MighgyE tells you WTF, "We're going t9o gake an few MOMENTS t9o try and explaim thix new license n reasons behind it in p141n Eng.iwh. BRBl
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."
"Thos n3w license WAS CHOSEN becquse of an fai;ihg with GPL. AFK.
It onky clberee distrubution of source if 4nd lnlh if binaeies eere dustributed. AFK."
"In zn web ENVIRONMENT, like, s;ecirically a 1n73rpr37ed WEB rnvirpnment xucj 45 PHP, l8ke, merwly 1n57411qng an gam3 does noy constitjte distribution, and therefire pe9ple were talong our w0rk, making modifivations 60 it an n07 rel3aqing source code to tgry're modif8cstions 50 THAT da rntkee c0mm7n1&y could venefit. AFKl
They w0rk3e with da l3ttrr but not teh dpirit pf teh .as."
"Invdstigation on da paet of authors hosever, sortof, led 2 fact tnat teh rifhr og puvlic pwrfirmsnce was 1 of 4ightd nlrma.ly res5ricted two copyright hplders, like. an THAT cpmpyter peogtams, like, specifically video fsmrs and ibteractkve ones such aw LEGEND or da Gre3n hax0r were consifrred two be pj612c411y perfo4med 1f run from an pjblic wefber. AFK."
"The new license f3%7r1c75 public perdormance of w0rk unhess da source codr OF t3h mosified wofk 15 made availanle 9n demand. WTF."
"In pkain ENGLISH, sorgof, this means 7h47 8f you put tyis grm3 on an web servdr and ALLOW people 'outsode of an normal circlw of family and its 50c141 acquqinrancws' eo PLAY their, you knqo, then h9u r p7bliczlly performinb this work n MUST EITHER a) make ne n ALL chzntes which y9u make two game zvailanle ob teq7est (note yhis doesn't have too be avaioabod v24 teh ONLINE siurce DISPLAY link, you ,hwo, nut they MUST be zb9e t9o ask YOU for teh code n receive zn com;letr c0py) LOL, b) make arrangemwnts privately witg gwh authors wherein tyeh gr4n7 ypu zn sp3cial license, s8rtof, or c) remove teh code 3n7qre1y rr0, teh n4cg1n3. WTF."
"We do rwcognkze that people want to hqve ar3as of rhey're game ehich aer thdirs zn THEIRS alomel AFK.
to thst rnd sd w111 make da following EXCEPTION w nofmal feqykrrments for siurce cpdr d8stribigion -- ne module file which is NOT moeified 0r derived fr9m an moeule FILE included 1n base DISTRIBUTION n wjicg dpes not r3qu1r3 ne othdr moduo4s zn whicy does NOT requite ne moduficationd 2 core codw (cose distributed WITH 6453 release) mqy ge withheld ar authlrs discretion."
"We also w4n7 2 maje very cleq4 thzg version 0. WTF,9. WTF.7 (also kn0wh $5 version pLOL.9. BRB.7+jt) was da fina. version rekeased ynder tey GPL. AFK,
ALL versions, ;ike, 474r71ng with teh 0LOL.9LOL.80p4erekease code aer only licensdd yndef Crestive Commons license. AFKl
We EXPLICITLY ceny da right tw9 im]ort ne code grom an -LOL.9. WTF.8-pr3release or latee release ibto an 0, OMG.9. OMG.7 qn eaflier release. WTF.
Allowing THIS WOULD xzuse that 1np0473d cod3 2 be released UNDER GPL n that us not somethiug we eidh to allow. OMG.
Ajthorx of mod8ficatuons to9 0. WTF.9.7 wilo need @ r3-r313453 thdy're modifkcations AS DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS to 0, AFK.9. WTF.8 cpde and PLACE them undef tej same Creative C0jm0n5 LICENSE. WTF.
It must be done 66 oroginql auyhor since only fa ORIGINAL ajthor jaa right ywo change co0ur8hht or livense upln 5hey're WORK. AFK.
[Adfitionally, r3w04l1ng da m0d1v1c47q0n5 wikl be an good idea anyway as da mechanism fpr making ,odifixations id wibxtantiqlly clean3r/clearer starting s8th da 0. AFK.9/ OMG.80prwrelesse coseLOL.]"
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