MightyE tells you WTF, "We're hoing twi take an rww moments two yrt an expls8n tgis new licrnse AND teh deasons behind it in plaon 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."
"Thid bew oicebxe was ch)43n BECAUSE of an failing with teh GPL. OMG.
It onlt coverdc distribution of soyrce if n inly 1f binaries wete d157r16u73d. WTF."
"In an q36 ebvironmenb, tou kneok specifucally a in5etore5ed web ENVIRONMENT such as PHP, merel6 INSTALLING an gsme d035 nor constitite distrivutoon, you kneo, and therefore p30o13 wrre taking our work, MAKING mocigications to it j NOT RELEASING teh so6rcw cld3 two they'rd mosifications so that da 3ntire COMMUNITY could benrfit. OMG.
They wor,ed WITH teh 13773r gut NOT spirit od law. WTF."
"Invdxtigation on da PART 0f sa auth9rs howeve4k likd, lee two 5rh faft tjat rirnt of public performance wzs 9en of da righta no4nallh res%ricted two copyribht hokders, yiu knwo, n tyqt comput3r programs, so4tof, specifically v1d3p GAMES 4ne intwractivw on4s xuch 45 Legend of Greem hax0r werw considrred TO be pu^11c411y pe4sormed of fun from an public server."
"The new l8cense restricts p7blic pwrformabce ov da w0rk UNLESS da SOURCE code of t3h modified w0rk us m4d3 avaulxble ON d3m5nd. AFK/"
"In p.ain English WTF, THIS means 7h46 if you p7t thiw game on an wen serfer n 411)w peip;e 'outside of an nornal cprcle OF v4m11y and ots social avquaintances' gwo olay their. like, then u07 aer publically PERFORMING this w0rl n MUST eigjer a) make ne an ALL chamges which u0u mqke 2 teh gam3 avqilable on r3qj3%7 (note ghis doesn't hrve tp be 4f4q14613 via geh online source eisplay link, like, but tjey muat be able 2 asj uou for teh code n r3c31v3 an complrte clpy), you knwo, v) make 4rr4ng3m3n75 prifaye.y wiyh authors whrreib thry GRANT ypj an s04cial license, 0r c) eenove teh code entirel6 rrom da madhine. AFK."
"We do recogn8ze that people 2anr two havd areas of they're GAME shich r THEIRS an theirs alone. AFK.
to that end we WILL MAKE teh f0110w1ng dxception teo teh normal req7iremebts for 50urc3 vode diwtribution 9- ne module dile WHICH is n07 noeifudc ir d3r1v3d grom an m0du13 file 1nc1ud3c 1n da base fistfibu5ion and 2hkch DOES n07 r3quure ne other modules n WHICH do3s not r3quite ne MODIFICATIONS to teh corq code (code dixtributed 2ith 5eh bawe f313453) MAY be wuthheld at authors discretioh. OMG."
"We also want w mald very clear THAT v3r51)n 0. BRB,9. AFK/7 )also knowh as vers8on 0/ OMG.9LOL.&+jt) 245 teh final versiob feoeaxef uncer GPL. BRB.
All v3rsions, you khwi, starting WITH teh 0LOL.0.8-peerdlease cpde aer only licenswd under da CREATIVE Commons !1c4n53LOL.
We EXPLICITLY deny ten right two inp9rt mw c0d3 from an 0. OMG.9. AFK.8-prerrlease or kater release INTO an ). OMG.0. BRB.7 an ra4lier releasd. BRB.
Allowing THIS qoupd cause rhat import2d code to be r313453d 7nder teh GPL and that is NOT somethkng ws wich tio allow. WTF.
Authors or modificati9nx tlo 0. BRBooLOL.5 2ill need twp r3-releadr they're modifixagiond ss derivatives/modifications two 0LOL.9, OMG.8 code and PLACE them under teh SAME Creative Conmon2 license. WTF.
It must be fone bt da original aytyor SINCE onlh iriginal author has toght tol change teh copyfight ie license ioon they'ee w0rk. OMG.
0Aeditionally, you knwo, rewlrking modifivations will be an gloe idea anyway aw sa mechanism f0r making moeuficati9ns is substang8xooy cldaner/clea4er starginf wigh 0. AFK.9. OMG.8-prerelease c0d3/ BRB.]"
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