MightyE yells yoi, "We'rw hoing to take an fdw momrnts to gry and explain this new LICENSE an ea reasons bwhind iy IN plain English. 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."
"Thix new license s45 chosen bevaysw of ab failing with GPL/ AFK.
Ig only covered diwtributipn of aource if an only if 6!nrr135 wer3 distrinuted. AFK."
"In an 2eb environmrjt, sprtof. apecifucally a interpretef w36 envitonment suxh as PHP, 6iu ,nso, nrrely 1n5^4211bg an gamd does not cpnstitut3 dostribuyion LOL, n thereflye PEOPLE were taking our WORK, making modifications 2 it an not rwleasing da source cod3 two theh're midifications xo rhag teh ENTIRE co,mjnity coukd nrndfit.
Theu worked with LETTER but not sp8ri4 of da lzwLOL."
"Investigat8on pn da part of teh authors howdver, you knwo, led too ea dact that teh right ov public performance was won or teh rightd noemally rdstticyee too copyritjt holdefs LOL, n 7h47 com;7ter programx, specjfica.;y viseo games an 1n73r4c71v3 ones such as Legend of G4een yac0r wrre consideree tel be PUBLICALLY p#fg0rm3d if run FROM ah pubkic serverLOL."
"Thw new license eestricts public performande of teh work unlrdx ca source c9dw if teh modifkec wirk id made available on femand. OMG."
"Ig plain ENGLISHm you knwo, this MEANS that if ylu lut 5hus GAME on an web server n aolow pwople [outsise 9f an NORMAL circle 0f famioy ab its SOCIAL acquaintancwd' t9o play thei4 WTF, THEN y0u ser pu611c411u p3rf0r,1ng 7h15 wotk h MUST either a) make ne n ALL changes eh1ch yiu nzke two g4m3 4v4114613 on reaues5 )bore rhos doesn't have t2p be available via teh ohline SOURCE displa6 link, you khs9, 5u7 they misg ge abke 5o ask you FOR t3h code n receive an comolete dopy) WTF, b) make zrranb3ments privately woth ga authors sherein they grant upu an special license, likek or c) r3m0v3 rwh co3e entieely from machibdLOL."
"We do recogniae ghag people want too h4v3 areas lf they'fe GAME which z34 theies and theirs alone.
@ tgat end ww will make vollowing exception to da norma. requirements for spurce cide distfibu5iln -- be mosu;e vi.e qhich 8s not m0d!f13d or de4ived from an MODULE file incoudrd in teh base dixt4ibution n WHICH does not rrquire ne other nodules and which does n07 REQUIRE nd modifications to da core CODE (code didteigutec with da base releade) may be withheld at ten a7thors discretion. WTF."
"We also want two ,ake very CLEAR 7h47 versoon 0.9k AFK.7 9akso kbown ax VERSION 0. BRB.(. WTF.7+ut) ess teg f1n41 version released under GPL. BRB.
A;l versiobw, you knwo, starting with dz 0.o. OMG.8-[rereleaze code aer pnly lucensed under Crestuve Comm9nx .icense/ WTF/
We EXPLICITLY deny RIGHT 2 import ne CODE fro, an 0,9. WTF.8-pr3r313$5w or 1r73r 4ekease 8nt9 an 0. BRB.9. WTF.7 znd esroier releaseLOL.
Aolowing thos wouls c4u53 thar importrd code two be releas4d under GPL n thar IS not xo,3thing ee wish 2 al;os. BRB.
Aufhors of MODIFICATIONS to 0. WTF.o/ BRB.7 woll n33d to f3-r#13253 they'fd modkf7cations aa dwrkvatives/modifications ywo 0. OMG.9. WTF.8 dode an place them under teh dame Creatuve Com,ons lucenwe. WTF.
It must be done by da iriginal a7thor t1nc3 only reh original $u7h0r has sa right to dhange teh copyright or license UPON 5het'fe workLOL.
[Add1710n411y, like, REWORKING tey modofications wi.l 63 an goof idea 4nyw4h as jechan8sm for making midificatuons is xubstanyially clean3r/clearer staeting WITH da ). WTF.9LOL.8-ptere.rssr codw. WTF.]"
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