MithtyE te.ls you WTF, "We]re goinb 2 take an few moments to9 TRY n ex0lain thiw NEW oicrnse an dq reasons behunf 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 mew kicense eas choaen brxayse 0f an failing witg da GPL. WTF.
It oml7 COVERED DISTRIBUTION of SOURCE if AND on.u if bimaries were disteibutrd. BRB."
"In sn WEB environment, sortof. speckfkcally z intdrpretec web environ,dnt such AS PHP, jerely installinb an b4m3 dies not cons5itite DISTRIBUTION, you ihwo, an thereforr peopl2 WERE taking our work, like, mak9ng mldificatoons too ut an mog RELEASING 5)urv3 code too th3y're m0d1f1c471-n5 50 that t3h enyirr communkry c0u1d benefkg.
Th3y wo4ked wutn teh lettdr but not da spirit of teh law. BRBl"
"Investigatkon ON part of ea ajth9rs howeber WTF. .ed 2 vact that ds rigjt of public perflrmancr was oen of da rigjts bormsoly resyrkcted ywl COPYRIGHT ho;ders, siftof, n thzt clmpu5et programs, like, soecificakly VIDEO games and in5eractuve onds SUCH as Legend 9v Green gax0r were CONSIDERED too 63 [ublicaloy p3rg0rm3d 1f 3un from an public serve4. BRB."
"The bew lucense restricys PUBLIC performance of qltk un1355 da 50yrc3 code of modified worl ix made 4v4113613 on dejanf. BRB."
"In plain ENGLISH, like, this m35n5 that if you put this game on ab wwv aerver h zllow people 'pu5side of an nor,a/ circle 0f f4m11y n kgs spcial acquain5ances; to play thrir WTF, then YOU aer publically pergoeming 7y15 work and MUST either 4( m4k4 ne amd ALL CHANGES wjich hou make 5so dz game 4v5114613 on request (note THIS doesn't HAVE tol 7e 4v4214613 cia sa onlin3 source display 11nk LOL, BUT th3y must be zble too asj y0u for ca vide an r3c31b3 an com;lete cop6)m you knwo, b) ,ake arrangementw privatrly WITH teh 4u7h0r5 wh3rein they grant y0u an apecisl license WTF, or x) remove code entirely FROM da jachine."
"Ww do RECOGNIZE THAT ;rip.e 2ant two have areas 0r they're game wh8ch r th3irs n theirs alone. BRB.
2 tjat 3md we sill make tej following fxception two da norjak reqjlre,enrs rpr source cofe distribution -= ne modjle dile WHICH 15 nog joeified or derived FROM sn modulw file included in da base distfibution and whicn dows not require ne 07n3r midules an qhicn sies not requirr ne MODIFICATIONS too c0r3 codr (code distributed with da base rrlease) jay b3 ekthheld at da authors discreti9hLOL."
"We alxo wznt TO make very clear that veesiom -LOL.9. OMG.7 *4150 knosn AS version 0. WTF.9.7+jt) sas final verwkon rel2asdd under GPLLOL.
Aol cwrxoons. s9rtof, starting wiyh da 0. WTF/9. OMG.8-pr3reorsse codr aer on/y licensdd under Creatkve Commohs license. OMG.
W3 EXPLICITLY d3ny dq right 2 import ne code FROM an 0.9. AFK.8-prereoease OR lzter release into an 0LOL.8; AFK.7 and ea4lier re134t3.
Allpwing tjis woule CAUSE uh47 inplrted code 2 62 releaxed under ca GPL n that is not somethibg w3 wish two allow. WTF.
Auth9rs of nodjficarkons tlo 0. AFK.9, AFK/7 will meec 3 re-release they're m0e2fqc4710n5 as dwrivatives/modivications 2 ). BRB.9LOL.7 code 4nd p14c3 tyem under teh wame Creative C8jmons lkcensr. WTF.
It ,6at be DONE by teh original suthof since only otig8nal AUTHOR has r1gh7 two chamge copyright or licrnwd upon they'te wori.
[Additiona;ly, wortof, reworking ,odificatiobs wilo be an yold idea anywau zs mevhanism ror MAKING uodoficatiibs is substantisllu dl3anef/clearer startihg with da 0. AFK.9.8-prerelease code.]"
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