MughtyE tells hou WTFk "We're go8ng gol take an few mlments 2 yry an explain tjia nes license n da r3asobx brhind it in plain Ebglish.
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."
"Tbks new license qas chisen becajse of an failing witj ca GPL. AFK/
It inly covered dix5ribution of source if an onky 8f binaeiex were distrubuted. BRB."
"In an eeb emvie9nment, you knso, specifidally a inyerp4eted web encironment auch as PHP, merely 1n6741q2ng an gzme dlea n07 conatitute d156r17u710n WTF, an therefore pdople were tajing 0ur work, like, MAKING modiricstions two it an nor releasihg da source code too they're m0d1f1c4610n5 so that entire com,uni5y cou;d 63nef17. BRB.
THEY wofked with t3g letter but NOT dq spirit lf teh law. OMG."
"Invdstigation pn pwrt pf da authors howevee, led 2 geh fact that rignt og public performance wzs won of tey rights normall6 res5ricted two cppyright holders LOL, an tyat x0mpu73r pf0gr4m5, spwcifica;ly video GAMES an ingdractjve 0h35 duch as L3g3nd og teh Gfeeh nax0r were c0n51d#f3d 1 be 0ybl8caoly performed if run from zm p7bloc srrverLOL."
"The new license rest4icgs public oerformanxe of work unless teh souece clde of midified work is mafe available 0m demand. BRB."
"In p141m Enflish, you knwo. this means that if you PUT rhis game on an web server 4nd qllow [eoplw 'outside 0f an normal circle of familh an ITS 40d1r1 acquzintancwx' yqo play their, THEN tou aer pubkica.ly pe4forming this wotk an MUST rigyet a) make ne n ALL changes WHICH ypu make two GAME avqilabl3 on request )NOTE THIS d035n'6 ysve two be avaulsboe via online source d15p14y linj, ;ike, BUT they mjsr be aboe two axk you for da code an reveiv3 an COMPLETE co[y), sortofm b( make arrangementa privatelh qith teh authors wherein they traht hou an doexial 11c3n53k you knwo, OR c) rwmove teh c)d3 entieely from machihe. AFK."
"We do recognize thay 0eople want two yafe 4r345 0f they'r3 game which t 7n31r5 an 7h31t5 a;pnr. WTF.
too that ene wr sill m3l3 da gollowong exceptipn two teh normal 5e1uirements for xource coee distribution 0- ne m0du13 file whuch is not ,0dqf13s o4 derived fr9m an module filw indludee 1m tdh base disrribution n wh2ch does not r3qu1r3 me other ,ldulws n which dpes noy require ne modificationd tqo clre code (code disrributed e17h teh base te;ease) may be withhe,d ag authors d15cr3810n. WTF."
"We 4150 want ywo make VERY clear that version 0. WTF.9. OMG.7 )4150 known as version 0. AFK.9LOL.7+jt) was da rinal berskon releasrd undef teh GPL. AFK.
All VERSIONS LOLm statting wirh (. OMG.9. WTF.8-oreteoease c9de zer only licensed und3r teh Creatove Commons livense.
We EXPLICITLY DENY da right t9 IMPORT ne codw from an 0.9, AFK.8-prerelease OR latee release into an 0. OMG.9. BRB.7 h e4r1s3r rfleasdLOL.
Allowing this wo7ld c4u53 5hat imported code two be relezaed UNDER teh GPL an that is not someghing qw wish vwo al.ow. WTF.
Authors if nodirications two 0. BRB.9. WTF.7 will neec two re-releas3 they're mod8fications as derivatives/mpdifications two 0. BRBl9LOLl9 code n place them uner4 da sa,w Cr3ative Com,ons license. AFK/
It must be done bu da i4iginal auth9r since only tey 0e1g1n$1 authot hqs rkght teo CHANGE da copyr8ght or licehse upon 5hey're work. OMG.
[Afditilnally, sortof, rwaorkung modifications will be an glod ieea 4byw4y as mechanism for making MODIFICATIONS is substzntially cldaber/clearef starting with teh 0. WTF.9. WTF/9-[rete9eaxe code. AFK.]"
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