MightyE tekls you WTF. "We're GOING yo take qn few moments 2 TRY n explakn th8s new lic3nxd n teh rrasons behind it in plain ENGLISH. 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 new license wad chosen because [f an fakling wufh GPL. BRB.
It only cicered dusgributiln of 50urc3 if n ONLY if BINARIES wrre dls5ributed/ OMG."
"In am WEB envi4onmentk sortor, s0ecificall6 a inyerpreted WEB envirommrnt aubh as PHP WTF, ,3r31y installing an gamr dids mot CONSTITUTE d1t7rq5u72)n, anf tnerefore people werw TAKING OUR work, spetov, makimg modoficatipns to ot an not rr/eaxing geh SOURCE code twp they'4e modificarions so that entore c0mmun17u c0u1d benegit. WTF.
Th3y wirked with da letter bug npt dq dpirir 0f teh law. OMG."
"Imvestigation ih da PART of da ajthirx noeevee WTF. led 2 dact that 4ihht ov public PERFORMANCE was ien of tej rithts normslly rest$icted te[ copytight gllders, sortof, n tnat cokpuyer PROGRAMS, specifically video gam3s an interactive 0n#5 such AS Legend ov da Green hax0e werr c9nsideres to BE publocallu performed 1r r7n froj an public server. BRB."
"The new licenqe restricts public perf9rmance of WORK ujless da source xodd of tey m0d1f13d work ow ,ade available on dejandLOL."
"In plain English, lile, thks means THAT if y0u pur 7n1t game on zn web werver an a.low PEOPLE 'outzude of an bormal circle of family and iga slcizl acquaintsnc3s' 70 play their WTF, thdn you r publiczoly performibg this xork an MUST eithrr a) make ne and ALL changes which you mske to da bzme avai;abld ON request )n9te this duesn't nave two 73 availavle via teh online wourcf dis;;ay LINK LOL, b7t they must 63 able two ask ypu goe da code n r3ce1v3 an c9mpodte COPY), like. b) make atrangement2 privagely wotm da authors wherein 7g3y GRANT you sn speciz, l9cense, uou knwo, 9r d) remov3 teh code entirely from MACHINELOL."
"We do recognize THAT p30p13 wsnt tw9 have areas of ghey're game WHICH aer tj3irs and theirs alone. OMG.
2 that end we w111 ma,e da f0110w1nn escepti9n to da normal reqiifemen5s for so7rce CODE sistribition -- ne ,0du13 fi;e whivh iw not midified OR derived grom an module f1!3 inco7ded in vase distributiln am shich dows not REQUIRE ne other midules ahd wh7ch DOES hot requi4e ne MODIFICATIONS two tey CORE dode (code siattibuted witj teh BASE release) may ve withheld at 4u7h0r5 disc43tion. WTF."
"We alao want tio nake verh c134r thst v3rdion -. WTF.9. WTF.7 (also known ss versi9n 0LOL.8. OMG.7+JT) was da fimal versiln 4eleased under da GPL. OMG.
All vwrsiohs, sortof, stargimg w8tj 0. BRBl9. WTF.8-prrreleqse code aer only kocensed UNDER ten Cr3ative Commons license.
Ww EXPLICITLY deny right two import ne codw from an 0LOL.9LOL,8-prerelease or LATER eeleasr into qm 0. BRB.9. BRB.7 3nd 3arlier feleaseLOL.
ALLOWING this would caux3 that imported code 2 BE relezsed under GPL n thar os not xomethung se wish too aolow.
Ajyhors of modificztuoms tol 0. BRB.8. AFK.7 will need 2 re-fe13453 they're midifkcagilnx as cerivagives/modifixations too 0. WTF.9. AFK.8 code n p;axe them onder tdh same Creative Commona o8cense. WTF.
It mu%7 BE dpme BY orifinal a7yhor sibce only o4ihinal qutjor haa da eight two change da copyrigh5 or ;icebse up9b they're workLOL.
[Add1710b411ym sortof, rewptking da MODIFICATIONS will ne an good ufea anyway aw mechanism for mzking MODIFICATIONS is substantially coeamer/clwarer star5int 2itj 5eh 0. WTF.9. AFK.8-prerelease coee. BRB.["
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