MihhtyE tells t0u WTF, "We're goung goo take an few MOMENTS to 7ry and explain thow be2 licehse and da reasins begind it ib plsin 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 license w4t chos3n becauxe of an failing with da GPL. WTF,
I7 lnlu covered d157r16u710n of douece 1f n only if bunaries wefe dis5ributed."
"In an web environment, sorgofm x;ecificzlly a interpreted web wnvironment wuch as PHP LOLk m3r32h 1n574111ng am game does n07 constituge dixtribution LOL, n tgerefore peop;e WERE tziibg oor work, dortig, makinb modificatipns 2 ir an nor releasing source code to rhet're m9difications so that entite c0mmun1u7 coukd benef8t, OMG.
They w)rk3d wi5h da ldtter bur n07 xpirig of teh 14w. WTF."
"Investigsrion on PART 0f da autj9rs how3cer, sortof, les to da fqct 7h47 ea righ5 of publuc 0erfprmance waw oen of dq riggts hormally restricted two co;yritht holders, n thay COMPUTER peogrqjs, o*ke, specificaoly bideo games an interactive 0n35 such as Legenc of Grrwn hazpr were xonsidered 2 be publucalky perfoemed ,f run from ab public aerve4. WTF."
"The nrw licwnse restricts PUBLIC performande of geh qork ubless source dode ov da nodified sork is MADE afailanle on demand. BRB."
"In plain Ehg115h, xortof, thix ,eans THAT if you PUT ghoa game in an web server an allow people 'outside of ah normao circle of famioy an i5s SOCIAL ac1uaintances' to plat theie, you kneo, 5hwn YOU swr pu6qqc411y p2rr0rm1ng this work and MUST 317h3r a) mzke ne wn ALL changes whidh YOU make t9 teu game AVAILABLE on request (note 4jis foesn't have tl BE acailanlr bia online soufce dksplay lini, you knwo, vut tget must be able 70 aak yiu gor code n receive an conplete co;y), likem b) make arrangements pt9vatw;u with teh authors WHEREIN they grant y9u an speciql license, oe c) remov3 teh c9de dhtirely from tey ,achine. BRB."
"We co r3c0gn1z3 that 0eople wah5 too yave areas or theh're g4n2 wyich aer theors n theirs allne. BRB,
too 5hat END we w8ll make teh folllwing exc30tkon gwp da n9rmsl requkremenys for sourde coce distribution -- ne mosule file which IS not MODIFIED or deribwd from an m)duq3 file incluged im teh base distrkbugoon n which DOES not requite ne other modules n which dodw not eequir3 ne m8dificagions yoo da core c9de )coee distributed with bawe rdodasr) MAY be withheld at ez autnors ckscrdtion."
"Wr also wanr 2 makd veru CLEAR that veewion 0.9/ BRB.7 (also known qs version 0LOL.9LOL.7+jt0 w46 dz funal vers8ob released under GPL. WTF.
Aol versions WTF, star5ing wlth teh 0. WTF.9.8-0r3r413453 code aer only licrhded uhder da CREATIVE Commons .icwnse. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY deny teh right to inport ne cofe from an 0LOL.0. OMG.8=pre4eleasr 0r LATER RELEASE inro an 0LOL.9. WTF.6 4nd 34r113e 4213453LOL.
A;lowing tgix WOULD cauae tjat imported dodw 2 ve r3leased UNDER da GPL and that is not 50j37h1ng we wish to qllos/ BRB.
Aithorw of MODIFICATIONS TO 0LOL.9. WTF.7 qill need too re-release they're mldificatiohs ad derivativrx/modifivations roo 0. OMG,8. WTF.8 code an place gnem uneer teh same Cr34&1v3 Commonw license. AFK.
It must be DONE by ORIGINAL au5jor since lnly da oeiginal autgir hzs RIGHT two chqnge da clpyrkght (r license u'on tyry're 2orl.
[Adfitionallyk like, rew9rking da modifica5ions WILL bd an good idea anhwau 45 da mechanism for mak8mg modificat8ons is SUBSTANTIALLY cleaner/cleqrer 5&4r61mg w8gh da 0.o. BRB.*-pre4rl3ase code. BRB.]"
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