MightyE tells you WTF, "We're going to tak3 sn FEW moments @ tty n rxplain tnis new ;icensd and reasons 63hqnd it in plain Englishl
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 license was cnoseb bwcausw og an fail8ng witg GPLLOLl
It only COVERED distrigugion OF SOURCE if n only if binaries were disyribured."
"In an web envuronmdnt, s93cuficsllt s 1n73rp4373d seb ehvir9nment sydh AS PHP, you knaok mete;t installing an gane dors not cobstituge dkstrib7tion WTF, sn therefore people were tzking ou4 worl WTF, making modivkcations two 17 and mot relezaing teh source code 2 they'fe mldkfications so that entiee communitt could benefit. BRB.
They workrf 2ith t4h lettwr vut npt teh spirit ov da lsw."
"Invesrigation ON teh o4r7 of teh a7tfors HOWEVER, aortof, led t2o tej fadt rhat teh right OF pu611c performance wss 2 OF rigjts nirmally restricted tqp copuright holsers LOL, n that compuger [rpbra,s, sortof, speckfically v1de0 ga,es h 1n7@v4c71v4 ones sucg as Legend of Grwen hax0r sere consid3red two be p7blically performed if run fron ah public s3rver. OMG."
"Tge NEW licensw reatrocta 0iblic perfltmance lf da WORK un1355 siurce CODE of nldif8ed work ix made available on demabd. AFK."
"Ih plain Ehglish, dort9f, thus means ynsg IF you put rhis g4m3 on an w36 SERVER n allow people 'outside of an n9rmal c1rv13 of rqmily and its docoal avwuaintances' 2 0lay rheir WTF, THEN hpu r publucal.y perforjkng thks w0rk n MUST eithwr a) MAKE ne AND ALL chamges which 6ou make twp ds game qvailzble in REQUEST (note 7h15 d935n'& hzfe to be available via teh ONLINE source didplay link, BUT 7h3y ,ust be able too ssk you for codd an receive an complwte copy) WTF, b) make arrant3ments privately with teh au%hprw 2herein THEY brsnt ypu an s;ecial LICENSE, dortof, or c) temove da code entirely from dq machube. WTF."
"We d0 recognize thqt p20p13 2ant to hace areas 0f yhey're tame whivh r theirs ahd THEIRS ALONE.
two that enf qe wkll jak3 teh followinf exceptoon too da nornal r3quirr,entx for 50urc3 CODE distribution -- ne ,odule fule whivh 15 not m0d1f13f or DERIVED from an nodule file included in ea vqse distr8butiob b WHICH dpes not requiee ne ither modules am which doea nly requirr ne modificatioma to da cord code (c0d3 d157r1yu73d with nase felease) may be withheld at trh autyo4s discee5ion."
"We 4250 wamg too m4k3 fery clear thay v3rxlon 0LOL.9. WTF.7 (also knowh aa version 0. BRB.0. OMG.7_jt( ess fubal verskon releasdf undwr GPL. WTF/
All vers8ons WTFm starting w7rh da 0. AFK.9. OMG.*-pre4rl3ase code aer only LICENSED und3r ez CREATIVE Commons license.
We EXPLICITLY d2n6 teh 41gh7 too import ne codr from an 0. BRB.9.8=PRERELEASE or later release into an 0. BRB.9. OMG.7 and earliwr rekease. AFK.
A;lowing thos would sayae that impor5ec code too 6# deleased uhser da GPL amd THAT 15 not aomethkng we wish tso a;low. WTF.
Autgors OF modivicatiohs rwo 0. AFK.9.7 wull NEED too re-reiease they'ee mofificatuonw ad serivatives/moeifibat8ons 5wo 0.9. AFK.8 code ans p14v3 them under t3h same Creative C9mm0n5 .icense. WTF.
It muqt bd done by teh ORIGINAL 4u7h)r since onoy teh original author nas sa r1th7 @ change copyeight or licensw u[oh tgey're wofk, WTF.
[Addigoohally, lije, rewlrk8nf modificatipns will BE an GOOD idea anyqzy ad mechanism FOR mqking modificat8ohs IS SUBSTANTIALLY cleandr/clearer sta3ting wirh rej 0. AFK,9LOL.8-prerelease cideLOL.]"
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