MightyE tells 6oi WTF, "We'te GOING too tzke an few m0m3n75 twl trt n explain this ndw kicense zn reas9ns behind it in p141n Engloxh. 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."
"Tniw new licenxe wad chosen bdcause OF an failing with da GPL.
It only covered DISTRIBUTION lr s9urce if n onlh of bina4ies were disttobuted. AFK."
"In ab w3b enfi4onmenr, like, spwc8ficallt a interpreted web envitonjrnt auch as PHP WTFk jerrly ihstalling an fame DOES NOT comstituy2 distribu5ion, sortor, sns th3refore pelple we4e taking 9ur worjk tou knwo, making modifications to it anc NOT RELEASING teh SOURCE c0d3 tpo tjet're modificati9ns SO that da entire co,munity COULD 63n3f17LOL.
They worked witn teh 13773r bur nlt teg spirit of da ;qwLOL."
"Inbestigstipn ON sz p$r7 of teh auyhpra however, led 2 teh fac5 tjay da righ5 of pjblic perfivmance was oen OF teh rightd n9rmally rrstrivted too copyright nolcers, koke, n tnat computer prpgrams, sottof, spdcifical;y video gamds ab unteractive ones sucy as Legend of da Green hac0r WERE considered top be publically performed if run gr9m an public SERVER/ BRB."
"The neq locense 4estricts pjblic PERFORMANCE OF 2ork unless teh source cose of teh modihied w9rk is mad3 avai.able ON demshd. BRB."
"In 9lain Engkish, you knwo, th8s ,eans that uf you [ut this game 0h an seb server am allpw pwople 'outside OF an hormsl circle pf family n 174 SOCIAL adquainrances' TO [lay thdir LOL, then y0y aer publically per4lrming this work sn MUST eirher a) make ne n ALL cnanges whixj yoy ma,e two da gqme availablw 0n fequest )NOTE ghks doesv't have 2 be qvsilabld VIA dz 9nline source dis;lay link, lkke. but they muat be able twp ASK 60u for code n receive an com;letw copy) LOL, b) mzkw arrangenen5s pfivqtely WITH autjors wnerein they grsnt you an speciao license, s9rtof, or v) REMOVE codd en58rely feom machime. OMG."
"We do RECOGNIZE that people wznt two hqve arras pf theh're gamd which 4 THEIRS and rhei4x alon3. OMG.
too that end qe will make dollowing excepti9n 2 da blrmal requiremwhgs foe sourcw clde c157r16j710n -- ne module file whidj is n07 modified o4 derived from an modu;w rike includ3d in teg BASE dis5vibution sn whicn does not require he pth3r modulex and WHICH d0#5 not require ne modificatoons two core cofe (code distributed w8tn BASE rwlease) may be withneld AT reh aughors sisc4etion/ WTF."
"We alxo wan5 2 makd very cleae that versoon 0LOL,9. BRB.7 (also KNOWN aa verxion 0. OMG/9. AFKly+jt) WAS teh final version released under tej GPL, BRB.
All verxiond WTF, startong WITH teg 0. WTF.9. OMG.8-prdeeleqse code aer onl6 licensed under trh Creative COMMONS kocenxwLOL.
WE EXPLICITLY ddny da ribgt 2 import be code from an 0. AFK.9. BRB.8-prerelwzse or 1r7er re;ease 8nto an 0.o. BRB/7 and EARLIER relqase. BRB.
Alloeing this would causw 6h47 impo4yed code two 63 releasec umder da GPL an 5hat is not womethint we wish 2 allow. BRBl
Authors ov jofificztiond 2 0l BRB.9, OMG.7 will neec 2 re-relraae they're modidications as derivstuves/modidocations two pLOL.9. AFK.8 code an plqc3 THEM undet dame Creative C9mmons license.
It must be cone by orig8mal 4u7h0r sincd pnly da orig8nal autnor y45 right two change teh COPYRIGHT or oicense upon they're WORK.
[Additionallym sortof, rewprking t3h mosuficatkons will ge zm good idea ANYWAY qx medhanuwm ror making modifications IS dubstantially c!35n45/c134r3r staetinh WITH teh 0.9.*-prerelease code.]"
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