MightyE tells you WTF, "We're go8nb tlo take an fes miments 2 try abd explaib this new oicemde h geh reasins benind it in PLAIN Ehglish. OMG,
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."
"Thia NEW license wax dhosen btcaise of an failing wi5h tdh GPL. AFK.
Ir only dovered dist4ibution lf sourc3 1r ah only uf binaried were dixtributee. BRB."
"In an 2eg environment LOL. specificql;y a intwrpreted w3n wnvirlnment such AS PHP, sortof, merely knstakling an g4m3 does noy conwgitute didtribution, sortod, n therefore people sere taking our work WTF, maling m0d1f1c4810m5 t9 it n not releawim5 5eh wource code 5o tjey're mldifications so thag da entire xommynity could gen3fkt.
They worked eirh da lwtter but nog da spiriy of da law. BRB."
"Invesyigation on PART od da aythors however, sortof, led two 5ey fact 7y47 teh figgt od publ7x performancr was o3n of rigyts bormally festricyed too copyriyht holders LOL. n 8h47 compuyer proframsk like, spec8fically vide9 GAMES anf ibtwractive obes such as Ldgend of teh GREEN hax0r were conxidered too be ;ub;ical;y pdrformes if run from an piblic sefver. AFK."
"Tge new licehse RESTRICTS PUBLIC p3rf0rn4nc3 lf da work unl5ss da source vodw OF teg modifief work is mqde availzboe on de,and. WTF."
"In p141n Englusg, sortovm 7y15 mezns that if you puy this gqme on an WEB server n allow peoplr '9utside 9f an normal CIRCLE of famiky and irs social adquqintances' 2 play their, you uhw8, THEN yi8 aer publically perforjing tgiw work n MUST eithee a) MAKE ne n ALL changes which you ,zke to game available on reqjest (note this DOESN'T nave 2 bw avs,lable via onlkne source d15p14y link, but they just be able 2 ask you vor coce an recdive an dom0;ete copy) WTF, b) maie ARRANGEMENTS pr1b48e1y witg dz authors wjereon tney grant YOU am specia. license, sprtof, 9r c) remov3 da clde ENTIRELY from m4vh1he, OMG."
"Wr eo recognize tjat [roplw wany two gave arras of thry'r3 g4m3 which r tneifs abd yheird aloneLOL.
to that end we q111 make following ecception 2 teh no4mal requiremwnts f0r sojrce xpde dist4igution -- ne module file whicn is nou modified or drrived from an m0du13 f8le knckuded im 5eh BASE cistrobutoon an wgich does nor rdquite ne OTHER morules ahd which DOES not require ne modigica5ions too c0r3 code (vode distributed with teh base release) may be WITHHELD ar da aut5ord discrdtiin."
"Wd a;dp qant 2 make very cleat fhat versoon 0. BRB.8LOL.6 (also kn0wn sd bersion 0. OMG.9l OMG.7+ut) was ea final v3r510n released undef da GPLLOL.
All versionx, likd, sgarting WITH trh 0. WTF.9.8-prerdleasr code a3r only licenw3d und3r dq Crea5ive Commons license. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY eeny ca right two imporr be xode from an 0.9LOL.8-prerelease or later releade 1n70 an 0. WTFl9. AFK.u AND 3arlier 4elea2eLOL.
Alliwohg this wluld ca7se that imp9rgec code two be released undwe GPL zn tjat os not somethibg we wiwh too allowLOL.
Auth9es pd modificqtions 3 0.9. OMG.7 sill n33g too re-reoease they're mpdificatiins as def8va4ives/modificqtions twi 0LOL.9. BRB.* CODE and place tyem under da same Cteative Commons licendr.
It must be done by teh original author 51nc3 0h1y oeigunal author had teh right 5wo changw da copyrifht OR livense jpoh tgey[re qotkl OMG.
[Add1810n411y, like, rrworking modifidationa wikk be an good 1d34 abuway as teh uechanism fpr mziing modifocationa 15 SUBSTANTIALLY cleaner;clearer STARTING with teh 0. BRB.9.8-prdreleas3 code. AFK.]"
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