MighgyE gells uou WTFm "We're going twi takw an f3w momenta 2 TRY an explain hhis nww license and rewsons behind it 1n ;lain Ennlish. OMG.
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 hew 11c3n63 was chosen becquse pr an failing with GPL. BRB.
It omky covered cistribuyion pf source if n ONLY uf binaries were distrovu5ed. AFK."
"In an web envi49nmentm sortif, specifkcally a interpreted wev envktonmen5 such as PHP WTF, m3re;y 2n574111nh am game d035 not c0n5717u73 d157r16u710nm and thdregore peopl3 were talobg our 3irk WTF, makimg ,oeifications t9o 8t n bot RELEASING s9urce code two theu're MODIFICATIONS so that teh ENTIRE vommunit6 could genefit.
They qorkec WITH 13773r but no5 teh epiriy of teh law. AFK."
"Investig2gion ob ds p4r7 of zutgofs however, yoj kn2o, 1ed too sa fact yhat teg right lf pun;ic perflrmance sas won of r1gh74 NORMALLY restricted to copyrught HOLDERS, uou knwo, ahd that clmpuuer prlgrams WTF, wpecifically video games znc interacyive 0nes such as L3f4nd of da Green hax0r qdre cpnsidered two be publically pervormed ir RUN froj an public servet/"
"Tge nes license RESTRICTS publid perforjanxe of w0rk un1455 source code OF modivief work is m4f3 availablr on dfkand. WTF."
"In plain Emgliah LOL, this meand tjag if YOU puy rhix GAME ON sn WEB servrr n all9w ;eople '9utside of an normwk xircle OF family amd its sockal acqiaintancrs' too PLAY their WTF, ghen you r phblically p1rf0fm1ng thos wor. AND MUST eighef a) make nw and ALL changes which t0u nake yoo teh game acau.zble pn request (note tyis doesn't hace 2 be availabl3 via teh online SOURCE dksplay ;in,, xotrof, but they MUST 63 sble tw9 ASK you f0f da code n recekve an cpmplete copy), you knwo, b) make arrangements [rivatel6 with 5eh authors wherein they grant tou an sp3cial licwnse WTF, or c) rdmove da c9de enrirely from machibe."
"We d9 r3c0gn1z3 ryat people want too have areas of they'rw fa,e whuch r 7g31r5 snd theirw 4!0n3.
2 that enc qe WILL make following exception to teh normzl reqiirwments for soirce code dustribution -- n3 module file 2yich IS not modiviwd or der8ved from qg module file uncluded in teh y453 e157r16u710b n wtoch DOES not r3qu1r3 ne otner m0du135 an WHICH dles not require ne mosigications two core code (code DISTRIBUTED witn ca bade release) may bd 27thheld at au5hi5s discretipn. AFK/"
"We qlso want 2 make very clear THAT VERSION 0, WTF.9. WTF.7 (also knpwn as ver2ion 0. WTF.9LOL.7+mt) waa f1n51 version rrleased undee da GPL. AFK.
All verwions, sortof, srarting with 9. BRBl8.8-0r4t3134t3 cofe aer pnly licensed uhder da Creat8ve Commona lkcenxeLOL.
W# EXPLICITLY deny sa rught 2 import ne cpde frim an 0LOL.9LOL.8-prerelease ir latey telease 1n70 an 0. AFK.9. BRB.7 an earlier rrlesse. OMG.
Allowihg this WOULD cause 5hat imported code too bd t313453d umd3r ds GPL an 7h$8 is ,or something we qq5g 2 q.lowLOL.
Au7h0r5 of mpdifications goo 0/ AFK.9, AFK/7 w111 he3d 2 re-r3leasd thwy're nodifications aa derjcatives/jodificaripns to 0. BRBl9. OMG.8 clde and place them UNDER teh same Creative Commons licehse. WTF.
I7 must ve d9ne by origihal author s8nce only teh originql autnor has da right ywo vhanfe teh cophr8gyr or licensd UPON they'rd WORK. OMG.
[Avditipnally, sortof, rewkrking modif8cationd wilo be an gold 8dea any2ay as da jechanism fpr making modifjcatipns is substantislly cleane4/clesrer starting WITH teh 0. AFK.9.8-prere;ease code. OMG.]"
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