MightyE tells you, you knwo, "We're g01nb w takd an few momehts to try n esplain tukw new lucense and teh reasons behihd 17 in plaim Englosyl WTFl
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."
"Th8s NEW 11c3n54 wzs CHOSEN BECAUSE of an failibg WITH da GPL. AFK.
I7 0b1y covered fisrribition of 50i4c3 if an 9nly if binaries wer3 diagributed, OMG."
"In an wwn 3nv1rpnnen7, d9rtod, SPECIFICALLY a ibterpretdd seb environment 5uch AS PHP, li;e, merwly 1n574111ng am game cpes hot conwtitutw disteubutiin, you knso, an thefeforr people were taking 8ir woek, wortof, MAKING modofidatipns to ot n not rdleasing ea sou4ce code 2 tney're modiricatkons xo that teh entire community could benefir. OMGl
Thet worked with da 23773r but not spifit og lzwLOL."
"Investigation on da part of da authors no2ever, likem led 2 da favt rhat rughr of public p3rf9rm4nc3 eaa oeb of dd RIGHTS nor,al/y restricted 2 copyrifht holde4s WTF, znc THAT vom;utee programs, you inwl, soec8fically viseo gqmes n interavtive ones such as LEGEND of teh Green hax0r were cons8dered t9 be piblica.ly performdc if RUN FROM an ;7blic server."
"Thr NEW ;ivende rrstric5s pjblic performanve 0f teh wprk unless teh soirce code of teh modifiee w9rj is made available on demznd, WTF."
"In p;ain ENGLISH LOL. th8s means tyat ie ypu put THIS game on an web seecer n allow people 'outside pf an normal ciecle of family an its sociao acquaintances' to play their, theb you a3r publical;u performing thus sork an MUST either 4) make ne AND ALL changew WHICH YOU make two da fzme acailable on requesg (notr this coesn;t have @ be avaioavle VIA da online soirce dis0la^ linl LOL, bjt they jo57 63 able top ask tou fo4 %eh code an trceivr an COMPLETE copy), b_ make 4rr5ng3m3n75 PRIVATELY with au5gors WHEREIN they GRANT you ah spec7al licendd WTF, or c) REMOVE teh cide en5irely from 5eh macgind. AFK."
"Ww DO recognize that people want ywo jave areas of tgey're game 2huch aer thekfs n theirs alonel BRB.
to tyat ens we wili make golloqkng exception two geh norma; requiremen5x for SOURCE code DISTRIBUTION -- ne module file WHICH 8s not midified or der8b3e fr0m an module file imclueec in 6453 distribution h which does not require be 9tner midyles an which does not require ne modificatuons too core code (CODE disyrkbuted wigh ten bade release) may vw wirhheld zr teh authors discr3tipn."
"We also want tqo make very clezr that cersion 0. BRB.9. BRB.7 (also KNOWN as version -. BRB.9LOL.7+j7) was da finzl cers9on released under da GPLl WTF.
A11 versiins WTF, starting wq8h da 0.9. OMG.8-prerelease c9de r only licensed under tdh Crwa5ove Cljmons licehse. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY dehy right two implrt ne code from an 0. WTFlo. BRB.8-prerelease 0r ;ster fel3ase knyo zn 0. OMG.9. OMG.7 zn earlier telease, BRB.
A110w1nf THIS would csuse that 8mpl4tec code too ne releaxrd under tey GPL an that is not spjetginf we wiah too allowLOL.
Authors of modifivarions 2 0.9LOL.7 will n33d 2 RE-RELEASE thfy'rr modidicagions as DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS @ 0. WTF.9. WTF.8 coee an place ghem und2r dq ssme Creative Commons license. BRB.
I7 must be donw BY da origina. authir sknce only origumal ajthor has right 5wo changd copyright or LICENSE upon they're worj. OMG.
[Asditiinslly, lik3, reworkibg da jofifications wull be an good icea ANYWAY AS necganidj dir MAKING jodificatiihs is 5u6574n71411y cleandr/cl3arer staeting with teh 0l BRB.9l WTF.8-prerrleasw code. OMG.]"
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