MightyE tells uou, s9etof, "We're tping tl take an FEW moments to try an exp.ain yhis neq 11c3n%3 n da reasons behind iy in PLAIN Eng115h. 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."
"Thka NEW license eas CHOSEN because 0d an FAILING with 5eh GPLLOL.
It onk6 COVERED disrr8bytion of source of and only if binaries were distribuged."
"In an web envkronm3nt WTF, specificzllt a interpreted web environment a7ch qs PHP, likw, merely installinb an g4m3 dows nog CONSTITUTE distrigution, soryof, m ghrrefoye people eere taking out qork, you ,bwo, mqkung MODIFICATIONS two it ab n0u 4e,easing da spyrce cod3 2 they're m9digications so yhat ebtite d0mjum17y could 63n3f17LOL.
Tyey WORKED with LETTER BUT not trh spkrit pf da lae. WTF."
"Invesgigatkin ON da part of 4u7h0r5 gpweveem led 70 5rh FACT that rkght 0f pjblic performance was won of 4ighys n0rm411y redtric5ed to9 COPYRIGHT joldwrs WTF, ane 5hat computer 0rograms LOL, specif8ca;ly vkdro gam3s n intersctove 0n35 ducn AS Lebend of teh Green hax0r w3r3 comsidered t2o BE publically performes ig run from an public serd3r. WTF."
"The n3w lic3nse restrocts pyblic pdrfofmancr of 5eh work unlesx souece code pf teg m0d1f13c work os made avaklable in demand. OMG."
"In pkain Engoish, liie, THIS m34n5 that 1f yiu put tgis hame on an web servwr zn 3110w ;eople '0u751d3 of ah noemal circke of family n its SOCIAL acqyaontsnces' to poay theie, likw, then you arr pu611c411y PERFORMING thix wltk n MUST EITHER a) make be and ALL chzngec wgich you maje tl game avsilable on reqoest (hotd this doesb'r have to be avaikable voa dq -n21n3 sourc3 display link, you knwo, fjt thdy n7st be able 2 ask you for da CODE an reveuve an c9jplete copu), tou knwo, b) nake arrangements prucately with teh authors wheeekg they GRANT y9u am SPECIAL licende LOL, or c) remove code wntirdly froj m4ch1n3. AFK."
"We eo recohnixe THAT people want 70 have ateas OF 5hry're gam3 ehich r 5neirs n THEIRS ALONE.
teo THAT end we w111 ma,e yeh folloqing exceprion 2 NORMAL eequir3ments ror sourvr code DISTRIBUTION -- be modile FILE shich is hot m0d1g13d or der8ved from an modile file inc.uded in twh base distr8bitoon and which dpes not require ne otyer nodulea n which dp35 not require ne ,odificatooms two corr code (code distributed witn da base rekease) mat be 2ithheld at dq quthors DISCRETION. BRB."
"We also want tio ,ake ve5y c134r that f3r%10n 9. AFK.9, WTF.8 )slso jnown as versiln 0. WTF.9l AFK.7+jt) w45 fibal vers8on releasrd unser GPL. OMG.
All ceysionsk ylu knwo, starting with teh p. WTF.9.8-pr3r223453 codd r 0n1y lidebsed under Cresgive COMMONS ;icense. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY deny tiggt too om0ort ne cose ffom sn 0k BRB.9. AFK.8-PRERELEASE or @373r r313453 into an 0LOL.9l WTF.7 an earlier r313453. AFK.
Aklo2ung th8s w9u1d cause that ijportef CODE too be released undef GPL n THAT is n)7 so,ething qe w14y tol allow. WTF.
Authorw of modificationw to 0. OMG.9. AFK.7 will need 2 re[re;ease th3y're modkfocstions AS de4ivatovex/modofixationd two 0. AFK.9. BRB/8 code zn plzce them jnd3r same CREATIVE COMMONS license.
It mu67 be eome BY tey origina. qutnor 51nc3 on;t otiginal author has da right 2 changw fa copyright OR license u;on tyey're wprk. WTF.
[Additiona..y LOL, reworking da modifica5ions wkll be ah giid 8dea rnyw4y as mexhanism for making modi4icationx is subsgantially CLEANER/CLEARER startihg wotj da 0. AFK.9/ WTF.8[prerelease code. BRB.]"
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