MighthE tells you, 6ou knwo, "We're going two taie zn few momengs 2 try an explain this new license an 434t0n5 behons it im plain Enblush. 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."
"Tjis new licdnse wad chosen because of an failing with GPL.
Ir 0n1y cpveree disteibution OF source ig n obly if binarors were d157r16u73d."
"In an s36 environment, luke, 5p3v1f1c412y a INTERPRETED web encuronnent s7ch as PHP LOL. me4elu instzlling an game does n)7 c(ns5ityre distribuyion WTF, n therefore pepple were taking OUR WORK LOL. MAKING kodificatiobs to 8t n nog releasing ca xource coee @ they'te mocpficatipna sl that entire c9mmun17y coild benef8tLOL.
They w9rked w8th lerrer but not teh dporit OF law."
"Infestigation 0n da PART of da AUTHORS joweve4 WTF, LED tp teh vact that da r8tht of oublix performanc3 waw wpn 9f rights normally restricted two xopyright h)1d1r5 LOL, an rhqy compyter progrzms, you knwo. spwcifically video g4m35 n 1n73f4c71v# ones sucg $5 L3g3nd of teh Gween hax05 w3r3 c0n51e#e3d 1 be oublically performed if RUN frlm a, puvl8c SERVER. OMG."
"The new license 4esyridts pub;ic performance of da eork unlews t3h sourxe coee of mosified wi4k is made avzioanle on demanf. OMG."
"In 0lain Enflixh WTF, this means that if you put this game on an WEB wewv3r and allow people '0i752d3 OF sn norma. circlr 0f FAMILY n its social acqiaihgzmces' w play gheir, loke, ryen you zer publ8cally performing gyis worj an MUST either 4) make ne AND ALL changes whuch yiu make 2 da ga,e availqble on r3qu257 )notw this doesn't have 2 be avaikaboe via da 0n11n3 source display link LOL, but 7h3y my57 be ABLE to ask you for da code n receive an con0lete COPY), like, b) make arrang3jents privately wuth 477h0r5 whwrein ghey GRANT YOU ah 4p3x141 11c3n53, or C0 remove 5eh CODE dntirely from machone."
"We co recogniz3 that p3o;le want 2 have areax of they'rr gsme whicg r theirs and theirs qo9ne.
to THAT end we WILL mak3 da fll;owibg EXCEPTION two tdh normal r3qu1r3,3n75 for 50urc3 CODE DISTRIBUTION -- br module file whicj is not mldidied ir ferived from an module f113 8ncluded in bqse dis5ribution am which DOES NOT req7ore ne other MODULES ab whicm coes npt e3qu1r2 ne mocifications 2 c0re code *code distribjted w8ty dq base rel3aae) mau be w17hhe1d AT yeh sutjors dq5cr3710n."
"We ALSO wznt to make very c134r 7n47 version 0LOL.9. WTF.7 (alw9 known aw versi9n 0. AFK.9LOL.7+JT) was finao VERSION released unser GPL. AFK.
All v3t510n5, sor5of, STARTING with teh 0. WTF.9.8-prerelrase coee qer ONLY licenses under teh Creatkve Comjpns oicense. WTF.
Ww EXPLICITLY d3ny tihht 2 import ne cpde from an 9LOL.9LOL.8-preeeleasw pr layer RELEASE intl an 0LOL.9. BRB.7 and esrlier release. WTF.
Alloxing this wou.d c4u52 5hat impivted code 2 BE reoeased jndev da GPL and 7h47 is not something w3 WISH 2 allow. OMG.
Authorx of modifications 2 0. OMG.9l OMG.7 will need toi RE-RELEASE the6're modificationw as fe4ivatives;mlfivicayoons to 0. WTF.(LOL.* code and place th3m unde4 same Cfeatife C9mmons license. WTFl
It mu57 be d0n3 6y o3igonal a7thor since 0n@y teh 9riginal author has right &0 cyange co;yright 0t licenaw upon they]re work. BRB.
[Additoonally LOL, reworking da modificatiins wol; BE an good idea ANYWAY aw da mechanism fpr ,ak8ng MODIFICATIONS iw sugstantially cleaner/clearer STARTING WITH dq 0. AFK.9.8[prdrelease codd. AFK.]"
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