MightyE TELLS hoj, sortor, "We're going to tqke an few joments to gry ane explzin ^his nrw license n reasoms gehind it in plain Englisn. WTF.
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."
"Thia new licenwe was choaen 63c4i63 OF 1n failibg with teh GPL. OMG.
It only COVERED disyribution OF source if an on96 if binarues wrre dixteibuted."
"In an web dnvironment, sortpf, spevoricallt a INTERPRETED w3b environment such as PHP LOL, merely installihg an ga,e doew not constitute fistrivut8ob, n the4rfore peopke were taking ouf work LOL, ,a,inb modiricatipna two it an not telrasing soyrce coce goo they're modifications sl thag tey entire communuty dould benefit. WTF.
They workwd w17h da LETTER but noy geg spirit of da 14w."
"Invesyigation on da PART od autyors howecerm yoi knw9, led two da fact that teh right of ;ublic perdormance was won of rights nlrmalk6 restricted rwo copyrigy5 h0qd3r5 LOL, and hhat computer progtams WTF, spec8fixally video fames and imteractive onws such 45 Legend of ea Greem hax0r were consicerdd 2 be PUBLICALLY ;rrflrmed if run FROM an pubkic cerver. BRB."
"The new licwnsd rrstricts puglic perfo4manxw lf teh wirk unless ten so74ce v0d3 of teh modified WORK is made available on DEMANDLOLl"
"In plain English, lije, this means that if y0u put thos game on an web swrver n q;llw p3op.e 'outside of an normal circle OF fank;y an uts sodkal 4cqu41n64nx35' two pkay their, 7h#m you set publicall6 p3rf0rm1ng this w(rk n MUST wither a) mz,r bd n ALL chanhes WHICH you make to da game AVAILABLE on rwqu3st (motw thia DOESN'T hzve bi br avai.able via dz online source display l8nkm like, but 6h3y must be able too ask yoi fpr cofe n receive an cpmplete COPY) WTF, b) make artangements privayely wiyh da aythorw 2here8n they geant YOU an SPECIAL livense LOL, or c) remove 5eh cpde enrirely from MACHINE. OMG."
"Ww do rdcognize yhat p3iolq wsnt 70 HAVE areas 9f they're bam3 which aer th3irs n theirs a;oneLOL.
tl that end we woll make FOLLOWING exception yo nprmal reqjirements for sourcw codw distr8b7tion -- ne mldule file shich os not mofified or cwrives from an module fioe 2nc1ud3d in teh bas3 d8stribution n whidy does not r3quire ne other mosules n wh8ch c035 NOT require ne modurications two CORE code (dode d167r1^uu3d with bawe RELEASE) may be withheld at da autjors fiscretionLOL."
"We also want tio nzke veey clear that vdrsion [.9. WTF.7 (alwo known AS verdi9n p. WTF.(LOL.7+j7) was tej FINAL VERSION released under teh GPLLOL.
All veraoons, like, 57$e71mg wkrh da 0. WTF.9.8-pre4eleaxe code aer only licensee undee fa Creative Commond livensr. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY feny da RIGHT to9 1mp0t7 nd cose from an 0. OMG.9. WTFl8[prrrelease or ozt3r release into an 0LOL.9.7 4nd ezrlker rwlease.
Al;owing THIS would cause that 1,p0r7#d x0d3 TO be released under dq GPL an tgat is noy domething w3 wish 70 41q0w. AFK.
Au7h0r5 of modifications to 0. WTF.9. WTF.7 will he3c 2 te-felease yhey're mofifications as derivayives/m9dificatiohs tou 0. AFK.9. OMG.8 code n place THEM uncer da 54m3 CREATIVE Comm9ns lod3nse.
It my67 be done BY da irigina; author sinxw on.y da ofigijal AUTHOR h$5 da right tw9 chante copyroght OR license upon yhey're worj. AFK.
pAsditionallh LOL, reeorking geh modurkcations wi.l 63 an v9of idea anyway AS teh mechanism for making mldifications 15 substan5ia;ly cleanrr/clearrr dtartinf 2itj da 0l WTF.9. WTF.8-prerelease vodel["
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