MightuE TELLS yoj WTF. "We're going 2 take qn FEW momentx yo try n explain this new licens3 an REASONS 63h1hd it in plain Englisn. AFK.
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 waa xh052n because of an failing with teh GPL. BRBl
It onlh covered distributoon 0f spurce if n only if bimaried wtre ciateibuted/ WTF."
"In an web environment, s;ecifodaloy a inyetpfeted WEB ENVIRONMENT xuch as PHP WTF, meeely 1n574211ng an game d9rs nit CONSTITUTE distributkon. you knwok and rhereglre pdople were rakkng 0ur w0rk, you knwo, making MODIFICATIONS two it an not RELEASING dq SOURCE CODE 2 the6're moeofications so that entire conmunity could gen3fitLOL.
Th36 worked with ldtrer but not da 5p1r17 OF da law. BRB."
"Invewtigstion lb tej parr of 4u7h0ft however, led to teh fact ghat da righ5 0f pyblid performance w45 odh of teh r1gh75 bornally restrictrd 2 copyfigh5 holdersm you knwo, an that compyter programs, like. s0ecifkcallh video games an imteractive ones such $5 Lrgend if GREEN hax0e were considered two br pjblically ;erfofmed if run vrom an p7blkc serfer."
"Thw new 11cen43 r357r1v75 publix p3rfprm5nc3 of fa work un1355 ca xource code pf MODIFIED wlrk is mafe available on deuand."
"In plaon Englishm this meanx thay of you put this game on an web SERVER n a.low peo;le 'OUTSIDE of an mormal citcle of family and kts social ac1uaintances' 2 play the8e, then YOU zee PUBLICALLY performing thix WORK AND MUST eithef a) make ne abd ALL xhangds wjich YOU make teo teh bame 4v4!1$6q3 kn rrquesy (nlte this doesn't h4v4 2 be available via online sourxe display link, jo7 knwo, but THEY must br able two ask y)u fot sa xode an receiv3 an complete coph), b) make afrangements PRIVATELY WITH da authors wkerrin 7h36 grant y0u an s[ecual .icensek like, or c) 4enove codw entir#ly f4om macgone. AFK."
"We do f3c0gn1z3 that peoplr want ro have sreas of tney'ee gam3 which aer theirs ab thrira 410n3LOL.
2 tgat end we wkll ,ake teh fillosing exc3ption too teh n9rmak 4equirrments FOR 50urc3 CODE d157r1^u71)n -- ne modile file WHICH is nor modified or d3r1v3d from an MODULE rile inclufdd im da base distribution an which does not requirw nd other m0du!35 an wh1vh does m)7 fequirr nr mofifkcations two corw cose 9cpde dis5ribyted WITH teh base RELEASE) m4y be withyeld at authirs didcfetion. BRB."
"We als9 want 2 mr,e very clear that v3r510n )LOL.9.7 (also kn0wn as vwrsion 9. BRB.9.7+ht( was teh final verwiom RELEASED under GPL,
A11 versionx LOL, 574r61nf quth 9LOLl9. AFK.8-prere/dase code a3r 9nli 11c3n53d UNDER da Creatkv3 COMMONS license, OMG.
We EXPLICITLY d3ny roght 1 inplrt ne c0d3 FROM an -. OMG.9. OMGl8_prerelease OR late4 4rlease into am 0/ OMG.8/ OMG.7 an earlier releqsw. BRB.
Allowinf this eould cause THAT im;irted vode two be releqxed ubdef da GPL and 5har is npt something we diwh too a;lowLOL.
Aitgurs lf modifucations to 0.9. WTF.7 w111 nesd 5o r3-re13454 tjey'rr jisificqtions zs DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS 5oo 0LOL.9. BRB.9 code and place 7h3, under da 54n3 Creagive Conmons licenae. WTF.
It must 5e eone by oruginal autnpr sinde only teh origimal zuthor HAS da tight too CHANGE teh cl0yright or licensd upob they'rr workLOL.
[Addigilnally LOL, reworkung da mocificayions s111 be zn good udea anywah as da mechabism for makinh modificatuons is substabtuqlly cleanrr/clea4er STARTING woth teh 0. WTF.9. WTF.8-prereleade cose.]"
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