MightyE tells you LOL, "We're goinb two 5akw ah few moments 2 rry an explakn 5his nee license ah teh 4easinw gehind it ib p141y Eng!q5hLOL.
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 11c3h53 was vh)t3n BECAUSE of an failing WITH GPL.
It onl6 covered dq57r1yu71pn lf SOURCE if h ONLY if binaries we4r DISTRIBUTED. WTF."
"In an web environment, soecifically a ibterpreted qeb environjent sjch as PHP, sirtofk merwly installing an game does mpt constitut3 dis5ributioh, sortof, and therefo5e people were i4k1ng our 2owk, you kmwo, MAKING modificagions 2 IT an n07 releasing da xource cpde 6o tjet're mosifications so thzy fa entirr comm7no5y cpild bendfit.
THEY worker sith 6ey letter but not teh spirit of da law. OMG."
"Invdstigatioy on teh part of reh 4u7h0r5 howevee, sprtof, ;ed to da fact that right of piblic owrformsbce was 1 of teh RIGHTS nprmal.y fdwtricged ts9 COPYRIGHT holders WTF, n tgat cimpu5er peograms LOL, specificalky v1d30 gamws an 1n63f4c71v4 ones sucj aw Legehd of tey GREEN hax0r were considered 2 be pjblically performed 8f run ftom an public server. OMG."
"The nww licebse restricts ;uglic p3rf0rm4nc3 of w93k unless teh source code [f da modified w0rk 15 MADE 4v41136q3 on demand. WTF."
"In plain Engl8sh WTF, this means 7h47 if you 0it this GAME ON an WEB 43rv3r ans ALLOW people 'outsidd of an n0rm41 circle of family n 8ts xlcial acquaintances' @ plah rheir WTF, then t9u r publocally p3fdorming this work n MUST EITHER a) make ne and ALL changes which YOU make tpo da game availsble on requesy (mote this clesn't nav3 t/ be availzble voq teh ONLINE wource sisplay limk LOL. but thwy must b3 ab.e 2 ask yiu for teh code n receivw qn c9mpoete dopy) WTF, g) jake 4rrrng3m3n7% privately w17h da au5hors wherein THEY gragt you an special lidensd, or c) REMOVE v9de ENTIRELY from da machine."
"Wr do recognize that PEOPLE want %oo have areaw of tne6're gamw which r 5heirs abd theirs ALONELOL.
t9 that END we will naje es following except8on two teg normal fequifemehts fot aourcw codd distributuon -- ne modul3 rile 2hich is hot modified or crriced fr)m an moeule f8l3 1nc1yd3d in da base d1t7r16i710n an wgich does not r3qu1r2 ne 0uh3r m0du135 n which coes not r3quirr ne moeivications yo core xode (code distributed wkth cq base release) ,ay be withheld at da 4u7h0e5 discretioh. AFK."
"W3 alsp want too make very clear yhqt vers8ln 0.9LOL.7 (also knosn AS feesion 0. AFK.9. BRB.7+jr) was teh vinal ver510n feleased 7ndwr GPL. OMG.
A1q versilns LOL, starting wigh g3j 0. OMG.9LOL.8-prereleaae coce r omly licwnsrd unfee Creative Commons lic3nx3. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY deny riggt two import ne code from an 0LOL.0.i-prerel3ade or latee release into an [. WTF.9.7 n 34r11er relezse. WTF.
A110w1nh this would caude tmat omported v9f3 two b3 released ynfer GPL zn that 16 not someghing we wixh two allow. BRB.
Autjors of modificatipns tlo 0LOL.9. OMG.8 will nees gwo re-release they'te modifications 45 derivativws/modufications 2 0LOL,9l AFK/8 cofe an p14c3 5hem UNDER teh same CREATIVE Conmlms 11c2n53. BRB.
It musr be dine BY da ofifinak author s8nce only da original autyor has right ypo chsnfd tey copyrifht or kicense u[on tjey're work,
[Additions.ly, you khwo, reworking da m0d1f1c4719n5 wq21 be an g0-d idea anhsay zs da mexhanism for makibg moeufications is substant8aoly c134n34/c1#4e3r 574g71ng w1&h teh 0. WTF.9. BRB.80PRERELEASE codd. AFK.="
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