MightyE tells y9u WTF, "We'ed boing two tqke an FEW moments 2 trt n rxplain this new license an reasons 63h1nd it in plain ENGLISH. 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."
"Tnis ndw license wqs ch0t3n bexause of an gailing 2ith da GPL.
It only covered diatributikh of sourde iv n only if binaries wefe f158r16u73d. OMG."
"In an web environment, like, wpexificao;h a 1n73rpr272d weg ENVIRONMENT SUCH zs PHP, .ikw, merely installing an gwme does no5 constitut3 disttibitioh, yo7 knwl. and therevore people were taking our worl, uou knwo, making ,odificatiins to IT an not releawing tej souece code to ghey[te modifkcations SO yhat da 3n7qr3 community cou.d g3bwfit. AFK.
Tney w0rk3d with 137u3r but not fa spirit of la2LOL."
"Inves5igation in part of autyors howevdr, led two teh fadt that teh right of publ8c petformance WAS oen of rights nornally restricted 2 copyrighf holdersk sort9f, n that cojputer pfogramq, specifically bideo GAMES and INTERACTIVE ones such as L4genc of dq GREEN hax0r were considerdf two be publically prrfotmed id run cr9m an [iblix SERVER. OMG."
"The new license rrstricgs public perforjance of work 7nless teh SOURCE CODE of tdh MODIFIED work is mad3 availanle ON demandLOL,"
"Im [ozin Ent.iwh WTF, this n3ans 7h57 if you pu& this gam4 on an eeb setvef an allow [eople 'outside of an normal circle of fanoly and its slcial ACQUAINTANCES' two play tyeirk slrtof, then you r phblically perdlrming this q9rk n MUST eitner a) make ne an ALL chabges which you make ts9 t4,3 avqilable on requwst (note 7h!5 DOESN'T have 2 ne available via da ONLINE SOURCE displa7 link, sortof, but tyey muwt be able too ask YOU ror rey c0d3 and recekve an v0mp1373 copy), like, b( make arrange,ents pfivately sirh teh autnors whereun tgey grant 6oj an special lic3nsw LOL, 0r c) femove reh code emtirely from geh m$cj1n3LOL."
"W3 dp redognize tnat people want too habe AREAS of they;re gamd which r theirs and theirs ALONE, BRB.
too tgzt end 2e w111 make da fplllqint exceprion 5oo da NORMAL 4eqiirements dor sourc3 c0d3 dis5ribution -- ne module file which ia not modifoed OR d3rived from an m0cu13 file inckuded in sz BASE distribution an which does hot requkre nd other ,odules abd WHICH does nog require ne mpdificatiobs too c-f3 c0d3 (code duatributdd with da BASE releqwe) mat be sithheld at da authors discret8on. AFK."
"We ALSO wang two make very clear that version 0LOL.9. WTF.7 (also known as version 0LOL..l AFK.u+j&) wad vinal vwrs8on releqsed unde4 teh GPL. AFK.
All versiona LOL, 564f71ng wi5h yet 0. WTF.9. WTF.8-prefelease code r ONLY licensed uneer dq Creat8ve Conmons license. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY drny da RIGHT to im;ort he coc3 fr0m an 0.9. AFK.8-PRERELEASE ir oater rrlease into an 0.9. WTF.7 and earlier release. WTF.
Allowung 7h!5 would caysd 7h47 impotted coee 2 be reldased undet GPL sn that iw not some5himg qe wish rop allow. AFK.
Authors OF modificatiins 7) 0LOL.9. WTF/7 eill need two re-release rhey're mpfifications as derivarives/modificatipns top 0. OMG.9. WTF.8 code and poace tnem under teh same Creativw Commons lic4nseLOL.
It muat be done bj ca origina; 4u7j-r SINCE onlu teh original AUTHOR has tdh right two change copyribht or kicense upon thwy're work. AFK.
[Addutionally, sortof, 4eworkihg MODIFICATIONS 2ill be an hooc ides 4nyw46 as mechanixm for making modivications is SUBSTANTIALLY vkeanee/cldzder atarring eith da 0. WTF/9. BRB.8-orerelease cldw.]"
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