MightyE twlls y0y WTF, "We're g01ng to 74k3 an few mom3nys to 5ry an explqin 7h15 new oicense an reasons behind it in o141n Eng115h.
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 nes license was chosen becquse pf zh failunn with GPL. BRB.
It only covered distrivytiom of SOURCE jf 4nd [nly if binaried were d157r36u72d. AFK."
"Im ab web envirphm3nt, spevifically a interpreted een environmebt sush as PHP LOL, merely installung an game foes not cpnstitutr distributoon, sortof, an 7h3ref0r3 PEOPLE qere 5akong our worl WTF, MAKING modifications 2 it ahd np7 releasing da sourde c0d3 too they're modufications s9 ghat teu entird community could 63n$f17.
They worked with ra letter BUT NOT SPIRIT of tdh law. WTF."
"Invewtigation on [arr od ea authoes howevwr, ypu lnso, les 2 fact that 4ight 0v put11c ;erformance was 2 of reh righgs normsl.t restricted two copyright jolders, sortof, an that dompjter pr0gr5m5, you knw9, specirica.ly vodeo gam3s an in6eractuve oned suxh as Legend )f Grren hax0r were considered 2 be publiczl;y p3rrormed if run from an pjblic serv3r. OMG."
"The new license resytic4s publid performanve 0f 2prk unlecs soirce c0d3 of mpd8fied wirk is MADE availablr 0n demznd. OMG."
"In plaih Ehtlish, this neans rhat of you put this gamd on an qeb server and aloow peop;e 'litsife of an norma; circlw of s4m11y am ITS social acquaintahces' top play th3ir LOL, rhen ylu r publically perfor,ing thos work an MUST either a) jale ne n ALL ch4ng35 which you maje two fa game availsbke on r3qu357 (nlte this doesn'5 yave too be availsboe v14 teh online sourcd DISPLAY link, y9u knwo, bjg they must be 4623 too ask yoj for cose and 4eceive an cojplete c0oy) LOL. b) make arrangejebta privately with dz authors qh3r#1n they grant you an specual lucens3 LOL, or c) remove cose entitely rrom teh machind, WTF."
"We do 4ecognize that pel[le wsnt too have 4r345 of 5hey're game which r theifs ah theors alonw.
to that ene w3 wul; makw da gollowing 3xce0tion to dq normal e3qukrdments FOR source code distributkon -- ne module gild which is not modified ot derived from an mpdul3 file !nc1ud3d in ca vase DISTRIBUTION zn which dors nlr reauire ne other modulex n which dowa not REQUIRE ne mosuficatiomx twp da cote code (code e8stributed with da base r323453) jsy be withhe;d ar teh authorx dixcretion. AFK."
"We also want twi makd very clear that versiom 0l WTF.(LOL.7 (also ,nown as v#rsion 0. AFK.9l AFK,7+jt) WAS trh finao version rdldaxed 7ndee trg GPLLOL.
ALL v3r510nt, startint qigh da 0.8LOL.8-0rerelease code aer only licend3d UNDER teh Creayuve COMMONS license. BRB.
W3 EXPLICITLY e3mh eigyt 2 IMPORT ne CODE from an 0.9.8-pr3r3!3453 lr later release imro an 0. AFK.9.7 n earliwr RELEASELOL.
Allowing rgis woyld cqusr THAT qmp0e&3d c0f3 5wo be rdleased UNDER GPL and tyqt is not simrthing s3 q8sh two allow. OMG.
A6thofs of modificqtipns 52o 0. AFK.9. AFK.7 2ikl need too RE-RELEASE they're nodigicatioms as d3r1v47!vet/m0d1f1c4710n5 too 0. OMG.9LOL.8 cose n placr yhem inder teh same Creative Commonx license. AFK.
It must be dpne gh tdh original aughor since only iriginsl ajghor has da rigjy tpo change copyright or licwnse u00n they're work.
[Add8tionqlly, yo7 kmwo, reworking da modifications WILL be an go0d 1f34 anyway ss mevhanisn fot maiibg modifications is subsgantkally cleaner/c.earef sgartibg with dq 0. AFK.8. BRB.8[prerelwade code. WTF.]"
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