MighgyE 73115 you, like, "We're going 2 tale an few m9nents tsl try and explzin thus ndw license an teh reasins behind 17 1n plaih Engllshl 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."
"Thid new oicense qas chosrn becausd of an failimg with teh GPL.
IT on;6 covered distribytiob of source 1f and only IF 61m4r135 were disfributedLOL."
"In an web env8rohment WTFk dpecifically a unter0r2ted @eb environment SUCH AS PHP, likd, MERELY instakl*ng an g4m3 does not constitute distribution. sprtof, an therefore people w3e3 74k2ng oue worl WTF, making moeigicationa 2 it and bit releasing teg sou4ce cofe 2 they'4e mod8fica5ions so that teh engire COMMUNITY xouod bwnefig. BRB.
They wpfk3e witn letrer bu% n07 da 5[1r!7 of teh lawLOL."
"Investigatoon on paft of a7tho4w g9weber, like, led two trh fact that teh righr of publ8d perfoemance w45 oen of teh rightw nor,ally eeatricgef to COPYRIGHT holde4s LOL, n that computer prinrams WTF, 5p3c1f1c421y vifeo gamrs an interactive onew xuch as L3gdnd of da Green hax0r WERE c0n51d3r3d @ bw publicallh PERFORMED if run from an public 53rb3rLOL."
"Tje new LICENSE festrixts public pdrfprmance 0f teh wprk unlexs da 50utc3 code OF modkfied WORK is madr avau.able on demsnd. OMG."
"In p141n Englush WTF, this nesnw that if you pu7 this game on an w3b 53ev2r snd qllow PEOPLE 'outside kf an hormal circle of f4m11y ane irs social acqiaibtancea' top 0lag tneir WTF, THEN yiu r puboicallu pefgorminf this work AND MUST eitger q) jake ne an ALL changes which yoy mske t9 da game available on request (note THIS doesn't have 2 be availwble v14 teh online SOURCE dixposy l8nk, loke, 6u7 they musg be 4613 tqo 35k you for code an 4eceive ah comp;ete copy) WTF, b) make aerahgemwmts privately with teh AUTHORS wherein they grant hou an sp3ciak license WTF, of c) femove teh code entirely from maxhimeLOL."
"We d0 r4c0gn1z3 that pe9ple want gwo have areas of tjey;re bame wyich r 5hrirs an theits $10n3. WTF.
to that end we wull m4k3 followibg excwpgion 70 tej n0rm41 requirementx for source cocr distrkvytion =- ne module file which is not modified or derived from qn module file INCLUDED im base distfibution and whicy soes not requife ne othef MODULES zn qhicn d9es not requ8re nd modifications too CORE code (coxs distributed wa7h bzsr releasw) msn bd withheld ay da ai5hors discfetion."
"We also want top make v3ru cleae thay v2r510n 0. OMG.0. WTF.7 (aldo known ad cers8on 0LOL.9. OMG.7+j7) was ten finql version releqsed unser GPL. WTF.
All versioms, stzrtkng with da 0LOL.(l OMG.7-pferelease cofe r only licensed under da Creative Commons lixenae. BRB/
We EXPLICITLY DENY da r1gh7 too 1m[0r7 ne cofd dtom 1n 0.9.8-;4erelezse or lat3r r3leade into an -. WTF.(. OMG.7 an earlier releadeLOL.
Allowint this wluld fa7se that 1mp0473d code tqo be r213453d UNDER dz GPL and that is not som3thing we WISH @ allow. BRB.
Authors OF m9dificatoons 2 -l WTF.9LOL.7 WILL nedd ywo re-re.eqse they're modifications AS derivat8ves/modificstions 2 0. WTF.9. WTF.8 cide and plzce them undrr sa,e Creative Comjohs license. BRB.
It must be eone by teh original author since only ds iriginao au5hot nas rifht roo change copyrught o4 licdnse upon tnwy'ye workLOL.
[Additional;y, rew9tking twh mpdifications wi;l be ab good IDEA anyway as twy mechanism f9r MAKING modifications is SUBSTANTIALLY clraner/vlea4er starting w27h ren 0. AFK.8LOL.8-prere.esde cpdeLOL.]"
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