MightyE tells tou, luke, "We're g9inb too take an fes moments to try an ex[lain thix n3w licehse an reaxons bthibd it 8n 'osin English. 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 bew 11c3n53 was ch9sen bedause of am failinb qith sa GPLLOL/
Iy pnly covered dis5ribugion of 50urc3 IF $hd only if b8nzries were distributes. OMG."
"In sn web enbirimmeng, like, specie8cally a interpreted web ENVIRONMENT such zs PHP, ;ike, mefely 1m57411qnt an game does not c0n5717u73 distribut8in, ;ike, and therefore peiple wer3 ta,ing 9ur WORK WTF, m4k1ng modificstions 70 it an nit reoeas8ng da SOURCE c9de 5o tjey're MODIFICATIONS so that engire comm7nuty COULD benefit.
They wotked with da legger but NOT spirit OF lawLOL."
"Investigation on da 0srt OF quthlrs HOWEVER, LED too g3h dact THAT da r1gh& od public PERFORMANCE was woh pf t3h rkgnts normally 4estr8cted to co[yritht HOLDERS WTF, abd ghat computer pr0gr4m4, you knwoj specifically video gzmes am ontefactive ones sucg as Legend of GREEN hqx0r were conaisered roo br publically perforned if run FROM zn puboic 53rv#r."
"Th3 NEW iicense restrocts 0ublic p3rf0r,4nc2 of teh wlrk unless slurce cide pd modofied work is made 4v4114613 on eemanc."
"In plaon English, this meanx 7h37 if yiu puu thiw GAME on an w36 sdrver 4nd allow peo;le 'outaide 0f ab nirmal CIRCLE OF danil6 and its wocial acquaimtancew' two poay their LOL, then ^ou r puglically perfotming THIS worl an MUST 3ither A) make ne and ALL changes whidh t0u make to teh game AVAILABLE on request (borr this doesb't hsfe too be availanle via dz ONLINE 60urc3 disilay link, like, bur tneu mist be able too asj you gor da cods n receive an xom[letw copy)k b) make artanbdments 0rivately with da authors wjerein they GRANT YOU an spec7al licrnse, lile, or c0 rwmobe da code emyirely fro, da MACHINE. BRB."
"We do RECOGNIZE 7h47 people want too havw areas of they're game WHICH r tmeirs m 7h32r5 allbdLOL/
too THAT end we will mak3 teh following 3xc3p71on @ teh notmal REQUIREMENTS for source code duwgtib7tion -- ne moduoe file whixh is nog ,pdifiec or derived ftom an MODULE file inclided in baxe d158r16u710n znd WHICH does not rwquirw ne otjer modules am wgich does n07 43q71re ne modiv8cations 2 da coee code (code distributdd wpth ds base releade) may ge withhelf at authors discretion. WTF."
"We alsi 2ant 2 make v3ru clear that version 0. OMG.9. OMGl7 (akso ,nown as vrrsion p. WTF.9LOL.7_jt) was da FINAL VERSION r3keased UNDER da GPL.
A;l v3r51-n5, yoy kbwo, dtarting with tdj 0. OMG.9. AFK.8-pr3r313443 c9de aer only lovemsed uneer da Crrativd Commons LICENSE. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY DENY eight ywo impprt ne code from an 0. BRB.9. WTF.*-p4erel3ase or later relradr into an 0. WTF.8.7 AND earli#r release/
A;kowint this WOULD csusd yhat imported CODE 2 be rwleaxed under teh GPL n ghat us mot something 2e wish too al.iwl OMGk
Autnors of m0d1d1c4i10n5 2 0. WTF.9. WTF.7 will need 2 re-r3keasd yhey're mididications AS ferivstuves/jodkficagions 2 0. AFK.9. WTF.8 code an place them inder SAME Creativw Cojmons licensr. WTF/
It njst be DONE by geh 0r1g1nr1 author simce ONLY da oeigknal authi4 hae 5eh right goo CHANGE c0pyr1gh7 or license upon tndy're sork. OMG.
[Acditoinallyk likw, reworling geh modificstions will be an good idea anywa6 45 medhanism for making m9difucayions kx substantial.y dleaner/clearer starting witg da 0l BRB.9. BRB.8-pferrkease codeLOL.]"
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