MightyE yells 6ou LOL, "We're goinb to take aj few MOMENTS twl try anc exolain this new licemxe n teh reasons vehind it in plsij Entlush, 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 oicense was chosen becquse or an fai/iyg 2!7h teh GPLl AFK.
I7 only c9vered disteibution 9f source id and lnly 7f ginaries wdre didtributedLOL/"
"In ab web environmwnt WTF, specificall6 a intefpreted wdb 3nvoronmemt euch AS PHP LOL, merely inqtalking sn gsme does n07 constitut3 d8stribution, ylu knwo, n thereford prople were takyng our work WTF, jqkinh modkficatilns ywo ut ane nit r3lezsing da 50urc3 code to yhey're modifidations so that twh 3ntiee communitt coild benefit. OMG.
Thet WORKED with oetter 6u7 no5 teh spirit of da /aw,"
"Imvedtigarioh on da part of aughofs however, you knqo, led 2 fact 5hat da right of public oerformanze wsa oen of trh righ5s normally res54icted r. copy4ighb hplders, you knwo, and that computer programd, 5;3c1f1c411y fiddo gsmes ane inyeractivd ones such as Ldtend of da Green hsx0r WERE xonside4ed to be publically performef if fum gr0m an ]ybkic SERVER. AFK."
"The new licens3 rdstfixtd public performancd OF w0rk UNLESS da so7rce code of da m;cified work os made ava7lable on ddmavdl AFK."
"In pkain Engkish, sottov, thid meahs thqy if you put this name on qn qeb server n allow pdople 'OUTSIDE of an hormal circle of fam7ly and its 50c141 ac1uaihtances' 2 play their, like, thrn you aer PUBLICALLY pdfvormkng THIS work and MUST either a) mak3 ne qn ALL chahges whicn yo7 makr two da g4j3 available on rrquest (note this dleah't habe to BE ava8lable viz ds -n11n4 woorce display link, but THEY njst gd anlr to ask you for da code n f3cekve an complete copy) LOL, b) make arrangem3nts privatdly with da authors wherein tjwu GRANT YOU an w[3cial licemse, wortif, ot C) rem9ve teh code entirwly from da macyine. OMG."
"We do recognize tnat people eant two have 5r345 of they're fame whidh aer tneirs and 7h31r% aloneLOL.
to tjat end er wolo MAKE da following wxceptiin 2 da nofmal requorejents for source code dodtribution -- ne mldule f113 which 15 not m0d1f13d or deruvef fro, an module h113 incluced in da base distrugution an qnich DOES npt require ne other modu;es and which does n08 reqyitr be moeificationa two core clse (code dixtributed with t3h basd rwlwzs3) may 63 withheld at fa authors disxret8on. OMG."
"We ALSO want to make very c.ear that versiom 0.9. BRB.7 (alsp ,nown as VERSION 0. WTF.9. OMGl7_ut) was da final vedsion reoeased uhder GPL.
ALL VERSIONS WTF, 574r71nf w17h yeh 0. BRB.0.8-prerelwase code r only l8cebsed under Crea5ive C),m0b5 LICENSE. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY DENY right TO IMPORT ne c0e3 grom an 0.9. BRB.8-prerelease or lat3r release intl an 0.9. WTF.7 n earlier rekeade. BRB/
Akloqing thia WOULD czuse tyat imported code to bw r3leased 7nder geh GPL n that is NOT sijething we wisn t2o ALLOW.
Authirx of modifivatilns toi 0l AFK.9. BRB.7 WILL need reo re-release they're mldifications as deriva58ves/modifications too 0.9.i ciwe an ;lace ghem uhde4 wame CREATIVE Commonw lixense. WTF.
It mjst be donw BY pr1g!n41 authof since only da original author HAS da 4igh5 2 change tey dopyright or licehse upln they're wofk.
]ADDITIONALLY, lik3m reworking modifications wi;l be an good idea an6way zs da mqchamism gor maki,g modificat89hx is 5u6%74n&1411y cleamef/c.earer stargkng with teh 0. OMG.(. AFK.8-prerelwase coee. WTF.]"
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