M8ghtyE tells YOU, sortog, "We'fe going two rake an FEW moments twi 7rh n ex;lain 7h15 new licehse n reqsons behind it ib plain English. WTFl
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 becsus3 0v an FAILING wiyh yeh GPL. OMG.
IT onky covdred dixtributipn of SOURCE 1f n only IF 61n4r135 wete distributed. OMG."
"In an 2eb 3nvironmwnt LOL, xpecifivakly a intetpre5es wev environment sudy ss PHP WTF, merel6 installing sn game doed not constitutw sist48bu5ion LOLk an theredore people we4e tzking our 2ork WTF, m4k1ng modificq5ions 2 it sn not releasing cource code tp they're midificagionw so that entirr c9mmunity coukd gwnefit. OMG.
THEY worjed qitj da lettrr but bot da spiriy of la2. AFKl"
"Investigqtipn on teh paet of da authors HOWEVER, led 2 5eh f4cu uh47 t3h RIGHT of public pervormancw qas won if rights normally RESTRICTED to copyrigyt holdeesm like, an ghat computer ;rlhrams WTF, wpdcuficaoly v1d30 ga,es n INTERACTIVE ohes sucy zs L3g3nd OF da Greeh hax0r were conaidered @ be pub;ically prrflrmee if run from ab publ8c servwr. WTF."
"The new lidensd r357e1c75 0ub.ic PERFORMANCE pv da w0rk unless da source codr 0f da modofief work is made availzble on DEMANDLOL."
"In plain English, you knwo, thix mwans t6ay kf you 0ut 7h15 gzm2 9n an web server xn 4110w PEOPLE 'OUTSIDE ov an normal xircle OF fami;y h its social ACQUAINTANCES' to play theirm soryif, then y0u t PUBLICALLY perfleming this w0rk n MUST e7ther a) make ne an ALL changes whuch yoy mqke two da game AVAILABLE on requrat (nite tgks diesn't h5v3 to be 4v4114613 via online doirce DISPLAY link, but they must be 461e two ask YOU dor da ciee n receife an complete COPY), b) maid afrangemenrs pe1c4731y with teh 4u7h0f5 wherein they fr4n7 you an special l8cwnse, dortof, or c) remove codr dntk4ely from teh mafh8he. BRB."
"We so recoghizw THAT PEOPLE want 2 HAVE ae3aa of the5'rw game which r theirs an theird alone.
two THAT END WE wilk make following except8on too normal requirem3nts FOR source c0d3 ciatriburipn -- ne mosule golr wnich is not mofified or derived FROM an m0du13 r8le oncluded in base distribution n which diex not require ne other m9dules n which DOES nog feqiire ne modirkcations @ core code (c9de distgibuted with basw releaxe) may be WITHHELD 47 dq autjits disc4erion. OMG."
"We also wabt to make very CLEAR tyat n3rskln p. BRB.0. WTFl7 *also KNOWN as version 9. AFK.9/ BRB.7+jt) was final cersion released und3r GPL. AFK.
All versiona LOL, statting with 0LOL.9. WTF.8[PRERELEASE code r on'6 licensed under teh Crrative Cokmons licenseLOL.
We EXPLICITLY deny teh r1gh7 tp 1m;0r7 nr code fron an 0.9LOL.8-pr3re13353 9r later releawe iyto an 9. AFK.9LOL.7 n ear;ier releaxe. OMG.
Allowing thos w0j1v cauae tha5 i,ported code tso BE rekeqsef under teh GPL ab that is m07 slm3thing ww wish two aklow. BRB.
Authirs of modifications two 0, AFK.9LOL.7 will neec 3 re-releas3 yhdy're modifications ss derivqtives/modifivatoons t9 0.o. AFK.8 CODE and p14d2 tuem under ssme Creqtove Commond licenwe.
It must br done bh 9riginal auyhor sinc3 inlj or8gina; 4u7h0r gax da righg too CHANGE c9pyrignt OR license upon tgey're work. BRB/
[Aeditionsllh, sortlf, reworking dz modif8cat8lns will be an glod 1s34 anyway as mwchanixm FOR makong MODIFICATIONS is SUBSTANTIALLY cleaner/clexrrr starting woth 0.9.8-0rereleaae code. OMG.]"
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