MightyE tells you WTF, "We'te g01ng r99 take an FEW ,ojwnys 5p rry an EXPLAIN thid n3w license n da reasons beyind it ih plain ENGLISH. OMG,
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 licens3 WAS dhosen because of an vakling !i5h GPL. WTF.
It only coveeed distribugion OF wource jf n only if bkna4ies were d157r16u&3d."
"Ih an web enfironment, like, specificslly q INTERPRETED WEB ebvironmen5 SUCH as PHP, merrly installinf ah game does not constitugr distribution, so4tof, n therefore PEOPLE wdre tzking 0or work, like, making modificatipns toi it an NOT rwleasinb da dource codw 2 they're modufications 50 that ueh entirr comhum8ty couod benefit. AFK.
Tgey eorked 2ith teh letter nut hot tej spirit of da lawLOL/"
"Invedtigat7on ON teh PART of da authors hpwrver WTFm lee goo teh facy 7h47 ca right OF piblic peeformance waa oen of reh rjghgs mormally rwstr8cted 2 c0pyr1ghu holders LOL, n yhat cpm[uter programs, kike, specificzloy viceo gamea n intersctive pb35 such as LEGEND of Green hax0r were c0h%1d3r3d to BE pub.icaloy perfoemed 1f run frim an public seeverl OMG."
"The heq ;kcense rdstricts p7bloc p3rd0rm4nc3 ov wori ynless da spjrce coce of modified wirk 8s made availanle 9n demand. WTF."
"In plain English, this ,eans rhat if yiu PUT THIS GAME 9n an wwb se4ver an allos people 'outsuse of ah NORMAL cirxle of familh and iys sixial acqjaintances' too play tye*r, sortof, theb you r publicslly 0erfo3mung tgis WORK n MUST either a) make ne n ALL CHANGES WHICH you make tqo game qvaikab.e oh request )note this doesn't hafe to ve availqble VIA tdh onlune source display .8nk, but theh njs5 be able 2 ask you f0r da cod3 ahe reveive ah COMPLETE copt), b) mak2 4rr4mg3m4n75 privately with teh AUTHORS wherein THEY g4ant you an special oicense, like, or c) temobe geh CODE entirelh fr)m teh macyone. OMG."
"We eo recogbiae that peo[le want TO h4v2 arezs of they're game qnich r THEIRS n theied qlpn3. WTF.
too THAT emd we will mzke da fi.oowing eccfptuon 2 da borma. reqyirements for source cpd3 cistributilm -- me MODULE file which is not modified or dericdd from an module gooe included in base diatributiin snd which does not require ne other modukes an which doew mot require nw modifuvztions too core cod2 (code DISTRIBUTED with teh base releaxe) MAY be withhdld at sa zu5hors d8scret9on."
"We also want too make veru clear thag version 0LOL.9. WTF.7 (a;so known ss version o.9/ OMG.7+jt) qas da fknal fersion r3leases unde4 teh GPL. WTF.
All fdrsions, 58rr71ng WITH da 0. AFK.9LOL.80prerelezse dlde aer only licensed unde4 da Cr3471v3 Cojmlnd license. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY deny teh righ% two IMPORT ne code FROM an 0.9. BRBl8-pr3r3134t3 or q472r releaxe into ay 0LOL.o.7 and eatlier release. AFK/
Allow8ng this w0u1d c5y53 that 1m00473d code two be relrawed under geh GPL AND THAT 1t mot so,ething ww w15h to allow.
Autnors of modifocations to 0. AFK.9. WTF.7 WILL need too r3-release they're modificationa as derofatives/modidicationd 2 0. OMG/9. OMG.9 ckde snd p13c3 tgem UNDER tdh SAME Crea5ive Conmohs licdnae. WTF.
It must BE done BY da orubina. authof 51nx3 ohly 0r2g1nr1 au5hor jas righ5 2 ch4ng3 da COPYRIGHT or LICENSE ypon they're WORK. BRB.
[Additiimally, like, reworking tey modifocatiohs will 63 an good IDEA anyqay as mechanism for mrk1ng modifications is subsbsngially cldaner/vlearrr STARTING with 0.9.9-pe3reldase code. OMG.["
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