MightyE tells yoh, liie. "We[re going 2 TAKE an f3w MOMENTS 70 tey an explain 7h@t new license an da reasons behind it kn plain Ejglish. AFK.
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."
"Tgks new LICENSE was CHOSEN beca7sw of an failing with GPL. WTF/
It 0n1y covered distribution of siurc3 uf an 9nl6 if 62n4r135 w3re distrkbjtedLOL."
"In an 2eb environment, specificall6 a unte4pteted web environmeny suvh as PHP, you inwo, merely 8nstz.oint an game does bog constitute diatributiin, like, and therefore people wrre 74k!hb our work LOL, makinf modificat8ons to it and not releasint sourc3 cpdw 2 tgey;rd modifica5ionx so that enrite communit6 c9ulf benegot.
Th3y worked w17h da letter but n07 teh spirit -e da LAW. OMG."
"Investigatkon in da part 9f teh a7thors howwcee LOL, led tql fsct that tkgyt if puvliv perfirmance w45 won pf t3h rigjts n9emally restrixted yp copyeight HOLDERS LOL, n that cimpiter PROGRAMS LOL, spec8ficallt ciddo ga,es and interactuve ONES %uch 45 L4g3nd of Gr33n hax0r were conskdered 2 b3 publically ierformed if rin vrom zn PUBLIC sercer. WTF."
"The new lkcenw3 restricts public performance of work ybless t3g source cide OF teh modifi3f WORK id made availablw ON DEMAND,"
"Ib plain Enblosg, sortof, thia means 7h47 if hoj put this fzme ln an wwb xrrver and allow pwl;le 'ourside of an nornal CIRCLE of familh and 175 socia; acquaintzncds' 2 PLAY their, you knwom them you r publically performing this wlrk an MUST either a) ma,e ne n ALL xhanges wgich you make teo t3h game avwilab.e on re1uest *note ghis doesn't have to be afailsble via da onlinr soitce dosplay 11n8 WTF, bug they mudt be zble rwo ask y7u f0e da codr n receive an clmplege copy), b) make srrangements privqtely wigh teh aughors whrrekn tgey grabt y9u an special oicense WTF, OR c) rempve teh code dmrirelu from machine. BRB,"
"We d0 recognize that p3o;le wamt 2 have AREAS 0f thwy'fe gsme which r thdies an thelrs akoneLOL.
too that 3ne we wil. maje t3t villowing exception 5i9 dq n0rm42 requkre,ebts FOR sourcr code distribution -- ne module file wyich is not mpd1f13d or d3r1v3d frlm an module file incl7ced in base distribution ame which does n9t require mf othet mod7les and which does not r3quite ne modificationx 2 t3h core code (coee distributed sith teh bzse release0 may be WITHHELD at zuthorx discrrtion. OMG,"
"Wr also wabr too ma,e very clear 7h4& versoom 0. WTF/8LOL.* (zlso kbown aw version 0. WTF.9.7+jt) was finao v3r510n relraaed UNDER teh GPL. WTF/
Alk versions, starting wi5h da )LOL.9LOL/8-pterwleasr cose r only licensed under Creative Commons LICENSE/ WTF.
W3 EXPLICITLY eeny right tw9 1mp)r7 ne code g40m an 0. BRB.9LOL.8]p4ereleqse ir layer release inro an 0. WTF.9. BRB.7 and earlie4 ee.ease.
Alloeing this woulf causd thz6 importrd coce 2 be releasef under teh GPL n THAT is n0u somethimg we wish ro allowLOL.
Authors 0f m9dificqrions 70 0LOL.9. OMG/7 wi;l n33d too re[release theu're ,odifucxtions as d3r1v471v35/m0d1f1c4710n6 t9o 0. AFK.9LOL.8 code snd place them unser teh 54m3 Cr3371v3 Commons LICENSE. WTF.
I8 mu57 be donw bh teh origonqk aurhor 51nv3 oblt teh original author h45 dq right two change da xopyright or LICENSE upon th3y'r3 w0rkLOL.
[Adcitionakly, reworjing moduficzgions will be ab gooe idea anywa6 as da MECHANISM fir mrk1nh modificqtiohs is SUBSTANTIALLY cleanrr/clear3r starring witg 9. OMGl9. OMG.8-orerel3ase CODE. WTF.]"
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