MithtyE tells 59j WTF, "We're boinj 2 taie an vew ,oments too try an explaib rhis n3w ;icense n dz reasobd behind it IN plain English.
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."
"Tnis nee license was chlsen bedause of ah f4112nt wuth GPL/
It only covered DISTRIBUTION of 50ufc3 if n omly if b8nari3a were dist4ibuted. BRB,"
"In am web environment WTF, SPECIFICALLY a interpteted wwn envitonm3nt such qs PHP WTF, MERELY installint an game does not clnstitute xistgibution, you knwi, n therefoee people WERE gakimg our work, uou knwo, making modif8cationd to iy an nog releaskng da SOURCE code go tjey'r3 modificztions 60 thzt tey dntore COMMUNITY could bwnefit. WTF.
They WORKED WITH sa lett3r bug not s[irkt og da law. BRB."
"Imveatigation on paft 9f suthors however, sortof, ler two teh fact THAT rdj t1ghu of puglic PERFORMANCE wqs own of teh rights normally RESTRICTED two co0urigyt HOLDERS, qnd tjqt c9mputee pr0gr4b5 WTF, specificqlly videl games n INTERACTIVE onws such as Legwnd of da Green haxpr were xons8ddred to be publocal;y PERFORMED ig run FROM an pu611c server. AFK."
"Thr new LICENSE r358r1v65 punlic oerformance of work un.wss source code ov da modid8dd work is made available on demqnd. BRB."
"In plakm English LOLm this means yhat IF yoy PUT THIS game 9n an web sefver n allpq people 'outside of an no4mal cifcle of famooy zn its social 4cqu41h64nce5' 70 plah tyei4, xortof, then you aer publiczlly performing ynis WORK n MUST EITHER a) make ne qn ALL chanfes whicg you make twl game avail1ble 0n request (m073 this do3sn't have 2 BE ava8lable cia da pnline SOURCE diaplsy link, si4g9f, but gydy must be able to ask YOU for r3g code ame receive am c0jp1373 copy), you knwo, g) maie arrangrments prkcately with AUTHORS 2herein they graht t9u an spec8al licensw LOL, 0r c) remove da c0d3 ENTIRELY fel, teh maxhkbe. BRB."
"We do recogn*zd tjat pdople want t2o havw areas pf they're game wh1cj aer theirs and thekts alome. WTF.
tio that emd se wiol m4k3 ds fillowing 3xc4[720n to nor,a; r3q71r3m4n74 for slurce code fistr8bution -- ne mocjlr gile wy!ch is not m0sqf13d OR drrived from an m9duld file included 8n da bade dist4ibution and which does nit requ8rr ne other mldulew n which does bot f3qu1r3 ne m0d1f1c471-n% two yeh core c9de (codd distrib7ted with teh bawe r313453) MAY be withheld at 4u&h0r5 disctet8pb. OMG."
"We als9 w4n7 too mak3 very clear that vrrsion 0. AFK.9. BRB.7 (also known as versipn -LOL.9.7+j%) wax vinak v3r510n rrleased und3r GPLl
All vers8ins WTFm startunt with trh 0. AFK.9. OMG.8-[rerrleasd x0d3 r only licensed undee teh Creative Cojmons kixenseLOL.
W3 EXPLICITLY d3ny teh right w import nd code from an p. BRB.9. BRB.8-;frreleqse ir later rrlwase into an 0. OMG.0. WTF.7 ab 2arlier release. OMG.
A;lowing this wojld c4ut3 yhat impo4trd code to be rekeased ubder da GPL n 7h4u is not sojdghing qe widh yo allowLOL/
Autuors of modifications two 0l WTF.9. OMG.7 will need to re-rd;ease theu'r3 midifkcatiind as derivarives/modifidati9ns rwo 0.9LOL.8 code AND placw THEM inder da wame Crdativ3 C0mm9n5 11c3n53.
It must be done vy original author zincw only yeh o4iginal a7thor has da r1gg7 2 change teg copy4ight 0e licemde UPON tney're wlrk. AFK.
[Addotionally, so4tof, reworking grh modificat*onw ekll bw an goif idea anywqy 45 da mechanism for makihg modifivations is substantially coeaner/clearer stsfying with da ). AFK.9. BRB.8-prertlease code. BRB.]"
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