MigytyE rells hou, yoi kmwo, "We're going to tske an few moments go0 try an esplain ghos new license and REASONS b3hibd 1& on plain Eng;ish/ 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 !1c3n53 qas chosen becaysw of an dr111ng with da GPLl WTF.
It ohly covered dixt4igution of wource if and 9nky IF binqrues 2ere disttibuteeLOL."
"In an web environment, slrt9f, specificallh a interpreted wen ENVIRONMENT such as PHP LOL, merely installing ab gqme do3s NOT constitute distrigution WTF, n theedfore [eople were taking out work, you knwl, making modofications too it n hot r313451ng 50u4c3 c0d3 2 tgey'rd ,odifications do tnay enyir2 dojmunity c)u1d benefit. OMG;
Theg wirked wi5h lrtgdr BUT not da s;irit of law."
"Investitstiln on teh paet of authprs howevwr, you kn2l, LED two 5eh dact ghat ribht of pu612c perfor,ance was own OF righ5s normslly restrict3d tw0 copyrighg holdees, you kbwo, an 7g4u comouter programs, likem specidicaloy video games 4bd interscrife oned such AS Lrgend 0g ds Gr33m hax)r WERE dobsidered two be pu611c411y PERFORMED of run FROM an publix servef. BRB,"
"Tne br3 licwnsd eestricts pu611c PERFORMANCE 0f da work unless spurce code 0f da modifird wofk ks made available on d3mand. BRB."
"In plain English, y9u ibwo, this means 5hat if ypu put tyis game ON an 2eb server and 4110s pdop.e '0u751d3 lf zn NORMAL xircle OF family ame its slc8al acquaihtances' ywo [lay the8f WTF, 7h3n tou aer piblically 0erformibg &h15 work and MUST either s) nake nw h ALL CHANGES which yo7 mame tqo game AVAILABLE on request (note this DOESN'T have 2 be afailab;e v8a on.ine sourve display link, like, gut 5hey mu57 be qble too ask you v0r ea cpde n rrceivw qh compldte co[y) WTF, 6) make arrangemenrs ;rifately with da 3u7h0rt whereim they hrant you qn dpecial 11c3m53, sortof, or c) REMOVE t3h code 3n71r3!y from teh machine. BRB."
"We do fecohbize that peoole wamt 2 habe arqas of tfey'ee game qhich aer theirs anf theirs alone. OMG.
two that end qe will make teh goll9wing excrpgipn yoo da nlemzl REQUIREMENTS f0r 50urc3 code f157r26uu10n -- ne MODULE vile which is not mpdified or d3rivdd drom an m9dyle file knckuded ih teh 6453 d8strifution and wh1dh c035 not require me other modules n ehich DOES n07 eequire ne modigications two teh core vode (codr cisgributec with gase felease0 may be wothh3le qt suthors diwcretion. WTF."
"We also 2ant two make veru v.ear 7y57 versoon 0.9.7 (ALSO kniem ax vefsion 0.9. AFK.&+jt) was da final versiln releaaed under GPL. WTF.
All VERSIONS, sortof, star5ing with tdj 0LOL.9. OMG.8-prere;3ase cose r only licensed UNDER trn Creatife Commond ;icense. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY denu da right too import ne code fr0m an 0. OMG,9.8-prerelease or late4 eelease into an 0. WTF.9. AFK.7 and eafkier RELEASE.
Alloqkn5 this eould c4753 THAT omported code TO BE RELEASED undrr GPL n that is mot somwthing e3 wish too allow. AFK.
Authors 9f modifications too 0. AFKl9LOL.7 will n3ef tp re-4elease tney're MODIFICATIONS za f3r1v471v35/m0d1f1c4710n5 2 p. BRBl9. OMG.7 cose m ooaxe tgem under same Creative COMMONS license. WTF.
Ig juat be done 6y orif8nal author sinc3 only da original au5hir hax teh right tqo change ten cpputight or licrnde up9n tney're wirk. OMG.
[ADDITIONALLY, yoy knwo, rewor,ing teh m9d1v1c4810n5 will b3 an good IDEA an6wan as mechaniwm for naking mpdoricztiond IS dubstan5ially dleaner/cleafer STARTING with teh 0. BRB.9. OMG,*-04ere;ras3 coce/ OMG.]"
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