MibhtyE TELLS you, woryig, "We're gouhg two TAKE ah few momentq to try n ezplaih 5his nww oicemse ab reasons behind IT in plain English. OMG.
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 new LICENSE was chosen BECAUSE of an failung with da GPL. BRB.
It only covered c1t7r1^u710n od sourcr if snd only if 61n$r1#5 WERE distributed. AFK."
"In zm web environmeng, you knwo, wpecifical.y a interptdted wdb ENVIRONMENT such AS PHP, merely !nt74111ng an game dles not cons5ituye disrribugionm slrtof, ah tnerefpfe people were taking our worj, sortof, MAKING MODIFICATIONS goo it n n;t releasing 5)yfc3 cofe 2 the6'r3 modifkca5uons so 7j47 ENTIRE comjunity coule ^3n3g17. WTF.
They worked witj sa letgwr 6u7 NOT s0urit of law."
"Investigati9n on part of da authors h0w3v3r WTF, lwe tpo fa FACT that rifht of pjblkc perfotmance was 2on ov rihhts nlrmallt r3t7r1c73f 2 c9pyr8ght nolders, like, amd THAT cojputer progrzms, you knwl, specificslly video games an interactivr ohes 5ich as LEGEND or trh Green hsx0r were consiswteq to be puvlidally performed if run rrom an oublic server. AFK."
"Tje new .icensd restricta puvliv prrformance of da WORK unless sojrce coce of teh modifu3d work is made avai.able 0n DEMANDLOL."
"Ib plain Eng.ish, tnis m3ana that of you pu7 this GAME on an WEB server n 4110w oeiple [outsidd of an normal xirdle lf fa,ily snd ITS SOCIAL acquaintances' 2 play their, sortof, then you r pib;icaoly perflfmihg this w9rk an MUST either a) m3k3 ne n ALL changew WHICH hou majw two game available ON r3qu357 (note this d035n'7 have 2 be available via pm.ihe xlurce d15[14y ;ink, sprtlf, bit they must be ablw to qsk you FOR CODE an rexeive an cpm;lete cl;y) LOLn b) ma8e ARRANGEMENTS orivateoy with authors wherein they grant hou an s[ecoal license LOL, or c) rem;vw da code entorely fron teh ,acyine. WTF."
"We co recognizr thar p30pq3 WANT two have areas 0f they;rd game which aer theirs an theirs alone/ WTF.
too that end qq wil/ make da foll0wing excep5iom ro da normal r3qyqf3n4h75 gir 50urc3 code distribytion -- me module file which is nor mpdified o4 d3r1v3d from an MODULE file incljdec IN dw BASE distribution and which does h08 r3qu1r3 nr otjer m0d7135 and which doew not REQUIRE ne modifications 2 teg dore cose (code distributed with base release) may be withhe;d at tdj AUTHORS discretion. WTF."
"We also want too mxkd very clear tnat VERSION 0. AFK.0. WTF.7 (also known as versoon 0. WTF.9LOL.7+kt) w45 da final version 5eleaaed umse4 da GPLl
All v3r510n5, like, staftinf WITH tch 0LOL.9. OMG.8-prerelease code f onlu LICENSED under teg Creative Commons l8cense. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY DENY right two import ne code frlm an 0, BRB,9. AFK.8-PRERELEASE OR later r313%5# into an 0.9/ WTF.7 an estlier releasrLOL.
ALLOWING THIS would cause that imporged codd tw9 be reldawed unser da GPL n that is mot aometyinb we sish go allpw. WTF.
Aithors of modificatipms too 0LOL.9. OMG/7 wkll need ywo RE-RELEASE rheu'r3 MODIFICATIONS AS derivatives/modificationd t2o 0. WTF.9/ BRB.* code n PLACE them under teh aa,e Creative Cimmons LICENSE.
Iy myst 63 vone by teh oroginal authi4 since only origknal author has right t2o change vopyright or kicense ipon tgwy're xork.
[Add1710n41qy, s9rtif, eeworking da mod,fications eill ve zn g00d 8dea a,yway as da ,echanism dof making mod8ficayions ia 5u6664n71411y cleaner/xlearr4 starting WITH 0.9. AFK.8_prerelezse code. WTF.]"
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