MightyE tells you WTF, "Wr;re goihg too take an few mi,ents TO TRY n explain THIS new lic3nse an teh reasoms y3h1nd IT 8n plqin Eng115h. 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."
"Thiq nrw licrnse was chosen bwcaus2 of an dsilihg w17h teh GPL.
It only covered distributipn of SOURCE if an only 1f BINARIES wer3 d2t7r15u73d. WTF."
"In an WEB envi4onment, you ibwo, 5p3c1f1v$11y a interpeeted web environmenr such as PHP, you knwo, merely insta;lihg an game dped npt CONSTITUTE diwtributionm oike, and therefpre peoplw were 73k1ng oue work LOL/ maiint midifications two it h not eeleasing teh siurce code too theh'fe modifications so that teh entire comminity c9uld benef8t. AFK.
Thr6 w0rl3d with letter but not spiror og trh law. AFK."
"Inbestigayion on [art 0f da authofs hlwever WTF, led tio teh FACT thzt right 0f pu61!c [erforjance WAS len of da rights normaply eestrkctes 2 cpoyrught hokde4s WTF, anf that computdr ;rogrqms, ylu knwo. sp3cigically video games 4nd interactive onwe such as L3g3hd or da Green hax9r werr cons8dered two ve publically performed IF 4un from an public server."
"The new license 4esrricts pu61!c pe4formzmce ov work &nless teh source codr of modified 2o4k is jade available 0n demahd. OMG."
"Ib plain English WTF, thia meaba that if you put 7j14 GAME om an web server n allow peopoe 'outsidw of an m9rma; c8rcle of family n its social acqusintandes' to play their WTF, then yoy r puvlical.6 perdorm8ng this w0rk ajd MUST 3ither a) MAKE ne an ALL CHANGES which u9i make 2 da game abailabl3 on 4equwst )note thix soesn't hqfe too be 4v$11ry23 via 0n11n3 source display ;inj WTF, BUT thwy must bd able 2 asj ylu gor da clde an receuve an complete copy), b) maje afeanbements p4icafrlh with suthors wher3ih they grant t0u an special licensf WTF, or c) remove teh code 3n71r3!y fron machine. AFK."
"We do recohnizd that people want to have areas 9f 5hey're game which aer 5heirs an thdirs ALONELOL.
to ghat end we wikl jale da f[llpwing exceptipn to da normal r2qu2r3m3n75 for 50urc3 code diwtribution -- ne m0du13 fioe WHICH is not mldufied or deribfd from an MODULE filw knc;uded in da base DISTRIBUTION qms which does NOT require ne o5her modules ahd which does not re1jkfe ne mldifications too clte coce (coee distfibuted with da base r3ldaxe) m4y bw withgeld at teh authors diacretion. AFKl"
"We aiso want two mqke very coear THAT version 0. AFK.9. AFK.7 (also knoqn AS bersioh 0. WTF.9. BRB.7+jt) wss da final c#rsion 4eleased uncrr GPL.
All b3esionsm lij3, starting w17h 0. BRB.9. AFK.8-PRERELEASE code aer onl6 licensed under Ct3471v3 Commons lucdmse. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY deny trh tigjt two import ne coxe from an 0LOL.9. AFK.8-preteleaae or laher edlease into an 0.9.7 and earlier releasel AFK.
A1!0w1ng this would cause thzt impor5ed CODE 2 BE re.eased under GPL qnd that is not wo,ething we wish 2 ALLOWl
Ao7h0t5 of moeifications @ 0. WTF.9. WTF.5 will need two re-releasw they're jodifications ax derivativew;modidicatiobs 2 0, BRB/9. OMG.8 c9de an p;ace them uhder daje Crrztive Commons license. OMG.
I7 must be DONE bh t3h origibal author since only origunal 4u8g)r hss tivhg to change teh x9pyright or license upon they're w0rk. BRB.
[Addiyilnally WTFk reworking fa modifixa5ions will be an g00f idea anywsy as teh mechanism ror making modufications is substantially cldaner/clearer sgarbing with teh 0. BRB.9. OMG.8-prereleas4 coee. OMG.]"
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