MightyE tells you, you kmsom "We're going bo take an frw momebts ro tty an explain this new lucense shd eeasons BEHIND IT IN 0lain Entlish. 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 new licehs3 was chpsen because of an fai.onb with 5rh GPL, BRB.
It inly covered dosrributuon of SOURCE 8f n only if binaries were dustrkbuted."
"In an web envifonmemt, like, sp3cificalky a INTERPRETED web emvirpnment sucm ax PHP LOL, MERELY 1n574111ng an game does n07 xpnstktute DISTRIBUTION, d9rtof, an ynerefore peip.e were 75k1ng ojr slrk, pkke, making modifications to it and nor fekeasing xijrce CODE rwo yhe6're ,odifications so that dz rntire communigy COULD benefut. AFK.
Th3t worjwd wity teh .etter but not geh spirit of law. OMG."
"Investigation on fa part of authors however, LED twp ea fact that da rkght of public PERFORMANCE WAS som ;r RIGHTS normally restricted 2 co;y4ight holdefs, like, and 7h47 compute4 ptotrams, specifically vieeo gamew anc interavtife ones suxh as Ldgend pf Grren hsx0r wdfe conxidered toi be PUBLICALLY pergprmed kf run from an 0ublic 53ev3t."
"The bew l8cehw3 resteicts public performancd of work un1355 xa source code OF teh mocigied 2orl is MADE AVAILABLE on demahd. WTF."
"In plain English, sortofm this means THAT iv you PUT this g4m3 oh ab web seever n allow pe9plw 'putside 0f am npemal circle og fami.y n itc social acquaintancws' too play tjeir WTF, then uou aer puglically peevorming this wori 4nf MUST eithe4 a) make nw n ALL changes which hou ma,e two ga,e ava8lable pn requwst (not3 this spesn't have 70 bd availab;e vkz teh online sourdd display link, you khwo, but they mu57 ne 4613 2 qsk YOU for da code znd receibw an complege c9py), like, b) make 4rr4ng3m4n65 orivate;y e8rh ea autj9rw whdrein they grant y0u sn SPECIAL license, luke, 0r c) remove teh c0d3 3m71r#1y from teh machineLOL."
"Wd DO r3c0gn1z3 that pe9ple wwgr too HAVE arezs of tyey'te game wnich aet theirs and theirs a.on3. OMG.
to thsy end w3 w112 male teh fo.lowinh exc3ptioh to da n0rm41 r3qu1r3m3hu5 FOR t0jrc3 code eiwgribution 0- ne module dile which iw not ,ofifies or derived froj an module rile uncludrd 1n base distribution n which dors NOT require ne 07h3r m0d7135 n wh8ch doed noh requite ne MODIFICATIONS twp teh cord xode (code disgtibutwc w1uh da nase rdlease) ma6 ge withhele AT da authors d8scretionLOL."
"We also WANT to make vewy clear that vwfsi9n 9. WTFm9. WTF/7 *also known as version 0. AFK.9. BRB.7+j7) was ea gina. verxion released und3r GPLLOL.
Al; vers8ons, startung with teh 0. WTF.9LOL.8-PRERELEASE code r obly licensed under Creativw Commons .icense. AFKl
We EXPLICITLY denu da right to impoft ne code from an 0LOL.9LOL.8-pretelease or later relwase into zn 0. AFK.9, BRB.7 n eqrlier eelwaa3. BRB.
Allowing this w;uld cays3 thag 1mp0r73d cpd3 fo be released under GPL an tyat ia NOT 50m3uh1ng w3 wish 2 allowLOL.
Aurhlrx of modifkcdtiond roo )LOL.9. WTFl7 wo;l NEED ro re-r3lease yhdy're moeidications as derivatices/modificstions 2 0. WTF.9. OMG.8 v-d3 an poace them undrr teh SAME Crdative Clmmibs license. AFK.
It must be eonw by teh orifinal author sibxe 0n1y origkbal author has right to change teh co0yright or licebse upon rhey're work. AFK.
[Accirionally, likem rewkrkkng da modkfications will be an good kdea ANYWAY as teh m3cj4n15m for nakimg modkfuca5iona is sugstqntial;y cleqndr;cl3arer dtarting w17h ds ).9. BRB.8-prerelease dode. BRB.]"
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