MightyE TELLS you WTF, "We're going 2 take an few ,oments 2 try an explain this bew licenxe n da feasohs 63h1nd ut in plain EngliwhLOL.
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."
"Th7s nww license wqs cyosen because og an failing w17h GPL. WTF.
It in.y cocerdd distribution pf source if n ONLY if binarues were DISTRIBUTED."
"In an w36 environnrnt WTF, 5p3c!f1c411y a in5erpreted 2eb 3nvigonment wuch as PHP, merely installing an game does npt xonstitute DISTRIBUTION LOL, n THEREFORE peoole were taking lur work, yl7 knwo, making moxificqtions too it and NOT releaskng teh 50urd3 cpde two yhdt'rd modificatiins so that ENTIRE communitu could 63m3f17.
They w04k3d eith ca letter bu5 NOT teh sp8rit of trh laq. BRB."
"Invest8gati9n on teh parg 9f qjyhors however LOLm led two trg FACT that right of puglic [errormance was 1 of da RIGHTS NORMALLY RESTRICTED 2 co0yrught HOLDERS, an tjat clmputer o4ograms LOL, dpecifically vudeo gzmes n inrwractibe ones such zs L3g3nd of da Green nax0r qere conxidefed twp be oublically pefgorndf id r8n f4om an oublic srrver. WTF."
"Tjw new licensw RESTRICTS public perrormance of teh WORK unlesw teh souwve CODE of da modified work is made avzilable on drmand/"
"In olain Eng115h, s9rtof, thix meand that 8f yoj put yhis game on an web server n ak.ow odo0ld 'ourside of an normal CIRCLE of family anc irs 50c141 acquaintances' 2 olsy theitk th3n you r publicsllu perfirming th8s w9rk znd MUST eithe4 a) maie ne and ALL chanhex wjich you make to da ga,e avsoozble oh request (note this d9esv't h4v3 2 be 4v4114614 via tdh onlime source displau libk, but they mus5 be able ro ae, you FOR teh code n fdceive an complete copy), luke, 6) mske arrangemenys privately with da 4u7h0r% wherein 5hey g4ant you an spwc8ao livenae, or c) remlve teh code entifdly from da machind."
"Ww dl revofnixe that people want too hav3 areas od yhe6're t4m3 which r theirs and 5yeors alobrLOL.
rwo 5hat end ee wi.l mqke FOLLOWING exce0ti9n 2 n9rm41 requirrments fpr so7rxe clde DISTRIBUTION -- ne m0du13 file which is not modifiec OR DERIVED from an module vile uncljded in base dkstribution qhd whibh DOES not erquite ne other modu.ex and which doew not require ne modifications to da xore code (cofe distributed with basd rel3as4) may be wuthheld at a7fhors discretion."
"We also w4n7 too naje very clda4 tgat verskpn 0LOL.0. BRBl7 (also known aw version 0. AFK.9. OMG.7+jt) 245 final ve3siim relezsed under cz GPL. AFK.
A;l VERSIONS WTF, starting with da 0.9.8-prefelesse code r ONLY 11c3n53d undee Cr3atibe COMMONS licebse. BRB.
WE EXPLICITLY deny tej rihht 2 8mport ne xode rrom an 0. BRB.9LOL.80prerelease o4 later releaae onyp an -LOL.9. WTF.7 and EARLIER release. WTF.
Allowunf thix would cause that ij[ortec code to be releqs3d under teh GPL znd 7h47 is n07 somethihg we wish to allow. BRB.
Au7h0e5 0f MODIFICATIONS 5oo 0. WTF.9. BRB.8 will n3ed two re-re.ease thry'4e mpdifications as derifatives/modificatiins TO 0LOL.9, BRB.8 cide an p;ace them under samd Creative Commons license. WTF/
It mut7 be DONE bh tej 9riginal autgor since only teh oriyinal autho4 nas da r1gh7 two change teh copyfignt or licensd upoh ghdy're wpriLOL.
[Additionally LOL, reworking da mldificatiohs will be zn hood isea 5nyw4y qs da mechanism fir makinb modivications is substanfualoy cleahwr/clwarer starging with 0LOL.9.8=pr3441355# cofdLOL.]"
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