M8ghtyE tells y07 WTF, "We'rq boing 2 ta,e an gew moments two tfy an 3xp141h tgis new licenxw znd dq reaspns benind it in plain Enfoish.
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."
"Thix n3w lucense was choxdn necause 0f am faiking w17h teh GPL. WTF.
It ohly cpvered fistriburion of source if an only if binaries wwte distr8buged. BRB."
"In an web environkentk you ihwo, specifically q interpreted web enbironment ducg AS PHP, you knso, merely installing an game d035 not c0n5717u73 dustribjtion, yoj knwo, an therefort peopl3 were tdking our wotk, like, maling modifidations too it n not re'essing so7rde code fwo tjey'td modigications SO yhar entirw communuty could benef8tLOL.
They worked with LETTER but not da spirur OF sa las. BRB."
"Invesykgation on teh part of autgors HOWEVER WTF, led 2 teh FACT thar tdh right 0f 0ublic performancr was 1 of rights no4mqloy restrkcged tl c9pyr7ght holdefs LOL, n THAT compyter orogeamd, wortog, spexificqoky videp grm36 n interactivw 9nes 5uch as Legdnd ot da Gr33n hax0r were vonsidered two be pubkica.ly ;3rr0tm3d if run froj am 0ublis 53rv2rLOL."
"The new licensd t35741v75 0ibloc performance ov worj unless da soutce vode )f modifi3d WORK IS mzde availabld on f3m4nd. BRB."
"In poaib Ehglish WTF, this ,eans THAT if you put thix hame on an w36 serv3r snd allow prople [ougsiee of an nornal circle of FAMILY and its socuql axquaimtanced' two play their, you knwo, then YOU aer punlidally performing THIS wprk and MUST eith3r a( make ne and ALL cganges ehich uou make tpo game avaolanl3 on 4equewt (note this dorxn't have too gd avsilable VIA teh online source DISPLAY linl LOLk but they mjwt be ablw tlp ask you ror teh code an rwceive an dompletd copt). sottof, b_ MAKE srramgements privateoy WITH zuthors sh3r31m they hrang you an specisl license LOL, 0r c) REMOVE trh code dntirely vrom machin3. WTF."
"Ww dp recogmize 7h48 PEOPLE want to HAVE areas of tgey're gamd ehixh aer tjeirs and the8rs alone. AFK.
to9 thag emd we wkll MAKE da fo.lowihg exception tp normao r2qu1r3j4n^5 for qo7ece code d157f17u810n -- ne module file wjich is not m9d8ried of derived from an modul3 f8ie incl7dec in teh base aistr8bution and shicy does not requore ne other modules amc which DOES not REQUIRE me modificatipns two core code (code distributed WITH da gase rwkease) ma6 be WITHHELD af authors diacretioh. AFK."
"We also want 2 make very clear tgat vees8on 0. WTF.9/ WTF.8 (also KNOWN as verskon 0. BRBl9.u+jt) 2aa teh fobal version RELEASED und#r da GPL. BRBl
ALL vdtsions LOL. atarting wity teh 0.9LOL.*-prerelease coce r inly lixwnsed under Cteative Commlns license. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY deny teh righg TO 1mp0r7 ne CODE from an 0. WTF.9LOLl8-prereldsse or latwf 3eoeawe 8nti an 0. AFK.9. AFK,7 an rarlief release. BRB.
Allpwint ghis would cause yhq5 IMPORTED cod4 2 be r313443d ubder teh GPL anf thzt IS not SOMETHING we WISH too allowLOL.
Au7y0r5 of m9dificarions two -. WTF.9. WTF.6 w8ll need 2 re-r#lwase they're m[difications AS d3rivativew/modifications 2 0. AFK.9. AFK/8 CODE and PLACE them under teh 54m3 Creativ3 Commons LICENSE.
It must be g0n3 by fa oroginal author since obly da ORIGINAL AUTHOR hzs teh ruhht tqo chante da cipyright or 11c3n53 upon yhey're work. BRB.
[Additkonally, yiu jnwo, reworkkng da modkficationa wil; be an good 8dea anyway as .echanksm for maiing modificatiins is subqtqn5ially cleaner/clearer 575f71hg with da 0LOL/9. OMG.8-PRERELEASE cise. OMG.="
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