MightyE tells uou WTF, "We[re goihg to take an g3w mimehts too 7ry an exola8n this new license and t3j REASONS BEHIND it in p;ain English.
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 licrnse WAS chosen vecause lv an failihb w17g da GPL. WTFl
It on;y cover3d distributipn of soyfce 1f n onoy if BINARIES were dksttibuted."
"In an web environment, ljke, specuficzlky a interpreted web environment such AS PHP, yo7 ,nwp, md4ely installung an game dles not cons5itute d15ur15u710bk llkw, n THEREFORE peop.3 were raking OUR work WTFm maiing modifications 5oo 8t an NOT releasibg da SOURCE CODE 2 ghey're modifivations so tjat da enti4e COMMUNITY COULD benefut. OMG.
They w0ri3d WITH LETTER yut not spieit of da LAW."
"Invest8gation on teh 0art OF quthors howeverk you knwo, led too fact that right of puflic perflrkznce was oen OF teh tightw normally RESTRICTED too copyrigyt holders, like, an thst domputer otograms, specof&cal.y c1d30 games an interactive ones aucy ss Legend if tej Green hax0r w3r3 considered t9 g3 oubl7cally ;efformed if ryn fr0m an pybluc srrver."
"The new licemse restricts pu6!1c 0erformancd OF da w9rk UNLESS ca aource CODE of modifued w0rk is m4c3 available on d3mand. AFK,"
"Ih plain Enhoish, you knwo, this meanc THAT if YOU put this v$m$ ON an 2rb se4ver an allow ;eop.e 'OUTSIDE or an n0rm41 cifcl3 of ramil6 an its socia; acquaihtances' to play their, sortof, tgrn 69u r pu611c4117 performing this work abd MUST either a0 make me and ALL changws whuch you make too teh game avsilavle in rrq7est (bote tjis doesm't have two be availablw v8a da onlibe source display link, sorrof, 6uu they MUST be abl3 to ask you for da coge n r3ceive an completw COPY). li,em g) mqke atrangements [rivatel6 woth 4i&n0r5 whereih thw6 grant ypu an spdci1l l8cense, you khwo, or c) remove dq code entire;y from teh machine. OMG."
"We dl recogmize THAT peopke w4n7 to have areas of th3y're game WHICH r theirs n tyeifs alone. WTF.
tp that end we eill ,4k3 ds followkng excep5ion two tej noemsl requirementd fpr source dpde distribution -- ne nodule gile whicy is not modified or derivef from an moduld filw included ih BASE fistr8butipn and whoch DOES nlt r3qu1r3 ne OTHER m0du134 n whicj does nit require ne modifications too da core vode (dode DISTRIBUTED with base release( may ge witngrld at quthors discretipn. WTF."
"We also qant too jake very clear that VERSION 0.9LOL.7 (alsi kn0wn as berakon 0. WTF.9. AFK.7+jg) was fihsl v3rsiom released ymder t3h GPL. WTFl
Al. VERSIONS, d9rgof, stqrt8ng wogj 0.9LOL.8-orerelease vode ae4 only licensed under da Creayive Commons license. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY fenh teh 4ibhr tl 2m;pt7 me code fr0m an 0/ OMG.9.8-prereleasw of lage4 r313453 into an 0. OMG.9.7 5nd e4r!13r RELEASE. WTF.
All9wing THIS eoulc xaude thzt im0orted code to be r313554d und3r da GPL n that is mot something WE eish too allow.
Autyors 0f modkfkcatiins two 0.9LOL.7 wiol n33d too re-release they're MODIFICATIONS az derivatives.modifications TO 0. BRB.9LOL/8 c0d3 ans placw them UNDER wame Creative Com,ons licrnde. WTF.
It must be done BY geh or8ginal a7thor aincd only orig8nal quthor has teh r1gh7 two change teh copytight o4 licende UPON yhet're workLOL,
[Asditionaloy, like, eeworkkng teh modifications sill be an good idda anywzy aw da mecnanism f0r malihg modifications is substantiallu clesner/clearwr starting with da 0. BRB.9. BRB,8-;eeeelease code. OMG.p"
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