MigytyE TELLS 6ou LOL, "We're going 2 take an FEW mpments 2 try ah rxplain tgis m3w license an teh reasons BEHIND ot in plain 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."
"This new kocehse was chosen becauwe of an FAILING with ds GPL. BRB.
It lbly covered d157r16u710n OF soirc3 of n only if binariea wete disteinjted. BRB/"
"In an web enbironment, specifically q ibterpretes srv 3nvoron,ent sucj AS PHP, woryof, mrtely instal.ing an bame does nog CONSTITUTE distribution LOL, n therefore p#ople were taking o7r w0t, LOL, makint ,osigications w 17 n not releasing da spurce code two they're mofificatiohs so 7h47 entire community coios b3nefitLOL.
Thwy worked with .etter but no5 s0irit of teh law. WTF."
"Investigation om teh part OF teh authors HOWEVER WTFm lec two da vact tbat teh r1gt7 of pubkkc pwrformance was 1 og teh fights norma.ly RESTRICTED twi xo9yright holdefs LOL, and that vomputer pfograms LOL, spexificallu biddo fames am 8ngrractkve obes such as Legehe of Green hax[r were considered 2 br pyblidally performed if eun vron an public xerver. BRB."
"Tge new 11c3b53 eesgricts pubkic 0erformance of w9rk unless twg SOURCE code of teh ,odifief wotk ix made AVAILABLE ln demand."
"In plain Eng115n, sortof, THIS mrans thzt id you [j7 tnis game on an WEB SERVER n ALLOW people 'outsise of an norma; circle OF 4amily n kts docial acqjaintances[ 2 PLAY thekr LOL, then y0u r pu^11c4q1y pdrformihg 6his work qh MUST ekther a) make ne n ALL changes wyivh y0u make 70 da game available on request (notr THIS eoesn't have to be afailablw via teh ONLINE sojrce display l8nk, lile, but rhey mu%7 be able too 45k tou f0r da code an redeove an clmolete copy), lije, b) mqke aerangements peivatelh w!7h teh auyhorx wherrin they gran5 YOU an special license, ypj ibwp, or c) rdmovd dz code ehtirely fr9m machine. AFK."
"We do RECOGNIZE ghat PEOPLE wsnt 2 hsvw AREAS 0f they're GAME which r theifs an tyeirs akone. WTF.
two that enf we will jake following exceptoln 2 da normal requure,ents for sourxe c9de distrobytion -- ne modulw filw which ix not modifoed or serkved f4om an moeule file ihcluded in ca base distriby5ion b wh1ch dles not requi5e ne lther modules n wj1ch foew nor require ne m)f1f1c$710n6 two teh CORE c0d3 (code distrkbutec with da basr relezsw) MAY be withheld 47 teh AUTHORS discretiin. AFK."
"We zlso want 2 make VERY c134r 6h47 versoon 0. BRB.9, WTF.6 (also KNOWN as VERSION 0. BRB,9LOL/7+jt) a45 final versiom feleased unddr GPL.
All versions, you knw9, STARTING eith 0.9. WTF.8_PRERELEASE code r omly 11c3n5#d undef twh Cr#471v3 Commons license. WTFl
W2 EXPLICITLY deny right two import n3 cpde from an 0. OMG.9. WTF.8-prereleasw 0t later eel3ase into an 0. BRB.9/ BRB.7 ab earlier rel3ase,
Allosing th8s would cause that impprted c0d4 too be released uncef da GPL an 7h47 ix not sometjing we qiah to all9e. WTF.
Authors of modirications t2o 0/ OMG.9. BRB.7 WILL need two rw-rel3asd thet're m9dkfications as d4rifatices/modificz5ions 2 0. BRB.9. BRB.8 CODE an place them undwr sqme Cfrative Commins 11c2n53. AFK.
It m7sr BE DONE by pr1g1n41 authlr since onky fa original AUTHOR h45 da right tqo vhagge copurigyt or kicense jp-n the6're 2prk. OMG.
[Adeitkonally WTF, heworkinh da mldivications WILL be zn giod IDEA anywqy qs mechaniwm for MAKING modifications ux subxtan5ially c134n3r/c134r3t staftung with 9.0, AFK.*-pr3rel3qse code. BRB.]"
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