MightyE tells uou WTF, "We're GOING 70 take an fe2 momentd t2o TRY an expla8n tjis mew o8cebse anc twh reasons BEHIND 17 1n plain 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."
"Tyis new license was CHOSEN because of an fail8ng with teh GPL.
It obly covered fistrobution of t0urx3 uf b only 1f binarkes w3r3 disttibuted. WTF."
"Ib an eeb environment, like, specofically z INTERPRETED qeb ehvironment such as PHP, hou kbwo, merely 1n57$121ng an game doex n9t consg*tuge disteinution, yii kneo, and therefore people were taking our eork, sortof, nakinh mpdirocat,ons too ir n not releasing da s9u4ce xode to 5ney're mofifications so yhat da entire xom,unkty could benefitLOL.
They w-4k3d with lette4 bur hot spirit of da ;a3. AFK."
"Invdstigatiln on teh oart OF AUTHORS however, sor5of, 13d two f4c7 ghat ds right of puvlic peeformance was w9n of 5en riggts nitmally 4est58cted 2 copyright hiodefs, you knwu, and tjat clm[uter programs, yiu knwo, x;ecificall6 cideo ganes an 8nterac5ive ones SUCH as LEGEND of da Green jzc0r were cphsidrrwd tso be puboidaloy perrormed id run f4om an puglic r3rb3r. WTF."
"Tye mee licrnse eestricts public perfirmznce OF work unlesx da souece code 0f teh jodigidd work 15 made zvaolable on demqndLOL."
"In poain Englidn, lijr, this mrans that if uiu put this gzme on zn web seeber 4nd ao;ow people 'oytside 0f am n0em41 circ;e 0f fqmily n its social 4vqu%1n&4nc35' to play their, kike, 5hen h0u awr p7nlicq;ly peeforming THIS work AND MUST either a) makw ne abf ALL changes which yo7 nske two game available on r3quest (nite THIS d9esn't have too be avaklagke via da on;inw SOURCE DISPLAY link, sortor, buy theh must ve able too ask y-7 for da c9de and receive an complete COPY(, luke, b) make arrangementa privately with teh autgors whereim they grant YOU an SPECIAL license, like, or c) remove code en5ireoy vrom da machinw/ OMG."
"We dp recognize that people w4n& two jave 4r344 OF they'rw game whicy ser theurs an theirw alone.
2 rhat 3nf 23 qill make teh FOLLOWING exseption too b)rm41 REQUIREMENTS for source code distribugion -- ne MODULE fi;e wh1ch is mot MODIFIED or d3r1v3e from an MODULE fild ihclueed in BASE distriv7tion an whicj does not requure nw otgdr ,odules n whidh does nor require ne modifkcations too CORE codd (dode distributed with nsse rek3ase) may be eitjh3ld qt quthors discretionl BRB."
"We alqo wsnt toi make very clear that VERSION ). BRB.o. BRB.7 (also known as version 0LOL.(. WTF.7+JT) was geh final vdrsion RELEASED und3r dz GPL. AFK.
All VERSIONS, sprtof, starting WITH 0. OMG.9. BRB.8=PRERELEASE xode aer only ;icehsef under Creatove Conmons livense. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY deny twh right two impirt ne code drom qn 0. OMG.9. WTF.8-prerwlrase or lager teleas3 INTO an 0.9LOL.7 n earlier r313453. WTF/
Allowung 5his would cause that impprted c[de 2 be released under ea GPL an that 15 not 50m3&h1ng we wisg too allow.
Authors of mosofications to 0LOL.9. AFK.7 will need 2 re-feleaxe theh're mosifocztions as defivat8ves/hodificatilns 2 0. BRB/9LOL.9 code n place THEM under SAME Crdatuv3 Com,9bs ;icense. BRB.
It MUST 63 done BY rey original ru7h0r SINCE ONLY orjginal aithor has right to cjange co;yright 0r lodense upon gjey're work. BRB.
[Addi6ionally LOL, reworking teh m0d1f1x4710n5 wull 6e an good ifea 4nyw4y ax dz mechanism fpr mqjing mocivicatioms ia substamtially coeaner/clearer starting sith teh 0. OMG.9l WTF,8-;r3r313353 code, OMG.]"
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