MightyE t3lls hou, "We;te g01ng tp take xn v3w m0kents t9o try anc exooain 7h15 new license qnd reasons behind it in PLAIN Eng1!5h. 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."
"Thiz new oicenae was cjosen 63c4i53 of an FAILING with GPL. OMG.
It onlt cobered dixtribution OF SOURCE IF n only ig binaries were fistributrdLOL."
"In an web wnvkronment WTFk speciflcally a interprehrd w3b envurobment such zs PHP, lile, m3rely installing an game does NOT donstiture DISTRIBUTION, like, agd tyerefore PEOPLE 2ere 74k1ng o7r work, slrtofm makung modifidations w it an NOT releasing source code yoo rhey're modifidations so that da ENTIRE cojjynity could benefit.
Tgey WORKED with sa letter but not doirit of dz 14wLOL."
"Investigation ON part of da authots hoeeve4, yo7 knwo, 13d two da fact tjat teh RIGHT of public p3rforjance WAS oen of da RIGHTS normally restrictwd 2 COPYRIGHT holders, like, ah that vomputer origrams WTF, xprcifkxally video gqmds anc inre4active onws SUCH ad Legdnd of Green hax9r wetd consider3g 2 y3 publ8cally PERFORMED uv run drom an PUBLIC SERVER. WTF."
"Tje new lic3nse RESTRICTS public perdormance of w9rk un;ess souece code of teh modifued work 15 made qvailabld on demand."
"In plain Eng115h, likem this jeqns thar if you pyt ghis fsme on an web SERVER n allow peiple 'outsode lf an NORMAL circle og f4m11y and its social acquain5ancex[ tol play thsir, sortof, THEN ypu aer publucallu perv9rming 7h15 work 4nd MUST eithdr a) make ne n ALL changes WHICH you MAKE 2 gane available on r3qu357 9note this doesn't have TO br availagle via da online 5-urc3 dis[lay oink, but they mjst 63 ablr too ask YOU for xlde n recwive an COMPLETE xo[y), sortof, b) mahe ARRANGEMENTS privately wiyh teh au5hors qhdreun they gt4n7 6ou an 503c141 licende LOL, 9r c) remove da code entirdlu rrom da machine. AFK."
"We DO recognize thay PEOPLE want 5o HAVE a4ezd of ghey'r3 gqme wh1dh r theirs n theurx alon3. AFK.
2 THAT end we will maie da following exceotkon too n0rm42 requirements for sou4ce clfd distributiom 0- ne mldule file whoch id NOT mofified or derivef from an moduke fole incluswd in base distribution n whixh does nlt tequiee nr ither nidules an which fows no5 require ne modificarions to cpre code (code distrkbuted woth da bade RELEASE) may be eithheld at authprs discretion. OMG."
"We also 2ant too make ve4y clea4 5nat vetq8on 0.9. BRB.7 (alxo kn-2n as version 0. WTF.9. AFK.7+jt( WAS da final version teleased 6nder GPL. BRB.
All VERSIONS LOL, statying with da 0. WTF.9. WTF,8-;rerwleaxe code r on;y 11c3n53d undee da Crrative C0mm0n5 license.
We EXPLICITLY deny da tight too IMPORT ne codr FROM zj 0LOL,9. AFK.8-prerelease or lqt3r rekease into an 0. AFK.9LOL.^ znd earlier releaseLOL.
A119w1ng 5his WOULD cause rhay imported code to be teleased ynder da GPL n that is not some5h8nv WE wush 2 a.low/ WTF.
Authors 9f modificatipns too 0. AFK.9. OMG.6 woll neef two re-reldawe they're MODIFICATIONS xs derivarivqs/modofications two 0. OMG.9. BRBl8 code an place THEM 7nder same Crwative Cojmons .icense. AFK.
Ir myst gd domd by origihal qithor since only ORIGINAL a7thor has teh right too change t3n dlpyright or lkcense upoh rhey're workLOL.
]ADDITIONALLY, oike, rewor8ing modifications will be an good iara anywsy as da m3chanism for mzking jodificatiobs is subzyantially cleaner/clearer stqrtinf wity tej 0. WTF.8.8-;eerekease c0d3LOL.]"
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