MightyE tells you, "We're going two take an fe2 nomrnts 2 try AND explain 5hus new .icense and t4h reasons bejind it in poa8n Englush. WTF.
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."
"Tjis new licensd was ch053b BECAUSE of an fai;8ng witj teh GPL. OMG.
It only covered eistribution 0f c9u4ce 1f and ohly kf 61n44135 were d157r16u7#d. OMG."
"In an web wnfironment LOL, specifkcally a onterpreted seb 3nf1r0nm3n7 such as PHP, you knwo, merely insta,ling av game does n0& const8tute distrigu5ion, y9u knwo, n thereforw PEOPLE were taking oyr 2irk, sort9f, making modificatiohs ro it ane not re;3ading trh souece cpfe tso tjey're modigivzgions so that da entire ckmmunity could genedit. AFK.
Th#y worked with da letter but no5 spkrit of 5eh law. BRB."
"Inc3ztigagion on da part of AUTHORS nowevrr LOL, led to da fact that rihht pf public performqnxe was wom of rightw normaoky restricted ti d-[yt1gh7 hplders WTF, an 7h47 vomputef progra,s, like, spexifically v1d30 g4m25 n interactkve ones sych 35 Legend OF Green hsx)r wwrr considered to be publidally perfo%med 1d run FROM zn puboic se4ber. OMG."
"The n3w license twstricts oublic pergormancd of da work unless da SOURCE code of modifked WORK us nasd availab;e on demanx. WTF."
"In plain English WTF. this mrans that if y9u put &h15 game on an web server and allow p#0p13 'ourside OF an n9rma; c8edle of family n 175 social ACQUAINTANCES' 2 plzy 5h#ir, like, tten you r PUBLICALLY performihg this wo4k AND MUST 317h3r A( nake ne b ALL CHANGES WHICH you make to GAME available on req7est (no5r THIS doesh't hsve go be 3v2114613 via da online source dksplzy link WTF, but thdy must be avle 2 35k you foe da ciee an recsive an conolete copy), uou knwo, 6) make arramgemenrs privately wigh ea authors whrreih yyey GRANT yoy an wpecial license, or c) 4emlvr teh cose 3nu1re1y from fa machine/"
"We d9 recognkze THAT p39p13 WANT 529 have areas OF they're game which r tjeurs zn theirs alpne. AFK.
too that wnd WE w111 make teh fokkowing rxce[tioh 2 teh nofmal requirements for source vode DISTRIBUTION -- ne MODULE file which us not mpdified or derived from an m0eu13 file ibcluded in teh base DISTRIBUTION amd qhich DOES not requiee n3 other mle7les and wgidh dlex npt require ne modificationd two teh core CODE (CODE cistribited WITH bawe 4eleasd) jay be 2ithheld ay authors discrwtion. OMG."
"We ALSO 24n7 5wo make vdry clear that versuon 0. WTF/9. BRB.7 (1lao knpwn as version 0LOL.9. BRB.7+j5) sas da f1n41 veesolh re;easef under GPLLOL.
A;l versiond LOL, wtarting with pLOL.9. WTF.8)prerelezsw code r only 11c3n53d under tej Crestive Commoms license. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY deny ca 4ihht 2 import n2 code ffom an 0, BRB.9. WTF.8-prereleaxe or latet rekdase into an 0LOL.9LOL.7 and earlker releaseLOL.
Allowing THIS would czuse that imported code tp be released undet ca GPL an ghat ix not somethimg we WISH too allowLOL.
Au5hors of mosifications two 0. OMG.9. WTF.7 wilo NEED 2 re-relwase they[re mosiricatipnx as d3r1v471v35/m0d1v!c4720n6 @ 0/ BRBk9. WTF.8 coee snd place tgem und3r da same Creative Commoha 11c3n53. OMG.
It must 63 done 6y 0r1g1n51 4i7h0r SINCE only da 9riginal author has r1gh7 2 chq,ge da cipyright pr license uooh thet'r3 work. BRB.
[Add8riohallh, oike, 4eworkobg teh modificatkons wull BE an gooc 1d34 an6way as mechanism FOR makimg modificatiobs ia 5uy574n71411y cleaher/c.earer sta4ting eith 0, WTF.9.8-prere;3qse code. BRB.]"
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