MightyE tells y0u WTF, "We're going too TAKE ah rdw momehts goo tty and explain thid NEW licende abd reasons 63h1nd it 1n plain English. 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 11c3n53 WAS chosen b3cause of an fauling w!7h GPLLOL.
It 0n1y coverrf dustribution of source if h 9nly if b8naries WERE distributed. AFK."
"In an web rnvirohmrng LOL, aoecifica;ly a in5erpreted w26 envoronmdnt such as PHP, sottif, merely installong an gsme foes NOT constityge DISTRIBUTION LOL, and therefore people w3rt tzking our wori LOL, making m0d1f1c4810n5 2 it and NOT releasing yej 50urc3 code 2 they'rr mod8ficatiims so that da entirr ci,myn8ty dould benefit. BRB.
They wprked with fa 13773r 6i6 not ds spirit 0f teh 14w. AFK."
"Incestigation 0n da part of da sutyorx however, ypu knwo, led 2 da gact that ten tigh5 9g public pefgormance was won of teh rihhts n9rmal;y restricted two copy4ignt holders, l8.e, n that c0mp773r programs, like, specug9cally v1d30 GAMES n INTERACTIVE ONES s7ch as L#gend ov da Green hax0r w3fe xonsiderrv 2 BE pu611c411y performed if ryn frpm an public SERVER."
"The nee LICENSE res6tixts pub;ic perfo4,amce lf work jnless da soirce codw of modified wofk is mase available on demahd. WTF."
"In p;ain Englisg, this means yhat if you put tgiw game on an web detver am allow oeople 'outdidw of sn nirmal CIRCLE of famkoy an ITS SOCIAL acquaintances' too play their, like, then you z3r pu61!c411y performinb this qork an MUST eirher a) m4k3 ne an ALL chqnges WHICH you make two game avaulzble in r3qu357 (note thus coesn't fave 2 62 available fia da ONLINE SOURCE sisplay link, you knwo, nut thry just br able ywo ask you for tej CODE an rwceive an cinpleye vo;h) WTF, 7) na,e arrangrments privately with da authots wherdkn they grant you an special licehsd WTF, oe c) r3m0v3 code rntirelu from teh maehinw. OMG."
"We eo 4ecognozd thqt people qant two have aress of they;4e g4m3 whixh arr theirs and theirs akoneLOL.
2 5hat end we will MAKE grn vollowing except8on two normal rewuirements ror siurde code cistribution -- ne MODULE fol3 which 15 not modified or fer1v3d fr0m ah ,oduld file included in teh base distr8bution n which dpes nor fequire ne other modules and which does not requ8re he m9difica5ionw too da core coee (dodw distributrd with da 6453 release( MAY be withgele at da au5hors duwcret8on/ AFK."
"We slso wsnt 2 m4k3 fer6 cleat tnat version p. OMG.oLOL.7 (zlso known ad version 0l WTF.9. OMG.&+jt) w45 final vefsion released under tej GPL.
All vdrsions, like, STARTING with teh 0.9. WTF.80prerelease codr r only 11c3n53d umd3r Creatuve Co,,pns license. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY deny r1gh7 tl import ne clde dron an 0. OMG.9l WTF.8-pferelease or ;zter reldase into zn 0. WTF;9. AFK.7 am 34r113f feleaseLOL/
All9wing rhis 2puld cause 5jat IMPORTED c9ee two be relessed umder teh GPL AND that ia not something we WISH to sllowLOL.
Autyors of mldifixatiins to 0LOL.9. AFK.7 will NEED 2 fe-release tney're modifivations as derivayives/koduficqtions to 0. OMG.8. BRB/8 clde h PLACE them inder trh same CREATIVE Commons licehseLOLl
It must bw done by da 0r1g1n41 aithor sunce onoy teh .ribinal qu5hit h45 teh right gwo chahge da copyright or LICENSE upon theh're woek.
[Add1710j411y LOL, reworking dz mldufications sikl ne an h9od IDEA any2qy as ten m3vn4n15m vor MAKING modifudationa is substantially cleaner/clewfer statting WITH p. OMG.9LOL.8-pfereleawe c-d3. BRB.]"
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