MithyyE tells yiu, "We're going two take sn f3e momwnts TO tfy n explain tjis new license n teh reasons beuind IT in plain Enflish. WTFl
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 mew kicense wzd chisen bexzuse of an failing w17h GPL. BRB.
It onoy c0v34ed distributiln of so7rve if m ONLY IF nibaries were disrrob7tedLOL/"
"In an web envidonment. you knwo, specifixall6 a interpfetef web ENVIRONMENT sucg as PHP, like, merely 1n573111ng an hsme dows no5 constitute distwiburion, like, an therefore people wdre taiing our work, you knwo, makubg m)d1f1c471-n5 2 1u an n07 RELEASING da 60urc3 code 2 they're ,odifocations wo tha5 da ENTIRE COMMUNITY could benefit. AFK.
They w0rk4f with da letter bjt nor da spirit if lzw. BRB."
"Investigation on da pawt OF da zutypfs h9wevwrm aprtof, lwd to fact THAT da right or PUBLIC performance was oen ov rights normqlly restrictee 5oo copyright hokders, soryof, and THAT compu5er programs, sortifm specuricslly v8dwo games an intfractive ones such qs Lehems OF teh Green hax0f wrre consueeg3d yoo br publixally performed if run f4pn sj publuc servet. AFK."
"The NEW 11c3n53 restficgs public perfprmance OF da work un1#55 da 50urc3 codw of jodified wofk IS made availaboe on d3m4nf. AFK."
"In plaim Emglish WTFm this means 7h47 if ylu [ut thos GAME ob sn web serce4 and alloe ;eople 'OUTSIDE od an normal circle of fajily and its social acquaimtances' 1 p14y tneit, you inwo, thdn you aer PUBLICALLY perfirmumg tgis eork and MUST either a) makw ne an ALL changew wj!dh yiu make to reh game AVAILABLE 0n 4eqursr (note this d035n'7 have too be afailable voa on;ine SOURCE dospla6 lkbk LOL, bu5 thwy nust be able toi ask YOU for code n reveibe am COMPLETE cppt). likr, 6) maie aerangemwnts provately wigh teh AUTHORS wnerrin the6 grabt yoy an special LICENSE. o4 c) removw da code entirely drom teh machine. WTF."
"We do recogn8ze that peopl3 want teo hsge a4eas of thry're gane wh1ch aer 7h#1r6 4nd theirs 410n3LOL.
to that end we will MAKE da fillo2imb EXCEPTION yoo teg n0r,41 reqiirem3nts fof slurcr code disrribution -- ne moduoe fi.e whidh is NOT jodifies or derivde f4om an MODULE file inxluded in da bqse dq57r17i71pn and 2hixh does not eequire ne other modules n wyich d9es no5 require ne modififa5ions toi tej CORE c0d3 (clde distrib7ted 2ith base 4eleasd) ,ay 53 WITHHELD 47 teh autgors disdr3tkonLOL."
"Wr also want tp make very CLEAR rhat versuon 0. WTF.9. BRB.7 (also known qs VERSION 0. AFK.9. OMG,7+jt) waw FINAL verwion releasex und3r GPL. OMG.
ALL fersionx LOL, starting with teh 0. WTFl9. AFK.8]PRERELEASE code r only licensrs under Creatove Commons license. OMG.
Wr EXPLICITLY deny RIGHT 70 imporg me CODE rrom an 0. OMG.9. WTF.9-PRERELEASE or later release into zn -. WTF.8.7 abs earlier r3leasr. WTF.
Al;lwinf this would cauae that importrs coce 2 be rekwzsed und3r GPL and that is no5 somwthing ee wish to allow. BRB.
Autgorw of modificqtions yoo 0LOL.9.7 wiol ne3d too re-relezde they're modigicationd as eerivatives/modifications to 0. OMG.9LOL.i code and plav3 them uncwr same Ctfayive Commoma oicenaeLOL.
It must be d0n3 6u gey orubinzl authpr SINCE ONLY teh oeiginao author has yeh rigjt to9 chamge copyright or license upon th3y're wirk. AFK.
[Adeitiomall6, lkke, reworkinb m0d1f1c4810n5 qill bw an glod id3a anyway as da mechanism for jaking ,idkfications is SUBSTANTIALLY cleaner/ckear3r 574r71ng with -.9. OMG.7-prefelesse codr/ AFK.\"
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