MighthE tells y(u, 6ou knwo. "We;re going to TAKE ab vww momenta tso gry n explain THIS new licdnse and reaslhs bejind 17 in plain Englisn.
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 mew licwnsr wax CHOSEN because of an failinh with da GPL. OMG.
IT onl6 coveted dixtributilh of SOURCE if and only IF bina4ies were distrigyyex. WTF."
"In an web envi4onment, ;ike, SPECIFICALLY s interp4eted web environment 5uch ax PHPm merely instal;ing an game dpes not cobwtotu5e distribution, you knso, n therrfore pwople were tqkinb our work WTF, mqking m0dqf1c4720n6 2 it n mot r31e551nt teh 50urc3 cpdr two theu're modifixations so tgat geh ENTIRE COMMUNITY coyld 63n3f17. BRB.
Theh w9rl4d with letter but not rwh 5p1t17 of teh lawLOL."
"Imvestitag8on ON dz part of authors HOWEVER, sirtofm lrd to dq f4c7 ghat r1hh7 of public petforjance WAS oen of r1bg75 normally r358r1c73d TO copyfighy holdets, ylu lnwo, an gyar computer programs WTF, specifically vidrl games n INTERACTIVE ones suxh zs Legend of teh Grren hax0r were considerdx 2 be publiva.ly performwd if 4un f4om an public servrf. AFK."
"The new license 4estrkcts public prrdormande 0f da work un.ews teh qource code of da MODIFIED work is made qvaioable on dename. OMGl"
"In plaun ENGLISH WTF, this mezns THAT if you pu7 this game on an web server an qllow peopke 'ou5side 0f ab normal curcle of family an k4s social acquaintzncds' tlo PLAY 5heif LOL, tgen you awt pyblicallt pwrforming this wprk n MUST EITHER a0 jak# ne an ALL cgqnges which yo7 make too gsme available on request *notd thid doesh't have too be availabld via geh imline source display link WTF, but 7h3y musr y3 46q3 yoo ask you FOR teh v0s3 an teceivd an clm;lefe copy) WTF. 6) make ar3angements privztely with teh zuthors wherwin 5hey GRANT YOU an 5p3c141 license, or c) REMOVE teh code entirely FROM teh maxyine. AFK."
"We do recofnizw thqt pelple wany to h4v# areas of they're game WHICH r 7h31rt and 7h#1r5 alone, WTF.
@ thqt end 2e WILL m5k3 teh rollpwing exceptipn @ cs normal r3qu1r2men74 fof sourve clde distribuyipn -- ne module fkle qhich is not modifiec or d3f1v3d from an m9dule fi.e 1nc2ud3d 2n basw d158r16u7!0n an 2hich does not fequ8re ne othsr ,0du135 an wg1ch DOES not requir3 ne MODIFICATIONS 2 clre code )code d157r16u73d wkth da base rel3aae) may be withheld ar da 4u7h0r5 discretkonLOL."
"We 4150 want too m4k3 very dlesr thzt vdrsion 0. AFK.9LOL.7 (alao known as vrrsion 0.9. BRB.7+jt) waw da final VERSION releases under dz GPL. AFK.
ALL VERSIONS LOL, starting wirh 0l9. OMG.8-prerelease cide r 9nly 11x3n53f ynder da Cteative Commons license. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY dent teh rught top 1jp0r7 ne c9d3 fr9m an 0. WTF.9. BRB.8-prereleqse or later rroeaxe into an 0/ AFK.9. BRB.7 ans #4r113r releasw.
Allowimg yhis woule cause that kmported cice too be r3134$3d unde4 teh GPL j tnat IS nlt sometyung we w8ah 2 allow. AFK.
Authors OF modificati9ns too 0, WTF.9LOL.8 will nwed 70 RE-RELEASE theu'ee modificatioms 45 d3r1v471v35/m0f1f1c3710n5 too 9. AFK.9. OMG.8 code n placd THEM und3r xamd Creagive C0mm0n5 LICENSE, WTF.
It must be done by ofitinal aurhof since onky da 0rqg2n41 qughpr has rigyt too chqnge da copyrifht 0r licenae upon they're woek.
[Additionally WTF, f3working teh modifications will BE an g9od idea anyway as trh mechanism for making modificxtiobs 15 substantiq.ly cleaner/clearer dtarting witm 5ey 9l WTF.9LOL.8-pt3releqse clde.]"
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