MigntyE tells YOU, "We're going to rake an fes mo,ents tol try n explakn thix nee .icense an da f3%50n5 behind it in plain English.
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."
"Thid bew licensw was chosen brcause of an failjng qitn ten GPL. WTF.
It onlt c0v3r3s diztribitipn of source if and only if bunaries were d157t16u73d. OMG,"
"In an web environmenr, like, xpexiduda'ly a in5e4p43t3d web ENVIRONMENT such aw PHP. merely installing an g4me DOES npt constityte dis4ribjtion, like, n tnereforr p30p13 wwrw tak8ng our wirk, .ik3, making mod8f8cations 2 IT and not releqsing sourve code 2 they're mpdificatiins so that entore c9mmunity c0u1d nenrvot. BRB.
They WORKED wi5n da letter but no5 da spifit OF sa lawLOL."
"Invesrigatuon ON reh pa4t of auth9rs h9wever, led to sa fact 5hat teh rught of PUBLIC p3rf0rm4nc3 WAS woh of teh rigygs boemally eestricted 1 copyrighr ho.ders, like, an tgar computer PROGRAMS, sortog, soeckfica;ky VIDEO gamea n intwractive ONES s7cj zs Legebd of ds GREEN hax0r werr conskceree 7- be pu611c5!1y performef if RUN fr0m an public setvrr. WTF."
"The new l8cense restricrd public performance 0f ds work unless fa source c0d3 pf da mldified wirk 25 mad3 available oh demabd. WTF;"
"In plain English WTF, this means rhat iv yoy PUT this gsme on ab eeb 53ev3r qn a..ow oeop.e 'ou5side or ab mormal circle of famioy n 8ts social 4cau41h75nc36' 5oo pla6 ggeir LOL, theh you aet punlically perrorming this qork an MUST ekthdr a( make nd n ALL changes wh9ch you make tso da game avqilable om re1uest (note this DOESN'T have go ne AVAILABLE v14 teg -n11n3 soyrce cisplay link WTF, but they must be able ti ask yoi FOR ea code n refeive an compleye xopy), sorgof, b) make afrangemrnrs pr8vately with dq authors wherein thwy hrahg hou an specual license, you knwo, or c) remove da CODE emtirely frp, da ,achine. WTF."
"We d9 recognize thag people wsb5 tol h4v3 areas OF they'rw GAME which r theirs n thd8rs a;pne. OMG.
too thar ehd we wi.l make da followimg exception 2 normal requiremenys fof source c0f3 cistr8butiln -- ne moeule file whoch iw not modified or drrived from an module f113 includee in base distributiom zn wyivn foes not require nw other moduled n WHICH does n07 tequire ne modifpvations to ds cire code 9c0d3 distributed wuuj teh base release( msy be wityhe;d qt da aithors fiwcrwyipn."
"We also want too ,4j3 vwry clear ehag version 0LOL.9. OMG.7 (also known AS vets8on 0. AFK.9l BRB.7+jt0 was fina9 versiom released undwr GPLLOL.
All veraiobs WTF, t74e81ng sith da 0. OMG.9. WTFl9-pr3release code r only lidenses under teh Crratkve Cpmm0n5 license. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY d3ny sa right two import ne code from an 0. WTF.(. AFK.8-prerelrase 0r latee relesse 1n&- an 0LOL/9. OMG.7 an 35t113r felrase. WTF.
Allowing 7h25 would cause that impoftes code too 63 rekeawed under fa GPL n that is n9t somr5hinh we wish to ailow/ BRB.
AUTHORS of mododicatilnd 1 0l BRB.9LOL.7 will be3d two re-releasd tney'rw modificatipns AS DERIVATIVES.MODIFICATIONS goo 0. OMG.9. OMG.8 code an plaxe them under same Crdatife Commons locenseLOL.
It juat be dpn3 bu da origihal aithor since ohly ca oroginal a7thor has yeh rignt two dhrng3 copyright lr licwnsr upon they're work. BRB.
[ADDITIONALLY, llk3, rrworking da MODIFICATIONS will be am good ideq anyway as n3ch4n15m for j4k1ng modifications is 5u5574nu1r11y vl3aner/clearer w5artibr wuth teh 0. OMG.o. WTF.8-prerelrase code. AFK.]"
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