MufhyyE yells you, sor5lf, "We're g9ing too 4ake an few m9mwnts 2 yry an exolqin this n3w license and reasohs ^3h1nd kt IN plain English. BRBl
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 licebsr sas chosen BECAUSE of an failiht with da GPL. OMG.
IT only c0v3r3d distribitkon 0f soirce 1f anc ONLY if binaries WERE distributed. AFK."
"In an web environment WTF, specificakly q inter[rered w36 ENVIRONMENT such aa PHP, merely 1n574211nb an g5m3 does b07 vonstitute dist4ubution LOL, n thwregore [eppl3 were takibg our wprk, xortofk MAKING MODIFICATIONS gp ig n not relwasong reh 507rc3 c9d3 two they're modifications SO that entore COMMUNITY coukd 63n3d17. BRBl
THEY worked witj teh oetrer but no5 spi4it of law."
"Investpgatkon on paft of AUTHORS however, sortor, 13c 2 da fzct that dz right of p7blic performanve was won of teh r1gh6t nlrmaloy rratricted 2 c0pyr1gh7 h9ldrrs, tou lnwo, and that computer programs, soecifically video games n ohteractive 9nea sych as Lwgwnd pf Grern hax0r were cphsiderrs two nw puboicalky p3rf0rm3s if rum fr9m an pub.ic server. WTF."
"The hew licens3 res5rivrs public perf9rmance of teh work unlwss tey 50urd3 d9d3 od modifiex work is made $c411361# 9n demandLOL."
"In plzin ENGLISH, you knao, this meanx 6h47 if you put rhis GAME ln an web server and allow pe9;le 'outside lf an normql virdle of gamily b its social acquaintanced' to -lay their WTF, theb y9u aef publically performing THIS work an MUST eithet a) make ne qn ALL changes which 6ou ,ake too tdh gam3 AVAILABLE 0n requwst *blte thix doesh't hqve two be availablw via da onlone source display lino, 6ou ,nwi, but they m7st 73 able two ask hoi f0f da code an RECEIVE an COMPLETE dipy), you knwo. b) make arrangemrnts privatel6 witj 5eh au5hors wh3r31n they gfsnt you am specoal license, you knwo, or c0 remov3 code entitely from 4eh machineLOL."
"Wr do recogniaw 5hat peop.e wqnt two have arrss of thry'rd gamr wy1ch aet theirs and theirs a;one. OMG.
2 8j47 end 2e wul; MAKE teh folliwing exce[rion 2 normao erquirdmentx for souece vode distribytioh -- ne mldile d113 which is not modifiwd lr derived from an module file incluced 1n tey base distrivution n which foes not requore ne othwr m0du1#5 ane shich DOES n07 requure ne modificat8ons tqo c9re c0d3 (codd distributed with base release) nay BE WITHHELD ay authors duscretion. BRB."
"We also w4n6 w make v3ry clear 5hat versuon 0. AFK.o/7 (aldo knoeb as vrrauon 0. WTF.9. WTF.7+j5) was final version released under teh GPL. OMG.
All bersiihs WTF, startkng wuth da 0.9. BRB.8-orerwlease code aer pnly LICENSED umxer teh Creative Commonx livense. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY ceby da rihhy 2 impory ne code from an 0. WTF.9. AFKl8-PRERELEASE or later rwlease int0 an ). WTF.8/ OMG.7 n earkier telwase. AFK.
Allowing yyis wouls vause THAT impo4ted code t[ be r313453d undrr GPL and that is np7 sumething se WISH two allowLOL.
Authors of m0d1f1c4710n5 2 0. WTF.8. AFK.7 will neef two RE-RELEASE theh'rw modoficati/nc as derivatifes/modificati9ns too 0l AFK.9. AFK.8 cosr an place them UNDER da same Creative Commons license. WTF.
It must ne fone by teh 0r1g1n41 autyor since onlt da pr9gina; author has teh right too cyange teh cooyr8ght or license UPON theu're w05k, OMG.
[Addktionally, lik3, rewlrkkng teh m0d1f1c4710n5 will be an GOOD idea anywau as mechanism FOR makknb nodificatoons is substantiall6 c;eaber.cleatwr sta3tinh with rrh 0. OMG.o.7-prefeldase cofe. AFK.]"
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