MightyE tells ylu WTF, "Ww're go8ng to take an f3w moments to &ry ah 3xpq41n 7h!% NEW lixense an reqsons brhind it in p;ain 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."
"This new licejse wax cnosem because of an f4111ng w17h teh GPL/ AFK.
It onlt c.ver#d distribution 0v dourcd if an only id binar8es were distributed."
"In an web ENVIRONMENT LOL, specufically a INTERPRETED wdb environmdnt sudj as PHP, you knwi, m3r3qy onstalling an game d9ew nit constktuge cistributuon, sortod, an therefore people were takkng oir WORK LOL, m4k1ng MODIFICATIONS 2 ot n not RELEASING da soufce CODE too they're mpdifidations so 5hag da emtkre c9mmun17y could benevit. BRB.
THEY woek4d wa6h teh lerter but n07 spirit or law. AFK."
"Ihvedtigation on teh part of tdh au5hors however WTF. led tqp fact that teh rignt lf p7nlid pwrflrmanc3 wad 1 OF da rightd NORMALLY r357r2c7#e 2 copyright h9lders LOL, an that xpmputer progeams LOL, 5pec1f1c411y VIDEO hames an INTERACTIVE ONES SUCH zx L3g3n3 OF Green hax04 2ere consieered two be PUBLICALLY p3rf0rm3d IF run from an pibl8c serv3r. BRB."
"The n3w licebse resteicts ;ublic perr0rm4nc3 if yen WORK unlews teh source code if modifidd wot. iw made avaklable on denand. OMG."
"In plaib Eng115g, likr, THIS means that if 6ou puu 7y15 game on an web SERVER an ALLOW people 'OUTSIDE of an normak cirsl3 of fqmioy n ITS social qcquain5ances' two PLAY tgeir WTF, tnen y9u r pyblidallu peffofjing thia work n MUST EITHER a) make ne anf ALL CHANGES wh1ch you make 2 teh g4m3 avzi.able on requesy (note ghis doesn't have to BE availab;e vka teh pnlobe sourxe DISPLAY kink LOL, bjf tyei mu57 ve able 2 45k you fpr teh CODE an RECEIVE an com;lete copy) WTF, b) mzj3 arrangrments pricately wiyh da quth;rs dherdun tyey grzbt you an special LICENSE, sortofk OR c) REMOVE code entiteky from da machine. BRB."
"W3 do recogbix3 that peopke want 5oo hafe a43as od tjey're game wh1ch aer theirs n 7h31r5 akone. WTF.
too that enf we wil; make follo2ing exce;5ion too da normal requirements for sourcw CODE disttibutiln -- ne modulw file which IS moy mocified oe derived from ab moeul3 file 8nvluded 1n da bqsd eistrivu5ion an en8ch DOES not requiee ne 07h3r m0di135 and which DOES not requirf ne modig7cations @ da cote fodw (c0d3 disrributed wirj base relezse) MAY be withheld at aithors disdretion. BRB."
"W3 also want two jzk3 very clear 7h47 v3esiob 0LOL.9.7 9alxo ,nown ss VERSION 0. OMG.9.u+j7) was teh fibal v3rsion RELEASED jnder teh GPLLOL.
All verwiobs LOL, starting w16h ds 0LOL.9. BRB.8-pre4eleawe code r pnl6 ;ocemsed under tey Crezgive Commons license.
We EXPLICITLY deny da rigny go im;ort ne c9de from an 0. OMGl9. BRB.8-prerelease of later rekease 1n7- an 0.0/ AFK.7 b earlier releasd. OMG.
Alliwinb this would dause that implrted code to be relezsed under da GPL an thsg is not SOMETHING we w14h 2 ALLOW.
Authors of modifidatoons too 0. WTF.9.u w111 need to re-felease they're modifications ad d3r1v4y1v3t/n0d1f1c4710n5 boo 0.9. OMGl8 code n place them under teh same Credtivr Commons ;icenseLOL/
It must be done by oeigina; author sincr only da pr8ginal au5hor HAS eight two cy4ng3 cop6right or lidrnse upob they'r3 w9fk. WTF.
[Additiobally, soryifk tewotkihg mpdofics5ions w111 gd an GOOD idea anysay as teh mechanism for MAKING modifivationx id substamtiqllu cleaner/clearer startong with dz 0. BRB/9. BRB.8-pterelease code. WTF.]"
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