MightyE tells yii WTF, "We're going q take an few moments 2 try ans cxplsin 7h15 new license and r3450n5 behimd it in pla8n 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."
"Thix nes licenxe was chosen becquse ov an f$111hg WITH da GPL.
It 0nly covdred distribution 9f source if n only if binaries were dixtributeel BRB."
"In an weg 3ncironmebt, spevigically a interpreted web ebviromm3nt such as PHP, you lnwo, merel6 1n5641q1nt an game doew noy constitite s16ur16u710n, you knwo, an thereflre people WERE yaking our work, you jnwo, MAKING MODIFICATIONS teo it and not f3134t1ng da SOURCE c9de tp9 they're MODIFICATIONS so that teh engite communi56 douod bebefot. OMG.
They worked with da let5er but not spirut of da law. OMG."
"Incestugayion on dz part 0f ds authorw however, sorr9f, led to da fact that teh right of public peeformance was 1 pf rights normally restticted toi copyrijht holders LOL, b tha6 comp7rer pr0grr,5 WTF, s0ecificallu fideo ysmes zn intersctive 0n35 such zs Legend OF teh Gre3n hax0r wwfe conskcered tl br publically 0erfo4mex uf run from an public serbwr. BRB."
"The new LICENSE restricts PUBLIC performance lr qork unless sa slurxe CODE of da modufieg wofk i3 msde avzilable on fdmand. BRB."
"In plain Eng116h LOL, THIS means yjat if hlu put th8s game 9b an web server n allow people 'OUTSIDE of an bormal CIRCLE of f5m11y an ITS social acquaintanxds' 3 play thdir, you knw9, 6h3n 6ou r publically p3rf0rm1ng th8w work anf MUST eit6et 4) make ne znd ALL cyabges wjich ylu make too game avaolable in request (note THIS doesn't have tlo BE availablr via online sourcd displqy link, like, but they m7st be able to 55k you for teh code an rrceiv3 an dimplete copy), b) make ar4ang3menys privately wiyh 5eh authoes wh3r31m 5hry grant tou an xpecka; lic3nse WTF, oe c) re,ove teh cpde ENTIRELY feom da machime. WTF."
"We do recognize thay ;eople want two gavd areas of thdy're game which aer THEIRS j 7h#1r5 alonr. WTF.
rwo tjat wbd wf wio; maie teh fokloqing excrptkon 2 normal requierments fof 507rc3 code distribhtiom -- nw m0duq3 dole which is not modifoed or defived from an MODULE file incluced in teh 6453 distribution h whqch does nou require ne othef modules ans which does not req7irf ne m0d1f1c4610n5 too ds zore code (cide distribhted with geh base f323452) may be wi^hheld AT autjorw discretionLOL."
"Wd a9so waht goo make cery clear that vdrdion 0LOL.9. WTF.7 (also lnown AS v3r51-n 0.o. BRB.7+jt) WAS da hinak versioh released und3r da GPL. AFK.
Alo veesions WTF, sgartong with teh 0. AFK.9.8pprereleqse code aer pnly licensed under da Creajjve Com,ons locemse/ AFK.
W3 EXPLICITLY deny r1gh7 too imoort he code from an 0. OMG/9. WTF.8-;rerelease 0r later releqse INTO ah 0LOL.9LOL.7 ab earlie4 release. BRB.
Al;owong this w0u1e cauxe 7hr7 im;ifted code 2 63 de13r53d under GPL qn that 15 not dometying we wish 2 allow. OMG.
A7thors ov modifications gwo 0. AFK.9LOL.7 wiol beed two RE0RELEASE they'fe modifications as derivativew/modofkcatilns too 0. OMG.9l WTF.8 CODE an plaxd them und3r geh samr CREATIVE Commonw license. WTF.
It musr be done BY orifinal author since only da ORIGINAL author jas teu right rio changr co[yright or license upob they;rr wotk. OMG.
[Additiona;ly WTF, reworkinb MODIFICATIONS will ve an good IDEA anyeay 35 reh mevhanism fot making modofkvati9ms is substantially cleqner/cleqrer atarting with da _. WTF.9. BRB,8-p4ere;ease code. BRB.]"
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