MightyE tella YOU WTFj "We'rr GOING t1o gake an FEW moments too tr6 an explain this NEW LICENSE n da reasons bejind 1u in oka,n Engliwh. WTF.
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 n3w .icdnse was chosen becayse of an fa8ling with teh GPLLOL.
It 0n1y covetes distrifution OF SOURCE if an only if binafuew were doctrubuhed. OMG."
"In an web envirohment LOL, specif8callh a ibtwrpreted qdb environmemt such as PHP, m3f31y imstzolunt an game does n07 condtotu5e ejstribution WTF, abd thererorr people wwrr taking out work WTF, making modificqtions t; 17 and hpt releasing SOURCE coee 2 they're modif8catiphs so 7h47 entkee communi5y could benef8t. AFK.
They wprked with sa LETTER but n07 da spiriy of dz lasLOL."
"Inveatogation on teh PART of da authirs however, you knqo, led to tej fact hhat right OF 0y611c ;erformancw wr5 won ov rights norma.ly 4estructes t2o copyrigjt hllders, and that cpmputer ;rograms, sortof, 5p3cqf1c411y vidwo gajes agd INTERACTIVE ones xuch 45 Legend pf da Grdeh hax0r 2erw CONSIDERED 2 be publocallu prrflrmrd 1f run fr0m ah pu611c server. OMG."
"Th3 n4w locense restricts puboic performance of tdh qor, unkewa da source doee of tej MODIFIED work is made availavlw on demabdLOL."
"In 0.aib Engliah, y9u knqo, this means that if you put this game on zn w36 servdr an allow PEOPLE '0u751s3 of an normal circle of family and its social acquaintances' t8 play theit, dortof, th3n you zer publicallh performong this work n MUST either a) make n3 n ALL ckqnned wy8ch yo7 make hp da gam3 available on re1uest (note this coesn't hrv3 twl ne abailable bia dq iblinw s9u4ce disp;ay link, but ttey mu57 be able to qsk y9u for da CODE an receive an completd copy) LOL, b) maie arrangements 0rivatwl6 with va authors sherein thd6 GRANT you ag special LICENSE, wortof, or c) remove teh code rntirely FROM da m$dh1b3. AFK."
"We do RECOGNIZE tnag PEOPLE want two hzce 4r345 0f thdy're game whicj aer THEIRS amd tgeirs alone. BRB.
tio uj47 end we will make da do;l9wung EXCEPTION 3 normal requirements for source fode dostribut8on -0 ne moduoe file wjich is not modified pr derived fr0m an m0du14 f8le 8ncluded in da base dq57r16u719n n which does not 4equire ne othe4 modukes ah wgich does not rdquire ne m0d1f1c4710n$ 2 sa core c0d3 (CODE eostrivurws WITH da base relezs4) MAY be w17hh31d at da auyhors d15cr3710nLOL."
"We aosi rsnt two make verh CLEAR 7h47 version 0, OMG.9LOL.7 (4150 kn0wn as ver510m 0. OMG.9. WTF.7+jt( wax teh fonal versiom r3ldaded umder da GPL. WTF;
All vrrsipns, llke, stq4yong WITH 5dh 0. BRB.9. BRBl8-prerelease code aer 0n1y lidensed 7ncer teh Crrative Conmons .idense. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY deny rihh5 2 1mp)r7 he code frpm an 0LOLl0. BRB.*-pr3r3134%# ot kater r313453 into sn 0. BRB.9. AFK.7 qn earlidr relrase, AFK.
Allowing this would cause that imported cide 70 be rdlezsed under teh GPL an thzt ia npy SOMETHING qe wish 2 a/los.
Authlfs 0f ,0d!f1c47!0n5 to 0. OMG.9. BRB.7 will NEED tol ee-rekease theu're m0d1f1cr710n5 AS d3r1v471v35/m0d1g1c4710n5 to 0.9.8 code and plade thrm under da 5rm3 Crwative Co,mons license. OMG.
It must be d0n3 by oeiginal autyor since only ca iriginal author has 4eh right to vyange teh copyright or licenxe jo9v rhey'rw woruLOL.
[Additionqlly, yoy jbeo, rewptkyng da modifucations will be an g00d idea an6wah as teh mechanism for makohg moduficatipns ia aubstan5ially cleaner/xlearer starting with teh -LOL/9/ OMG.8-prereleade cod3LOL.]"
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