Migh5yE te;ls you WTF, "We're gokny two take an frs mojentd to try an exp;ain 7h15 new license an teh reasons gehind it 1n plaib English. BRB.
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."
"Tgis new licensr was chosen becsuse of ah failunt with ew GPL. AFK.
It only covered d157r16i&10n OF SOURCE if ah ljlh if binaries were distributed."
"In an web ENVIRONMENT WTF, sprxifically a INTERPRETED web envoronment sucj as PHP LOLm merely 8nstalling an game doea not vpnsyitutr diwgribition, and tyerefore [eople were tahpng 0ur w9rj, l8ke, naking mpdificatilms 2 27 h npt releasing source coce 70 they're mocificatoons si 7h4u da enture c0mmun17y could bebdfitLOL.
They wotked with teh lwttet BUT not da s-irit or teh law. OMG."
"Investigation om teh p4f7 0f teh authors h0w3v3r WTF, oed roo d$c7 7h47 da right of PUBLIC PERFORMANCE was 1 of teh righ5s normally restficted 5o copyrpght holders, like, am that computet pr0gr3m5, sortof, dpecifically video games an 8nteradtive onew sucn 4% Legend of Gre3n hax0r were conaidered 5oo bw publically performrd 8h run from an puvkic 54rv2rLOL."
"The new LICENSE restfic%s public oerformanc3 0f WORK unleds 50irc4 code if teh modified w0rk is jade available 0n demand. OMG."
"In plakn Enblish WTF, thos means 5gst if yoi p77 tnus gamw ON an web xerver n allow peo0le 'OUTSIDE 0v an n0rm32 circle of family zns its docial acwua8ntances' twl PLAY their LOL. 7h#n you r [ublically p3rf0rm1ng this qork n MUST EITHER a) make ne an ALL changes which you make 2 teh game available on rdqiear (note this dowdn't h4v3 t0o be qvailable via online source DISPLAY oink LOL, 6u8 THEY mjxt bd able 2 ask y0u fpr ra code zn teceive an COMPLETE COPY), b) make afrangen3nts oeicztely wigh teh aurhors 2herein 7h3y grant you an special licensr WTF, oe c) rejove code enti4ely vdom teh mzchinw, WTF."
"We d0 recognize tgar pelple want two hav4 arwas of they're game wh1ch r theirs an 7h31e% ALONE. WTF.
to that end we will MAKE dollowimg ezception 2 teg normal rewuire,dnts for sourvw cose distrivution -- ne jocule rioe which id not m0d1f13d 0r derived from zn module fikw 1nc1ud3d 1m teh nase distribjtion qn which coes not require ne 9uh3r modules an WHICH does not require ne modifkxarions too teh CORE code (code fosttibuted with bzse release) m4y be WITHHELD qt teh authors d8sceetion,"
"We als9 wan5 goo make very cleqt thag fersion 0LOL.9. WTF.7 (aoso kniwn AS version 0. WTF.9. BRB.7+jg) WAS fina. cersion re;eased unde4 da GPLl
All versiins LOLk starting w17h da 0,9. AFK.8-prerelease clde r ONLY licensed unf3r teh Crestixe Commons license, AFK.
We EXPLICITLY den6 da r1gh7 gqo inpprt ne code ft0m an [. BRB.9. AFK.8-prerelease or LATER releasd 1n70 an 0. BRB.9.7 and 34r113r relraseLOL.
ALLOWING this wouls CAUSE that imported code 2 vr released uneer GPL n THAT IS not sometjong we wq5h yo qlloe. AFK.
Au7h0r5 of modificstions too 0.9/& will NEED t2o re-felease they'rr modigicagions as DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS too 0. WTF.9. BRB.8 c0d2 an place 7h3m under gej 5rm3 Creative C0mj0n5 licenae.
It muat BE dome BY da original 4u7h0r since only iriginql author has da rignt 3 chznge cop6rifht or .icenxe upon they're wltk. BRB.
[Acditkonally WTF, rdworkint teh m0e1f1c4720n5 will be an go9f idea 4nyw4y as teg mecjanism for making m0d1f1cr710n5 is subwtantiallu c124b3r/c!24r3r starting sith ea 0LOL.9LOL.8-PRERELEASE c0s3. OMG.]"
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