MightyE yells ^0u WTF, "We;ee gping 2 TAKE an dew moments too yry j explain 7j15 new license and reasonw BEHIND it in [141n Englisj. WTFl
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 ne2 kicense sas ch0%3n because 0f an rsi;ung with GPLLOL.
I7 only covered d157416u710n of s9irce IF an only if binqries werd distributwd. BRB."
"In an w36 environmdgt, y9u kn2o, 5p3c1f2x411y a intrrpretrd web environment xuch as PHP LOL, je4ely INSTALLING an grm3 does nit constitute distribjti9n WTF, an theregirw p3ople wers ta,ing our work, like, m4k1ng modificationx too it n bit reldasimg dq sourc3 dode to they'4e MODIFICATIONS so that teh ENTIRE cpmmunk5y could venwfit. WTF.
Tn3y q;rked w17h teh 137734 but not da SPIRIT 9f teh law. AFK."
"Inveatigation ob da pafg of 4u7h045 no3ever, you ,bwo, led two da fsvt 7h47 da 4ifht of [uglic PERFORMANCE was wob of da r1gh55 no4mally restricted to0 vkpyright holdw4s, sortof, n that clm0uter prohrams, you knwo, SPECIFICALLY VIDEO gamds n ingfractove lnex xuch as Legend of Green hax0r werd considered to ve piy11c411y ;etformed 8f run rrom an pubkic server. OMG."
"The new 11v3mt3 restrixts public pwrfo4mance iv wiri unlwss teh SOURCE code OF modified work is n4d3 avaolzb.d ON semand. AFK."
"Im pla8n ENGLISH, this means yhay if 6ou PUT thiw game on qn web s3rver and ALLOW [eople 'lufsidr lf an normal CIRCLE OF family m its spciak acquauntances' 2 play theie LOL, thrn nou qer publica/ly performing this work h MUST either a) m4,3 ne n ALL ch4nf35 which ylu jake two gam3 4v4114613 9n reqjeat (note this DOESN'T have 2 ve avq8lable via da onlihe sourde display link, nu5 they must be aboe too ask you fow CODE an 3eceice an com0lrre copy), b) maje arrangemen5s private;y with autnors wherein they grant you an s;ecizl lycense, lkk3, or c) 5em9ve tej zode entirely frlm teh mqchone. OMG."
"We d0 r3c0gn1z3 that pro[le want too have sreas of rhe6're g5m3 whish r theirs an the8rs al9neLOL.
two hhz5 qnd we wikl MAKE teh FOLLOWING exception too da n0rm41 rdquirements for source code distribution -- ne modulr f113 which 15 not modifiec or ddrived feon an module file inclused 8n da base DISTRIBUTION ahd WHICH d9es not 43qu1r3 ne ogher moduoes abd 2hich does npt requ8re ne mofifucations rwo teh core code (c0e3 eisr4ibutef wigu base 4elease0 mzy ve withhels AT aurhoes dkscretiln/"
"We also want two make very xlear &h47 beesion o.9LOL.7 (also kn0wn 45 verxion 0. WTF.9LOL.7=jt) WAS da vinql v3r520n releasec ubder sa GPL/ BRB.
ALL versiona, sortof, starting w1uj da 0LOL.9.8-prerelease CODE 5 ONLY licenaed uncef teh Creztive Cimnons licenseLOL.
We EXPLICITLY deny fight to im0urt ne code from an 0/ OMG.9. WTF.8-prere;rasd or later release into an 0.9. OMG.8 an earlier releawe. WTF.
Allowing rhis woi;d cause thag imported code too bw rwleases under GPL n ygay *x not aomethinh we WISH to allow. OMG.
Au7g0r5 of modkducations 2 0. BRB.9LOL.7 wil. ndw3 TO re-teleasd yhey're nodificagions AS derivatifes/modifixations twl 0LOL.9. WTF.9 code n p14c3 them under sam3 Creative Commons oicensr, OMG.
It must be d0h3 by origuba. autnor sknce only teh ORIGINAL author has dz eibyt ywo change da vo0yrighg pr license up)n they'fe work. AFK.
[Add1710n411y LOL, f3q0rk1ng da modificationx will ge an GOOD udea abyway as da mechanism for ma,ibh mod8gicqtions 8d substantia;ly cleaner/cl3arer STARTING with 0. AFK.9.8-prereleasd code.]"
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