MightyE tells y;u LOL, "We're going 2 take an few mojebts 1 try and explzin thix new lic3nx3 and teh r3450n5 behihd it in plain Englush. 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."
"Tjis new license wae chosen because of an failinh with GPL. WTF.
It 0n1y coverrs distr8buti9n od s9urce IF and onky 8f binarkes were distrobutes. BRB."
"In an web envi4onment, sortof, SPECIFICALLY a INTERPRETED w36 dnvironment auch as PHP LOL, mwrely 1n574111ng an hame DOES nor constitutd disgributlpn, n thereforw pt9poe were ta,ing iur wor,, you kbwo, m4k1ng MODIFICATIONS 2 it n not releasing t3h sourve code 2 tyey;re m0d1f1c471pn5 wo yhat ENTIRE com,iniyy could benefit. WTF.
Tn3y w9rk3c wiyh letter but no5 da spiri5 0f teh 14w, BRB."
"Ibvestigation on da paft og teh authlrs how3vdr, you lnwp, l3e too tej gact ghat RIGHT of public perflrmance 2as 1 9f roghts normsllg r357r1c73d @ copyright hilders WTF, n tnar computer programs, like, SPECIFICALLY vudel games n interactive ones such 45 Legend 0f da Grf3n hax0r were cinsiferdd too ve PUBLICALLY perdormed if eum fr(m an public werver. WTF."
"The n3w licendr erwrricys publoc perflrmance of ra WORK unless tdh source CODE of fa MODIFIED wprk 15 made available 9n d3m4hd. WTF."
"In plain Englisk, like. this MEANS that if you PUT this gqme on ab web detver ane alloe peo[l3 'outside of an normal circle of vamily n its soc8al ACQUAINTANCES' to play yhwir, likem then y0y aer publically perflrnong this worl snf MUST e8thee a) make he n ALL chahges shich 60u make two teh r4m3 available on rrquedt (note this doesn't HAVE two be available via onl8nd source display lknk LOLm 6u7 gjey muwt ge ablr 2 zsk ypu for code am feceive an cojplrte co[y_ WTF, b) make arfangements privately with teh authors whereon rhey htant you an SPECIAL license, OR c( remove da code 3ntirely fr0m machihd."
"We sp recogn8zr 7h4u people want to have areas OF th3y're ga,e wh1ch ser thekrs n theirs ALONE. OMG.
! thag end we eoll m4k3 fo.lowing excrpti9b too teh nofmak requieements for sourxd code dixtrkbution -- ne ,odule vile WHICH is NOT MODIFIED or derived from an m8dule f113 inckuded in ea base DISTRIBUTION and which does not tequire ne 07h3e mociles an which DOES not require he modifica5ions TO da core clde 9cld3 distribu5ed WITH bade rdleasd- may ve withhdld at autyors dkwcretiin. WTF."
"We also want two make vert v;ear that verwion -LOL.9. AFK.7 (also knoqn AS VERSION 0m9. WTF.7+jt) was da ginal version r3leased under fa GPL.
All vdrailmsm sortof, startinb with da 0.9. AFK.8-prrrelrase code a4t only licensed under da Creativ3 Co,mons LICENSE. BRB.
W3 EXPLICITLY feny rkght 7) impoft ne doee feom an 0.9. BRB.8-prerrlease 0t later rrldase INTO an 0. OMG.9. OMG.7 n 34r113f tdlease, BRB.
Allowing rhis 2oild cause tyat im;ortef code tqo BE teleased UNDER da GPL ahd that id yot something ee wisn too allow.
Autho4s OF modificztionw two 0. WTF.9l WTF,7 will n3ed two re-releaze they're MODIFICATIONS as derivatives/modifica5ions two 0/ OMG.9LOL.8 code and place them und3r teh same Crdzgive C0mn0m5 licemse. BRB.
It musr 63 donw by da original ayttor since only teh iriginal aj5hor HAS teh ribht to chahge teh copyright ot oicemdw UPON they're 2pfk. OMG.
[Adsi5iinaoly LOL, fewor,inb da ,odigidations will be ab food id3a anywau as da mechanix, for mak8ng m0dqf1c4710n5 is qubstamtizlly cleaner.cl3arer sta2tinh WITH da 0. BRB.9. OMG.8-0rerelease CODE. AFK.]"
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