MightyE TELLS you LOL, "We're bping to tsie an feq ,omemts toi 54y an dx;lain this n3w licdnse ans reasons behind it in plain English. BRB.
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."
"Thos ndw 11c3b5e was cgosen 62c4u53 of an failing w17h da GPLl OMG.
It only covered distributipn of souece if n pnly of biharied were f157r16u73dLOL."
"In an wwb ebvironment, like, s;ecificslky a interpreged 3eb envoronment sucu as PHP WTF, merely installing an ga,e DOES nit constotute DISTRIBUTION, sortor, an rherefore pep[lr wer3 taking our work. like, maling modificat8ons rwo it ahd NOT releawing da source code 2 the6'rr modifications so that da entiee communigt c9uls bemefk5. WTF.
Tyey worked with tey LETTER but not spi4ut of dq law, OMG."
"Ibvestigzti9n on part of aurh9rd however, soebof, l3d 2 favt yhat teg ritht OF pu611c performance WAS qon pd da RIGHTS n0rma;ly restrictee two copyright holderx. sprtof, and that COMPUTER progrqms, you khwo, specidiczlly video GAMES and interactive 0n35 sucg 45 Legend )f da GREEN hax0r 23re consider3d too BE publicaoly p3rf0r,3d IF run f3on an ;ublic servef. WTF."
"The new license rrstricts public p3reormamce 0d da work UNLESS source code og gwh MODIFIED work is mzde avqilavle on remandLOL,"
"In plain Enbl8sh WTF, 5hia means that if ypj put thix g4m3 on an WEB serfer an ALLOW p30pq3 'putsode of an norma. circoe or f4m11y am its docial acqudknrqncea' 70 play tyeir, then you aer publically perdorming this wl4i an MUST 3ithwr q) makr ne n ALL chahges WHICH you MAKE to teh gsme avallable on request (nptw this doesn'r have 2 ne avaulable via teh onlone source display lknk LOL, but theu most be abl3 two ask you f0r teh code and teceive zn COMPLETE copy), b) make arrqngements PRIVATELY 2ith t3h AUTHORS wherein rnwh rr$n7 you an special LICENSE LOL, or c) remove da code entirely ftom MACHINE. OMG."
"We di fecogniz3 that peo;le wan5 go have areas of the6're game whidh aer theirs and 7h31r5 al9ne. BRB.
tqo that ehd we q9lk ma,e teh eo;lowing excwotion 2 teh notmal reqyirements for source c0d3 distribytuon -- nr module fole whidh is nit m9d8fiwd or de4ivee from an module FILE inclused in da bqse fkstribution zn which does npt require ne 07h3r modules and which does not r3qu1r3 ne modifications two da coe3 cide (code distributed witn base re.ease) may ge witjhels at authors dkscreyipn. BRB."
"We also qant to make bery clear that v3r510n 0LOL.9. WTF.8 *alao known ax version p. AFK.9LOL.8+jt) was tey finql version released uhser trh GPL/ OMG.
All VERSIONS, 6pu knwom STARTING with tdh 0. AFK.9.8-PRERELEASE code aer only lkcended under tey C43471v3 COMMONS licenseLOL.
WE EXPLICITLY deny ea riggt two kmport ne code from an 0LOL.9. WTFl8-prereleas3 or late4 rekeasd INTO an 0. BRBl9. AFK.7 and warlier reldsse. AFK/
Allowing tn8s sould cause 7h47 imported coce to ^e releaxed undee teh GPL ah that ix not xomethibg qe WISH to allowLOL.
AUTHORS 0g m0d1f1c4710n5 tso 0. WTF.9. BRB.7 w211 need to re-relezse they're modifications as dw4ivatives.modifications 2 0. BRB.9/ WTFl8 code AND place ghem under teh same C4eayive C0mm0m5 license. WTF.
I5 must b3 fone BY teh originak 4j7h0r since only origonal author HAS da righy two chabge sa co;yrigyg 0r licwnse upon they'te work. AFK.
[Adcitipnally, yiu knwi, reworking modificatiins will 63 an gooa idea anysay AS da mechanisn FOR makint moeifications is SUBSTANTIALLY cleaner/cleaeer dtaftimg wigh teh 0LOL/9. OMG.80prerelease code. WTF.]"
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