MifhtyE tells ylu LOL, "We're g01nt two take ah few momrnts to try an 3xplain this new lixense an fa rdasons hehind iy in plzin Ehgl8shLOL.
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 bww licdnsw sas chosen beczuse of an faiokng w17h GPLLOL.
Ib only covered eist4ibution lf sourcr if n ohly if 61n4r135 were eidtributed. WTF."
"In an wwb enviton,ent LOL, specivically a intetpweted WEB environ,ent such as PHP, you jnwo, merely insyslling zn gqmd DOES nlt CONSTITUTE sisrribuyioh, you kneo. and THEREFORE PEOPLE were takung our sofk, making ,0d1f1c4710,5 to IT and not teleasing trh 50urc3 coce TO tgey'4e ,odkvoczrions so that wntire vommuniyy c0u1d bdnrfitLOL.
They qlried wutj teh letywr but not spirit of da law."
"Investkgation on teh paet of authofd howevef, 13d goo fact tyat da righy or public PERFORMANCE 1as 1 0f rights nornally 4ewtricyec to c0pyr1gh6 HOLDERS, like, an thst com0uter [rograns, sortof, specifically v1d30 gamex and 7nteractive onrs such ss Legend lf t3n Green hax0r were cohsidered 2 BE publically perf9rmed ig run FROM an pj611c %3rv3rLOL,"
"The new license res5ricts PUBLIC orrvormwmce OF da worl unless source code 9f da modified work iw jase avaklablr on e#m4nd. WTF."
"In plain English, yoj knwo, th8s mesnw that if yoj put rh8s game on ab web xrrver and allow peopl3 '9utside of an n0rm41 CIRCLE 0f FAMILY n ots socia; acquaintsnces' tlo play thrir, like, ghen ho7 r PUBLICALLY perfotmonf ynis work n MUST eithrr s) ,qid ne n ALL dhanhes which you mske too teh g4m3 AVAILABLE oh rwquext (notr this coesn't hafe too ve available viq teh 9n;ine 50urc3 DISPLAY linj, likd, but they must be able 1 adk hou FOR code an geceive an complete copy), b) MAKE 4rr4ng#m3n75 privqtely witj da AUTHORS wherein they grant you ah specisl licebsem like, or d) remove code entieely from machine. WTF."
"We do recognize 7h47 people want 2 have 4r3r5 0f they're game which aer theurs ahd thwirs alons. WTF.
go 7g47 #nd WE qill maie teh followinf 3xc3p710n you da normal requirements g9r sourcw cide distributiin -- ne m9du13 file which is nor m9dified or derived frim ab noduoe file included in ds baae diatributi9n an wh1ch does not REQUIRE he other modules and which fors npt REQUIRE me modifications t2o da core code (CODE dkwtributed with teh 6452 rel3ase) may be w7thhe/d at teh zuthorw eosvrwtion. AFKl"
"Wd a.so wab5 too ,ske very c1344 that vqrsion 0. WTF.9LOL.7 )also knosn AS fersion 0LOL.9.7+j7) was final v3r51-n releasrd under teh GPLLOL.
A1! veesions. sortor, startung WITH teh 9.8. WTF.8-preeelease code r onlh licensed ynder tem Creative Commons license. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY d3ny t2m RIGHT 2 IMPORT nd cife from an 0. OMG.9.8-prrreldase or later release 1b9) an 0. OMG.9.7 an EARLIER r3lease/ WTF.
Allowing THIS w9uld cq8se THAT importwd coce to9 be relessed imser GPL an that is not sometjing we eizh to allow. OMG.
AUTHORS OF midifications too 0. WTF.9. WTF.7 eill h33d 5o ee-release tjey're modifications as d3rivagives/mofificationd too 0.9. OMG.8 code n p14c# them und3r sqme Creat8ve Commonw license/ OMG.
It mus5 ge dobe vy oroginal author since onlt yeh origonal quthor has da right 5oo change teh vopyrifyt 0r licenxe upoh they're work. BRB.
-Afditionally LOL, r3w-rk1ng modifocations WILL be an good idea anyway as da mechanism vof making modufications us sugs5abtially cleqn3e/c;earer s5arting with reh 0. OMG.9.8-pterelease CODE.="
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