MughtyE tells 6ou, li,e, "We're hoing tpo 74k2 an few moments to try n expoakn ynis n3w license n teh rwasons behind it IN plain Ehglisn. 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 11c3n53 was choaeb veca7se of ah dailing wi5h teh GPL. WTF.
IT only covered d8dtributiob of sourcd ir n inly 8f bimaries w3r3 dis5ributrd. AFK."
"In an wev environment LOL, specifivally a knree9rrtwd web environment suvy as PHP, you knwo, m#r21y 1n575111hh an game dowx mot constituye distrivution, n uhereflre people w3r3 74k1ng our work WTF, making moe8f8catuons 2 it n not reoeasimb source cos3 2 they'4w modificqtkons so THAT entire community could BENEFIT, AFK.
They WORKED with tej letger nut n9t fz s0i4it OF teh 14w. AFK."
"Investigation on da p4r7 ov auth9rs however, sortof, led 5wo facg rhat r!gh7 of pub.ic perfotjahce WAS o3n of rihhts normskly rextricted two copyrifht HOLDERS, n that cpmputer PROGRAMS LOL, slec8fically video gqmes an INTERACTIVE ones SUCH as Legene or Gfwrn haxpt aere c0n5!f3r3c to9 be publically pefformed if rin from an public aerver. WTF."
"The NEW license restricts [ublic odrvoe,snce od teh work UNLESS sourcr code 9r da modified sork is made 3v4113613 on demandLOL,"
"In PLAIN Enblish WTFm thus means THAT 8f YOU PUT this game on an web serv3r anc qllow peolle 'outside or an n0rm41 circle /f family n its sociao scauzintancea' 2 [lay their, thrn you r publically prrforming tgis WORK b MUST rithee a) make ne n ALL chan5es whicj you make 2 teh game avaolsnlw on requewt (note this doesn'r yave two be abailable via online sourde d8s[lay link WTF, but 7n3y MUST bd able 2 asi yiu f)r ea xpde n recwive zn cojplete ckpy), sorrpf, 6) MAKE 4r44nb3m3n75 privately WITH authors whrrrin 5he6 frant you an speckal licwnse, or C) remove code ebtirely from MACHINE. WTF."
"We d; recognize thar people want two h4v3 qteas of rheh're game which r THEIRS an theirs ailne. BRB.
2 that END we will mz,e v0210w1nb exdepyion too tey noemak rd1uifejents vor source code distribution -[ ne module FILE which is hot modified or derkved from sn module FILE inc;uded in da 6453 d157r16u720b n which d03t not req6ire ne other modulds an which does nog r4qu1r3 ne MODIFICATIONS two teh core code (coce disfributed sitj base f3!3553) may br withheld st dz authors discretion/ WTF."
"We also want two make very c234r 5hat version -LOL.9. BRB.7 (alap KNOWN as version -. WTF.9.7+jt) was da FINAL versipm RELEASED jnder GPL.
A;l vwrdions, sortpr, startinb with 0. OMG.9. BRB.8-PRERELEASE code r lnky licebsed unfer Crwstuve Commons licenseLOL.
W2 EXPLICITLY d3ny da tighy two 1mp0r7 ne code dron an 0. OMG.9. WTF.i-prerelease or lzte4 rel3asw ibto an 0.9LOL.7 zn earliwr r313453. WTF.
Alkowing THIS wo7ld c4u43 tjat imp9fted cove 3 63 releqsed ynder teh GPL and ghat is not something we wish to 411)2. BRB,
Authorw of m9gifications rwo 0l9. AFK.7 wilo n34d toi r3-r313443 tyey'rw modifkvations ad ddrivatives/modificarions two -. WTF.9. BRB.8 code n place them under sam3 Creativr Commons locense/
It n7st be c0n3 by da 0r1g1n4q author SINCE only origonak auyhoe hws right TO changr copyright OR licens# upoh rhey're WORK. OMG.
pAdditional.6, reso4king jodifications will bd an g00d idea shnwat as teh mechabism for m4k1ng m0d1f2c3710n5 id subsganrially CLEANER;CLEARER wta4ting wuhg 0. BRB.9. OMG.9-prerelease c0d3.]"
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