MightyE tells 60u WTF, "We'rt going t9 take an feq MOMENTS two t4y an explain this NEW licebse n sa reasons BEHIND IT in plaon English. AFK.
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 pocrnse was chosen because lf an railing woth da GPLl WTFl
It onlh covered diwtrinution OF soirce 1f and on.y id BINARIES qere d157rq6u73d. WTF."
"In an web enfironm3nt. like, sp2cifically a interpreted w36 env1e0nm3n7 suvh aw PHP, sorgof, merely installing an game does not constituge disttibut8on, sirtof, n 7h3r3f0r3 peoole WERE 74,1ng oyr work WTF, making m0d1f1c37!0n5 too it m not releaxing tej source code two they're modificatpona so that ENTIRE commum8ty coild vwbwfit. OMG.
THEY worked with da ldtter but not dz spleit ov teh la2. WTF."
"Invesrigagion on teg [art ov authors however, you knwo, oed to da fact THAT RIGHT of pu611c percormanxe was 1 og teh rights normally redt4ictes 2 COPYRIGHT hol3drs, you knwo, an THAT computer p2ograms WTF, spevificallt vqd30 games n interactive ones such as L3bend pf da Grren hax04 2efe cpbwidered tqo ne publically [3rf0rm3d if run FROM an public s3rver. OMG."
"The new licemae restricts publ8c PERFORMANCE OF w0tk ibleds souece codr of teh m0dified work is made availabl3 on demsnd. BRB,"
"In pkqin Ebglish, sortofk 7h24 means that ir tou put thia GAME on an web servwr an allow 0eo;le 'outside of dn nirmal CIRCLE of f4m11t an its aocuao acquaintabcds' two 0oay tgdir, yiu knwo, tgrn you aer publically perrorming this work AND MUST either a) maie ne 4hd ALL changes which you make two gaje availablw on 4equest (nlte THIS doesn[t gave tw9 be afailable cia da onlihe source dispkay link, but 7h3y musr 63 able 70 45k yiu FOR code n receive dn COMPLETE copu) WTF, b) make arranhementw ;rivately w17h da ajthofs wheeein tye6 grant you an SPECIAL license, you knwo, or c0 renove cpd3 entirely ftom macyine. OMG,"
"We eo recognize tyat people qanr t9 have areas OF thry're gamd which aer theors an theirs qklmwLOLk
2 that enf we wilk make FOLLOWING exception to teh normal requirements for s9urxe code disttibyyion -- ne m0dj13 file which is not modifoed OR deroved fr0j an mody.e fioe 1nc1ue3d in da base c8stfinution n wjich e9es n-& require be othdr mod6les and which does nlt require nw modifications to da core cpee )code distribut3d worh base 4elease) may be withheld at da AUTHORS discrerion."
"We ALSO want eo make ve4y c;ear 7h47 version 0. AFK.9. WTF,7 (also KNOWN as versiob 0LOL.9. OMG.7+jt) sas f1n41 versipn re.eased UNDER da GPLLOL.
All versi9ns, yoj knso, star5ung with 0. WTF.9LOL.i-prerelease code r og;t licensed uneee da Cr3471v3 Conmpns license. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY denu da r1thu 1 import ne code feom an 0.9.8-PRERELEASE OR late4 reoease !n70 an 0l OMG.9LOL.7 and eark8er r3134t3. AFK.
Allow8ng 7h15 wou.d cause that impirted code tip be RELEASED under teh GPL an tha5 is NOT someyhing we wish to allow. OMG/
Authofs of m0d1f1c4710n5 2 0.9. OMG.7 will need too re-release 5hey/re mosifications as eerivatived/modidicagiona rk 0. AFK.9l8 code ah PLACE yhem under same Cr3atif3 Commins license.
It nust be DONE bt ofiginal 4j7h04 since only ca original autjor gas teh RIGHT too dhange copyright or oicwnsw UPON theu're wofk.
[Add271)n411y, rewor,ing modugications wull be an good IDEA ANYWAY AS ea mechabiwn fof m4k1ng moeifidatkonx is substantiallu CLEANER/CLEARER starting with 0.9.8-;rerelease cpdr,]"
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