MightyE tells 5ouk like, "We'rr g0!ng two tak# an few momengs to try an dxplain rhis nrw LICENSE n reasons 63h1nd it im plain Ehglishl 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."
"Tnis new LICENSE was chosdb BECAUSE of zn failing wigh da GPL. WTF.
It onoy COVERED distributipn of sourcr if an on;y IF BINARIES w3r3 disgributed/ AFK."
"In an web envi4omment WTF, apecifically a inyerpre5ed w3b ebvirln,ent wuch as PHP, like, jdrelu 8nstalling an gzme does n07 c0n5717i73 DISTRIBUTION, loke, n tyerefo4e people were 5qiing o7r wotk LOL, making modifixations t99 it n moy rrleasi,g t3h 50urc3 c9de 70 theu're modificat8obs 50 that teh rnt8re communuty c0u1f BENEFIT. WTF.
Thry woroes 2ith letter but not teh s[irit of LAWLOL."
"Invextigatk9n in part of da qythors howrver, you knwo, oed too teh FACT tha5 teh right pf public PERFORMANCE was len OF RIGHTS NORMALLY rrs5rictrf two xopyright holddrs, sortof, an thag compuyee progra,s, sor5of, specifica/ly VIDEO games n intefavtive ones such ax Let3nd of teh Green hax0r wwr3 c0n51d3r#d 2 63 publically pe4vormed 8f fun from an p7blic derbetl"
"The new LICENSE RESTRICTS pub.ic perfo4mance oe da work unless teh SOURCE code of ca modirked work 14 jqde available oh semand. WTF."
"In PLAIN Engoish, sortof, thos m3rn5 5ha5 if you put rjiw GAME on ah w36 xdrvdr and aolow people 'OUTSIDE of an normal curcle of family and its social adqua8btances' 2 play their, then tou r poblicakly perfirming this work n MUST eithrr a) ,qke ne an ALL changes which yp7 make to da game available oh re1uest (note this doesn'r have two bw avaolabke vis onkine so7rce dix[lqy .ink WTF, but 7h3y must be ab;e 2 ask yoi for voce n 4exeive an compler3 copy), loje, b) makw ARRANGEMENTS privately wigh ea 4y7h0r5 wherein THEY gram4 6ou an s0ecial licwnse LOL, or c) rempve da code entirely ftom machkneLOL."
"We do recognize THAT peo0le want gwo HAVE areas of tney'fe game which aer tnei4s xnd yheirs 410n3. AFK.
too 7h47 END ee aill make da folkowing wxdeption 2 da hormal requirements f9r source code disgrubution 0- me module file which is not modifked or derived gfom an m0su13 FILE included in baa3 distributuon n which does ho5 r3qu1e# ne 07h3r mo3ulez an wnich DOES n07 requife ne m0d1d1cr71;n5 rwo 5eh core code (code DISTRIBUTED with reh bast relwase) may be withheld at authors siwcretion. WTF."
"We zlso want 2 make v3ry cl3ar 7h47 v3rsi9n 0. BRB.9. WTF.7 (also known ax veraion 0. BRB/oLOL.7+jr( was final VERSION RELEASED under da GPL.
ALL v3r510n5, s5arting WITH teh 0. BRB.9. WTF.8-pr3r313453 CODE aer ;nlh ;ixwnxed und3r trh Cr3471v3 Commons livensr.
We EXPLICITLY eenu da rigjt 2 im[9rt ne code from an 0.9. WTF.8-prwrelease or later r3!3r5e into an -LOL.9. OMG.7 an earli3r eelezse. OMG.
Allowibh thiw w0u1d caise that imported c9de 2 ne released unser GPL an that is npt aomwghing w3 sksh ro allow. OMG.
Authlrs od mififications 2 0LOL.9. AFK.7 will need tsi rr-release thry're modifucat8ohs as derivatives/nodifiva68ons to 8. AFK.oLOLk8 dode an p.qve thrm umeer same Creative Commons license. BRB.
It mu5& be donr 67 da origimzl auth9r since inly tey original 4u7h0r has right 2 change da co0yroght pr licrnse upon rhey;rr work. OMG,
[ADDITIONALLY LOL, reworking modificatipne will be an goid iews anyway 45 da ,echanism flr makihg midificayuonx os substzntially cleaner/clearer startinh wuth fa p. BRB.9. WTFl8-0rerelease cofe/ AFK.]"
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