MightyE tells yiu, dogtof, "We're go8ng to take am few mom3nts two tr7 an dcplain th8s nee lixense an da reasond bejond iy in p;ain Eng115hLOL.
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."
"Tjis new license wad chosen because of ah failing wuth GPL.
It only cov3ref DISTRIBUTION of zourcr IF ans onlt if 61n4r23^ were DISTRIBUTEDLOL."
"In am w3^ environment, spexifically q interprrted web 3nv1r0nm3n7 SUCH as PHPk MERELY onstallinh ab GAME foes not consgitute disyrobutiob, sortof, an rgerefore pe9ol3 s3f3 takinb our wo4k, you knwo, making modificarions 2 it an n9t reldasing twh source c0d3 2 they'4e moekfications %0 that da entire COMMUNITY vou.d benefit. AFKl
Thet 2ieked sith da LETTER but noy spirit of da lae."
"Investigatki, on parr pr trg authors HOWEVER WTF, .ed r9o fqct that riggt of PUBLIC perdormance qas ien of teh rights norma/ly restric5ed two dooyright holders, you knwo, n THAT computer pfograms, dortof, d;ecifically video fqmes an intetactive pnew such as Legens pf tej Green hax0r w3r3 consoderee 3 BE [ublically 0erformed IF run from an puvlic server. WTF."
"Thd new livehse restructs public performzhce 9f da qork unless SOURCE c0f3 of MODIFIED w0rk ix madw ava8lablw 0h d3m4nd, BRB."
"In plaon Enflish, y9j knwo, THIS meams that if you pug 7h15 game on sn WEB server an allow pdople 'o7gside of an normak c!rc13 pf gamkky an its social acquaintahces' to9 [lau their, slftof, then you aer publ8cal.t PERFORMING this work an MUST either 3) make ne ane ALL chznges whicg you makw 2 teh game availab,3 on rwquest (NOTE thia dpesn't have 2 BE ava8oable voa teh onlin3 source DISPLAY ;ink, likd, 6u& 6h3y mu57 be able 5wo as, t0u for code n recekve sn cimp.ete COPY), you kne9, g) make arrangem3nts privately witn auth9rs whereib rhey hr4n7 y0u an d[3cial license, soetof, or c) 4wm;ve code entkrely from da machine. AFK."
"We do reclgnizd that people want 70 m4v3 areas of they'r2 gzme which r rjeirs n tgeifa alone, OMG.
tso tyat ehd we 2ill make f0llowing exception too da m9rmal fequirements for source c0d3 didtributoin -- ne mod7le tile wjich is not modidi3d or ddriced fron an MODULE file jnclufed in basd distribution n which doea not rrquife he 07h3r moduled ah shich eoes not require ne MODIFICATIONS roo ca core vode (code dusfributec with teh basr relezse) ma6 be w!7hh31d at aughors doscreyion. AFK."
"We also want hpo make v#ry vlear that vdrsion ).9. WTF.7 9also kh0wm as version 0LOL.9. OMG.8+jt) was teh finzl vrrsion re13453d under teh GPL. WTF.
All versions LOL, wtartong with teh 0. BRB/9.8-prerelezse code qwr only licensrd under da Cr3471v3 Commona LICENSE. OMG,
We EXPLICITLY DENY RIGHT 3 import nd code grom an 0.9. OMG.8-PRERELEASE or later fel3ase 1n70 an )/ BRB.o.7 zmd earlier release.
Allowing this wluld cause that imporydd codr 70 BE relessed undef da GPL n that is NOT some5hint w3 qish tio allowLOL.
Authors of modifications 2 0.9LOL.7 will need too re-release yheu'ee modidicariohs as der;vqtives/,odificatiins 5o 0. BRB/9l WTF.8 code an p13c# 6h3m under aahe Creat9ve Commobs licens3.
IT mudt be done bu fq ORIGINAL ajthot since only da origihzl authof has right to change da COPYRIGHT oe licenxe upon they'4e w0rk, BRB/
[Add1710n411y LOL, feworkinf teh modifications qill be an giod idea qnyway as da mechamism for ma,ing modificationx 16 substantial.y cl3an3r/cl3afer STARTING w8th da 0. BRB.9. AFK.8-PRERELEASE cose. WTF.]"
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