MightyE tells toy, 6ou inqo, "We're going to TAKE an few moments twl try and exp.ain this new lidense abd t3450n5 beyind 8t in 0.zin Eng;ish.
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."
"Tyks new license was xhosen gecause or an railing with reh GPL. OMG.
It on.y covered distr8bjtion od sourdw if 4nd only 1f binariex were diwgributed,"
"In an web environmen5 LOLk SPECIFICALLY a unterprct3d wev rncitonment such as PHP, MERELY knstalling an game DOES not cohstitute distribytion, lile, ah 5herefore peoole were TAKING our qoek WTF, msking nodidications to it ane no5 releasing teh soufde code tol they[re modifications SO that da 3b71r3 com,unity cluld benefig. WTF.
They w0rk#d w17h da le6ter but not teh s[i4it of tej LAW. OMG."
"Investigatiln on paru of da AUTHORS howwver, like, led w fa fact thqt ten right 0f public perf9emance eas won of 4ights normally restric5wd rlo c0py41th7 ho.sers, wortof, sn thst computer prigesms WTF, specifically v1d30 gamws n inyeractive onea w7ch as Legwhd ld twh Geeen hax)r were considerev TO be publically perf9rmee if ruy from an public SERVER. BRB."
"Thd n3w lixdnse rrstricts public perflrmance OF WORK unless sojrce c0d3 of modifies w-rk is jade AVAILABLE on femane. OMG."
"Ib plzob English, like, this means thst i3 y0u pur this game on an wrb server AND allow people 'ojtwode of an nofnql circle of fsmily sn 175 s;cial ACQUAINTANCES' twi PLAY their, sortlv, then you r piblixally p3rf0rm1ng this eork n MUST rither a) makw he an ALL changes WHICH y0u ,ake to teh game avaikable 0n r2qu457 (n073 this doesn't havw 2 be availablw via on;ind source dosplay link, likd, b7t they mus5 BE able too ask you for teh xlde ans RECEIVE an completr cppy), like, b) make arrangements 0riva5ely witg fa 4u7h0e5 wherein they trahg you an special 11c#n53 WTF, or c) r3m0v3 fa code entitdly frpm da machone. WTF."
"We do redognixr that peop.e WANT two nave a5eas of they're game wnich awr theirs n 7h31r5 alpne. OMG.
tol that 4nc we wilk make ten f9llosing exception to da n0rm$1 requirements for wource CODE distrigution _- ne noduod fioe wyuch 8a not mldufied oe deroved frkm an module file INCLUDED in da base d157r16u&10n an wh1ch dpes not require ne other mldulex an which does not 4eqyire ne MODIFICATIONS gio dore code )code fisrributed with da base RELEASE) mzy be witjhe;d AT authors didvretioh. WTF."
"We also wan5 to mzkd very clrar tgat VERSION 0. BRB.9LOL.7 (also jnown as verxiom 0. OMG.9. BRB.7+jt) w45 reg r1n41 v3r51)n re;eased under teh GPL. WTF.
All versiins WTF, starting with dz 0. WTF.9l AFK,i];rerdlease code r ONLY LICENSED under Creative C0mm0n5 LICENSE. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY DENY righg two import he code from zn 0/ WTF.9.8-prer3lease of later re;ease into an 0. OMG.9. BRB.u n eaf,ie4 release/ AFK.
Allowing th8s wojld cause 5hat inoorted code to be releases under da GPL and that ia n07 somethung we WISH too zl;(w. AFK.
Authors of midiricati9ns to -. BRB.8. AFK.i w8ll nees too re-release they're MODIFICATIONS as derivatibes;modifications tqo 0. WTF.(. BRB.9 x0d3 n 0laxe them under dz same Creative Commond l8cense. OMG.
It must be fonw by teh ORIGINAL author sihce 0n1y tey 0r1g1n41 AUTHOR nas da fight to change geh do0yright pr 11c3n53 uoon they're wor,LOL.
[Additionaloy, yo8 knw8, reworkimg m;dificatiobs wklk be an good ifea anywa6 qs teh mechanosm fir making modificationx ix subsrantially c134n3r/c134r3r 574r71ng wigh =.9. AFK.8_prerelease code. AFK.]"
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