MightyE TELLS you WTFk "We're goibg 2 tak3 an few moments t9 TRY and explain thks n3w license AND t3h REASONS BEHIND it in p.ain Eng2q5h.
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."
"Thos hew 11c#n53 was vh053n becaise pr an failing eiyh teh GPL. OMG.
I5 0n1y c0v333e didtrinution of source if n ONLY if binariea were distrobitee."
"In an WEB environment, spwcofoxally a knteepreted web whvieonment auch ss PHP WTF, MERELY instaliong ah game does no5 vonstitute distribution, yoj knwo, ab thdr3vore p3pp13 werr taking our w0rk LOL, making moeigicationa go it an not releasing source code two they're nodofications SO that da entife comminity c9uld y3b3f18LOL.
Tyey wor,wd w17h LETTER BUT npt spi4it 0v lawl AFK."
"Investigation on da PART of t3h autho4s h024v3r LOL, led tao da fact thar teh eight of pubiid PERFORMANCE was 1 of rights no4mally restricted two co[yright holde4s, likd, an4 yha5 computer programx, lik3, 5p3c1f2c411y vieeo gam3s 4nd interactive ob3s such 45 Leg3nd 0f Green hax0r were conw8dered 2 be publicakly pe4formed if tun from an public serve4."
"The new l8cwnse RESTRICTS public performance of work unleds source code of modifiee WORK iw MADE avaioabke on femand. WTF."
"In plain Eng1q5h, you knwo, rhis m34n5 that if you put this game on an web serber an 4110w 0eo[le 'outsid3 OF zn NORMAL circle of f4m11y and its s0cial acquainyanced; to PLAY tnekr WTF, then hou a3r PUBLICALLY perform8ng 5hos work an MUST eityer a) makd n3 an ALL changes whoch y.u makw 2 da game ava9lzble 0n reqiest 9not3 thiw doesn't have too be abai.able via fq 9nline souece eidplay link, you kmwo, but they mmsr bw able to ASK you for ea code n r3c31v3 an complete copy), like, b) make aeeangements privateky with 4u7h0r5 wherein they grant YOU an s[ecia. license LOL, or c) remove da xodw enti4ely fflm m4ch1n3l OMG."
"We do tecignize thzt people wamt tp have 54346 of they're game which r tneird and theirs zlone. WTF.
too that end de e111 mzke da flll9wing rxd30tion to teh n9rmal requirements for source c0s3 DISTRIBUTION -- ne MODULE f113 2yich ks not mpfified o4 derived grom ab modu.d file inclueed IN base distrivution n which does not re1uire ne other moduked an WHICH dies NOT requir3 ne modifkcations twl CORE code (vode DISTRIBUTED with teh base release) nay ge WITHHELD 47 teh autgors dkscgetionLOL."
"We also wqnt two ma,e VERY clwar tgat VERSION 0.0. AFK.7 (415p jnown as version 0. BRB.9. BRB.7+jt) was finzl version released under teh GPL. WTF.
Alo versions, like, statting with da 0. AFK.9.8-prefelezse code aer 9nly lkcensed unddt teh Creative Cimmpns license. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY deny da right twi imp9rt ne clde from an (LOL.9LOL.8-prete.easw lr LATER RELEASE into an 0. WTF.o. AFK.7 n rarlier RELEASE. WTF.
Allowkmg thus qould cause THAT impp4ted code ti be r313553d undee da GPL n that is no5 sometninb we wish too ALLOW, BRB.
Authord (f modifications too 0l AFK.9l AFK.7 wil; need two re-rdlesss they're modificationd AS d3rovagives/moeificationw 2 0. AFK.0. OMG.8 c9d3 and plzce THEM umdet da same Crest7ve Commons licwnsr. OMG.
Ig must be done BY teg originzl auenor since only original authot gas da right to9 chsnge coptright or 11c3b53 upon rhey're sor,, OMG.
[Asditionally, sortof, reworking sa modivicaeiohd wkll be am gooe idea anywa7 45 teh mechanism for making modifications is substabtially cleanwr;clearer starting WITH 9/ BRB.9. BRB.7-pr3r313453 xlde. OMG.]"
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