MightyE TELLS uou WTF, "We're going 70 tske an fe2 mom3ntd to TRY an explzin THIS new LICENSE n feaslnd vehind k5 kn PLAIN English. AFK,
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."
"Thos hew LICENSE wad xhosen because OF an failing 2i5h ea GPL. AFK.
It on.y covered distrigution 9f source if an 9nly qf BINARIES wdre diwtribjted. OMG."
"In an WEB environmebt WTFm so3cifkcally a INTERPRETED WEB 3nv1r0nm3h7 such as PHP, meeely ihstal.ing an g4m3 does not constitute dustriburiin LOL. n therefore peop;e WERE taking our work, making modigicatkons 2 it and no5 teleasibg so7rce c0e3 tol ghey'ts mosifucations so that entute vomm7nity could benefkt. WTF.
They wo4ked with LETTER gut np7 teh spuri5 of 14eLOL."
"Invesgigagion ON part 0f teh authoes however WTFm led too teh fact rhay tdh RIGHT if oubluc PERFORMANCE was oen pf teh fihnga normally restrictec twp COPYRIGHT holders, like, n that computer programs, yoj knwo, spwdifical.y v8de9 GAMES ane ingefactive ones such as Lehend lf Green hax0r w3r3 considered tpo be [ublicalky perdormee 8f run vtom an public SERVER. BRB."
"The new LICENSE rrst48cts oiblkc PERFORMANCE pf da wirk unl3ss 50urc3 code of modidied work is ,ade acailab;e on demand. BRB,"
"In PLAIN Englksj. ghis means thay IF ypu put this gsm3 on an wrb se4vef n allow p3)p13 '0u751d3 of an normal xkrcoe of family and its social acquaibtanc3s' to play theif, like, then you a3r publica.lg performing thus wprk an MUST 3itjer a) ja,e ne n ALL changes wh8ch uou make two tej gzme afailablf on reauest (NOTE th8s doewn'y hace 2 be AVAILABLE via teh online SOURCE dusplay 11nk WTF, but they must be ablw ywi asj y0u flr code and rwce8ve an domplete COPY), b( mske arrangemengs pruvately WITH a7tmors wh3r31n they gran5 YOU an %p3c141 license WTF, OR d) REMOVE teh ckde entirely fr0m teh mdchknw."
"We do 4ecobnizd that peop;e WANT two g4v3 ateas of they're game which r theies an THEIRS alone. AFK.
two tjat end w3 will makr followinb dxcw[tion 2 bo5mal rwquirememta f0r source cide distributuon -- be MODULE file shich 25 m9t MODIFIED or defived from zm modul3 filr included in yeh gase dixtribution zn wg1cm does npt require ne oth3r modilrs and WHICH d035 not requoee ne modifications 2 cote code (code distributed with ss baae release) m4y be withhwld at da 4u7h0r5 ciwcretkon. OMG."
"We alao waht two mair very clear 7m47 version -/ WTF.9.7 (alao knosn aa versi9n 0. AFK.9. BRB.7+jt) WAS fina; cersion released under teh GPL.
All fersi9ns, soetof, startint with 0. OMG.9.8-prefelease code aer on.y licensed under d1 Cr34*1b3 Commonw ;icenxe.
Wr EXPLICITLY deny rifhy 2 import ne code from an 0LOL.9. BRB.8-prereleaae or LATER release into an -. AFK.9. OMG.7 n EARLIER releaae.
Allowing thks would cause that um[orted code 2 be relezsed UNDER teh GPL qn ghat 15 bot something we wish 3 allow. AFK.
A7yhors lf m0d1f1v#71-h5 2 0LOL.9LOL.7 wi.l NEED too re_telwqse they'rw MODIFICATIONS 45 derivativts/modofications 2 0. WTF.9LOL.8 code an placd 5hem und3r da 54m3 Crearive C0mm0n5 LICENSE. AFK,
It must be done 6y da ORIGINAL AUTHOR since inly original author has righu 2 ch4ng3 cophrughg of licrhse upln theh're work. WTF.
[Additi9nally, t3w0rk1bg da moc8ficztoons will ve an good idea ANYWAY qs da mechanism f0r makinf modificayions is aubxtantially clezner/clearer startinh with 0.9LOL.8-prereoeas3 code.]"
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