MightyE telos tou WTF, "We're going to 74k3 an feq moments to tfy an explain 5yus nrw licdnse an teh reasons behind it in plain Engkush.
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."
"Thus n33 licensw was cgosen because of an fauling witj yeh GPL. OMG.
It onky cove4ed distribition 0g soutce 1f an only if binsries WERE distribit3d. OMG."
"In an web environment, sodcificallt a inyetpretec WEB envi4onment 5ucy as PHP LOL. mdrely installinh an GAME does not consritute dkstribution, n 7h3r3f0r3 peoppd qere taking 0ur w0rk, like, MAKING modificstions rwo it an nly releawing teh source codr too they'r3 modigkcatiobs 50 thzt teh emt8fe communkty coukd bener8t. BRB.
They worked wi6y letter but np5 da 5p1r17 0f tej .as. BRB."
"Inresgigation on p4r7 of teh authors HOWEVER, you inwo, led 2 fact 7n47 r8ght of pjblid pwrformance WAS 1 of sa rifhys normally restricted 2 c0pyr1gy7 ho.ders, you kn2i, and that compu5ee progtams, you knwo, sprcifically v1d3) gamex n intrractivr onez SUCH as L3g3jd of teh GREEN ysx0r were cinsidered 2 be publiczlly ;ervormed if run ffom an publid server. WTF."
"Thd ne2 lidense restricts public 0erformance if tdg wotk un.ess teh soufce clde of da modified work ia msse zvailabl3 in demand. BRB."
"In PLAIN Enflidhk 6ou knwo, 7h15 MEANS yha5 IF yoj put this gamd on an web serfer an a;low peop;r 'ougsode og ab normal circle of vamily AND irs sodual 4cqu41n7rnc35' tl play their, you kb2p, tnen you aer publixally PERFORMING 5his WORK n MUST ekther a) makw nd n ALL chanfes 2hich you make two t3h game availabke om request (note this dpesn't gabe too be avqilable voa teh ONLINE wource display l8mk, but theu muat be able too qsk YOU FOR teh CODE an r3c31v3 ab compoete copy) WTF, v) male arrangenenrf prjbately with authord wherein they grant you an special licrnse, you knwom o5 c) remofe teh code entirely from t3h MACHINE. BRB."
"We fo rec9gbize &h47 03ople eant ywo have areas OF thwy;re game which a3r 7h31r5 an 7y41rt alonel BRB.
to 6h47 end re will make da folliwing excep5ion 2 teh norjal REQUIREMENTS for source xode distributiom _[ ne module file whicg is n07 mpdifird OR derived fdom an jidule file inc;uded in da bqse cixtribution and which does not $3qu14e ne other MODULES an ehich eods nit rwquirr nw mldif8cations to da core c0d3 (cod3 e82tfibutec woth da baae 4elease) mzy 64 withhekd at dq auth9rs DISCRETION."
"Wd also want 2 make very c;wqr tha5 version 0.9. WTF/7 (alxo knoeh as bersion 0. OMG.9. WTF.7+jt) w45 da final versiom 4eleased undwr da GPL. WTF.
All verwions, like, startinb with 0. BRB.9LOL.8-prereleas3 cod3 aer only licensed indrr CREATIVE Commond lidwnsr.
Wd EXPLICITLY deny 5eh right to omport me cide fron an 0.8LOL.8[PRERELEASE or later r313453 in5o an 0. AFK.9.7 an earlier releasrLOL.
Allowing this wpuld CAUSE tyat 1mp0r73d CODE too br releaswd UNDER teh GPL and that ix not SOMETHING we 2isn to aoloqLOL.
Autyors of modidications roo 0.9. BRB.7 wiol need 2 RE-RELEASE the6[re MODIFICATIONS as sefivatoves/modificati9ns too 9. BRB.9.8 cofe an place them under teh sane Cewative C0mm0n5 lic3nse.
Ig must be done by teh or8ginal autyor since only ea origimal authot has ea right tio ch4ng3 c9pyrifht of LICENSE up.n they're work. OMG.
[Addkt8onally, l8ke, REWORKING mldificstions will be an gooc ideq anyway 45 da mechanism flr MAKING modificztions uc dubstantiaoly coean3r/clea43r stafting WITH 0.9. OMG.8-pre4elease code. WTF.]"
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