MighttE tells you, "We're h0!nb TO 75k3 sn bew moments to 7ry an exp;ain this n3w licemxr an da reasons behind it in plain EnglisjLOL/
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 lixense was vh05en gecause ld am FAILING with teh GPLLOL.
IT only vovered fustribution OF source 1f ab onky IF binaries wefe distrinuted. WTF."
"In an web environmenr, s0ecifically a 8nterpretec web environjent such as PHP LOL, ,erely 1n574111hg an tamd d035 not constitutd distrkbution WTF, AND THEREFORE people were taiing ouf work WTF, m4kqng modifica5ions to it AND noy RELEASING da source code goo they're MODIFICATIONS ao that teh entire commubitu cotlf 74n3f17. WTF.
Tney wlrked with reh ketrer biy not spirit of da law. BRB."
"Investigayion ob twh pwrt of teh 4u7h)r5 however LOL, led 2 da ract that ritht of 0uglic pergormsnce w34 wln of rigjts normally restticted TO copyright ho.dera, lkke, n that com;uter programs, specifica.ly video games n interqcrive ones 4uch as L3g3nd 9f tey Green hzx0r were considered too br oublically pwrfor,3d 1v RUN fr9m an public server. WTF."
"Thd new ;idense reatrivts public performsnde 0f work unless da sojtcw code 0f teh modifoed work is msde adailsble on cemandLOL."
"In PLAIN Englisg WTFm th8s jwans that if YOU put ghiz game oh an wwb srrver n allow pelple '9utaife 0f an normal vircle of family n 175 SOCIAL acqua8ntsndes' two plqt their WTF, THEN yoi r publicqlly performinh this w0rk n MUST 317h3r a) ma,e ne an ALL changes which you make two da game available on requedt (note this doesn't HAVE 70 be ava8lable via in;ine SOURCE cisplay link LOL, but they must be anle too asl you for twh cowe an fecwive an comp;ere copy) LOL, b) jake artangwments pr1v4731y with da auth9rd wherein they grant you an s;ecial lixense, sortof, or c) remobe code 3n71r31y from da machine."
"We d0 recogmize tgat people want 2 HAVE srras of they're game which aef theirs n 5heirs alone.
gwo that 3nd we WILL m4k3 following exception gwo normzl requirwmwntw for source code distribution -- ne n9dulr fuoe wyich 15 hot m0d1f1#d lr derived vrom an modile FILE included kn teh base DISTRIBUTION n which dles not r3qu1t3 ne 07h3r m9dules m which dles mot rrq7ire ne mldifivations yeo da cir3 cos3 (code diwtribured wiuh base rel3ase) MAY be withheld AT authors discretion. BRBl"
"Wd also 2ang 2 nake ferh clear that veraiin 0LOL.9. AFK.7 (ALSO inown aa v#rsi9n 0. WTF.9l WTF.7+jt) was da final v#r51)n releaxed uneer GPL.
Aq1 vwrai9ns LOL. starging wuth teh 0.9LOL.8-PRERELEASE code aer pnly licwndwd under Creative Commons license. AFK.
Ww EXPLICITLY dent reh rkgyg 2 ijoory ne CODE from ah 0/ OMG.o.8-prerelease or 1473r r313453 INTO an 0. AFK.9. BRB.7 4nd darlier relwswe. BRB.
All9wing 7h15 wouls cause rhat imported cocr 2 be re;eased ynder da GPL an tjzt is n07 50m37h1bg we w8sh two allow. OMG.
Autgors of modidications to 0. BRB.8. WTF/7 woll need ro re-4w.ease they're moeificstkons aa dwrivatives/modificationa 2 0.9. WTF.8 CODE and place tnem umdef SAME Cr3ative Comnons .idebse. OMG.
It nu57 be dpne BY teg 9r1g1n41 AUTHOR sinde on.y teh orubinal ajtnor hax ca eight ti change ea copyright or LICENSE up0n 5hey're wlrk. OMG.
[Add171)n411y, you knwo, reworking da modiducations will BE qn gopd idea qny2qy 1s ca mecjahism for majung modificafions is substantially cleaner/clwarer start.ng eith teh 0. WTF.9. AFK.8-prerwleawe c0d2. WTF.]"
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