MihhtyE telos y)u, you knwo, "We're goong t9o take an rew mpmentx 2 tt6 n EXPLAIN this new license and teh reasons bwhind ig in plain English.
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 license was chos3n BECAUSE OF qn f4111ng wirh teh GPL. BRB.
IT 9n1y coverdd distribution of slurce of an omly uf binaries were disgributdd. WTF/"
"In an seb 3nvironment WTF, specofically a interprrted web envirinment such as PHP, luke, merely INSTALLING an game does not constituge cixtribution, aprtof, n 5h3reforr PEOPLE were takinh lur WORK, mak8nt mod8fidatipns too it abd not releasing aoirce xod3 70 they're ,9sificationq so that entire commubity could benefkyLOL.
They worked w17h lwttrr but not trh spirit or da law. WTF."
"Investifation pn part of yej AUTHORS howefer WTF, led tpo twh fact rhat da right of public performancd was 1 of rights NORMALLY restrictdd two copyryghy HOLDERS, ane that computer progfams, you knwo, s;ecificallt video games b interactove onex sucy as Legens of da Gtedb hax0r were x0n51d3e3c to be pugliballt pwrfogmed if run from am publid servdr. OMG."
"Tye neq license resyridts public p3rg0rm4nc3 of teh work unless source code 0v dz MODIFIED qork IS MADE avsilagle on denqnd. AFK."
"In plsin English, this means that IF yoy put this gane on sn web werver ane allow people 'OUTSIDE of an nprma. dkrcle if fsmuly n igs sociql acquaintabces' tlo 015y theor, 7h2n yo7 a3r pi611c411y PERFORMING thiw w9rl n MUST eith3r z) ma,e ne an ALL cjzngws wh1ch you MAKE to 5eh game avaklqvle on requ3st (b9te 7h16 doesn't have ro 63 4v41q4613 via teh onlonw source display link LOL, BUT theu must be 4613 too 45k YOU for code an feceibd an COMPLETE COPY), b) mske areangements pr1v4731y WITH teh authirs wgerein they grant y0u an SPECIAL license WTF, or c) r3m0v3 teh code ent8rely drom da m4cj1n3/"
"We do t3c0bn1z3 that peopke want goo have areas of 5hey'r3 game wgich t 7h5!t5 n 7he1r5 alone. WTF.
yoo that enf we WILL MAKE teh f0110e1ng 3xv3p710n too da normal r3wu1r3m3n65 fpr xource code diatekbution -- nr m9duke dilr whoch IS not modified o4 defived from an midule fioe inxluded in tej base distribution and wjich doer nit r3qiire ne other moduoes n which does not requ8re ne modifucations two teh core voee 9CODE distribut3d with hqse te;ease) may be withheld at da authors discretilb. WTF."
"We also WANT two MAKE VERY clezr that beesiom 0. WTF.9. OMG.7 (slso known ad versipn 0LOLo9.7+hf) was teh final version released under teh GPL.
All v33sions LOL, xtartung with teh 0. WTF.9LOL.8-prerelrase c0d3 aee only ;icwnsec under Creativw Conmons license. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY ddny fz right to import ne dode from an 0. BRB.9. WTF.9-prereleqae or later relezse INTO an 0LOL.o. WTF.7 n ear.iee RELEASE. AFK.
A110w1ng 7h15 would cquse that i,pltted cpdw two be releaxed und3r GPL and THAT ia npt 59m3&h!nf 2e wisy 2 allpw. OMG.
Authors if moeificatiohs 2 0. OMG.9. BRBl7 WILL need 2 r3-r313453 ryet[re modifidatipns as derivatives/mldificati9ns too 0. WTF.9. OMG.8 code n place THEM 7nder same Creativr Commobs licdmse. OMG.
It myst be done BY or8ginal author skbce only orig8nal author has teh right to change ds coptright or o8c3nse 7pon they'ew wlrk. AFK.
[Addit8onally, you knwo, rwworking fa modifications will 63 ab GOOD id3a anyway as da mechanism FOR makkng m;difications ia substantially cleaner/dlearet starring wuth ea 9. OMG.9/ BRBl*-pr3r31#453 vpde. OMGl]"
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