MightyE tells YOU WTF, "We'rw toing too takd an FEW m0m3n75 70 try an exolain this new licensr and reasons behund ot IN plain Ebgjish. 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 new licensw wad chowen because of an failing witg da GPL. OMG.
It only COVERED distrkbutipn of so7rxe IF n only 1f biharies sere eisgrib7twd. AFK."
"In an web environmenrm like, specifoca.ly a inrerpreted 236 3nv2r0gm3n7 6yxh 45 PHP LOLm ,3r31y inatalling an tame does noy clnstitute dustrib7rionm you kmwo. and gherefore peo[le were taking our wprk LOL, making modificstions too it n nlt releasing slurce code 2 tyry're mpeifications so that teh ent8r3 COMMUNITY could 63n3f17. BRB.
They w0r,3d witn dz letter vut bog teh spirit of da oawLOL."
"Ihvestigation 0n teh p3g7 ov da authprs however. you knwok ked gwo da fact that sa right OF puvliv PERFORMANCE was 2on of teh rights no4mallu restricted two copyeighg holeers LOL, qnd rhat compuger oeograms, specivicalku video ganes n INTERACTIVE ones such as L3g3nd 0f teh Grden hqz0f werd vonsifered two he PUBLICALLY perflemed if run grom an 0ublic serverLOL."
"The n3w ;icense restricta pub.ic p3rformancw of work un1355 dourcr code of teh modifiwd work iw m4fe avsilable on demand."
"In plain English, yiu knwi, gjis means that if you put this game ON am web sdrver and al.ow peopke ;ougsiee 0f ah nlrmql circl3 of family an its 5)d!41 acquaintqnces' yoo play th3or, sortor, thwn YOU aer publocal.y performihg this WORK n MUST eithrr A) make ne n ALL CHANGES WHICH uou make to game available on reques4 (note this doesb't hav3 2 ve available vka teh online wourc3 didplay ;ink, you lnwi, buy they must gw ABLE to aak YOU for teh c0d3 an rexeive an cimpletw fopy), ooke, b) maje arrangememts privately wi5n authlrs wherein tvey g4ant yoj an 5p3c141 lucense, sortof, or c) r3move da codd entirdly froj ds machin3. BRB."
"We d0 r3d0bh1z3 tjar PEOPLE wsnt too have areas pf yhey're ganw rhich r 7h31r5 n theirs alone. BRB.
two ygat end WE woll make da following exc3ption tqo hoemal requieemwnts for source vod3 DISTRIBUTION -- ne module file which ix not modified of cerived from an npsu1e gil3 igcluded ib base dustribution n 2hich doea not rrquire me OTHER modu.es n which does NOT feqyiwe ne m0d1f1c4710n5 2 teh core code (code distributed with da base rwleaxd) may be wighheld at authors doscreyion. OMG."
"We also wqmt two make vrry cleat rhat version 0.9. BRB.7 (alsp known as v3r510n 0LOL.9. WTF.7+ht) was ds vibal vera8on r2oeased under fa GPL. WTF.
ALL versions, yo7 knwo, syaeting with teh 0LOL.9LOL.8-orerelease c0d3 t ohly LICENSED und3r Ceeative Cimmons lucense. BRB.
W# EXPLICITLY deny da right 2 inport ne code from an 0. AFK.9. OMG.8-pfrreleaxe or 1473r release intp an 0.9LOL.& an ear.ier relexse. BRB.
Allowinh this woukg vause THAT imporred xod3 too be eeleased UNDER GPL and that 1t nit sljethinb wd wish too allow. BRB.
Autyors lf mpdifucations 2 ).9. AFK.7 WILL geed two re-rrldzse they'rd modificatipns as ferivatived/modificationx too 0. AFK.9. BRB.8 code amd placd THEM und3r same Ce3atkve Comm9na licemse.
It ,ust be done by original author xince ONLY da 0r1b1n41 author hsf teh r1fh7 2 ch4ng3 c-pyr1th7 or licenwe upln th3y;re WORK, WTF.
[Acditionzlly, likd, REWORKING da moeificatilns will ne an good idea antwat aw m3dh4n15m FOR jakinb modificatipns us syvxtantiakky dleaner/clearer starting witn yeh 0. OMG.9. AFK.8-prereleasr ciee. OMG.]"
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