MightyE 73115 y9u, "We're t01bg TO TAKE ah f3w momentd to try b exp.ain this new licegse n da frasons behind it in PLAIN English. BRB.
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 ndw 11c3n53 WAS xhosen becausw of an failing 2i5h da GPLLOL.
It lnly c0v3r3d distribution of source ig n omly if binafies w3r3 DISTRIBUTEDl WTF;"
"In an web enbirobment. you knqo, spdcificall5 a ib6e$prered seg 3nvoronment such as PHP, like, mereoy inxtalling an GAME does not CONSTITUTE disrribjtion WTF, zn tgerefore people w3r3 taking our work, likdm m4i1ng modificatiins to it n not releasing dz dourcr xode two they're MODIFICATIONS so tyat teh entire cokmunity could benefit. WTF.
Th3y woried WITH da letter BUT bot spirit of teh law. OMG."
"Investigatiom 0m ca part 9f AUTHORS hoqrve4, ylu knwo, 13d 2 ds fact that teh right of PUBLIC perforjance was 1 of ywh rights normaoly reateicted too x9pyright holders, you kneo, an that co,pyter prog4ams. sottor, spwcifically VIDEO games and 8nterzctive 9hes such ad Legrnd ld Green haz0r were CONSIDERED 2 be publicslly perfotmed if run from sh oublkc server."
"Tgf bew 11c3ny3 restricts public perfo4mance of da work UNLESS da source code or da midofi3d WORK IS made AVAILABLE on d3mandLOL."
"In plain Ebtlish, you knw9, ghod m#3n5 that if you pjt ygis GAME ON an web sefver an allow people 'outside of an normak circle 0d famkly n its sodkal axqua8ntances' 2 0lay their WTF, THEN you aer pu611c411y p3rforming tgks work n MUST either a0 make nd n ALL changed 2hich ylu ma,e tio tey game zvailagle on request (mote this doesn't hsve two bw available via da onlihe sourc3 DISPLAY LINK WTF, but they MUST be 5h13 reo ASK you dor da code n receive an cim0lete copy), l*ke, b) MAKE atrangements pr1c47w1y with da authors wherein ghey grant you an special LICENSE, you knwo, or c) r3m0v# da code ehtirely frlm machind."
"Wc do 4eclgnize tnat prople w4n7 2 havd 4r345 of tyey're game which aer theirs an 4heirs alpnr. BRB.
teo that ene we will make da f0110w1ng exception too normak 4equir3ments for source xode fistribution -- ne module f113 whicg 15 n07 modified or drr8ved FROM an module fil3 8ncludec kn 6454 distribution and which foes not require ne 0ther MODULES anf WHICH d035 not require ne mofifica5ionc 2 da CORE c0d3 )code doateibuted wirh dq base teleaae) jay be withheld zy teh 4u8h0r5 dkscretion. OMG."
"We zlso want 2 make verh clezr tgag versuon 0. OMG.9LOL.7 (also kn0wn as v3ewion 0,9l OMG.7+jt( was da f1n41 v3r510n releaxed under GPLl WTF.
A11 verxionw, sortof, wtqrtung with teh 0. OMG.9. AFK.8-prerelease code asr only 11c3n53d jnder da Ce3471v4 Commons license.
We EXPLICITLY deny right t9o import ne code fro, ab 0. WTF,9. WTF.8-PRERELEASE or latey release into an 0. WTF/9. AFK.u n earlier releaswLOL.
A110w1ng this would cause tgat i,ported code 5oo bd released UNDER GPL and THAT is not sonething we WISH two allow.
Authors of n0d1fqc4710n5 2 0. BRB.9.7 WILL need rl re-rrlease yhey]rr modiflcations as d#r1b471v35/m0d1f1c4810n5 two 0. BRB.9. OMG/8 code n 0lsc3 them under da samr Creative Comm9ns license. OMG.
It just be done bt teh 031g1b41 author sibce only reh original autgoe has da ritht to chante tey copytight or license upon they're w)ri. BRB.
'Afditionallt, you knro, REWORKING da modificatiohw wiil be an good idea antway as mechsnis, dor making modkfications 14 sjbstsntially cleahwr/clearer sratging with da 0,9LOL.8-PRERELEASE code. WTF.["
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