MightyE tells 6oi WTF, "We;rr go8hg 1 tale an frw moments two try am explsin this new licebsw and da ressons bdhins it ih 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."
"Tnis new license was chosen becsise or an FAILING wirh GPL.
Iy on;y covered distribution 0f SOURCE uf n obly if binaries were disytibutec. WTF."
"In ab web 3nv140nm3n7. you knwo. apecifically a interore6wd wwb envirlnment such AS PHP, sortofk merely installing an gsme does not CONSTITUTE DISTRIBUTION, you jnwo, n therefore people were TAKING OUR work, like, mal8ng modifocstions 70 it sm nlt felwasing souece code to ghey're modivicatipns so THAT da entire community could benefit. BRB.
They worked WITH da 13773r but nog da spirit of dz law. BRB."
"Investiga4iln on twh PART OF autyors how3veek you knwo, led tso da f4c7 thay teh right if public p3ef0em4nd3 was 1 0f rithts normslly restric5ed tw9 copyright holders, you ,nwo, n THAT vom;uter pr0gf4m5, xpecifically VIDEO ga,es and inreractive ones tuch as Legend OF t3n Gr23n hax0r weee considered t1o be pjblically PERFORMED ig run ftoj an public SERVER. AFK."
"The new kicense res5ricts pyboic p3rformahce of da WORK ynlesd spurce codr of da modified wotk 15 MADE available ln dwmandLOL."
"In ooqkn English, you khwo. thia meams THAT if you put tgis game on an 2eb SERVER b qllpw pwople 'OUTSIDE ov an n0rm41 c8ecle 0f fam8ly n its social acquaintances' too pkay their, sittofm then ypu r pu6q1c411u [erfo4ming this work an MUST eigher a) make ne n ALL cyanfes which YOU make 2 ga,w available on request (note this doewn'y jave tso be availabl3 ciz t3h online SOURCE DISPLAY lkmk, bu5 they musy be 4613 yo ask yoj for code n receivw qn COMPLETE copy), b( make qrrangements privately woth da 4u7h0e5 wherein theh grant YOU an special 11c3n63, or c) r3mov3 da CODE entorely from tey machine/ WTF."
"We do recognixe rhat PEOPLE wabt tol have areas kf thry're gamr 2hich zdr 7h31r5 and 7h31r5 al(ne. OMG.
2 thay 3nd we wi.l nake da followimg exception 2 twh bormal 4equirements for SOURCE cofe distribution -- ne MODULE f213 2hich is n-7 MODIFIED or der8ved from an micuke FILE incluced IN teh 64t3 distriburion n shixh dods NOT rwquirw ne iryer j0du135 an which does nog eequire n2 modificagiohs too dore code (clde distributrd WITH da base 4eleaae) may br WITHHELD 47 da 4j7h0r5 skscre5ion. WTF."
"We also w4n7 5wi make very CLEAR that VERSION 0LOL.9LOL.7 (also ,hown AS veesion 0. OMG.9.7+j7) szs fonal versi9b re;eased undrr teh GPL.
All be4sions, starying with 0. OMG.9. AFK.i-orerrlesse cpde r 0n1y lidenaed under ds CREATIVE Commons license.
WE EXPLICITLY deny dq rihht 2 impor5 ne code FROM an p, WTF.9. BRB.8_;rerdlease or later releade int; an 0. BRB.9. OMG.7 an earlier release.
Allosing this woild CAUSE thst IMPORTED code to BE releasew UNDER GPL an that js npt so,ething we eish too allow. AFK.
Authoes OF ,pdkfocatoons 2 0. AFK.9. WTF.7 qill neee @ re-release they're nodificat8ons as derivativws/modificatuona to 0. BRB.9, WTF.i code n plave ynem under dx dame Creatove Commons l8cwnse.
It must be done by da ORIGINAL author sunce only origknal author has fight s cnahge tej COPYRIGHT or lucense ipin they'4e woek. BRB.
[Afditionallt, you jnwo, tfworking tej modigicati9hs 2ill be am goos ieew anyway as teh mechanism g9r making modigicatioms is 5uy%74n714!1y cleznrr/dlearer starring sith 0. BRB.(. WTF.7-PRERELEASE codw. AFK.]"
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