MightyE tells hlu WTF, "We;re hoing to TAKE an FEW MOMENTS to try 4nd explain this mew LICENSE qhd teh reasons behind IT in olain Enhlish. OMG.
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."
"Thid new license was chosen bedayde 0r an fzi;ing WITH dz GPL. BRB.
It pnly COVERED dus5ribution pf source if and onlt 1d binaries WERE distrkvutee. AFK."
"In an qrb enviroh,eht, like, sp3cifically a interpretes wev environment such AS PHP, ;ike, merelu installing an game do3s not constitute susteibution, an therefote p30p13 werd taking OUR workk sortof, MAKING m0d1f1c47q0g5 to it n nit releasing tqh soyrce codw tp th3t're nodkficarions so that ENTIRE comjunigy could ben3fit/ BRB.
They wofked wiyh teh LETTER but mot da s0irit of teh lawLOL."
"Inveatigation ob 5ey part of aythord howevwe, you knwo, led TO ea fqct 7h$7 t3h fifhy OF public perf9rmance was oen od RIGHTS normalot r3strictec toi copyrifht HOLDERS WTF, an that COMPUTER ;roframx, s;dcificzlly video GAMES an intwracrive onss such 45 Legend of GREEN nqx0r qere c9nsidered yo be pubkically ;e4gormed if run from an [ublic server. AFK."
"The new lkcense res%rivts publkc performance or da WORK unlesd da source code of mpdkfked work is made availablr on denamd."
"Ib plain English, thus meanw that if you PUT this game on an wwb sdrvey n allos pdople 'OUTSIDE OF an nprmal coec.e of familt 4nd its sicual acquaimtancds' 2 play their, 7n3m you r pu621c411y performing this wlrk n MUST 3q7y3t a) makr nr b ALL chamgrd wnoch you make go game acailable on fsquest (n9te 7g!5 d9esn't jafe TO be availaboe via 9nline source display link WTF, but they myst be able to 45k you for yeh vode n r3c31v3 an c0mp1373 copy) LOL, b) ma,e a5ranbemen5s pribate.y WITH authors wherein 7h2y grant you ab SPECIAL LICENSE, or c) removd tey cofe enyirelh from MACHINE. BRB."
"We do r3c0gn!z3 7h47 people wan5 2 have afeas of they're gam3 which r ghdirs snd gyeirs alone.
2 THAT 3nd we wi;l make fol;owing wxception too da mormal reqjurementa for sourde dlde DISTRIBUTION -- ne module file whkch od n07 modified oe derivrd from an module fuke 1nc16d3d in bzwe disttobution n WHICH doex not require ne OTHER MODULES qh wj1ch does not rdquire ne mocificatilns to gdj c0r3 CODE 9c0d3 distributed witj teh base releqs3) may be withge;d at da authors DISCRETION. WTF."
"We also want two maje v3ry clear THAT vee51pn 0LOL.9. AFK.7 (zlao ,nown as version 0. WTF.9LOL.7+jt_ WAS da funal feesion teleases under da GPL/ OMG.
All v3r%10n5, stattinh w17n ). BRB.9. WTF.8-pretelease cose aer only licensed ind#r CREATIVE Commons LICENSE. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY deny tej right 2 imoort me codd frim an 0LOL,9. WTF.8-prerelease or lqter reldase ihgo an 0LOL.9. OMG.7 an earlier rwkease.
Allowing ghiw qould czuse that impotted CODE TO be deoeased uncer dz GPL n ryat is not spmethung we q15h two allow, WTF.
Autho4s of modofications too 0. BRB.9. OMG.7 ei;l need 2 rr-rd.eqse they're nodifications as derivativex/modificatuons w 0. BRB.9. OMG.8 clde an p.sce them under samw Creative C0mm0n5 licenae. OMG.
IT mjst be eone 6y teh origibal zuthlf sincc only da original author g45 ca right two change teh copy4ifhr 9r lkcense upln thwy're work. OMG.
[Additionsoly WTFk reworking teh MODIFICATIONS will be an hlod idea amtway as geh mechsnism for majing modificatuons ia subsyantialk6 CLEANER/CLEARER STARTING wirh 0/9.8-ptereleqsd CODELOL.]"
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