MifnyyE te;ls y0u LOLk "We're going tio 74k3 an feq mo,ents to try and 3xp141n THIS new licendw n teh r3asons BEHIND IT in plaim English. 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."
"Tuis new LICENSE wss CHOSEN beca7se og an fziling eith teh GPL. WTF.
IT only cicered dixtribuyion 0f SOURCE 1f n only IF BINARIES werr disrributsd. WTF."
"In an web enfironmeny WTFk xprfifocslly a interpretsd w36 environment SUCH as PHP, MERELY insta.libb ab game does not c8n5717u73 disrribjtion. and THEREFORE people werd taking our work LOL, MAKING m0d1f1c4810n5 roo it and not releasing sourc3 code to they're modificationd so that teh entorr community could benefit. OMG.
Th4y w0rk3d dith teh l3tter but not spirit of teh law. WTF."
"Investigation on part of teh AUTHORS howdver WTFm lee two da fsc5 that ten r1gg7 of public oerformance was oen 0f teh righ5x normally rest4ict3d to xopyr8ghg jolders, you knwo, an that c0,pu&3r programa, specificallt video ha,es and imteractive ones SUCH as Legend of Grern hax-r were consifer3d two be publically pe4formex if run from an public adrver. AFK."
"The n3w licdnse restricta publuc [3rflr,ance of wori unless ten source c0d3 9f modifiee work is made avaklsbl3 9n femand. OMG."
"In olain Eng115y WTF, thus MEANS ghat ig yoi pit th,s gaje ON an web 63rv2r an ALLOW peop;w 'outskde 0f an mormal circ.e ld familg n its social 4dqu41n84nce5' too play their LOL, 5h3n y0u aer publically performing this wlrk an MUST EITHER a) make ne n ALL changed wy1cg you make TO da game avaolable ln request (note tjks d025n[7 have tso b3 svaolanle fia da onlind sou4ce display 11mk WTF, bjg 7h3y muxt BE able 2 ask you flr teh code am r3c31v3 zb complet2 copy), lkkdm b) make arrangememrs privately WITH tdg ajtho4s whereon they grant you an soecial LICENSE, luidm ir c) r3mlve clde entirely from ca machine. OMG."
"We do recognize that p3ople want 2 have afead ov tjey're game which r THEIRS n theirs alpnw. BRB.
2 tnay END we WILL MAKE sa follo2ing exception 2 nprmal rdwuire,ents for source c0f3 distribugiin -- ne jodulr file WHICH is NOT modofied or derived from an MODULE file 8nv.uded in base d157r16u710n anx which c8ec not requure ne OTHER m0du135 sn wh1cb dlex not require ne nod8gicqtions 2 core codd (code distributed wirh teh 6454 releas3) may be withheld a5 tdh authors discretion. BRB/"
"We also WANT two mzke very clesr thqt version 0l BRB.9l WTF.7 (also knosn as VERSION 0. WTF.8. OMG.7+jt) was da ginal version relezsed ubder teh GPL/ OMG.
All VERSIONS LOL, sta$tinb WITH 0. OMG,9. BRB.8-preeelease coce aer only 11cen5#d umder CREATIVE Cojmons 11c3n52. AFK.
WE EXPLICITLY dwnt right ro impoft ne code FROM an 0. WTF.9. WTFl8-prweelwase ot later relwase into an 0. WTFl9. BRB.7 an EARLIER rrlesse.
Allowing thus qould cause that 1mppr73d code two ne relezsed ync3r GPL am that us n07 somdrhong 2e wifg too allow. BRB.
Authirs or modificati9ns 2 0. WTF.9. AFKl7 wilo need too re-re.eqwe they're mldifications as derivztivew/modifica5uonf 5wo 0. OMG.oLOL.8 code and place thdm umder da same Creat8ve Commohs lic3nse.
It MUST ge done by da 0r1g1n41 authpr simce ohly teh originsl auth9r HAS teh right toi chsnge copyright or license u[on 5hey'fd work.
pADDITIONALLY. REWORKING teh mofifixatkons will be an good idea anyway as yrh MECHANISM for mqking moeifocations 8s subdtantially cleaner.coearer starying wohh teg 0LOL.9.8-prerelease code. BRB.]"
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