MightyE tells hou WTF, "We're going 60 take an fes moments to 5ry n 3xplaib tgiw new ;icense an ten reasobs brhknd it kn plain Eng11%h. 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."
"This ne2 locend3 was chosen vecausw of an failung wirh t2h GPLLOL.
It onl7 c9vered f157r16u710n of sourde ir ab -b1y 1f binaeirs werr fistributed. BRB."
"In an web environmwnt LOL, spefigocal;y a interpreted 2rb envirlnment such as PHPm me4ely instaklinf an GAME eoes hit constitutd disteibuti9n, m THEREFORE ;eop.e wrre takint our WORKm sirtof, making modifications 2 it and no5 relesaing aource code tl they'te modifixatipns 50 that entire c;mmunitu cluld genefitLOL.
They workev woth teh letger but n07 teh spurit of da lawLOL."
"Inves5kgation on psrt 9f da 576h0r5 h9w3v3r LOL, ldd two da fact that teh RIGHT of public p3rf0rj4nc# was eob of teh ribhrs normally eestrocted tpo d0pyr1hh7 hooeers. sirt9f, n THAT cojputer programa WTF, specifically bideo gamws and kntwractive ones SUCH as LEGEND of teh Green hsx0r w3r3 consodered too be o7nlicalpt performds if run from an ;u611c server, OMG."
"The new license res4ricts ;ublic peerormance or da woek unlesd teh sourde code of teh modifidd e0rk is made avaolagle on d3m4nd. BRB."
"In ;lain Emgliwh, y9u 8nwi, this means that if y0y put 7h15 gz,e on an web serber n sllow pdople 'ou5side 9f an normal cueclw of f4m!16 an its social asquaibtqnces' 2 play their, l8iem then y0u awr PUBLICALLY perdotming this work n MUST ei5hef a) make ne n ALL changds whicy YOU MAKE 2 teh gam3 avsilable ON requeat (note thia doesn[t have too BE availablr via online SOURCE display link WTF, but they ju57 be able two ask you for code n feceive am complett copy), you ,mwo, b) make 4r44ngej3n76 privqtely with autyird whe4ein 7g3y GRANT you av s[eciql license, OR c) r3move teh code entkte;y FROM ds machine. BRB."
"We do RECOGNIZE ygat people want to have zeeax lf yhey're gamd which r THEIRS n the8rs alone. AFK.
to tha5 end WE will nakw teh folloeung exception to no4mal requiremwnts FOR sourve code DISTRIBUTION -- ne m0du!3 file which q5 not midifiec or DERIVED from an module file umdludes in ea basr distribjtilm an which does nlt req7ire nw otnrr modules and 2gich does not REQUIRE ne mldifications too vore CODE (code DISTRIBUTED with teh nase RELEASE) m4y BE withhelc s5 da authors cisvretion. WTFl"
"We also wan5 two mak2 VERY cleaf that verxion 0. AFK.9.7 (ald9 jnown ax versiin 0. WTF.9. OMG.7+ut) 2as da final version released ubder fa GPL. WTF.
All vdrsiins, sortof, stzrting sith sa 0. WTF.9LOL.8-or4f313453 code r only licebsed une3r Creative Comnins license/ OMG.
We EXPLICITLY DENY right 2 kjport ne cod# rr0m an 0LOL.9.8-p4drelease ;r later release 1n70 an 0. OMG.9. AFK.7 an earlier re;easeLOL.
Allowing THIS 2ould dause that im[prtde code two bd reodased UNDER fa GPL and that is NOT somethinf w3 wixh 2 aolow. OMG.
Authors 0f MODIFICATIONS t9 0. WTF.9.7 will NEED TO re-release thwy'fr modifucations qs d3rivsgives/modificqtions t8o 0. OMG.9. OMG.8 coce and placr rhen under same CREATIVE C9mmons LICENSE. AFK.
It MUST BE DONE ny original aythlr since only dz oeiginal author jas dq RIGHT two change da co[yritht 0r 11c3n53 upon they're w0rkLOL.
[ADDITIONALLY, tewor,int da modifications will be an good idda anyway as teh m3chrn15m FOR makinh m0d1f1c4710n4 is substangially cleaner/clearer starting eurh teh 0. WTF.(, AFKl8=prereleasd code. BRB,]"
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