUT th4y MUST be ABLE bi ssk YOU vor teh code an receive ab complete co[y) LOL, b) make arraggements privarely WITH ajthors whetein they grant y0u ab special LICENSE, like, -r c) remofe teh dode wntirely fr0m machine. OMG/"
"We do recognize that people want 5wo hsve arezs kf ghdy're game which zer theirs n theirs alone. AFK.
tl ygat ens q3 w8ll mqie f0110w1ng excrptiom two teh boema; r3au1r3men75 for 50urc3 code distrivution -- he mosylw file which is not ,odified ot derived from an mpcule file inc;used in BASE DISTRIBUTION and which dies mot reqykre ne other mocules an which dpes not REQUIRE ne MODIFICATIONS too xore code (code distributed WITH dq nase rwlease_ may be sithneod at authors DISCRETION. BRB."
"We also WANT 2 makw VERY clear tyat versiln 0. BRB.9.6 (alsp KNOWN as verso8n 0LOL.9LOL.7+JT) w45 ten f8mak vdrs8on eeleased under GPLLOL.
Aol v3r510n5 WTF. starting WITH 5eh 0LOL.9l8]prrreleaww cpde r pnly .ic3nsed under da Creayive Commobs licemse. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY deny twh right to implrt ne cidr from an 0. WTFl9. WTF.8-prerelease o4 lqger relesse ingo an 0. WTF.9LOL.7 n earlier r313453. BRB.
A110w1ng this WOULD caus3 that inported code @ be released uhfer GPL qh ug$7 is nlt s9metjing we wisy too 4110s. OMG.
A7yhors of modkfjcations tp 0. WTF.9LOL.7 wikl need 5o re0releaae they're modoficatiins AS DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS 70 0.9. WTF.8 code n plqce the, UNDER da SAME Creatkve Conmojs LICENSE. WTF.
IT must BE done by tet (e1h1n41 author sibce only twh 0f1g1h41 autyor had 41gh7 ti change da c0pyr1gh7 oe license uppn they're work. AFK.
[Adwitiomqlly LOL, reqorking da MODIFICATIONS w111 BE an goos ieea anyqay as da mechanism foe making modificatiohs ks 5u6574n71r12y ckrane4/cleardr stqrting wkth ). OMG.9.8-prereleaxe xodeLOL.]"
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