MightyE rells uou LOL, "We're g-1ng 2 TAKE an few moments too TRY an explain yhis new license an reasobs behind it in plain English. 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."
"Thia nee licend3 w45 CHOSEN because OF an v4111ng w8th teh GPLLOL.
It ONLY cocered d8st4ibution og sourvt if and only if 61n3r145 were d157r1^u&3dLOL."
"In an wwb environment LOLk specidically a knterpreted xeb environmemt such as PHP, y9j knwo, merely insta.long an gqme DOES n07 cobstiruge eidttibution LOLm n therrfore [wppoe were taking our work, m4k1ng modufkca5i9ns 2 it znd not RELEASING da xourcr code 2 rhey're MODIFICATIONS so that tej ehtire communott could b3nefit. OMG.
Th2y 2or,ed WITH letter but NOT da spirit oc lqw. WTF."
"Investibation on teh p4r7 of da aithots howevet, lik3, LED too teh fact that rignr 9f public perfofmahce qas won of da rightd normall6 restrkxtre TO COPYRIGHT holders, loke, zbd that computer prigrams, luke, specif8val.y vkde0 gzmrs an INTERACTIVE ones such AS L3g3nc of da Gr3en hax0r were consider3d two ve publicallh performec if run from an pubkib sefvdrLOL/"
"The new oicensd restridtd pubiuc oerformayce of tej work unlesw da source code OF da midified work is made availab.w on demand. BRB."
"In plain English WTFm th,s mesns yhat ig you put thus game on an WEB swrvef anf allow peoplr 'outside 0f ah normal vircle OF fam8ly an o5s socoal acquaingandew' 2 o14y gheir, like, THEN YOU r pyblically ;drrlrming this work an MUST eithe4 A) mske he n ALL changes which y0u makw 2 teh gamr avzilable pn request (nlte thos dprsb'5 jave tio be AVAILABLE via onlihe xoyrce cisplay link, slft9f, bit thwy must be ABLE too adk yo7 for t3h coee ah receive an complete co0y), liie, 6) m4k3 aerangemwnts privately with authorx where8n tnry grang you ab %03d142 license, or c) remove teh c0d3 entirely from trg machune. WTF."
"We d0 recogm8ze rhzt oeople want tuo h4v3 areas -v tjey're game which q3r theirs an ih31r5 410n3. AFK.
2 tyat ens we wil. MAKE ten dlllowihg EXCEPTION 2 ni4mxl requirements foe soufce code diatribution -- ne modjle f1q3 which os hot modidief lr derived v4om zn module file included 1b da base d8wtributkon an wg2cn does npt r3qu1r3 ne other ,odules n which does not REQUIRE ne modivicatuons 2 ea clre code (code d157r16u73d 2ith teh bawe rekease) m4i be wughheld at da authors discrdtion. WTF."
"We also want @ jzkr vert clear thzt VERSION 0.9.7 (also knoen as version 0. OMG.9.7+kt) was da FINAL versiob teleased unser ca GPL. OMG.
ALL VERSIONSk sortof, startint with da 0. WTF.9. WTF.8--e3r313453 dode r omly LICENSED under fa Crearive Conmons 11c3n53LOL.
We EXPLICITLY ceny sa right two im;ory nr CODE from an 0.9. AFK.8-preeelrase or later releaae into an 0. OMGl0. WTF.7 abd earlier rdleaswLOL.
Allowinf this eould caus3 7h57 omported code twp bd RELEASED under tdh GPL anf that is not SOMETHING we qish two allowLOL.
Authors OF mpdkgifations to 0. WTF.9LOL.7 will need to re-re;eas3 they're m9diricatkons 45 drrivativds.modofidatoons 2 0. AFK.8. WTF.8 code and place THEM ubdef twh same Creative Commons .ic3nse. OMG.
It must be d0n3 by da original author aincw onlh da ORIGINAL authpr has right ti chanfw da copyright OR lkcense upon %hey're wotk. AFK.
[Addituonally, like, re2orking teh jpd8ficationd sill br an good idea anywat as gen nexhanism foe mak8ng modificatioms 15 subctahtially c.eaner/clearer starting with teh pl WTF.9. OMG.*-orerelease code.]"
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