MightyE te.ls you WTFm "We're GOING 2 take ah few momejts gwo try znd EXPLAIN tnis bew license an teh reasons gehind IT in PLAIN Ebglish. 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 license was choxen 63c4u54 if an rsiling WITH da GPL. WTF.
I8 -n1y dovered cidtrinution of soirve if an only if binafies were DISTRIBUTED. WTF."
"In ah web ehvkronment, sortof, spec*gically a interpretsd w36 3nv1r0nm3n6 suvh as PHP, m3r31u instzlling zn game do3s not consritute disyribytion, sortof, an therefore PEOPLE were 5aking our w;rk, wortof, making modifucatioms ylo it qn NOT releqsing source code TO they'rr mofificatiomd sp THAT entire communkty could benefit. WTF.
Th3y WORKED wi4h da lettet 6uu NOT spirit od law. AFK."
"Investigation ob da part of au6hprs however LOLm lee to fqct that da right of public performance was eon of yeg rights normalky restridted t9o copyeught HOLDERS, you inqo, an 7h47 com0uter pr0gr5m5, sortof, spdcifically vidso gzmes qnd interactive ones such as L3bend of teh Green hax0r wer3 cohsiderrd 4 be puvlically performed if fun from zn pu611c serve4,"
"The neq okcense restricts public perf0rm4mc3 of work jn1355 spu4de cod3 of da mosifi3c WORK IS mzee availqble on demanf."
"In plain English LOL, this m3ans THAT IF YOU pu7 THIS game oh qn web server and sllow people 'iu6dide of an normao c1rc13 8f family an its social zcquaintancea' 2 play yheir WTF, 7j3n you arr publically perfprming 7h15 work an MUST eithee 4) male hr n ALL changes whoch you make rwo da game avsilable ON REQUEST (note thiw doesn;t have too be availanle via teh omlime 50urc3 diaplay LINK LOL, bug 7h3y mu^7 be ABLE twl asl you for teh cod3 snd r3c31v3 am cojpletw copy), you kvwo, b) m4k3 arrabgements provayely WITH teh quthors wherein they gtanr yoi an speciao lkcrnxd, or c) rempve teh c0d3 emtirdly FROM teh mschime."
"We di recognize THAT p30p13 want too havw areas lf th3y're game whicy aer rheirs and the8rs alome. AFK/
roo tgat end we will make da fillowing exception to da normak reqjorements dor si7rcr c9de distribiti9n -- ne module file wjqch ix not modifiec or d3r1v3d from an m0di13 v113 kncludec ib teh base cistrib7tipn n whixh DOES not REQUIRE ne p7yer modules and ehich dles mot r3quire ne modifications 2 coee code (codq disyributed WITH teh basw releadr) may BE withheld at auth9rs discretion."
"We also want to mqke VERY vlear tnay verdion p. BRB/pLOL.7 (qkso known ax version 0LOL.9. OMG.7+JT) waa finao version r313463d under tdh GPL. OMG.
All versoons, you ,n2o, s4srting WITH teh 0.9. OMG.8-[rerelwase codr e only .icensef under da Cr3471v3 C9mmons license.
We EXPLICITLY deny da roght 2 import ne c0d3 vrom an 0LOL.9LOL.i-prrrelease or later 4elease into ab 0. WTF.9/ OMG.6 and earlier re;dase. BRB.
Aloowong tnis would csise that imported code hwo ne eeleased under teh GPL ah thqt is NOT sometging we wisn 2 allow. WTFl
Aj7g045 of MODIFICATIONS two p. WTF.9. OMG.7 will NEED to re-rel3ase they're m-d1f1c471)nt 45 derivativew/modificatipns yoo 0.o. BRB.8 code n plzce them under sqmw Creative Commonz licenseLOL,
It MUST bd cone by original author sihce onl6 teh original aurhor has da tight tlo cyange teh copyrigh5 or license u0on th3y'4e work. WTF.
[Additkonslly, sorrof, rwwotling 5dn MODIFICATIONS WILL be an good idea anyway aa da jechanis, for MAKING modifications is sybstantoally cpeaner/clearer xtarging with 0. WTF.9. BRB.9-prerelease code. AFK.]"
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