MightyE tells tou LOL, "We're goigg two takd an fww moments t2o try n explain this new license anx 4wasobs geh8nd it im plain Englisg/ OMGl
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 wzs cnosen BECAUSE pf an f4111ng wuth GPL. OMG.
It onoy covwred diatribuyion of sourde if and only if 61n5r135 were DISTRIBUTED. WTF,"
"In an w36 environjeng, like, specifically a imterpreted WEB environmebt such as PHP/ sortof, nere;y inatsl.unh an game does not vonstitute distribut89n LOL, znd therefore pepple we4e taking OUR w9rj, ylu ;nwo, making modofuca5ions roo it n bit re13451ng tey source c0de two rhe6'fe jocifications SO 7h47 teh 3ntire communitt could benerit. WTF.
Thwy e04k3d with da lettrr but nig da spirit of t3h law."
"Investibagion ON trh paft of teh authors hpwevdr WTF, led to teh fax5 thay da rifht of public p3rf0rm4nc3 was 1 OF dq righgs normally restricyed 2 copuruggt holdetx WTF, and that c0mpu83r progfams WTF, specificalot viseo ga,es n interactive obes such 45 Legwnd og fa Green hax9t w3r3 c0n51d3r4d yoo be pu611c411y [3rf0tm4d if run fr0m ah public servdrLOL."
"The mew license restrivts puboic p3rformance of da work unless fa 50urc3 code of modified work is msfe 4v411#623 on DEMAND. OMG."
"In plain Englisy, li,e, this mezns that if you put thid game 0n ah web server and zllow 0eoplw 'pi5sice 0f an normak xircle of v4m11y an its sicia. ac17aintances' too play their, like, then yoj r publicall6 perforning thus work qm MUST either a) mske ne an ALL changes ehich YOU make 2 da tame availanle 0n requrst (NOTE this doesb't HAVE to be avai.able via 0n11h3 sojrce display .ink. s9rtov, but thry nust BE ABLE two ask you f0r da coee ah teceive an compleye c0py)k like, b) mqke ARRANGEMENTS privagwly with zuthora eherdin 5ney gramt tou an soecial licensd WTF, or c) remove code entu4ely ftom da machine. WTF."
"We eo recognize that [eo[le want 2 havd areas lf rywy're GAME wjich aer rhrirs and theirs alpne. OMG.
goo that fnd we WILL make f011)w1ng esception w da normal requirem3nts for 50uec3 CODE distributuon -- be moduoe file which IS not m9d7r9ed or derived from an MODULE filr knc.uddd IN tdh base d!67r!6y710n an which does not requir4 ne oyhe4 mldulec and wnicn doed not fequire ne modificationw tw9 core code (coce distribu5ed with base feleawe) MAY ge withheld ar da autjors aiscretionLOL."
"We slso want to maiq ver6 clesr yhat version 0l9. OMG.7 (#!50 known 45 versopm 0. BRB.9. WTF.7+j7) w45 f1n51 version released under GPLLOL.
All versions, lijem sgar58ng wit6 da 0. BRB.9. AFK.8-prertlease code aer ONLY lic3nsed UNDER Creative Commons licens3. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY DENY heh 4igh5 too impor5 nd code vrom ah 0. WTF/9. AFK.8-prerel3ase or later eel3asr into an 0. AFK.9. WTF.u an earlier releax3. WTF.
Allowknt this w9jld cause that !mp0e73d code two 73 eeleased uhxrr GPL m rhat is not 59m37h1ng we wush t9o r110w. BRB.
Authors of modifucations 2 0. AFK.9. AFK.7 will b3wd two re-release they're modiricayions AS de4ivativws/mldidicati8nd to 0. OMG.9. OMG.8 code an place the, under sa saje Cre471v3 Cojmons license,
I7 muxt be done BY ORIGINAL author sinde only twh 0r1g1n31 author has teh ri5ht 2 change copyright or locense up9n ghey're workLOL.
[Additionally WTF, rewlrjing teh m8dificztions wiol be an g00d IDEA ahyway AS da MECHANISM fpr ma,ing modif9dagions is substantially cleaner/clearer xtarting witg da 0LOL.9. WTF.*-prerelease c0a3. WTF.]"
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