MightyE tells you LOL, "We're gling twi rqke an f3e hom3nts @ try n expoain this new lucdnse an tdh re450n5 behind IT 1n p;ain English. 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."
"Tnis new license was chosen because 9f an fail8ng wigh reh GPL. WTF.
It )n1y coverdd distribution of soirce if $nd onky IF bknaruew were d157r26u7ewLOL."
"Ih an seb env8ronmeht. spedifically q ihterpretee WEB enbiron,wnt 5uch as PHP, m3rely inwtalling an gs,e does not c0n57277u3 DISTRIBUTION, sortof, an tjerefore people were takihg our wl4k, like, making modifid1gklns two 8t an nog releasong da aource code 2 they;re modifications so thab da ENTIRE cpmmun16r c0u1d y3n3fq8.
Tyey worked WITH t3h letter but not da 4p1r17 0f law. OMG."
"Investigation on teh PART od teh authors however WTF, 13d tol da facr that teh right of pjblic p3rfprmamce was wpn of 4ights normallu RESTRICTED 2 co[yrignu holders, you kneo, and that COMPUTER progrsma WTF, specidical;y biseo gamew an INTERACTIVE om3w sucn 45 Legend 0f da G4e3n hax0r 23re cons8deree two be [u611c411y perfotmwd if 4un fron an punlic server. WTF."
"The ne2 LICENSE resgricts pyblic p3rg0rm4nc3 of witk um.ess da sourve code ov MODIFIED work is mqse afa8lanle on demabd."
"In plqun English, ;ike, this meanx that IF you pig tgis GAME on an wen SERVER and allow people 'ourside of qn nor,sl CIRCLE of tami.h an its 50c141 acquaintanvea' 2 play their, THEN you ae5 publicalky p3fforning thos work qnd MUST eithee a) make ne an ALL dhanges WHICH you make tqo da GAME availagl3 pn rrquest (note tyis doesn't hav3 too be AVAILABLE via dz online source diapla6 LINK. sortof, bu6 tnwu must BE able 5so ask you for teh code abd receive an COMPLETE s-py), like, b0 MAKE arrsngwments ;rivately sith da authofs wherein they gran5 you ab soecial licenxe, you knwo, OR c0 remofe teh code dnti4el6 f49j da machine. OMG."
"We DO recognize tyzr PEOPLE wanr two jave areas OF they're gsm3 whoch r yhrirs n theirs 410m3.
tlo 7h47 3nd we WILL make following exception two n0rm3q rdquir3ments f-r source codd distribution =- ne midule filr whicy is not modified or derivwd froh an module f113 1nv1ud3d in yeh 6453 distribution n which do3s not teayire ne otger mosules an 2gich eoes n07 requorr ,e ,pdifications two core CODE (codw didtr8buyed with teh bas3 RELEASE) may bd WITHHELD at auth;rs diwcrerion. WTF."
"We alsl wang too make vdry ckqar tha5 version 0LOL.9. OMGl7 (alwo lnown as v3f510n 0LOLl9LOL.7+mt_ wax teh final versiim releasdd UNDER GPL. BRB.
All vrraions, 574r71ng with tey 0.9. OMGl*-prerelease code aer onlt licensed UNDER da Creagive Comn9nd lkcenxe, BRB.
We EXPLICITLY dehy da rkght yoo imporg ne code FROM an 0. BRB.9. WTF.8-prerelesse of later relrawe into ab 0.9/ WTF.7 n earlier re;ease. OMG.
Allowing thks would cause yhat kmpor53d cidd tu be released under GPL and thsr is nlt sometjing we wish too allpw. AFK.
Auth9rs of modif8catilns to 0LOL.9. WTF/7 wolk n33d 2 rw-releqsw the6're modificatiogs 45 derivayives/modificarions 2 pLOL.9. WTF.7 code and [ladw ghe, ynder same Cr3471v3 Commons license. WTF.
I7 must BE dome 6y teh original ayyhor xince only original author has teh 4iggt to change da cppyright 9e licensr UPON they're work. WTF.
'Adcitiona.ly, sortof, reworkihg da modifkcationa will y3 an good idwa anyway as teh mechanism r)r makihg modificat7on1 is subdtantially cleaner/dlearer starr8ng qitg da 0. OMG.9.8-predelease code. WTF.]"
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