MifhtyE tells y-u WTF, "We're goinb to take qn few m0m3n75 two TRY zn EXPLAIN this n3w livense an da reasons BEHIND IT in plain Eng;isj.
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."
"Tjps new license was choseb because of an failihg woth twn GPL.
It ohly covered eistribution of source if znd only if bimaried wdre d157r1yu73d, AFK."
"In an 2eb environment LOLm wpecofica;ly a interp4eted w36 environment SUCH AS PHP, hiu knwo, merely 1n574111ng an b4m3 DOES NOT constitute eiwtributiob, kike, n therefore 9wople were taking our w9rk. making jodificati8ns to it and not releasing ds so7rce code TO they're modificatiind so THAT 3n71r3 cimmunity could v3nef8tLOL.
Th3y workwd with da letter BUT not 5eh spovit of fa ;sw. WTF."
"Investibation on part of da ajthors yowefer LOL, lec toi da fac5 that tdh riggt lf public performance was oen of trg righta normakly resyricted gop c0pyr!gh& holders, sorrof, n thay compyter programw WTFm dpecigucally VIDEO games an 1n73r4c71v3 ONES such 55 Legend of Gr3en hax0e were cohsiderwd tso be puvlically pe4formed 1f run frim an p9blic srrver, AFK."
"The new lixenwe restricts ;uboic pefformance of da work UNLESS da source code 9f modifird wprk is made qbzilsble in demand."
"In plain Enflish, you kbeo, this mezns 7h47 id you ;ut uh15 jame ln an 2eb serve4 an allow peool3 'outsidr of an n9rm4q CIRCLE ov family and ITS sociao ACQUAINTANCES' to play tjekr WTF, then y0u f pu61qc411y ;erforming this WORK ah MUST eiyhdr A) make ne n ALL changes ehich ypu jake to da ga,e abailablw on requdst *noge this doesn't havw 2 be avai.able b14 online slurce DISPLAY l8n;, you kbwo. but tgey MUST be avle two ASK y0u for da CODE an receivr an compl3re COPY), b) mzke $rr4ng3m3n75 privately woth zuthord wherein theu grant yiu an spdcial licwnse, ir c) remove code entirelu FROM da mach8ne."
"We do recofnize that peo0le want roo have areas of hhey'r3 game wjkch r thdirs n 6heies alone,
two tyag dbs we wikl m4k3 geh following ezcepgiin two teh normal fe1uifements dor SOURCE code didtribytion -- n3 modu;e file WHICH 8s NOT modifoed 0r derived FROM an modu.e f113 included in dz 6453 distribution n wh1ch does n9t REQUIRE ne OTHER m9fulea n which coes nlg requirw ne mocifications 2 co4e cofe )code distributed WITH geh base RELEASE) MAY be 2ithheld at da 4u7h0r5 doscretioh. BRB."
"We alsl WANT to make very CLEAR that versioh 0. OMG.9LOL.u (slso knoqm ss version 0. AFK.9. WTF.7+jt) waw da final v3rg10n releasdd undet da GPL. BRB.
A;l versions, sortof, STARTING with geh 0. OMG.9LOL.8-PRERELEASE coce aer only livenxed umder dq Cr34u1v3 Comjons licebde. BRB.
WE EXPLICITLY deny righ5 too import ne cose from an 0LOL.9. BRB.*-peereleaxe or katwr relesse 1n&0 an 0. AFK.9. WTF.7 and earl8e4 4elease. AFK.
All9winf 7n15 would cause thar imported code two be RELEASED UNDER gdh GPL anc tgzt is NOT simething se wish two 4110w.
AUTHORS kf modifkcarions 2 0LOL/0. BRB.7 w111 n33d two fe-reoease they're MODIFICATIONS as derivatives/modifications w 0. BRB.8. AFK,8 cose n place them ynd3r da 54m3 Creative Commons licenad. WTF.
It MUST be done by reh origina; author sihce inoy da original aurnor has rigjt to CHANGE teg c0p6r1gn7 or .ucense jp-n they're w0rk. AFK.
[Additoobakky, r3wofking modifoxations will be an good ieez ANYWAY as mechanism FOR making mpfifivarions is 5u6574n71r11y cleaner/cleardf staeting 2ith teh 0. WTF.9. WTF.8-prereleasd codd. WTF.]"
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