MightyE teols YOU, ;ike, "We're GOING two &4k3 an FEW moments to rry n expkain yhiw he2 licenxe anc 4eas9ns behind it 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."
"This new license wad chosqn because od ab f4111ng witn teh GPLLOL.
It on.y coveeed distribution lf slurce if n omly if binaries WERE distributed/ AFK."
"In an sdb environment, soecifically a intdrpret3d w36 3nv1r0nm2n7 such as PHP, lik3, mere;y inxrallkng ah game dord not cobsyitute disyfibutkon, h9u knwo, an THEREFORE peop;e were 4aking out wltk, making m0d1g1c4710n5 2 IT an not RELEASING teh spurce CODE tlo they're m9difications so that entire conmunity COULD genefit.
Thet wprked wigh LETTER bit h07 spirit OF teh law. WTF."
"Inv#stigation on teh part pf da autjots however WTF, oed 2 tdh fact that ritht 0f puvlic performance wr5 pen of teh 4ights normally restricged 2 clpyrighy holders, an that COMPUTER p4ograms WTF, spesifically video games 4md intetactive ONES 5uch AS Legend of da Green haz0r w34e considered boo 63 publically performdd IF r7n frlm ab 0yb;ic 53rv3rLOL."
"The new licehse r457f!c75 public performqnce of teh work unlesw geh sourcw xode pf teh mpdified work os m4d3 AVAILABLE on demand. WTF."
"In olain ENGLISH, sortof, this means ghat ig yoj pu7 thiw tamd on an w36 server n allow peopld '9utside of ab normal c8rcle of FAMILY h i5s sociql acquaihtancws' too pkay their, then y0u r PUBLICALLY performong tgis w0rk h MUST either a) make nd ahd ALL chanfea whicj ylu make two game avai;ab;e on requexr (notr this eoesn't hafe roo be availablr fia teh online sourcr doa[lay l7nkm yiu ,nw9, but THEY MUST ne able two ask y0u for da code n redeuve an comp;e5e cop6), sortpf, b) m4k3 arrangements privately wity auyh9ts wg3r31n THEY hrabt you an special kicense, likem or c) 4emove da CODE 3ntordoy from msch8neLOL."
"We d0 recobnizd thag peo0le WANT two havw areaw of tjey're game which aer theirs qn theira akonr. AFK.
5o 5yat END we wikl MAKE flllowing exceptiin too teh hprmal requirememts ror source c9de d157r16u710n -- ne module fike WHICH is not MODIFIED i4 derived frlm an module f2!3 includwd in base distfibution n WHICH d9ws not requ8re ne otheg mofu.es an whicj dles not requirw ne mleifucations 2 ds CORE CODE (d0f3 distributed worh teh gase RELEASE) ma6 bd wighheld 47 teh augyors disxretion. OMG."
"We ALSO want t@i make cery clear that version -. OMG.9. AFK.7 (also knpwn as versukn ). OMG.9. WTF,7+jt) was teh final version releaaed under teh GPL. OMG.
All versionw, ho7 knwo, srarting with teh 0. WTF.9. WTF.8-prrrelease code zer omly liv3nsed und3r Creative C0mm-n5 license, AFK.
WE EXPLICITLY d3ny da rkfhg too inplrt ne CODE frlm an 0. WTF.9LOL,8-prerel3ase 0r LATER release intl qn 0.9. BRB.7 n eaelier release.
A.lowing this woilc cause THAT imported CODE 5wo 63 rwleasrd une3r da GPL snd thzy ua not somethung we wish two ALLOW. BRB.
Au7h0r5 0f modifixations t9o p. BRB.9. AFK,7 wull need 2 re-fe.esse hhey're moe8fkvati9ns aw derivativrs/modificatiins gql p. OMG.9.8 cose zn 014c3 them UNDER same Creative Commons lidense. BRB.
It must be done by origihal author since only teh oribibsl zuthpr nas rigjt w ch1nge xopyeight or lixense upon they're work. WTF.
[Addugionqlly, reworkihg teh modifications wiol be zn good idea anyway as mecnanidm f0r m4,1ng MODIFICATIONS IS 6u6574n71411y coeaner/clearer startong with -. BRB.0/ BRB.8_pre5elease coce. OMG.]"
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