MightyE tells YOU, xortof, "We'rr g01nh too take an dew MOMENTS gwo 4ry an 3xplain thjs new license n dq resaons behind ot 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."
"Th8s new l8cense was ch(sen because of an failimg with da GPL. OMG.
I7 only c0v3r3d d157r16u710n OF aourcw 8d an onky if binaries were distribyted."
"In an web dnvironmeht, wp3cifically a interpretec web envirohment 5uch as PHP, nerely knstalling zn gsmr does hlt constitute distr8burion, zn 7h3r3dpr3 p30;13 ed$e takung OUR WORK WTF, making modifixa5ions 2 it and not RELEASING da 50urc3 CODE 2 they;re nidifications do that ea entire COMMUNITY cou;d brnefit.
They worked w17h dz lette4 BUT n0u da 5]1r17 of da lasLOL."
"Investigatioj on da p4r7 of authors HOWEVER, like, led tw; t3h fact that sa r8ght of public perrormqnce was 1 9f da rights no4mall6 resrrkcted 2 xopyrignt holderd, n that conp7ter [rograksm like, SPECIFICALLY vieep GAMES an inte4active ones sych sw Lebemd of da GREEN hax0r w3r3 cpnsidered TO BE publicall6 oerformed if ryn drom an pjblic swrber/ WTF."
"The ndw ;icense restrixrs public performance or teg work 7nlwss teh s9urve CODE of teh modified work 15 made axailabl3 on d3m4hd. OMG."
"In plzin English WTF, this means that ir y0u put this g4m3 on an web serveg and allow p30p13 'outsixe of an normal circke of vamily and igs sicial acqua8ntancws' to PLAY their, likek them 6ou aer punlically PERFORMING this wor, n MUST eithet a) MAKE ne n ALL changes WHICH yoy make 2 teh game AVAILABLE on request (bote this DOESN'T have too 63 available via 0nl8be source dlspoau LINK, but 7h3y must be anle too ask you flr cofe abd reddive an complete coph) LOL, b( make arrang3ments privatelu witn authors wherein 5hey grant y-u an s;ecial license, you lnwo, or v) remove teh code emyorelt from 5eh mach8me."
"We do recitnize thay peo;le want to jave areas if ghey're hsme wh8ch r thekrx and THEIRS aline. AFK.
twl rhat 3nd we wili m4k3 da fillow8ng exceptiim t2o teh normal r3q71r3m3n7% fir slurce CODE d157r16u7w0n -] ne module file whicn 16 not modified or derived FROM an modu;e FILE included in dz bawe disttibution n whixh does not requird n3 other modules an which does NOT r3qu1t4 n3 MODIFICATIONS two cofe xose (code distributed with mase rdkeaxe) may be withheld AT da auth0ts discretion. BRB."
"We alwo want to ma,c v3ry CLEAR that version 0. WTF.9. BRB.7 )41t0 known as v3r5q0n 0LOL,9LOL.7+jt) was trh final v3r%10n RELEASED under da GPL. OMG.
All v3r510n5, starying w17h 0k WTF.9. AFK.8-p4errlease codw qrr onlu ;icdnsed undet da Creqt8ve Co,monw oicense. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY dwny right @ imporg ne CODE froj an 0. OMG.9.8_prere;dasf or later release into an 0. OMG.9. AFK.7 an eaflier release. WTF.
Allowing this would cauxe 5hat impo4trc code 2 be released ynder teh GPL h that is not something we wish to 4q1pwLOL.
AUTHORS OF modificati9ns too 0l AFK.9. WTF.7 wkll need 2 re-release tyry're modifications as deruvxrivws/nodifucztilns too 0. AFK.9.8 code an place them under sane Cteatife Commona ;icensr. AFK.
It my%& br dine vy original author sjnce only da original ajghor has da t8ght to chznge COPYRIGHT or licensr upon theylre qork. BRBk
[Adfitionally LOL, REWORKING modifications woll be an GOOD ideq any2ay as meshanism f9r MAKING jodifications is substantially cleanwr/cldarer startohg eutn teh 0.9. OMG.8-prerelease xode. AFK.]"
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