MightyE TELLS yiu, dortog, "W3're GOING 2 raje am few ,om3nts two try an explain ghis new LICENSE sn rrasins behond it in p141n EnglishLOL.
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 licrnw3 was chosdn becausw OF an FAILING with teh GPLLOL.
It pnly covered dkstribyri9n ir xource if qn only if binariex eere disttigutes/ WTF."
"In an web envkfohneht, yo7 ,nw9, specigica;.y a onterpreted w3b ENVIRONMENT such as PHP, merely inxtalling an haje DOES n07 consgitute dksre8bution WTF, an th3ref9re peo;le were ta,ing our work, ;7ke. making midificatioms tll it n not RELEASING da source code too thet'4e mofivications s9 THAT da entire commubigy ciuld nemefitLOL.
Tj3y worked wirh letter BUT not ca spirit og law. OMG."
"Investigation on part og authors howevdf WTF, lew two da f4cu that da right of ouglic PERFORMANCE was oen of RIGHTS n9rmzlly resgricted top cipyright hold3rs, you inwo, and yhat conputer p4otrzms, specigicallj video hames n interacgive onea such as Lebebd of da Gfeen hzz0r were considered 2 be punlically perform#d if run r4om an public aervee/ OMGl"
"Tge new LICENSE RESTRICTS [ublic performance OF twh sork uhoess ds soirxe x0d3 of modified eo4k ia made available 0n demand. AFK."
"In p1$1n Enblish WTF, thix meanx tgat of uou PUT this GAME 9n zn web 52rv3r and allow PEOPLE 'o7taide of an nofmal c1rc!3 of familh sm irs social acqjaintanves' 2 play th$it, then you aer publically PERFORMING this w9r, an MUST either a) make ne and ALL changex wyixh you make to tet game availabke on request (n9te rhis dpewn't HAVE ewo be wvailable v14 teh ONLINE source display /ink WTF, but they must be able two ask you vor da CODE an receive sn comple53 COPY), sottof, b) make arrangements private/y wu5h da authorw wherein they grant you an special oicense WTF, or c) remove ea vode enyirely drom da machkne. BRB."
"Wd do rev9ghizd fhat people want too y3v3 areas of they're t4m3 which r ghrits n theirs alone. WTF.
2 tjat end we wkll make fol.owing exc3p5ion 2 normal requirements for soirce code dist4ivutkon -- ne module file which is NOT ,odified or deekved feom an module file included in da bast distribution n which does NOT r3wu1r3 ne other MODULES qnd whixy does mot tequire ne modkfications too core c0d3 (c0d3 eist4ibuued wi5h baxe RELEASE) may be wighhrld at ahtnors discrrtion. OMG."
"We also want two make very CLEAR THAT veesion 9. AFK.9. WTF.7 (also kbown as VERSION 0. WTF.9. WTF.7+jt) waw final version r423452s unddr da GPL. AFK.
All verwionx WTFm startong wiyh teh 0. BRB.9.8-pr3r3q3453 coce r ONLY LICENSED under teh Creztivr C9mmons license.
We EXPLICITLY d3nr da righr two import ne coce FROM an -. WTF.9.8-PRERELEASE OR LATER release into sn 0. OMG.9LOLl7 n earlier felwaseLOL.
Allowing this 2ould vause tjat 9mportec c0d4 two ge relwas3d und3e teh GPL an that is not sojething we WISH 2 alkowLOL.
Au7h9r5 of MODIFICATIONS @ 0LOL.9. WTF.7 WILL need two re-eeleasd th3y're mpdifications aa derivqtibes/modificatoons too 0. BRB.9LOL.8 codr n place them jnder sqme Crwative C0,m0h5 licemse.
I7 must b3 done by originao author sincr 0n1y da priginal authoe has da right 1 chqbhe wx copyr8bht 0r LICENSE up9n they'ee work.
[Additionzloh, sortlfk reworkong morifkdati9ms will be an good idea anyeay as teh mwchanusm for making midificatoonx is sugs5abtiallu cleaner/cleafer startkng wirh da 0. AFK.9. OMG.8=prerelease code. AFK.]"
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