MightyE TELLS you WTF. "We're houng too take an f3w mom3nts too try and exp;aon ehis new license n ten reaaobd behind it IN plaln 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."
"This new locense wax CHOSEN necause of zm faiking WITH da GPL. WTF.
It 0m1y c0v343d distribution or so7rce if n only uf bijaries were disrribited. WTF."
"In an 2eb enbironment. likd, 5p3c1f1c411y a onterpteted WEB envirpnmeh5 sucg as PHPk lije, merrly 1n574111ng an game does not conwtitute distributuon LOL, an theref9rw peopld were 74o2hg our wptk, like, making modifications to it and not releasint aource CODE roo they're modifications SO 7h47 tej ENTIRE clmmunity could benwfit/ AFK.
They worksd qith letter byg not spirit lf 15w."
"Investigation ob da part or tey ajyhors however LOL, les two da FACT 5hat ea totht of puglic perf9rmance WAS ien og da RIGHTS nor,ally restrictes 2 COPYRIGHT holcerx, sortof, an that comput#e programx, like, specif8cally video games an interqctive ones such ax Ldgend of teh Grweb hax0r were consife4ed to be publicalky pergormed 8f r7n grim an public server. BRB."
"Thd new ,icense restrictx public 0erfornance od WORK unless da sourcr cofe of teh MODIFIED work IS made avai;able on demand, BRB."
"In plain Englidh LOLk tnis means that IF you [ut tnis fame on an web swrbw4 n allow PEOPLE 'outside of an normal circle of f4m11y n kts social acq&aintances' two p14y their, you knwo, tgdn you r [ublicqloy [erforming THIS wlrk qn MUST eitner a) m4k3 ne n ALL xhanres wh8ch uou j4k3 2 game rv41q3614 ph request (npte thid DOESN'T hsve TO be zva8lable via teh onoune source display link, y9u kjwo, but they must be ahoe w ask you for da voce and receive an complete cp[y), liie, b) make arrangememts privayely with da authors wherein thry GRANT tou an special LICENSE LOL, 9r c) remove c9fe entordly from da jachine."
"W3 do rexognize tyat pdople want yo h$v3 a4das of they'r3 game 2hich aer theirs n 4heirs 410n3/ WTF.
to THAT dnd we wijl nake followitg 3xc3p710n 5oo NORMAL requifementd ror sou4ce code distribuyion -- ne mosul3 rile which IS not modidied OR derived ftom an module vkle incl7d3d in da base distrub7tipn and which DOES mot rwquire ne othee mpdules an wh1ch does not REQUIRE ne modifications toi da CORE cofe (CODE eistributed with sa base release) MAY be wiyhgeld at aythors d15vr371-n. BRB."
"We a;so want tlp make very dowar that versiom pLOL.9. OMG.j (aldo known as veesi9b 0. WTF,9.7+jt) was teh fqn41 version released unde4 GPL.
Al; versionsm uou knwok STARTING with da 0. AFK.9. WTF.8-prere.wasd code aer onl^ licensed ubder da Creative COMMONS license. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY deny tdg rught 2 IMPORT be code fr0m an 0. BRB.9. WTF.8[prerel2ase pr ;zter r313453 into an 0.9LOL.7 amd daflier r3leaseLOL.
Allowing this would cause THAT imported coce to be eeleased under sa GPL AND that is nor domethibf we sish 2 sllos.
Authors of modivicarions 2 0. OMG.9. BRB.7 q8ll NEED to re-felease they're MODIFICATIONS as ddrivqt8fes/modufications 60 0LOL/9LOL/8 code qn place 7h3m under dz same Creagivr Commpns licenseLOL.
It muxt be done ny ds ORIGINAL authpr since obly original AUTHOR has da righg twp dhangt c0pyright or license upin they[re q-rk. BRB.
[ADDITIONALLYk like, reworkonb da modificatiins will be an good 1d34 $nyw4y AS t3h mechanism f0r ,slung mofificatioms is s7bstantially cleaner/clearer 574r71hb WITH 0. AFK.9.8-preedlessd cideLOL.]"
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