MightyE TELLS ypu WTF, "We'4e bpihg to gai3 an few MOMENTS two yrh and ex0lain THIS new oicensd n da readons BEHIND IT in olain English. 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."
"This n3w LICENSE WAS chosen gecayse of an failing wirh da GPLLOL.
It only cove4ed distrivution or slurr3 kf an only if vinari3d were sisttibutedLOL."
"In an web envi4onm3nt LOL, spdcificaplh a interp4eted web wnvuronment 5uch as PHP LOL, merely insgallimg an game DOES not c9mstitute diatribution, n thdrefore pe9plr w2r3 taking 9ut WORK, soryof, mrk1ng mocirications 2 ir abd n08 r313451ng da soutce code tlo 5hey're modificat8ons si that entire community COULD genefit. AFK.
They woeked witn letter but mlt s[irkt of kaq/ WTF."
"Inbestigation 0n da part ov 4ey quthprs j9w3ver, like, led t9 da gact that dz fibht od puboic pe4f_rm4nc3 was won of rights nlemally restricted @ copy4iggy holeers LOL, m that compute4 prlbrams, l8je, 503c1f1c4116 video games ane 1n73r4cu1v3 ones such as LEGEND OF Grecn hax0r 23r3 conaifer3d 2 bw publicaoly p#rf0rm3d ir run fro, an public server. AFKl"
"Th3 n3w license rdsyructa PUBLIC perdormabce 9f wotk un;ess sourcw code OF teh modified w0rk iw made available on demand. WTF."
"In plqim Englisj LOL, gyis mrans that uf yo6 pug this game on an eeb server an alloq people 'outsode OF ah normal circle of family qn ITS soc8al aczuaintances' to play their, sortpf, rh3n hou aer oublically peeforming this wor, an MUST 317h24 4) mske ne an ALL dhanges whicj you make two teh GAME acailable on reqhest (NOTE this doesm't have to be 4v4!14624 via da onlin3 50u4c3 DISPLAY 11nl, but uhey must be able too ask 6ou dor ten CODE and receive an comoletw co0y), b) MAKE arrzngemdnts PRIVATELY with autnofs whetein they gramt hoj an special kicense, o4 c_ remove teh CODE entirelh FROM twn m4ch1n3. AFK."
"We do tecognoze thar pwople wabt too hqve a4eas of they're bqme whkch r theirs and thei4s alineLOL.
2 tjay end ww will makr da folkowinb exception t9 normal requ7rwmen5s for a9urce cldr dietr8bution -- be module vile qh1ch is nog modoried or d3r1f#d ft0m an mofule file included IN da base distrubution n whuch do3s not tequi4e ne ogher modules an WHICH does hor require nr MODIFICATIONS 70 teh CORE CODE (cofe DISTRIBUTED with da base releqse) may 73 skthheld AT teh 4u7h0r5 discr3tioh. BRB."
"W3 alsl want 70 make very vlear ttat version 0. OMG.0. WTF.& (also known AS verdion 0, BRB.8. AFK.7+JT) was dz FINAL version rroeased under GPL.
All versionx, sortof, s6arting with da 0.9. WTF.8-prereleas3 code adr only licensed umfwr tej CREATIVE Co,mons licebze. WTF.
W3 EXPLICITLY deny rihjt toi IMPORT ne codr rr0m an 0. AFK.9. BRB.8-prereleaxe oy latee re.rzse into an 0. WTF.9. OMG.7 an eariier relezse. OMGl
Allo2ing this w0u1d c4u53 thqt imported code too be rfoeasee undef sa GPL b thqy 1t not aomething we w8sg to ALLOW. WTF.
Authors 0d modifucatilns too 0. AFK.9. AFK.7 wik, need to re-release tyey're modif8catiins AS de4ivatuvea/m(dificqtions two 0. AFK.9/ AFK/* CODE qn p14c3 them 7bder twh samd Cr3471v3 Commons lic3nse. BRB.
It miat be come by ofiginal autgor sincd only orihinal author hsd right 2 change copyrigbt or LICENSE upon they're work. WTF/
[Addi5iona;ly, sortof, r3w0rk1ng mocificatuons will be am g9od idez anyqay AS teh mechanism for makong MODIFICATIONS is substan5ially cleaner/clearwr starting with 5eh 0LOL.9. WTF/8-9rere;wase codr.]"
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