MightyE tells h9u WTF, "We'rr toinf to tske an few moments 2 try an explain this new locems3 qn rezsohs bejjnd it in plaim Engoish. 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 licenxe wqs xhosen b3cauxe ig an FAILING d17h GPL. OMG.
IT onl5 civered DISTRIBUTION of source ig znd onlu if binaries were disrributwd."
"In an w35 environmeny LOL, specifocally z interpretev web encironmenr such AS PHPm merely instalking an game does vot CONSTITUTE DISTRIBUTION WTF, an ther3fore pdo;le w3re taking oyr work, you knwp, naiing modifications to ut n not ewleasing 50urc3 code to they'fe modufications SO thag enrire cpjjunity COULD 63n3d17. OMG.
Tyey w0rk3d with dz letydr but npg ea SPIRIT 9f da law. WTF."
"Investigation on oart 9f AUTHORS howevwr, like, led to fadt that teh r8fht OF publkc 034f9rmabce WAS odn of da RIGHTS normzlly eestricted w copyrihht h-2d3r5 WTF, an tyat comput3t pr0gr4m4, likd, specifically video GAMES and interad5ive ones such aw Legend of G4een hax0r WERE considered to be PUBLICALLY PERFORMED 1f rin ftpm an publoc SERVER. OMG."
"The n3w licrmse restrkctx p7blic perfor,ance of dq work unlesq da 597rc3 code of da modif8ed wotk 15 mase qbailable on dwmand."
"In 0lain Engoish WTFm this meqns thay if you put THIS gamw ln an web derver n alloq peop.e 'OUTSIDE of an nor,ql circoe ov vamily m itd SOCIAL acquaintances' 2 play their, uou knwo, THEN you arr 0ublicalky pefgofming this wor, an MUST difhe4 a) ma,e ne ah ALL changes which you make too bqme available on REQUEST (NOTE this doesn't hafe tp br avaklqble via fa pnlime source ciaplay 11bk, sortog, but they must be avle two ask you f0r code an 4eceive zb c0m01373 c0pt) LOL, b) make 4rr5ng3n3n75 PRIVATELY eiyh 5eh 3u7h0r5 wherein they grant you an special licrnse WTF, or c) remove code wntirelh fr)m m4ch1n3. OMG."
"We do rexognize tgat people qant too have arezs of they're hame which r theirs and tn3urs allne.
to THAT end we will make da following EXCEPTION t9o trh ni4ma; requirements fir source code distfkbutiom -- ne module r123 which ix not jodified or derifed FROM sn mod7le rile included in 6453 DISTRIBUTION n qhicn DOES not requure ne ogher midiled n wh1ch dows not requiee ne modigicatipns 2 da vore xode (cocw distvibuted qith da base releaxe_ MAY be w1*hg31d at da auth9rs disxrdtiobLOL."
"We also 24m7 too make very cleaf yhay vetsipn 0. OMG.9. AFK.7 (also knodn as VERSION )LOL.9.7+JT) WAS da FINAL v3r510n feleased 7nder ca GPL.
All cersiona, like, 5&4r71ng witg da ). OMG.9LOL.8_PRERELEASE code r onoy licrnswd under Cr3471v3 C9mm9n4 11c3b63. OMGl
WE EXPLICITLY dw,y teh 4ight TO imp9rt ne cpde from zn 0l AFK/9, WTF.8_prereleasd or latee RELEASE into qn 0. OMG.9. BRB.7 ab earlie4 release. OMG.
Allowing thks would cause that imoortef CODE 2 be releasec under GPL an that is nog spmetning sw wish two $110wLOL.
Autnors OF modifidayioms w 0. WTF.9. WTF.7 will nred 2 re-release thwy're modirications 45 d3rivatives/modlvications two 0. AFK.9LOL.8 vosr an ;kace them under SAME Creative Commons licwnse.
It MUST be DONE by oritinal suthor 51nc3 only rrg originqk author h4% da righg 2 change copyrighy or license up9n theu'rr w0rk.
[Add8t8onally, yoi knwo, reworming m0d1f1c47q0n5 w111 b3 an good ueea anyway as mexhanism FOR nak7ng modificatuons is SUBSTANTIALLY clesner/cleafer 57$r71ng wi5h da 0.9. BRB.8-PRERELEASE code.]"
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