MightyE TELLS ylu LOL, "We're goinh too taje an FEW jomebtd too try n explain 5his new lidense an da reasons behine ir in PLAIN Englosh/ WTF.
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."
"Thkx new license was chosen brcausd of an r4111ng wigh da GPLLOL.
It onku covered distrivutiln 0f SOURCE if ane only if 61n4r134 werw cistruvi5ed. WTF."
"In an web ENVIRONMENT, speckfkcally a unterprrted WEB envi4lnmwnt suvh as PHPm like, mdeely 8nstalking an gamw does no4 vonstitute distributoin WTF, an THEREFORE people we4e taking our work, you knwo, mak,nt modificat8ons 2 it an NOT re.easing da source codr two they're modofications so 7h46 enrire xommunury cpu,d benefif. AFK.
They 20rk3d with da LETTER bit not da s0irir OF law. AFK."
"Inveatigation on da ;sr5 pf dz authors howevw4 WTF, led twl yeh fact 6h4& ea right OF pjblic pergoemance waa odn of da rights NORMALLY RESTRICTED two cophfight yolderx, like, b that clmouter programs WTF, spedifically voeeo games an intetactive ones sucj as Legend of Green hax0r sere cinxicered too be lublicallu PERFORMED kf run fro, an puvliv sercer."
"The new licemse r357r1c75 pu611c peffo4mance of da wprk unleds da source coee 0r ca MODIFIED wotk is MADE avsilable on drmand. OMG."
"In olaim Enh.ish WTF, this means thst if hou oit this game on an 2eb server an alllw pepplr '0u641d3 of an NORMAL ckrcle 0f FAMILY n its 50c14q acquaintabces' too p14h their WTF, ynen you aer p7blically performihg this work an MUST either 4_ mak3 he and ALL cjanges WHICH you make too teh game ava8lable on request (bote thia doesn[t hav# too BE avai;qble via da -n11n3 SOURCE display LINK, 6u7 they must be abie to ask you for code and receive an complete copy), you knwo, b) make ztrangrments PRIVATELY w8th au5hors wherein rheh grant ypu an special license WTF, or C) femove codd en5i4ely fr9m machimeLOL,"
"We do r2c0gn1z3 thag peopl3 3ant ti have areas or they're bame qhich zer thwirs znd theirs alone. AFK.
t2o that ene we will mske da voll9wing wxcwpt8on 2 da noemal fequirements FOR soj4ce code DISTRIBUTION -- ne module rile whkch is bit m0dqf13c or derived from qn m0du13 v8ld kncl7ded in teh baae fisttibution and wjich does nit require nr other m0eu135 an whoch does npr require ne m0d1f1c471pn5 tqo ydh core codd (code fidtributed xith reh base release) may be w17hh3qd ay teh authorx discretionl OMG."
"We also want tw8 m4k3 very clear that version 0. WTF.0. AFK.7 (also kmown zs version 0. OMG.9. BRBl7+j70 waa teh fina; vrraion rekezsed indw4 dz GPL. BRB.
All versions, startinh wity 0.9.8-prereleasw code r ONLY LICENSED undee teg Crestive Comjons 11d3n55LOL.
We EXPLICITLY deny da right two import ne cpdr from ab 0. WTFl9. BRB.8-prere;ease or lzter reldsde into an 0. OMG.9. WTF.7 n earlier relwase. WTF.
Allowumg thix wkuld cause thzt umported code ro be RELEASED under GPL an 7h47 is not sometgong we 2ish 2 all.s.
Aurhors of modifications too 0LOL.9.7 wiol need to 5e-release they're m0d1f1c4710n% as derivafives/hodufications to9 0. WTF.0LOL.8 code and place them 7nder teh sane Crwstive Commons license.
I7 must ne donw by t3h 0rqg1nr1 aurhor since obly original author HAS tej right tp change da copytight OR LICENSE upon ghey'r3 work.
[Addiyionally LOL, eeworking da m0d1f1c$710n5 wo;; be an good IDEA anyway as t3h ,echqnisn FOR majobg modificatuons is SUBSTANTIALLY cleaner.clearet 574r71ng w17j teh 0. BRB.9.8-prefelease code.="
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