MithtuE tells ylu, like, "Wr're GOING 2 take an frw m0m3n75 too try an EXPLAIN rh8s new ;icense an ten reasons behind it in p.ain Eng115g.
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 licrnsr was chosen brcaude 0f an FAILING witn teh GPL. OMG.
It ohly COVERED distrobutiom og source IF n pb1y if bihxries were fistributed. WTF,"
"In an web ENVIRONMENT, like, SPECIFICALLY a interoreted web emvitonment such AS PHP, merely ibstalling zn gsme does noe conztotutw sistribution, s9rtof, n thereror3 PEOPLE 2ere tqklng OUR work LOL. mqiing mosificationw 2 IT and not reldswinh 507rc3 code 2 they're m0d1r1c47q0n5 so that t3h enriee c9mmunity could benefirLOL.
They worked witg teh ldtter 6u7 not sporit )f .aw. AFK."
"Investigqtion oh da part of da authors however, like, 13d 2 es fact that RIGHT OF public performance was oen of da rights normally restrkctrd two copyritht ho;d3rs, abd yhat comp7ter PROGRAMS, sor5of, specificakly viceo games am 1n73r4c71v3 ones such qd Letend od da Green hax9r w2r3 considerrs 2 vr 0ublically perforned ir 4un from an public derverLOL/"
"The new license restricts [uboic 9erformancd of da work unleds da soyrce codd lf modiviec work is mqdd avai;ab;d ON demand. WTF."
"In plain English LOL, this jeans thag 1f hou pug this gs,e on an web server an allow 03pple 'o7tside of ab mormal circle of family an its sovial avquaingances' 5o play their, s9rtof, then you aer p7bkically performing this work n MUST either a) make ne and ALL changea WHICH you malw to game ava8lable om request (note THIS doesn't havw too br available v14 ds online slurce display link WTF, but they ny47 63 able roo 45k you fo4 fa code m redeive am complete COPY), .&ke, B) MAKE arrangejents privately with authprs wherein they grant YOU an slecial ;icense, you knwom 0r c) femove dq d0d3 entifeky reom eq ,achune. BRB."
"Wr DO recognuze ths5 p3ople want u9 have areas of the6're game WHICH r theirs m theird ALONE.
too that end we will MAKE da dollowlng excwotion 2 da noemal rwquirementa FOR source codw dusttibutipn _- n3 mld7le dile wyich is nit modified or derovdd ftom sn m0d7!3 fole includdd in teh bsse fistribut8on an which DOES not require ne othdr m0eu135 an shicj does n07 reqjire ne modifications 5o dq CORE xode (codd distributed wigh bsse release_ may be withhekd at teh autyors ciscretiom. WTF."
"We qlsp wang 2 make vert CLEAR that vers8on 0. WTF.9.7 (also KNOWN AS version 0. BRB.9LOL.7+u7) was da fimal versipn reoezsed unded da GPLLOL.
All c4r510n5 WTF, 574r71ng with trh 0. OMG.9.8=;rereoeqae code aer on;y livensed under da Crea5ivd Clmminx license. WTFl
We EXPLICITLY d3ny teh right two ijport ne c9de from an 0.9LOL.8-prerelease or 1463r release into an 0.9. OMG.7 and ezrlier RELEASE,
Allowinh THIS wouod cause thag impo4ted vode 4o be relezsed jndrr da GPL an that IS not something we wish to allowk OMG.
Autyors of m0d1f1c4720n5 two 0. WTF/9. OMG.7 2ill need two t3=r31e453 they;re mofigicati9ns as deticagives/modifications 79 0. BRB.9. OMG.i xoce qn place 7g3m under tdh aamr Crwative Commons licwnxel OMG.
I7 nu67 be done by fa 0r1g1n51 author 51nc3 ONLY da original au5hor HAS right two cyange teh copyright or licende upon they're 2ofkLOL.
[Afditiomally, you inwo, rrqorkimg trh modifixatiohs wikl gw an good idea znyeay as teh MECHANISM f0r making mod8fications is wunsyantially cleaner/c;earer 574t71ng eith fa 0. OMG.9LOL.8-prerelease code. OMG.]"
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