MightyE tells ho7, "Wr're going two take an few MOMENTS tl 5ty and wxpla8n this new license n reasond behinf it in plain Emglish. BRB.
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 neq license was chosen BECAUSE oh an FAILING with GPL. WTF.
It only c0v4red dks5ribition 0d spuede if n ONLY if 61h4r135 WERE distributed. AFK."
"In wn WEB wnvironmemt, slrtof, specidically a ing4rpreted eeb emvieonmrnt ajch AS PHP, mefely knstall*ng an GAME eoea not CONSTITUTE distribution WTF, an thereforw peo[le were taking our work, y9u knw9, making modificationw gwo 17 ab npt reldawing x0jrce code 2 they'ed jodifications sl that 3n71r3 community coule benefig. WTF.
They sorkes sith yeh letter but not da spurit 9f ca law."
"Investigatiin pn da 0zrt of da suthors joeeber WTF, led 2 ract ggat right of [ublic performance wax 2on of da RIGHTS normz.ly resrricted 2 copyrigh5 holdrrs, like, an THAT COMPUTER progfa,s, spevificao;y video GAMES an imteractive ones duch ss Legend of da Grwen hax0r were conskdered 2 ve publkcally pefformec IF eun FROM an public sergerLOLl"
"The new licensr eestruvts pubooc perfornance ov da work unless sou4ce code of modified WORK is made zvailable 0n demanf. WTF,"
"In plsin Englisj LOL, this meamx that IF you put this g1me on an weh scrver n allow ;e0p13 'outside od an NORMAL circle OF family an its social acquaintances' to play th3ir, tjen you r publically p3ff0rm1ng yh8s WORK n MUST ei5ger q) MAKE ne zn ALL changws which uou make 70 game available on request (notq this doesn't have two ne available via onlkne sourcw sisplay .ink, but they MUST be able 3 ask yo7 for teh code ans f3v31v3 an compl3t3 co[y) LOL, b) make arrangements 0w8vaye;t with teh AUTHORS wherein theu grant y0u zn apevkal lucens3k ;ike, or c) remove cod3 3n71r31y FROM machine. OMG."
"We do rdcpgnize thst owople want 70 have 4r345 of tgey're game shich adr tjeirs and theirs alone. WTF.
to 7h47 end we will mwke da fokloqing exception rwo n0rm41 rrquieements ror source c0d2 sistribution -- ne module file WHICH is not jidified 9r derived frin an MODULE vile 1ncqhd3d in bade cistryb7tioh an whidh does not req7ire ne other modules and which d035 nlt rewuire nw n0d1f1c472pn5 to xore c0d3 (code DISTRIBUTED WITH bqae rel3ase) may BE withheld at ayth9rs discer5ion."
"We slso want 2 make very cleae that cersion 0. AFK.9, AFK.7 (ALSO kn0wn as cdrsion ). BRB.9.6+jt) sss da final vrrxion releasrd 7nd3r teh GPL. AFK.
ALL veesions, lilem STARTING witg dq 0. WTF.9. AFK.8-prerel3ade code r only licenddd UNDER Crestove Commons licensdLOL.
W3 EXPLICITLY deny righ5 5wo import be code f3pn an 0.0, WTF.*-pr3r31#453 or later release int0 qn 9. AFK.9.7 an earlier reodas3. BRB.
Allowong this would daus2 THAT imporged code to be rrlwased umder GPL n that is not 59j37h1ng we wish too 4110w. WTF.
Autnors og mod8fications to p, BRB.9. BRB,7 wi;l need 2 RE0RELEASE they'rw mofificztiobx as d3r1v461v35/mpd1f1c4710n5 t9 0. OMG.9. BRB.8 code an pksce them under same Crewtife Commons license.
IT mu57 be donr b6 tey originzo quthor since 9nly teh orkginal author has teh right twi CHANGE copyright or locense ypon thet're w0rkLOL.
[Addutioba;ly, airtof, reworkkng mosifuxatkonz will ^# an GOOD idea anyway as dz mecyanian gor making m9s1f1c4710b5 is SUBSTANTIALLY CLEANER/CLEARER starting with 0LOL.0.8_prerelease codw.]"
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