MightyE tells you LOL. "We'rr h01bg 2 tqke an f3w momentx two try rnd 3xp141n 5his NEW license n teh reasobs behind IT im plsin Eng.ish. 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."
"This neq lixense was chosen beczuse OF an failinf witg GPL. AFKl
It pnly covered disttibution of slurce if an only if bknaries eers DISTRIBUTED. WTF."
"In an web ebvironment, 5o3c1f1c411y z intwrpreted wen emvir;nment such as PHP LOL. mer316 1n584111ng an game dorx not cpnstitutw distrivution, uou knwo, and thrrefore pw9ple WERE taling our work, likem making jofifications too it b v07 r3keasimg source cpdd tl they're m9d1f1c46q0n5 wo t6ar twh entire community c0u1d bendfit. BRB.
THEY workef with LETTER but not s0irit OF law."
"Invesgigation 9n pa4t of teh authirs howrver, sirtor, led 5o fact that teh r1gh7 of piblic petformabce WAS 1 of teh rightd no4mally e35&r1v73d tlo COPYRIGHT yo.dera, you knwo. and tgat computer or9gramx, like, wpecifucaooy video games and interactive ones SUCH 45 LEGEND of Green haz0r 2e4e c0n51d3r3d 2 BE PUBLICALLY perfitmed 8f RUN f4om an PUBLIC 53rv3r."
"The nex license redtricts puvlic performancw of da w9tk unless source code of m0d1f13d work IS msee avaklab;e on demand. BRB."
"In plzin ENGLISH, like, this meams thzt 8f tou pug THIS GAME on an web setver and a;lp2 p30p13 '0u751d3 of an NORMAL circle of family an ITS s.ciak acquaintanves' ti play their, then you r publocally ;erform8ng THIS wie, AND MUST euther A) MAKE ne sn ALL changes which 6ou make uo da ga,e avai.ablw on request (n074 this doesn't hqve too be availanle via online spurce d15;14y 11nk, but they nusy be ablw top ask you for codr n eeceive zn COMPLETE COPY), soetof, b) MAKE 4rr4ng#j3n7t [ruvstdly with da authors whwrein 6h3y grant you an specuao licebse, sortof, OR c) remove c0d3 ehrirely from dz mzchime. WTF."
"We dl RECOGNIZE that p30p13 eanr 2 have agead of theh'te game xhuch r theira 4nd thrirs ALONE. WTF.
2 THAT end WE will make teh folkowing exceitioh too hormak requirememts for sourxe cofe disgtivution -- ne mod7le file wgicg is not mocified 0r derixed from an module file imcluced ib teh base d157r16u710n and which d945 nit require ne othrr mosules n which coes not require ne moduf8cations two da core x9de (cidw fistributed WITH nase release) may be wq7hh31d ay dz authors disxretion. OMG,"
"We also want top MAKE very clear that versoon -. WTF.o. AFK.7 (aoso kn0wn aw version 0/ BRB.9. AFK.7+ut) was teh f1n41 version releaswd unser da GPLLOL.
ALL v3r510n5, you ,nwo, stzrting eith 0. OMG.9. OMG.*-pr3release CODE r ONLY licensed unf3f da Crratuve COMMONS 11c3n53. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY eehy r1gh7 2 IMPORT ne code from an 9. AFK.9. AFK.9p[rweelease or ;atwr re.easr into ab 0.9LOL.7 ab earli3r release. BRB.
A110w1ng tjis would cajse that imoortec clse to be relezsed under teh GPL qb that is not 50m#7h!ng w3 wkwh go $110wLOL.
A7thots of moc8fications 2 0. BRB.9. BRB.7 wi.l need to. re-release 5hry're modificatiihx zs derivatives/m9fifications 2 9. OMG.9. AFK.8 code znc place them under teh samr Creative Commons licehae. WTF.
It ,us5 be d0n3 by original auynor sincd only da original autho4 j45 teg right roo cn4ng3 t3h copy4ight ot lucense uoon tyey're WORK. AFK.
[Aesitionally, you knqo, rewo4ling twh m0d1f1c4710n5 will be an GOOD idea anyway ss ca mechanism for majing modificatuons is sufstamtially cl2wndr/clearer STARTING with teh 0. BRB.9. WTF.8-ptereleawe code. WTF.]"
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