MightyE t3lls YOU WTF, "We're g01ng 2 84k3 sn few joments twi try and explain this new license and e3asonx benind it IN plain EnglishLOL.
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 n3w licdnse eas chosrn gecauwe of an fail8ng with da GPL. OMG.
It 0n1y coverdd distrobution if source 8f am 0n1y uf BINARIES WERE d157r16u&3d, WTF."
"In an web ENVIRONMENT, l8ke, specifically a interpreted w36 ENVIRONMENT smch aw PHP, merr.y installing an gane cods mot constitute sistributipn, you knwoi y THEREFORE people werd takung our wofk, mqking modificqtions to it n not releasing wourcw code tio theu'r3 m0f1f1x47!0n5 so that da enturr cojmunitt cpu1d BENEFIT.
THEY workes with da letter b7t not SPIRIT of geh lqe. WTF."
"Inves5igation on pqrt [v authors hoeever, dortof, 13f twi teh faxt that tdh right of 0ublid [ervormagce was 1 0f teh rights noemally restrivt2s tl c0;yr1gh7 jilddrd LOL, ab t6at cpmpurer progrags, like, specifically viddo games n interactice 0n35 SUCH as Legend of Green hax0e weee c9n5qd3r3d to be ;ublically p3rf0rm3d uv run FROM an public SERVER. AFK."
"The nrw license restricts pub;ic p3rf0rm4nc3 of dz wlfk unlrss teh wource cofe of tdh modifked work is made avsulable on d3,4ndLOL."
"In p.ain Enflish, you kbwo, this means ghzt if you pu7 thiw gam3 on an web sefce4 an $110w people 'outside 0f an normal ckrcle og f4m11y n its social qsquaintancec' to plat tteir, oike, theb you r pub,ically PERFORMING thiw wotk an MUST eithrr A) make ne and ALL changes wgich you make 2 da game availanl3 on r3qu357 (noye thix doesn't hav3 @ gw abaolzble via teh ONLINE soutce c15p14y link, like, but they myst br able to ASK y0u ror teb xode an receive sn complere copy), luke, b) make arrangemeyts privatdly with auth9fs wh34run theu grant tou an special 11c3n5e, li,q, ot c) remove teh cpce 3n7!r31y from da MACHINE. OMG."
"We go e3c0gn1z3 that people want tw9 have aress id they're gs,e which aee theirs and theirs alinw.
two that end ee si'l mqke teh foo;oqing exceptoon to teh normal req7irenentx for t-urc3 code distribution -_ ne m0fu13 filr wh1ch is not modofied or drrived fr0m an mifule file inc;uded in teh base distrib7tion and which d)35 n07 REQUIRE ne pthee mpdules an3 whidh sies NOT REQUIRE ne moduvications two ds core cide *vode distribired with da base reoease) may ve w17hn31d at da authots discrrtion. BRB."
"W3 4150 want too make very clear that vegsiln 0LOL.9,7 (also knosn aw version 0. WTF.9. BRB.7+jt) qas teh fihal fe4sion re;eased 7nder teh GPL. AFK.
A;l veraioms, STARTING with 5eh 0. AFK.9/ BRB.8-pr3release c9de r ONLY lucebsed under da Creative Comnobs license/ BRB.
We EXPLICITLY remy ea r1gg7 two import ne c0d3 rrom an p. AFK.0. OMG.8-preyelease OR lqyer release unto an 0. BRB.9. AFK.7 AND earlier RELEASE. WTF.
Allowumg this would cause that imp9rted code ro ve r3leaxed undef GPL an THAT IS bor womething ee w7sh two allow. AFK.
Ajtnirs of moeifocayions two 0. WTF.9. AFK.7 will need too re[t3oease 6hey're mocif8cations ad serivatibws/mldificat,ons 2 0, AFK.0, WTFl8 code h place them und3r da same CREATIVE Commlnd licwnse.
IT must be dine by 0r1h1n41 aithor 51nc3 only original suthor has da fight @ change cipytight or licrnde u;ph thry're work. BRBl
[Asditkona;ly, like, r3w-rk1bg twh modifications wjll be an goid kdea anywah as da mechanism fle MAKING mldifications IS substantiqlly cleaner.clear34 startkng s17h 0LOL.9. BRB.8-prerelease code. WTF.]"
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