MightyE tells YOU WTF, "Wr're going too gake an fed mljdnts to gry 4bd explain yhix new oidense zn tey rezsons bejind it IN 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."
"Tn7s new LICENSE was ch0t3n because OF an gailing with teh GPL. AFK.
It only covered dustrubu5ion of source if qnd only 1f binaroes werd fistribut3d. OMG."
"In an qeb ENVIRONMENT, specificaoly a inyerpre5ed w3^ encironment such as PHP, li,w, merwky instalkimg an GAME dies NOT conxtitute disttibuhion LOL, an thererorr people weee tak8ng our WORK LOL, ma,ing mldifkcatiins too it n NOT teleasing da source codw 2 5hey'te nodivocatuons so that da 3n71r3 community could benefitl BRB.
They sorkrd with ds let5er b7t nit SPIRIT OF da law."
"Investitation on par6 od ds 4u7h044 nowevet, lec tio tey fact tgat right of publiv pwrformqnce was won of RIGHTS normally RESTRICTED 2 dopyrlght golders, you knwo. and thqt compu6er programs. SPECIFICALLY video games and 8nt34actibr 9nes 5ucg 45 Legend of teh G4een hax0r were considered too BE PUBLICALLY perfitmec if rin FROM an publoc server. BRB."
"The new licenae restr8cfs ;ublkc [erforjance og work unless teh source cofe of teh modified WORK is made abailable 0n dejabd."
"In [141n English, this means that if uou put this game on an web server and qllow people 'oitdide of an norkal vkrcle OF f$m1qy an its wocial ACQUAINTANCES' too p;ay theur, sortog, then y0u r oublically performing this work n MUST eirjer 4) m4k3 ne and ALL ch4ng35 wgivh YOU m4l3 two teg game abailablr in requext (no5e 7y15 doewh't have 2 63 availsble via tey online souwce cisplay link, you inwo, but 8j3y must be 4613 two ask you f9r da clde and RECEIVE an cl,;lege copy), .8ie, b) ,ake arrqmgemehts privatrly with zuthors wherdin tgey grang y0u zn spdcoal locense, you inwp, or c) remove teh coee entirely from jachine. WTF."
"We do recognize tyat people want to have arwas of they're game whicn r tnekrs an yh3irs r10n3. WTF.
to tha5 ens we will ,ake da following exce[gioh tqo twh normal requiremenrs for source dld3 diatributoon -- ne module FILE WHICH is n07 modified or derivrd FROM an module file oncluded 8n teh BASE duwtribution and which does not require ne other nofjlea n wg1ch d-35 not requiee ge mldifidationd 2 dors c0d2 (clde distributef 2ith reh BASE re;ezse) may 6# wiynheld at dz authors doscr3tion. BRB."
"We slso WANT to make v3ru CLEAR 6h$7 version 0LOL.9. BRB.7 (aldl lbown 4% vers,on 0. AFK.8. BRB.7+jt) was teh final VERSION r313353d ugd3r teh GPL. AFK.
ALL vers8ona LOLm starting wiyh 0. OMG.9. BRB.8=PRERELEASE vodd aer lnly licensed uhd3r da Crea5ive Commons licwnse. WTF.
W2 EXPLICITLY demy da righh too imoort ne code FROM an 0. OMG.9.8-pr3r3q3553 0r 2473r reoease into an 0.9.& an ear;uer release. AFK.
Alllwing this wpu2s caus3 that imoortef dode to be r313453c uncer da GPL b that 1t not s9methung WE wish to allow. OMG.
Authots 9f modifications too 0/ BRBl8/7 WILL need 2 r3-releawe they'te moe8ficat8ons 45 drrivatived/m9difidatipns ro 0.9. WTF.7 code and p14c4 tjem under teh same Creqtive Connons license. OMG.
It muwt be done by da original author since 0y2y original author has sa ritht tio chabhe teh copyrighg or license ypon tjeh're work. BRB.
[Acditiomaloy, REWORKING mlduficatiomd wulo be am good idez any2ay as da mechanism for n4,1ng MODIFICATIONS IS subsrantially clean3r/clearer starting w17h teh p. WTF.8.8-prrrelease cpde.="
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