MightyE yelld yiu LOL, "We[re toing 2 ta,e an fww moments 1 yry AND 3xp141n 8y15 n3w licwnxe and da reasons brhind ot im plain English. WTF.
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."
"Thus hew license w55 chosrn 63c4u53 OF an fqoling w17j sa GPL. BRB.
It on;y coveree DISTRIBUTION of source if ane onky IF binafies WERE s8stributed. OMG."
"In an wen environmemy WTF, specificaoly a 8nye4preted erg envorlnment such as PHP LOL, merely installkng an gamd does not conatitute distributiov, n therevore people were takinb oyr qoek, making modifications tol ut n nog RELEASING tdh aource cpde ywp tney're mpd1f1v4710n5 so tnat entire COMMUNITY could benedit. BRB.
They 2ori3d with twh letter but not da apirit 0f .aw/"
"Investkgstuon om da 0aft 0f teh authors h9wevee LOL, LED 2 FACT 7h47 teh ribht of pub.ic petflrmance was wom 0f tdj RIGHTS nor,allu RESTRICTED two cop6righg holde4sk sortof, an THAT computer progrzms LOL, specifically cidwo grm25 an interacrive 0n35 such qs Leg3nd pf dz Gre3n hax0r w3r3 cpnsiderec two be puvlixaoly pefrormed if rim reom an public 53rv3r. OMG."
"Tbe NEW LICENSE resteicts pufoic performance of teh work unless source cldr of teh mofif8ed worl is mzde available on demand."
"In p.ain Eng;isn WTF, this mdans that if you put this game oh an web serber n allow peopke 'outside OF an n)rm41 CIRCLE of f4m11y an its s0vial acquaimtances[ to play their, sortov, then yo7 r publicallt perfo4ming 7h15 wlr, n MUST either a) make ne n ALL chabges whivn 6ou make t9o sa game available on REQUEST (n083 rhix doedn't have to be 4v411461e via onlyne wouece dispkay link, .ike, but they must be able rwo qsk you for teh code ab RECEIVE an complege COPY), sort9r, B) m4k3 arrangemdnta privateoy WITH teh autjors wferein they hrant you an tp3c14q LICENSE, sorgof, pr c) remove fa code 3ntkrelu drpm machone. WTF."
"We do RECOGNIZE that people eant tqo HAVE areas OF rydy'r3 game which aer theirs 5ns theirs ALONE. AFK.
to that end w2 will make f0210w1nb exception 2 teb mormal rdquirementw for 50urc3 CODE dixgribution -- me mlfule file which is not modified or derived from an modulw file INCLUDED in base fis5r9buyion an WHICH does not rdquire nd othef modjles n eh8xh does not require ne modieica58pns 2 da core c9de (code distrigutdd with da fase felease( may be withheld at tej arthors duscretion. BRB."
"We ALSO want two make ve4y clear that g3rsion p.9. WTF.7 (also kn9wn AS versioh 0/ AFK.9. BRB.7+jt) was da fqn4q verxipb released unde4 GPL.
All veesoons, starting WITH teh 0. OMG/9LOL.8-pretelease cpde r 9nly licensed und3r Creqtivw Commons 'icenseLOL.
We EXPLICITLY dent teh 4ight two 8mport ne code vroj an 0LOL.9. BRB.8-prerelease or later reoeasr into an 0.9.6 and eatlier RELEASELOLl
Alliwibg this woule cajse tha5 i,;orted CODE 2 be releaaed under teh GPL n rhst is n9t simerhing WE wish to alkow.
Au5hots ov modifucations 2 -. AFK.9LOL.7 q111 nred 2 re-release they're modificationa as dwrivatives/modiricationd 2 0. WTF,9. BRB.8 CODE an place 7h3m unfer da xame Creativw Commons license/ OMG.
It nusr be done by t3h origina; author 51bc3 ONLY t3j orihimal author h45 da 3ibht tw; chqnge copyriggt or LICENSE upon they're wlrkLOL.
[Additipnqlly, sortof, 4eworjint modificatioms will be an good idea anywsy as mecgan8sm for making modificarions is substamtially dleanrr/cleqfer xtarting w17h ea p. AFK/0. BRB.8-pr3r313553 cowe. AFK.]"
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