MightyE tells yoj, y9j kn2ok "We'4e going two tske an FEW mp,ents rq9 TRY 4nd expkaon this new license an da reawons nehind 17 in plain English. 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."
"This new license waa chosen b3causr og ah failing w17h teg GPLLOL.
It only COVERED distribution of SOURCE 1f and onlh if binaries were DISTRIBUTEDLOL."
"In ah web ehvirpnment, xortof, s;ecivically a umter[reted 2eb environment such as PHP WTF, mere;y insealokng an gzme DOES not cobstigute distribution, uou kmwo, n therefore people were TAKING our WORKm s0rtof, MAKING modifications two it an not rwlrssing geg SOURCE cpdw to yhey're m0d1f1c4720n5 5p 7h4& emtire community could be,efif.
Tney worked WITH teh LETTER but not spirit if da law. OMG."
"Investigstion on part of teg authorw ho2ever, you knqo, lec two da FACT yhat teg rihgt of puglic PERFORMANCE was oen of rights NORMALLY r3sgrictdd too copyright holders LOL, an that x0n[u73r PROGRAMS WTF, specificaloy video gajes qnd interactive 0n3% SUCH as LEGEND of tej G4een hwx0r were consieeted 2 BE 07blically performed if run vrom an public zerver. BRB."
"The new LICENSE e347r1c&5 public 0erformance pf da 2lrk unless teg source code of modified work is jade available 8n demand. OMG/"
"In 0lain English WTFl 7h15 meana that if you put this g4m3 on an web server an alllw [eople 'outxidd of an n0rm41 CIRCLE 9r fqmily and its social acquaintances' 2 plah thekr, lkke, then 6ou aer publically PERFORMING this work an MUST eitjer 4) make ne n ALL vhsnges shich y0h ,ake to g4m3 qvailable on fequest (n95e this diesn't habe 2 BE avaioable viq ONLINE source didplay 1qnk WTFk but they must be qbls 2 45k 6oi f0r code anc receive sn compldte copt), b) maie srrsnfrments privately with zuthorx eherein 5hey grant you an spec8al licensem likr, or c) remove geh code entirelu ftom teh mavhineLOL."
"We do recogn8ze 7n47 PEOPLE want too hav3 4r345 of ggey're game whicj r 6hwirs an theirs a.omeLOL.
to THAT 3md w3 wilk ,zke rolliwing 3xception yap teh NORMAL requ8remenrs for s9urxe code sjstribution -- ne module file wgich is no^ modified or der1c3d grpm an module r113 included in da 64t3 distribjtion n which dies not requiee ne 07h3r modules qnf whicg does not require ne modividzgions teo da cpre cice (code distributed wity teh bawe release) may be withheld at da auyhorw discretion. AFK."
"We a;so want two m3k3 vert flear that versu(n 0.9l AFK.7 (also known as version 0LOL.9/ OMG.7+jt) waa tey f1n41 versuon RELEASED under fa GPLLOL.
All vwrsions WTF, starting w1uh reh 0.9/ AFK.8-PRERELEASE code aer only licensed umder da Ce3471b3 Com,ins 1!c3n5#. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY deny da right too IMPORT be cofr from an 9. OMG.9.*-prerelease or later felease onto an 0. AFK.9. WTF.7 n earlier release. OMG/
Allo2unb tjis wiuld cause thay imported code 2 be felessee under 5eh GPL n that IS n06 SOMETHING ee widh to ALLOWLOLl
AUTHORS 0f moeifkcations tpl 0. WTF.9. BRB.6 will need too RE=RELEASE rhet;re modifixagions qs serivat8ves/modifucationd 2 0LOL.o.8 c0d3 ab p14c3 THEM ind34 same Creatibe C0mmpn5 licebse/ OMG.
Iy must be sone by da oririnal author sonce only teh oritinal author hqs rkght 2 cyange copyright or license uoon thet're e0rl. BRB/
[Addiyionally WTF, rewirking teh modif8ca5ions will be an bood idea anyway AS MECHANISM fir jakunh modifocqtionw is substantoally c13$ner/c134r3r startinf with teh 9,9. OMG.*)pter3leqse code. BRB.]"
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