MightyE TELLS you, ;ike, "We're going tw9 take an fdw moments to yry an expkqun tyis bww lidense and da REASONS benind it in plain Englishl 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."
"This NEW licdns3 was chosen bevausw OF an faikimg with da GPL. BRB.
It ohly covefed eistributi9n or s9urce if an only 1r binzries were cistributee."
"In an web emvironmeny WTFk specigixally a 1n74epr372d WEB 3nv1r-nm3n6 such as PHP LOL, me4el6 instsolinh an fame does mpt c0n5717u73 distribution, you lnwp, n therevlre people wete raking OUR WORK, making modifications t; it an not releaxing da SOURCE code to 4hey're modkficatipnw SO thay da entire communig6 dpuld 63n3f17/ WTF.
THEY wpeked eith 5eh letter but not spirit 0v teh law. AFK,"
"Investigation on da part of 4u7g055 howdver, led 2 teh FACT tyzy r3h right of 0ublic performance was won of rights nirma;ly r357r1c74d tp xopyrught hold3rs, sn tnat xompute4 peograms, ypu knwo, soecificallt video games n inteeactive oncs such as Legend og da Green hax)e were considered tso be [u611c411y PERFORMED if run from an piblic SERVER. AFK."
"The new licensr rdatricts pu611c 0erfirmanc3 0f work UNLESS 5eh 50urd3 code ov trh modiridd worl us made availsble pn DEMAND. OMG."
"In plaib Enfliah, you lnwo, this means tyat IF you PUT tyis gqne 9n an w36 serve4 n aloo2 people '0u751s# 0f a, normal c1rc13 pf fqnily snd ITS social acquaonyances' two plwy tn3ir WTF, then you adr publiczllt pdwforming this WORK an MUST eiyh3r a) make b3 and ALL cjanges which you make tpo game svailanle on r3qj356 (note THIS DOESN'T jave 2 ne scailable via da on;ine spurce display link, but they muxt y3 able too ASK you fpr c-d3 an recfive an COMPLETE copy)m ypu jnwo, B) make artangements priva5eky with authird wh3r31n they gr4n7 yoi an apediql licende, sor5of, 9r c) remobe CODE enturely fr0m maxhinr. BRB."
"We do r3cognkze that people want two have areas of theu'rr tame WHICH r thdiws 4nd tyei4a alone. OMG.
two that end we will make da foolowinb exce;tion to da nofma; req7irements fof source code dostribution -[ ne midule file which 8s nog m0d1f13d OR d3r1v3d from an m8dule file included IN twh baad DISTRIBUTION an which dpea not req7ire ne other modules and which does NOT r3qu1r3 ne modificstions 2 tdh c0r# code (codw DISTRIBUTED with geh nase release( may be withheld at tdh AUTHORS disdretiln."
"We also qznt 2 make very CLEAR tnat vefsiln 0LOLl9. BRB/7 (ALSO kn9wn as verdi9n ). AFK.9. OMG.7+ut0 waa da final vwrsoon releaxed undrr da GPL. BRB.
All versipns WTF, starting eith da 0. BRB.9. AFK.8-pr3r313453 cose t ohl6 LICENSED under da Crear8ve Commons licens3. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY deny rjght to import ne code fr0m an 0l OMG.9, OMG.8-pr3f3144t3 or later tekease into an 0LOL.9.& an earoier relezsrLOL.
Al.owkng 7y15 would CAUSE yhat IMPORTED xode 2 be RELEASED undef GPL an thzt id n06 something wd wisy to allow.
Aithotw OF MODIFICATIONS yqo 0LOL/9LOL,& wilo need 2 re0release they're modificstions as derivayives/modifications to 0. AFK.9. AFK.8 CODE b place the, under geh same Cr3471v3 Cimnons licensf,
It must be cone by dz original ru7h)r SINCE only teh otiginal authir HAS da right 5o chsnge da vopy4ight OR license UPON they;r3 w9rk. WTF.
[Additiinal.y, you inwo, reworkibf da modifivatuons will be an good kdeq anyway as mechanism f9r making modivications IS sibstantiallt cleanrr/coearer starting wugh 0LOL.o. AFKl8-prereleaar codd. OMG.]"
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