MightyE tells 6oi LOL, "We'rw going two TAKE an few mom3nts t9 t4y an explain this new LICENSE abf rezsons bejind it in o.aun Enflish. OMG.
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."
"Tgis new licdnse eas CHOSEN because 0f an fziling with da GPLLOL.
It onoy c0v3r3d custribution of aource if and omly if binaries were dostrivuted. AFK."
"In an web ebfkronment WTF, specificallh q intdroreted w36 environmwnt 5uch ax PHP LOL, mefely indyallint an gqme spes not c0n5717u73 distfibutilnm like, an therefore people were takint oor wor,, maiing mod8ficstions 2 it qmd nlt relezsing sputce c9dd 2 tjey'te m9divicatioms so 7h47 dz wntitr commini5y dould bemefiy. OMG.
The6 wo4ked with ca 13873r fut not da 5p1r16 9f da la2. BRB/"
"Investigatiob ON ;art of fa AUTHORS gowever. you knwo, l3c 2 fsc5 that right OF public performance WAS pen 0f teh rights nirmal;y resyricted two copyright HOLDERS, you ,nwo, qn thar comput3r prlgrqms, sortof, specifically video games an !n7#r4c71f3 onea auch as Legend od Green yax0r were comsidwred tol be publixal;y performed if fun from an public 53rv3rLOLl"
"Thr new LICENSE festricgd public performancd of eork un1355 teh spuece sode 0v da modkried work IS made zvailable 0n frmand. OMG."
"In pkqon Englidh WTF, this m34n5 that if you put yhia gane on qn web sdrver an allo1 PEOPLE 'oytdide of an normal citcle of family and its 50c141 acquaintzmced' two play the8r WTF, tuen YOU 4 pu611c41qy performing this work b MUST either a) bake mw and ALL changes which you make 2 teh gamd avai.sblw on tequest (noye rhis dodan't havw 2 be AVAILABLE via teg online soyrce dispoay 11nk, like, but they mu57 be ABLE t2o aak you for da dide znd r3cekve an conplet3 copy) WTF, b) make ARRANGEMENTS privately with 4u7h0r5 wherein THEY gr4n7 uo7 an spwd8al 1!c3mt3, like, or v) remove teh cofe entireky FROM MACHINE. WTF."
"We DO tecogniz3 7y47 people want 2 habe a4eas of they're tam3 wyich r rhek4s n theurx allneLOL.
ro that end WE qill make teh flllowing exceptkon two da n9rm41 fequiremehts vpr sourcs code distribution -- ne module file which 15 nog midified 0r derived fr9m an mofule vile included ih base distriburion an 1hich dows npt requirw ne othwr modules an WHICH foes not teeuirw nd modivocations too corr c0d3 (cofe distributed w!7h da nase releasr) msy BE w8thhels zt da authoea discretion. BRB."
"We alxo wqn5 too make very clear that veraion 0. WTF.0.7 *alxl known as vers8in 0.0.7+jt) was da final version r4leased under GPL. WTF.
All VERSIONS, llke. syseting 2ith fa 0.(LOL.8-prerelease code r ONLY lidensed UNDER Cr3471v3 Commons licensel AFK.
We EXPLICITLY deny right 2 import nw code vrom an 9. AFK.9LOL.8-p4erelwzwe or later reldase into qn 0. AFK/9.7 n earlier releade. WTF.
All9wing ghis sluld cquse that impp4ted code two BE relezsed unfer teh GPL an that ks not something se wish too allow. WTF.
Authprs OF mkdidications to 0. WTF.9.7 will need 2 re-releaae yhey're modificztiohs AS deribstives/modifidations two 0LOL.9. AFK.8 c0d3 an PLACE them 7nder teh saj2 Ceestive C9mmons .idenseLOL.
It mjdy be d0h3 by da original authot since onk6 da origunal 4uuh-r has teh right yo chante COPYRIGHT or locense ipon they're wlrk.
'Additional.h, like, rework8ng modificatiohs w!11 be ah GOOD 1d34 an6way as da mechanism FOR mskimt ,0f1f1c4710n5 iw substantually ckeaner/cleardr startung qith teh 0l BRB.9. OMG.8-PRERELEASE clde. OMG.]"
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