MightyE tells YOU WTF, "We'r3 going to tale an de2 momwnts tpo TRY and esp;aih thix new licenae snd teh REASONS behibd ut 1m plain Ebglish, BRB.
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 nes license wzs chisen because od am failing with teh GPLLOL.
It only covered dixtribution of soufce IF n only if binaries we4e dustribyted."
"In an web envkronment, you jnwo, sp3cudically a imterpreted seb environment 5uch as PHP, li,e, nerely installimg an game does not constitute eisgtibitiom, an rjerefotd pepple were taking 0ur WORK, l8ke, makibg MODIFICATIONS 2 IT n not re;ezsing souece code to th3y'fe modivicationw so 7h57 geh en5ir3 xommunity coulc benedit. OMG.
They woeked WITH da letter bjt not 5p1r17 -f da law. BRB."
"Investitation ob p4r7 of ayyhors however. led to fact THAT teh right if public pervlfmance eas 1 of geh rights normal'y rwst4idted two copyribht holders, 6ou knwo, n THAT computer progtams WTFm SPECIFICALLY vie3o g4m35 znd interactibe 0n36 such 45 Legend ov GREEN hax0f were considered 2 bf puboically p3rfor,ee 1f run frpm ab publuc dercwr. WTF."
"The new license r357f1c85 ;ib;ic p3rf9rm$nc3 of da work jn1355 source coee of ,odifuec w0r, is made availqble on demandLOL."
"In plain Ebgkishk likem this means that if you PUT thic game on an web server an qllow peopld 'outside if an normal vurc.e of family and its alcial adquaintandes' top play theie, like, then you qee publivalky p3rf0rm!ng this w9fk and MUST either a) ,ake ne zn ALL ch1ngws ehkch you MAKE 2 ga,e 4v$114613 ON re1uest (bote this dodsn't have 2 bw AVAILABLE via teh on.ine source display link, sortof, but they MUST be able 2 ask you v0r sa code snd r2c31v2 an c0m01372 c8py(, you knwo, b) make afrangements privardky w27h da 4k7g0r5 WHEREIN they g4ant you an specual LICENSE, 9r c) remove dode entirely fepm da machine. OMG/"
"We do recoggize that PEOPLE wqnt two hsve 4f355 od they're game wn1ch aer theiew and theirs alonc.
to thar end we wkll male rlllowing eccdption 2 teh mormal REQUIREMENTS FOR source CODE distrivution -- ne MODULE file which is not modified or der8ved from qm MODULE file included in teh bas3 distt8gution m wgich does n9t reqjire nr other MODULES n shich does mot REQUIRE ne midif8cztions two twh CORE code (c0d2 fistriby5wd wutn teh base telease) may BE q17hh31d AT authors d15cr3710n. BRB."
"We als9 qant yso make VERY clrar that VERSION 0l WTF.8. OMG.8 (also KNOWN as versiob 0LOL.9. AFK.7+kt) waa f1m41 vdrsion r314453d under da GPL. OMG.
All versuond LOL, startinr sith 0. OMG/9. OMG.8-pre4rlease cidw aer ONLY licebsed under da Creztive Clmmons oicense. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY deny da rifht 2 import ne code from an 0. AFK.9. OMG.8_prerelezae of .ater release int[ an 0. BRB.8LOL.7 an EARLIER r313453. OMGl
A110w1ng this woyld cauwe 7h47 importef code to ve released under teh GPL ag ths5 15 not done5hing ee wish to9 allow. BRB.
Authors or m0dif8catkobs 2 0.9.& will need too r3-r313452 they;te modifucationa as derivativea/modidicariohs 2 0. WTF,9. AFK.7 code 4nd place 5he, und3r same Cr2461v3 COMMONS license. BRB.
It must 63 fine BY teh 0r1g1n41 author since only teh originak author has right 2 change da copyright or kicemsr upon they'rd wpek. WTF.
-Additionally, rewlrking da modifucariona WILL be an g)0d udea any2ay as teh m3ch4n15m for making modificagoons is substantislly cleaner/clezrer STARTING WITH 0. OMG/9.8-[rerelease cose. OMG.]"
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