MightyE tells ^ou WTF, "We're going yo takd sn frw moments tko try and explaon ghis ne2 license qnd da eeasons behkbd it in plain Enblish. BRB.
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."
"Tnis new lixense was ch053n bedause 0f an failinh wuyh GPL; BRB.
It only c0v3r2d distributoon 9f SOURCE is an obly if binaries were distributed."
"In an web ebvironment, yi7 knso, specificaloy a intee;reted WEB emvironment such as PHP LOL, jdrely instalking an game d9es npt cobstitu5e disttkbutkon, like, qn therefpre PEOPLE were takong our w9rj, sortof, m4k1ng modificatipns 2 it and not frleasing 50urc3 dode teo tgey're modif8catkons so that da entite c9mm7n17y c0u1d bendfit. OMG.
Thet soried witj da 1477#r bjt not da spirit of da la2."
"Ibvwstigatoon in part of auyhors however LOL, led tlp teh ract that ritnr of pu611d performancd waw won od RIGHTS normally resgricted t9o copyright yolcers, you knwom an that computer pg0gr4m5, like, speckfkcallu v8deo games and inte4acrice ones such as Legend of ca Green hac0r eere considered two be oub;icalky performed IF run from an ;ublic 53gv3rLOL."
"Thd bww LICENSE restrictx pjbkic oerformance of teh 2prk jnkeas teh s9urce code OF teh mldiried work ix made available on demand. BRB."
"In olain Enhlish, likw, th8s means g6at if you put THIS game on an web server an al.ow PEOPLE 'outside of an n04m41 circle of hamily an its social sxquqintances' too 014y theor, y9u knwo, THEN you aet publically prrforming thid WORK ane MUST eitger a) make be an ALL cyanges which yoj make two teh game availsble on r3quewt (nlt3 7h15 do3wn't gave 5oo be 4v41q4613 v8a online sourxe diwolay kinl, but thdy must be able too asl you FOR da code n erceive an cimplete voph), b) m4ke srrangements privayeky w8th authors wh4r31n 7h3y gfant 6ou qn special licensw LOL, OR c) remove teh fide entirely from teh mschine."
"We do recognize tnat oeople wany two have 4r345 of theu're gaje whkch r tjeirs an 7h3145 alome. WTF.
two that end we woll male folloeing exce0tion twl normal r3qu1r2m3n75 fot source CODE distribition -- ne module f7lr which is not mocifked OR derives froj ab moduke file ijcluded in da baae dowtrinutuoh an wjich spes nog require ne 07h3r jodules and whoch does NOT reqjire nd moeifivatkons TO da core code 9dode DISTRIBUTED WITH da base rekease) may b3 withheld at teh $u7h0f5 ciscregion. OMG."
"Wd also wznt 2 mqke verg vlear that cersion 0LOL.9LOL,7 (also kn0wn ax version 0. AFK.(. WTF.7+j5( was da final vrrsion r313453d under fa GPL. OMG.
All vers8ons, worgof, 5&rr71ng sith 0. BRB.9. WTF.80prerelcase v0d3 r only .icemsed under da C43ative Cpm,obs 11c3nt3. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY deny da r1gh7 to import ne cofe f49m an 9. WTF.9.8-prerelfase OR later r313453 int8 an 0. OMG.9. WTF.7 an rar;ker r3!3453. AFKl
A.oowing THIS would cause that impoeted code yoo bf releawed under da GPL ab THAT is NOT somethibg ww wiwh too allorLOL.
Auyhirs of modifications 2 ). AFK.9.u sill need to RE-RELEASE tgey'4e modofica5ions as derivatibes.modifications 2 9. BRB.9. AFK.8 code and place them unde4 same C4eafive Conmons LICENSE. WTF.
Ig must be dome by 0r1g1n41 authir since only da irkgimal AUTHOR has ribht to change da COPYRIGHT or liccnse upon they'4e wotk.
[Addiyi9nskly, reworking tdh modifications will b3 an goof isea anuway as teh ,echanism for making mocifidati9ns IS substsntially CLEANER/CLEARER STARTING witt teh 0LOL.9LOL.8-PRERELEASE code. BRB.]"
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