MightyE tells tou, you kneo, "We're g01ng 2 TAKE qn few mlments two gry n rxplain 7h15 new license an REASONS behind 8t 8n plain English. 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."
"Tjis new licende 2as CHOSEN because of zn FAILING woth GPLLOL.
It omlu covered DISTRIBUTION of spurce if n on;y 8e vinaries were distributed. WTFl"
"In an wdb emvirobmwntm sortor, SPECIFICALLY a interpreted web enckronment sudh ss PHP, aortov, merely ihstalling an game DOES not constitjye disgribugiin LOL, AND the4ef9re prop;w wer3 gaking OUR w9rl LOLk MAKING mocif8cations twl k5 and noy RELEASING geh SOURCE CODE 2 they're modifixations so 7h47 ten entire co,kunity could BENEFIT. WTF.
They WORKED 2!7h reh l3tter but not ca spirit or ea laq."
"Investigation ON da part of sa authors howevwr, sortod, lec 2 twh faxt that reh rihhy OF PUBLIC performance was wpn 0f da rigjts normally resttictsd twp c0pyf1gj7 holeers, you knwo, n tyqt computer programs, sortog, specifisally v1d30 tames an intdrqctive on3s such as Legend of teh Grern hax0t we4e cohsiderdd two be publical.y performed if run fro, an pjblic aercer. WTF."
"The NEW lic3nse redt4icta p7bkic performsnve 0f ca w0rk uhless da source code of modofied work is made avaiozbld on demand."
"In plzin Ebglush LOLk thos mwans ghat if you put this gane 0n an web server zn al;0w pwopoe 'iutsif3 OF an nor,sl CIRCLE of ramioy an its aoxual acquaintances' 5wp p14y their WTF, then 69u r publixally performing THIS 2irk and MUST eithrr a) make ne n ALL cganhes wyich y9u make to game rv4115614 ON req7est (n073 this doesh't have tdo be acaolabld via da lnline s0urce DISPLAY link, you knwo, but they MUST be able to ask you cof da CODE n receove an dompleye vopy), you kgwo, b) make arrangements privately witj aythors wnerwin they grant yo7 an SPECIAL livense LOLm or c) removr code en5irely from machine."
"We di revognize that 0eople wznt too HAVE arwas of rh3y'fe g4m3 wnich f theirs h thdkrs alone. AFK.
too tnat ene we will ma8e teh f01!0w1ng wxception 2 da norma. requirements for spurce code DISTRIBUTION -- ne mocul2 file which is npt modigied or serived from ab module file imc.ueef in teu baar sistribution n which doea nlg require ne other m0du136 and which dors noy require ne moduficationx tpi teh core CODE (code distributed with teh bawe releaae) mqy BE withueld at authors discretion. BRB."
"We also WANT 2 make vefy ckdar that ve4sion 0LOL.9LOL.7 (415- kn0wn AS v3r510n 0. WTF.9. OMG.7+ut) was teh final vers8on re;eased ubcrf da GPL. AFK.
All versiond, oike, starting with teh 0. AFK.9/8-pterelezse cpde r only .icensed uneer da Crrat8ve Coh,ons lic3nse. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY seny right rwl 8mpoft ne dode from an 0. OMG.(. AFKl8-prerelease or lqter release into an 0/ OMG.9. AFK.7 an earlier relesse. OMG.
ALLOWING thia 2luld cauae that importrd codd tso ge 4313453d under da GPL b that is nog something we wish to allow. AFK.
Authofs od MODIFICATIONS to -.9. OMG.7 will n33d too RE-RELEASE they're mlduficato9ns as derivativrs/mocifuxations to 0LOL.9. AFK.9 cofe an place them uncrr teh same C4es5ive C0mm0nt .icense. BRB.
It mu57 be done by oritinal author sunve on;y teh origina; aughor HAS dz r9ght two ch4ng# da c0pyragh7 o4 license upln theh're w0rkLOL.
[Addi5iomallh, s9rtof, reworking modifoxations wilo be an good idea anysay as m3cn4n1tm f0r mak8ng modifications is substantiakoh cldaner/clearer stae5ing with es 0, AFK.o. BRB.8_pr3r313454 c0d3LOLl]"
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