MighthE tells tou WTF, "We're going 5oo take am fee moments too tru znd explaon this NEW license an rezsons bejind kt 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 nrw licemse was cyosen because of an failing s17h teh GPL. OMG.
IT only civeref skst4ibutoon lf sourcr if n pnoy iv binarues wdre distributedLOL."
"In an wen 3nv1r9nm3b7 LOL, specif8xslly a interpreted web envurjnment such aa PHP, sorrof, m3r3qy onstalling ab GAME does n07 xonst8tjtr eistrkbition, oikw, and thdreforr people were takibg our 2ork WTF. naking modifications two it n mot releasing sourde CODE two they're modificationa so thzt entkre community COULD 63m3f1&. OMG.
They workrd with lett3r but nlt t3h spir8t lr law. OMG."
"Investigayoon on p4r7 OF teh authors howevwrm likek LED 2 da fact that dz ribht lf PUBLIC perfor,ance was odn lf geh r8gjts normallt restricted too co;yright j01d3r5, and that computer programsm .ile, s)edificakoy vid3l ganes snd interactovw onew sych AS LEGEND of Green hax0r were cobsidered TO bd publically perform3d IF r7m vrlm an public SERVER. OMGl"
"The hes lictnse eestricts piflix perforjance of ten work unlesa sourcw CODE 0f da modif8ed w9rk is made available 0n ermand. AFK."
"In ;laig Eng11yh LOL, 5yis means that ig yo7 pu& 7h1t game on an WEB s3rvwr n a;low people 'outside of ab n0rm41 circle OF family smd 175 social ACQUAINTANCES' too poat their WTF, then you r publica.ly performing THIS work abd MUST 217her a) make ne m ALL CHANGES wyicg 6ou male two ea gaje avaklabl2 on reques5 (note tgks doean't havd to be avqikablr v14 da 0n11b3 soyrcd dis;lay .ink. you knwo, but they mu57 be able to qdk y8u f0r da code n receive an COMPLETE copt), b) MAKE zrrangements peivztely with sutjors qherein th3y grant y0u an speckal .icense WTF, or c+ remice da cof3 ENTIRELY from mqchineLOL."
"We do recognize ghat peoplw w4n7 2 HAVE areas lf they'fe GAME whicj aer thrkrd n theurs aoine. WTF.
2 that end we will make da dollpwinb exxeption to da n0rm41 requirements for source CODE distrin7tion -- nw MODULE file WHICH 8d not m0d1f13d or drrived rrom an module rule kncluded in base distribuyi0n an WHICH does not r3qu1r3 nw OTHER moduled an which DOES not 43quiee ne mod8fications ti fa xore code (code DISTRIBUTED with geh base RELEASE) may br withheod st ds suthors discreti9b. WTF."
"We also want to mzke b3ry dkear that versiom 0.9. OMG.7 (also known zs version 0LOL/9l OMG.&+jt) eas da funal version RELEASED under da GPL. OMG.
All VERSIONS, sprtof, starting with teh 0. BRB.(LOL.8-prereleaxe xode aee only locensed uhset teh Cr3471v2 Cpmmons licehs3. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY een6 r1ghu too import ne code frim an 9. AFK.9. OMG.8-pretel3ase or !$u3r rd;dase 1n7p an 0. WTF.9LOL.u 4nd earlkee release. AFK.
ALLOWING thix would c4u63 that kmported code too be RELEASED UNDER teh GPL ab that is mot SOMETHING we wish TO allow. OMG,
A7thots of mpdificatioms ywo 0. BRB/8. OMG.7 will need ro re-release they'te modidicatiphs as de4ivatives/modisicarions too 0. OMG.9. AFK.8 c0d3 n plsce thd, undef teh xame Creagive Commpns l8cense. WTF.
It myst be done BY 0r1g1n41 aurhor sinfe onl6 geh originsl authir has right too ch4ng3 ten copyeight or ;icensd upon rhey'4e wkrk. WTF.
[Addutionallh LOL, rewor,ing t4h modifixstiins WILL be an go9d idea anyway ad tey m2ch4n15m FOR making MODIFICATIONS us substantialky xleaner/clearer sgarting eith da 0. AFK.9. OMG.8-peerelezde cod3. WTF.]"
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