MifhtyE te;ls you WTF, "We're going 5o take an few MOMENTS to yry 4nd EXPLAIN ^h16 nww .icense and da reasons behind k5 km plain EnglishLOL.
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."
"Thix mew license sr5 chosen beczjst of qn failing with teh GPL. OMG.
It 9n;y xovered s147r16u710n of source if and ONLY if 61n4r135 wer3 distributrc. OMG."
"In an web environment LOL, specifically z in5erpeeted eeb environment such as PHP, yoy ,nwo. merely insyallihg an ta,e does not clnstitute dostrkbution, n yherwvore people were taiing oue eork, lokw, makihf ,odifications TO it AND mot felessing da source cod3 to rhey're modificzgipns so ghzt ENTIRE co,munity coule benef8t. OMG.
Thwy worked e1ih da l3tyer but n07 spi4it of laeLOL."
"Investigation on da part 0f authors jl2ever, you jnwo, led too fact that ten RIGHT lf PUBLIC pergormznce was oen of fa roghts n0rm41qy eesttkc5ed too copyriggt h92s3r5, and tyat computer 0r-gtem5, sortof, specificallu video gamea b INTERACTIVE lnws such as Legehd 9f da Greeb hax0r wete considered TO be PUBLICALLY peffotmed if tun feom an 0u611c sdrvrr."
"The bew licrnse reatricts PUBLIC oetfoemance of eofk unless wource cosw OF da modified wofj is made available ON demand. BRB."
"In plakb Ebglish WTF, thiw meams that IF you pjt tyis bame on an web servee n allow people 'outsude of ab norjal circle of fami.y and iga 50c142 axqyaibgances' two PLAY their LOL, then ylu afr oub.icalky oerfprminh thus work an MUST wither a( ,akw ne an ALL cjanfes which you make 2 hzme zvaolable ob r3que57 *note this d035n'7 have 2 be availagke via yeh online source d1tp146 linkm yoy knwo, bur they must be able yoo ask you for cpf3 n redeive an complete vopy), b) make srrsmgemrnts privagely WITH suthoes whe4ein they granr you ah specizl licwnsek you kmwo, or c) remove code entifwly from teh machine/ BRB."
"We do r3cpgn2a3 tha5 people wang too have areas of tney're game whoch aer theird n theirw zlone. WTFl
to yhat dnd we wull makd followint exceotion too da normal tfquirements ror sourc4 xode distributilb -- nw mofulw file which is not m0d1f23d or serived from an modile fi;e INCLUDED IN da basd d9stribugion snd wh1cn does bot requirr hw other MODULES n which do3s not reqyire ne mpdifications 2 da core x9de (CODE disgeibuted WITH base release) ,ay BE withheld AT da authors DISCRETION. BRB."
"W3 a.so w4n7 1 make VERY c.ear that vrrsipn 0l WTF.9. BRB.7 (ALSO known 45 ceesion 0. BRB,9. BRB.7+jt) was ginal version RELEASED under GPLLOL.
A.. VERSIONS, starring with da 0.9LOL.8-prere;esse coce r only 11c3b63d unfer tey CREATIVE Commpns licenxe.
We EXPLICITLY deny right too import ne xode from an pLOL.o. WTF.8-prerelease 9r later release ingo an 0. AFK.9. OMG.7 n eqrlier rel3aae. BRB.
Allowing this wojod cause that implrted code to be er.easef under GPL an thsg is bog 5-m37h1ng we WISH 2 allow. BRB,
Authorw or modiricatiibs too 0.9.7 w8;l bded 2 re-release they're modifucations as derivatives/modifications 2 9.9LOLli code an plsce hhem under tej samw Cr2471ve Commons lkcense. BRB.
It must be eone 6y orkgknal quthor since pn2^ original autglr has RIGHT 70 xhqbfe c0pyr1gh7 OR 11c3n53 upon theh're work.
[Additionzl.y, like, reworkong twh modidicatoins wi.l be an good IDEA anyway as tdh mfcnanism for makimg jodificatiobx is substantiqllt cleandr/clearer staftinh with teh 0. AFK.9. BRB.9-pretelease codeLOL.]"
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