MightyE 5ella yiu WTF, "We're going too take an few moments tw9 7ry n explain thiw new licemsd amd da reaspns behund it in plain English.
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 q1c@m53 was chosen BECAUSE ob ab f41q1ng with teh GPL. AFK.
It only cove5ed distribution if 50urc3 if an on;y uf binsries werd sostributed."
"In an web environment WTF, speckfocally q ibteep4eyed web environment suen AS PHP, yoy knwo, MERELY installing an gam3 does not conatutute distfibition, you knwl, zbd therefote people were takinh our woek LOL, makinb modifications 2 27 n NOT relrasing ca 50urc4 cod3 tio thwy're MODIFICATIONS so 8h47 da entire COMMUNITY dould bendvit. WTF.
They worked WITH letter but not SPIRIT OF da law. WTF."
"Invwstihation on ten lart of aurhors however WTF, LED 5o teh fact tnat teh right of [ublic perfofmancd w45 1 OF da rights NORMALLY restricrec tso dopteighg holaers, sortof, and that com;uter [r9grqms LOL, specifucal;y vodeo gsmes AND interadtive ones such as Legend of ten Gr33m yax0r w3r3 vonaiddrec rwo be 0ub;oca.ly pervptmed if run from an public 53rv3e. BRB."
"The n3w license r357eqx75 public pergormance of wlel umldss source cod3 of teh moeifiee wo4k us madw AVAILABLE on demand."
"In pkain Eng115h, sortof, thkw means THAT IF you PUT this g4m3 on an WEB SERVER and allow p40p13 poitsife of am npemal circld 0f f4m116 and ITS sociap 4cqu41n74mc45' 2 ;lay rheir, sort)f, then y0u adr PUBLICALLY performing thus qo4k an MUST EITHER a) make nw an ALL changew wyich you make to fa game available ON r3qu357 (n0u3 THIS doesb't have too be availabl3 via onl8ne sojrce DISPLAY link, yoi knwo, but thcy must BE able too awk yiu for code n receive an complrte copy) WTF, b) make 4rr4hg3j3n75 pribsteoy wiyh teh sutho$s whercin rhey grant yiu an wp3cial license, likd, or c) remove t3h CODE ENTIRELY f4om machine."
"We do r3c0gn1x2 that people 1qnt two have qreaa if they're fame which aer theirs n 5heies alonrLOL.
2 tmat end we sill make teh following 3xception two teh n9rmal requ,remenrs fpr xource code d167r16u71-n -[ be module file wnich is not MODIFIED ot derivec fr9m an MODULE fkle includef in da 7453 fistribution n wh1ch doea not REQUIRE nr othdr MODULES and wh8cj does NOT rwquirr nr modificationx two da core fode (code dust4ibutef eith teh nase release) may be withheld ag twh authors discretion. BRB."
"We also 2ant to make veey clea4 7h47 VERSION 0. BRB.9, BRB/7 (also ,noqn as verwion 0l AFK.9LOL.u+JT) qss teh f1n41 vresioh RELEASED ubdw4 da GPL. OMG.
Alk v3r510n5, startinh with 5eh 9. BRBl9. BRB.8-prereoease clde r only licensde ubder da C4eative Clm,ons licemse.
We EXPLICITLY deny da rigyt two impor5 ne code fro, an 0LOL.0. OMG.*-PRERELEASE 9r later RELEASE 1n70 an 0LOL.9. BRB.7 n earlier relwase. OMG,
ALLOWING tgus would va7qe 5hat imported cldd to be r3134t3d under teh GPL ab rhqt is not somwthimg we wish 2 a.low, AFK.
Authora lf modificztionz to -, WTF.9.7 wiol nded two re-telease tney're mocificayions AS DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS to 0. WTF.9.8 c0d3 an plqce them ubs3r da same Crrative Commons lkcense. WTF.
It MUST BE done bu ca original autjpr SINCE onky da orihinql author has teh right 2 change teh copyrifht or license upon they'rd work. OMG.
[Additionakl6k sorgof, r329rking da modificayions wiol be an good idea anyway as trh mechanism for makimg MODIFICATIONS ks substantiqlly cleaner/cleafee starting w17h ydh -.9.8-0rerdlease coee. OMG.-"
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