MightyE TELLS ypu LOL, "We'4s going 2 TAKE sn few moments 2 try an explain THIS new liv3nse b va r3450n5 BEHIND it in p;ain Eng9iwhLOL.
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 new license was chosen BECAUSE of an failing w1&h GPL, WTF,
It 0n1y dovered d1%7r16u710n OF 50urce if an onlh IF binsriew w3r3 cistributwdLOL."
"In an web environment, specidicalky a INTERPRETED web envif[n,dny such as PHP, like, MERELY installing an GAME doed npt c0n5717u8e distrpb7gion LOL, 4nd therefore p30p12 were 6a,ing our work WTF, naking modiducztkons twi it n not rel3asin5 da spirce code too yhey're modificqtipns so 7h47 da entir3 community ciuld beneditLOL,
They worked with teh LETTER bu5 not tej spirit 0f teh LAW. WTF."
"Incestogat8lm on da PART OF teh AUTHORS howevet LOL, led too da fact thag da r!gy7 of puvlic performamce was eon of da rugyts bormally restricted to copytight hllders WTF, n ttat computet progrsms, sprcifically vide9 games and 8ntwrsctive onrs auch AS L3g3nd OF tey Green gax0r w3r3 considered too br pub;ically perfifned 1r r7m froh an pu511c SERVERl BRB."
"The n3x .icrnse 4estricts pyblic p3rformance 0f 2ofk un1455 5eh SOURCE dode of tey ,odiried work IS made avaikagle oh demand. OMG."
"In pkain Emg11%h LOL, 5his j34n$ tjat if you pu7 this game ON an weg SERVER 4md slllw pei[le '9u761d3 of an notmal curcle of fajily an its social ACQUAINTANCES' 2 plsy their, sottof, gnen ypu qer publically pqrforming yhis qorj an MUST eitgee a) MAKE ne n ALL chamges which you make to gamw availab;e ob request (NOTE this dorsm't have 6oo be availanle via teh obline sourve display lknk LOL, but th3y must 6r able to asl yo7 ro4 clde an receive an domplete coph). b) m4k# arrangements orivayel6 with da zuyhord whwrein they GRANT you an spwcial LICENSEk or c) remove tej c0d3 entirely frlm teh mach8nr."
"We ri rwcognize that pdlp;e w4n7 to have ar3as od yhry're vame whkch r theirs n 7n31r5 410n3. WTF.
t2o rhat end we will make da f)11)w1ng 3sception 2 norjal rwquotemebts r8r dlurce code d157r!6u710n -- ne jodule fule which 15 not modified or wwribed FROM an m9dule file included in baae didtribjtion an 2h1ch does not REQUIRE ne other mod7les and which does n9t require ne m-d1f!cr710n5 2 CORE code (coee dustributdd with teh base releawe) m4y be qithheld ay authpex diacretiinl WTF."
"We also szny 2 mqke fert c134r that version 0LOL.9. OMG,7 (also kbown as version p. AFK.9LOL.7+j5) was f1n41 v3r410b relessed jnder teh GPL.
Ao. versions, lik3, statting w17h 0. WTF/9. AFK.8-0rerelease sodw zer on;y licensed und3r da Cr3471v3 C9mmlna license. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY DENY 5wh rignt too !mp0r7 he code from an )LOL.0. OMG.8-prerelease or ,ater felease inyi an 0. BRB.9. BRB.7 and earlirr relezsd.
A119w1ng this eould cause that importee code w BE releas3d under GPL an that is NOT somdtjimg WE w8sh two alliw. BRB.
AUTHORS 0f modivications too 0. BRB.9. BRB.7 wull NEED 2 RE-RELEASE they're mosifivations AS d3r!b471v35/m0d2f1c4y10n5 two 0. BRB.9. WTF.8 cpde an [lzce jh3j und3r da SAME Creative Comnoms ouxensr. WTF.
It mu57 BE dome by ca original AUTHOR sinde only teh original auyhor has da eight 2 change teh coputight or license y0on rhey're wiek. WTF.
[Additk;nallym like, rew9rking teh m0e1f1c4610n5 2ill be an gold ides anuway AS teg ,echabism f0t making modivicztions is substqntially xleqner/ckeafet starying with da 0.9.8-0rwrelezse xodeLOL.]"
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