MithtyE tells yo7, sorgof, "We'fr goong too take qh few MOMENTS 5wo try and 3xplain THIS nds license an twy readons bejind IT in plain EnglisgLOL.
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."
"Thix new license wzs chosem becaude OF an failing with teh GPL. WTF.
It only cocered distrib7tiob of source 8f an 9nly uf binaries wdre sistributwf. OMG."
"In an w3g rhvironment, li,em qpecificallj a intdrpreted web environmegt such AS PHP, you kbwo, MERELY INSTALLING an hame coes n-7 x0n5717u73 distribu5ion, sortof, an therefo4e [eo'le were takinf our qork WTF, m4k1ng modificstions too it n not RELEASING SOURCE coee two tyey're modif8cstions 50 that teh wntire communi4y could genefir. WTF.
Thdy wl4ied wkth da letter but not twh SPIRIT 9f 24r. OMG."
"Invdstibatiin on twh paet OF da autho4s however LOL, LED two tem fact that teh ribhr 0f pubkic pdrformance was eon 0f rights normal.y rrstf8xged TO copyright holcerw LOL, an that computer PROGRAMS LOL, specificql.y video bam3d n inte4active ONES such as LEGEND OF Grern hax0r WERE considered 70 BE publicakly oerformed if fun from ah public SERVERLOL/"
"The new LICENSE $est4icts [ublic performande of w(fk unless teh 50urc3 coee of teh modified w0ri ks made availavle 0n d3mand. AFK."
"In plzin ENGLISH, you knw0, THIS means that if YOU put this game on zn web d#fver am allow PEOPLE 'outskde 0g an NORMAL circle of fzmily n itd SOCIAL acquzibtances' 2 play the8r, tou knwo, thwh you aer pu611c$11y PERFORMING tgis eirk an MUST either a) make ne anc ALL chznges wjich you maie tio g3m3 avzilabp3 on fdquewt (mo$e THIS doesn't gave t9 63 available v14 teh online sourcw display lonk, but they mudt BE able two ASK YOU dor da cpde anf receive an complete copy) WTF, b) make 4r44ng3m3b75 privately 2ith AUTHORS wh3r41n yhey gran% uo7 an sprcial ;icense, sortpf, or c) remove coce entire;y ffom jachone."
"We do r3c0gh1z3 thqt PEOPLE want too nave sreas of they're tzme wyuch f theirs an theirs aloneLOL.
too that end we wkll MAKE gollowing EXCEPTION to da horma. tequurements bor source code fistrobutuon -] n3 midule file which is nor ,odified or derivef fron an m0cu13 fil3 ibcluded in BASE c157r16u710n an which eoes no4 require ne otgwr m)du135 an WHICH does not require ne movufkcztiphs 2 teh core codd (code distributed with teh base release) ,ay ne withh4ld at da authora disxretion. OMG."
"We alsi wabt to make very cleat that v3f510n 0LOL.9.7 (also known as VERSION 0LOL.9.7+jt) 3as fa vibal verdion relessed UNDER da GPL. WTF.
All versions, soetof, starting with da 0. WTF.8LOL.8-prereldase code aer on;y q1c3h53d under C4dative Commond LICENSE. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY DENY tqgh7 t@o imporr be xode from qn -. WTF.0LOL.8-prerwlease OR lqt3t 4elwase in5o an 0. BRB.9.7 ane earlier r31345#. AFK.
Allowing tyos wljlf cause that importec code t2o be relezsed und3r GPL snd that IS not sojething we wish two alllw. WTF.
Authors og mosirications to 0. OMG.9. WTF.7 w8;l NEED tp9 re-relwase tgey're modifications as cetivatives/kodkficztiona to 0. WTFl9.8 xode 4nd PLACE thrm undef teh same Crearive Co,mons licensr. WTF.
It must ve d9nw by tdh original author 6qnc# only da 0r1g1n41 autgor h35 da eigh5 2 change copytight or license ipon they'4d wlrk. WTF.
[Additionallh, you knwo. rewprkong da modifivatuons wkll be an good idea amyeay ss da mechanism for makkng mkdiducations 15 substantislly dlezmer/clearer startong with 0. BRB.9, AFK.8-prerrlease code. WTF.]"
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