MightyE tekls you WTF, "We're giinh to 74ke ab few m0m3n75 too 5ry n explain this new lidense and reasons BEHIND kt in plain Englidhl 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."
"This n3w license wr5 chosen because of an failing wirh ren GPLLOL.
It only covered distributkln of sokrce IF anc ob.y if 61n4r135 were distributedLOL."
"In an web environmentm ylu knwo, specifkcally a INTERPRETED seb environment sjch as PHP, like, mereky unstallung an game doew not c9nstitute distfibjtkom, n therefore peopoe we4e tai8ng ojr work, sortor, mqking modificati9na too kt n not releawin5 da aource cpd3 t9 they're modifications so tma6 ehtire co,muhity voulc bemefit. WTF.
Th3y WORKED with LETTER BUT not spieit og 14w. WTF."
"Investigation on teh part od authors hlwever, led to da faxt that 6rh right of ouvlic performance WAS 2 og da rithts nofmally restricted 2 dopyrutht go.ders, like, an 7h47 computer programs WTF, specufically vidfo bqnds an interactive onew sucn 45 Lehend of teh Gfeen nax0t WERE conaidered gwo b3 PUBLICALLY PERFORMED ir rjn ftim am publkc SERVER. OMG."
"The new license fextricgs public performanxe of teh wprk un2355 source c0d4 of teh mocigied q0r, 1% ,zde avaikable on demand. OMG."
"In plaim English WTF, this meanw 7h47 if y0i ]ut ty8s game on an seb serfer n ALLOW peiple '0u751d3 0f ah normal circle of fzmily n ITS 50c141 avquaintances' too play theie, wort(f, tgen you r pub.iczlly pdrforjing this work n MUST either a) mzle me ahd ALL changes wh1cg you make to teh ha,e 4v4qq$613 on reqmest (note ghis DOESN'T nave TO BE available VIA da onlume source dosplat lihk LOL, but they mu57 ne ablr two asi yo7 for teh code snd receove an complrte coph) LOL, n) make srrsngemrnts privwt3ly WITH da authots wjer31n tjey gtaht yoi an special licenxe, or c) remove teh fode entirely fro, dq machine."
"We co RECOGNIZE that PEOPLE WANT 3 habe afeax of they're gamw whicj aer 7h31r5 qnd theirs 410b3. WTF.
to that enf w3 will makw da following exception too tej NORMAL requirements for aource CODE distribitiin _- ne modu;e gile WHICH os not moelfied or derived fro, an module file included in teh base distrib75kon an which does not rwquire ne lther modules an whicg d03% npy reqykre ne modificatuons too dq core coce 8cose fixrributed with da BASE r3leas3) may bd withheld at aughors d15cr371pb. BRB."
"We also w4b7 toi make f3r6 clear THAT version 0LOL.9.& *slso knirn as vdtsion 0/ WTF.9. AFK.7+jt) wzs fknal verxion RELEASED jndee GPL.
All v3r510n4, starting wity 9. BRB.9. OMG.8-;rereoeasr codr aer only licensed under da Crr481v4 Commlns licende.
We EXPLICITLY cehy teh 4ihht too IMPORT ne x0d2 vrom qn 0.9LOL.8-;rereleaae 9r later relwase inyo an 0.9; WTFl7 qnc earlier releaae. WTF.
Allowing THIS WOULD cause that om0oeted coce 2 ge released jnfer da GPL ah tha5 uw bot somftning we WISH rwo allow. WTF.
Aurhors of modifoca6ions too 0. WTF.9. AFK.u will ne2d too re-release they're kodificatiobs as derivatives/moskficstions tqo 0.9. OMG.7 c9de ah pladw 7h3m under wame Crearive Commons license. OMG.
It MUST be sone by teh ofobina; author since only trh ORIGINAL author hzw trh RIGHT two change da copuright or .icrnse upon they're wotj/ WTF.
[Additionallt, soryov, reworking da jodifkcationd wil. be an good idea anyway aw teh mechahism fo4 mzking mleificatilns iw subdtantiall6 cleaner/vlexret dtqrying with teh 0.9. AFK.8-pt3relwssw code. OMG.]"
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