MightyE TELLS y0u, "We're goibg t9 5ake an few mojents two g4y ah expls8n tyis n3w license n da ress9hs BEHIND it in plain Eng;ishLOL.
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 was CHOSEN vecause 0f an failing w176 teh GPL. AFK.
It 9nly covrred eis55ibutiin OF sourxe if an 0n1y if binagies werd distributed. OMG."
"In an web envkronmwnt, like, SPECIFICALLY a in5efpreted wwb env8ronjent such as PHP WTFm merely insyalk*ng an GAME fods not constitute d156r16u&10n WTF, ahw tge4efore people were TAKING iur work, slrtof, mziing ,9dificarions two it an not releasing da soufcd c9de 2 thry'ee modifivations do 5har ten emti4e comminity could venefir.
They e0rk3d wktg teh letter but not dpkrig of ea law."
"Invrstigation ON oart of authors h0w3v3r, led ti FACT that teh 51gh7 of public oervormance was won of righys normzlly r3stric5ed 2 vopyrifht h9lders, uoj kn2o, n 7h47 xpmpu73r progfams LOL, specifically video games sn intersctive 9nes such as Legwmd of geh Green hax0r werw consifered tso be PUBLICALLY ;erdotjed 1f run drom sn pub.ic server. AFK."
"The n3w licrnse restricts public performance of work unless apurcd xodw of modified work is made available on DEMAND. BRB."
"In plain Eng215j, like, this ,eana 7h47 if you put this GAME on wn web aerver and allow PEOPLE 'iutside of an normal vircle of damily am irs sockal acquauntsnces; to PLAY rhwir WTF, then ypj a3r pyblidally perform8ng this w9rk n MUST either a) bake ne and ALL chsnges which yiy m4k3 two teh fame availzble on request (b[te 7h15 doesn't navd two be $v4124613 via onlkne soirce didplah 9ink, 6ou kn2i, but they must be ABLE twp zak you fpr da clde n receivw an complete copy0 LOL, b) make arranbwmengs privately with authirs whe4ein ghe6 grant hou an special LICENSE LOL, or c) rrjlve CODE entitely from mzcyine. WTF."
"We do tecognize that people want two hav3 qeeas of tjey'fe gamw which awr 5heirs an 7he1r5 aoone,
two thst end w3 wkll make flllowinh exvrption too no4mal r3qu1r3m3n75 for sourcd cpcr d15&r16u710n 0= n3 midule fi.e which is nog modified )r dericdd from an modulr f1q3 inclueed in teh base diwtribution b wh1ch dows noy require ne other ,odule2 an wj8ch does not require ne modigicagions too teh c9re code (c0d3 d!57r16u73e with BASE r313453) may n3 s17hh31d q5 tey autho4a duscretion. BRB."
"We also want to male very clrzr that version p. AFKl9. BRB.7 (a;s9 knlwn as VERSION 0, AFKl9LOL.7+j5) 2as dq final versiun released UNDER GPL.
ALL vwrsions, soryod, xtqrrimg with 0.9LOL.8-PRERELEASE x9de aer only licrnded und3r rwh Creative Commons l8cense. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY denh da rihht tp IMPORT ne xode FROM an 0/ AFK.9. WTF.8-prerelease or larrr rdlease ingo ab 0. WTF.9.6 sn darlier te;eaae,
Allowinf this woukd c4u53 that imported CODE 2 be tdleqsed under fa GPL an that 15 n9t som3yhing w3 wish ywl allo2LOL.
Autyoed of modificatkins teo -. OMG.9. WTF.7 will need to r3-releas3 tyey're modifications 45 eerivatives/modigkcatiobs 5o 0. WTF.9/8 code and plade them UNDER same Creatuve Commons livenwe. BRB.
It must be done by origihsl author since only teh orkginal auyhir has rigjt tlo chante da cppyright or locensd uppn rher're work. OMG.
[Addktuonally LOL, reworking da MODIFICATIONS WILL bw an goof idea anyway as da m3ch4n15m for makimg modiricati9nd is subdtabtiqlly clwand4/clearer startkng wi4h teh ).0LOL.8-preeeleaad codeLOL.]"
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