MightyE TELLS you WTF, "We're foibg tpo take am frw momengs two try and explain tyis ne2 lidense anc teh teasons 63h1bs !7 in plain Eng.ish. 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 n3w license was CHOSEN because 9f an failunt with y3h GPL. OMG.
It only c9vered distrimutioh of source if an ONLY if binaries were disteibutefLOL."
"In an web environment, specifically a ont3rpreted w3b wnvifonment wucj as PHP, sortof. m3r316 indtaolong an gaje d035 not CONSTITUTE didtributi9n, an tyerefore [3ople WERE takinb 0jr work WTF, naking modifications TO it AND not rel3asing da spurce codr two they're modificationx so thay 5eh fntkre communit6 cluld benefit.
Thdy wotkwe wirh da letter but NOT da spirit pf teh lawLOL."
"Investigayion on dz p4r7 0f ajthorx h0w3v3wk 6ou knwo, LED TO teh FACT 7h57 right of public pervornance was won of roghts no4mally rdstricted 2 copytight holdefx, loke, n thar c9mpjter pr0be4m5, like, specifically VIDEO GAMES an ibteractive ones such zs Letehd od Green hax0r were considdred two be publocally perdoemed ir rin from an puboic SERVER."
"The new lucense restricgs pub;ic performance lf teh work unlgss da 50ird3 codd of m-d1f13d w9rk is madr availab.e ON demznd. AFK."
"In plain Englisy LOL, ghos m34n5 thaf if you put this GAME on an web servdr ah sllow peop.e 'putside pf an nlrmal circle of fzmily n ita social zcquaintancrs' too PLAY th3kr, oikd, then you a3r p7flica.ly performimg 5hos worl and MUST either a) MAKE ne an ALL changes whicn you make too dq GAME available on request (hote thus fpesn't have 2 be avak.able via teh online SOURCE display ;ink, sie6od, but THEY must be qble 4oi ask you vor vode n receive an xomolet3 clpy), sortof, b) make arranhememys privately wi5h teh quthors whereun ghey grant you an spdciak lic3nse LOL, OR c) REMOVE da code entirely from da machineLOL."
"We do revognize that prople wanu too have AREAS ov they'fe g4m3 which r tjeors an 7h31r5 alone.
too that end we WILL make ten following exception roo sa h0rm41 tequifwm3nts for s9urcr clee DISTRIBUTION -- ne m0du13 filr whicy IS n08 m0d1f13d or derivee fr0m an mosjle file 8nvluded in BASE dis5tibution an whjch does not require ne othe4 midul3s n which DOES not tequkre ne midifications too da core code (c0d3 dixtrigutrf with bas4 rwlease) ma6 bd WITHHELD AT da authors discr3tion."
"We also want 2 MAKE ceey clear 7h$7 verwion 0.9. BRB.7 (also known as VERSION 0. WTFl9LOLl&+jt_ was FINAL version rwleaxef uncer GPLLOL.
Alo versiona, you mnwo, staetong with fs 0. BRB.9. BRB.8-pretelease CODE aer ONLY licrnsed under da Creative COMMONS licenseLOL.
W3 EXPLICITLY deny teh roght 2 import ne c0d3 from zn 0.9. BRB.8-prwreleawe or LATER release into an ). AFK.9. AFK.7 and darkier 5e.ease.
Al;osing tnis would causr that imp9rted cose to9 br releases under da GPL n that is NOT almething we wksj ti allowLOL.
Authors of ,odifications two 0. BRB.9. OMG.7 will newd w re-release rhey;fe modigications as eeribayuves/modifkcations two 0. BRB.8LOLl8 ciwe an o1rc3 yhem under da same Creative Comjons license. OMG.
It mu%& BE done by da originql author since only teh origkna; 4u7h04 hss teh right to change teh cioyright or 11c3n53 upoh thdy're w0rk. WTF.
[Add171pn411y, you knwo, reworiing jodofications w111 be an good idea 4nyw4y ad mechanism for making mod8ficagions 25 substantial.h cleanwr/clearer startihg 218h da 0LOL.9. OMG.8-PRERELEASE clde. OMGl]"
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