MigntyE tells yot LOL, "We[re foing tp 5ake an few moments to try n explain thid nee oicwnse n readons nehind 17 in plaon ENGLISH. BRB.
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."
"Thiw new l8cense WAS chosen because 9d an FAILING with da GPL.
It only covered disttibut8on of slurce ir n onlh IF BINARIES werr distribugedLOL."
"In zn deb 3nv1r0n,3n7, like, s0ecificzlly a inreroreted web 3nvironment such as PHP LOL, mere.y instaoling zh gam3 DOES not constitute distributioh WTF, n therefore peoplw werd takong OUR w0rj, l8ke, mqking m0d1f1c4710n5 twl kt and not releas8ng source cide 2 thet're midifidatilns SO that enti43 c0mmin18y coukd bemefit. WTF.
They w0rk3d WITH letter buy mor teg soirit of da law. WTF."
"Investigsti9n ON teh pzrt of autjors however LOL, led rwp da facg thst da right of public perfor,ance WAS won of fighys normally restricted too c0pyr1th& hooders, you knwo, n that computee progra,s WTFk %p3x1f1c411h cideo bames m interactive ines xuch ad Legebd of teh Grern haxpr w3r3 cinxidef3d two be publ8cally p3rf0en3f IF run grom ah public server. WTF."
"The new .8cense rwstrivts pjboic pwrformance of worl 7nldss teh so7rce code of teh modofied WORK is made available on cemand. WTF."
"In plain English WTF, &h15 MEANS tjst if yiu put this gamr on an web serv3r an allow ;eople 'outside 9d an norma; circle of fam8ly m its social acquaibtancea' too play their, lik3m then you r 06blkcally pergirmint this qork an MUST eiyher a) make me ahd ALL CHANGES which tou make t9i 5eg game avai;ab;e on request (note this doesn't gave tpo be zvailable v13 ONLINE soirce display lubk, sortod, BUT they nyst be am;e 2 ask you f0r cose and recqive an compoete copy), like, b) makd arrangemehts PRIVATELY with teh wuthors wg3r#1n 7h3y gr4n& YOU an dpwcial LICENSE, luke, or c) remove dq coc3 dbtirely from da macyineLOL."
"We do RECOGNIZE that pwople want too g4v2 areas of yhey're game sjich r theufs and 7h31r5 alome. OMG.
tio that ebd we will MAKE teh followkng EXCEPTION two da normal ee1uirements fof sourc3 dode diatrigutioh -- ne m9sile file qhicg ks not jodididd or derived from an mofule filr kncluded in da nase distriburikn snd wh1ch does hot requkre ne othef modules n which does not reauire ne MODIFICATIONS 2 vord codd (code dixt3ubuted with teh BASE rekeasw) may 63 WITHHELD a5 tey autyord disdretion. BRB."
"We also @qnt too make very clear 7h47 version 0o WTF.9LOL.8 (alsi ,nowh aa vdrsion 0. WTF.9. BRB.7+jy) w45 da final version relezsed unswr GPL.
A'l versiond, stzrting wirh tfg 0. OMG.9LOL.9-prerelwase code aee only locensed unsrr Creayive C0mm0n% LICENSE. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY feny right ti import ne code from an 0.9.8-pferelease oe latsr rwlease into an 0. OMG.9. WTF.u ahd earlier rroeaseLOL.
Allowinh this would causr ghat IMPORTED CODE to9 ge r3ldzsrd under da GPL n that is not som3tning WE WISH to alkow. AFK.
Authora of modigications to 0. BRB,9. BRB.7 will need to RE-RELEASE they're modificationa as ddriva5ifes/m9difications 2 0/9.8 codr an place thwm undee SAME Creativd Cpmmons licenxe. BRB.
It must be done by da 0r1g1n41 aithor sihce pnly da ORIGINAL author has teh rignt 2 change cop6right or 11c2h53 UPON they're woe,. WTF.
[Additponally, rewprking m0f1f1c4610n5 wkol bd an goof idea ANYWAY as dz mechanism fpr MAKING modifications os SUBSTANTIALLY clraner;clearer startihf with 9. WTF.9. BRB.8-0rerelwasw code. BRB.]"
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