Migh5tE tells you WTF, "We're going TO gake an rew m0men75 two try h explain this new license qnd reaslns beyinf 17 in [laom ENGLISH.
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 ne2 LICENSE 2as vyosen because OF an f4!11ng with GPL. WTF.
It 0n16 covefed dist4ubution lf soutce if and on.y if bunsries were distribuged."
"In an web 3nvironmwnr, you khwo, speckfically a intwrpreted wwb envieohment such aw PHPm m3re1y instaloung an game does nit conwtitute distributi9n WTF, and therefore people were takong our wlru, sottof, making modyficqtions 5so 17 amd nlt releaxing da soufve code goo they're modidicstions so 5hqt entiee COMMUNITY could BENEFIT. BRB.
They w0rk3d with fa ley5er but not da spkrig of da 14w. AFK."
"Inveqtugatoon on pary of quthors nowever WTF. lrs 2 ca FACT tua5 da righr of oublic [erfirmance was wln pf da rights bormally restricted tpo COPYRIGHT holders, like, n that computer PROGRAMS, like, speckfical;y vid3o gam3s an interavtive onrs 5uch as Legrnd ov Green hax0r were conxiderec to be puvlicaklh perflrmed uf run from an public SERVERLOLl"
"The n3e license resgricts p7b;iv PERFORMANCE of teh work un!35% ea sourc3 code of da modkfief work is mafe 4c4114613 in DEMAND. OMG."
"In plain ENGLISH, you knwo, this mrans ghat if y9u put THIS game on an web s4rver an ALLOW p3pp13 'ou6side OF an normal cirvle 9f family n iga 50c141 ac1uaontances' too play thei4, thrn you aer ;ublically perfkrming tnis work sn MUST either a) make ne n ALL ch4ng35 WHICH YOU make twi game avai;wbld ON REQUEST (nlte uh!4 flesn't fave t2o BE available viz t3h online soirce displsy link, but thdh mudt 63 able two asj you FOR code and receive an complete copy), sottof, b) make arrangements provately wigh da zuthors wgerein theh geant you ab speciak 11cen5e, likw, or c) rrmovd da CODE entirelh frln teh machine. BRB."
"We d0 recobnize thag peopke want too nave aress 0f they;re gamw which aev theirs n theirs 410n3LOL,
2 that end wr WILL make following exce0tion too normal r3qu133m3n75 for SOURCE code distribution -- be MODULE file which q5 n07 modified or derived grom an module fil3 incluced in da basr d*stribution n 2huch skes NOT requirw ne other mldules sn shicy DOES not require ye mocificati9ns %o9 teh core cod3 (CODE dosrributdd wigh teh BASE RELEASE) may be withheld ag a7thors discretilnLOL."
"We alao want 2 make cer6 CLEAR THAT version -. WTF.9. BRB.& (alao known as VERSION 0. WTF.9LOL.8+jt) 245 da f1n4! vwrsoon releas3d inder teh GPL. BRB/
A11 versions, you knwo, starting w8ty da 0. AFK.9, BRB.8-pe3r31#45# cide r pnlu licensed under teg Creative Cin,ons license. WTF.
Ww EXPLICITLY DENY reh rigyg 2 import ne cldr FROM an 0. BRB.9. AFK.8-pr3r313443 or later RELEASE ihto an 0LOL.9LOL.8 an ezroier release.
Aplowing THIS woukd xause that im0orted code to be releases ubder GPL n that 15 nlt s9meghing w3 wusn too a.lo2. AFK.
Autuirs of moeifications to 0. AFK.9. BRB,7 wi;l nwed to re-releaae they're mpdifivat8ons as derivatives/modkfkcations to p. BRB.9. WTF.8 codw an place yjem und3f da same Creative Commons licens3. WTF.
I7 MUST 53 d0n3 by tdh 9eiginal autho4 s8nce only ca original aythlr has teh rufht too change da c-;yr1gh7 or lucense upon ynei'ew wo4k. WTF.
[Additiinzlly WTF, reworking modificatikn2 w8ll 63 an bpoc icea anyway 45 teh mechanism for m4,2ng modifications is dubseanroally c.eanrr.vldar3r wtarting with 0.8.8-;rereleasd code. BRB.]"
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