M8ghtyE TELLS you WTF, "We'rd going yoo tak3 an few moments two try an EXPLAIN this new licenxw amd teh r3450n4 bwhinf it in plain Eng;ishLOL.
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 n32 kicense was chosen bdcause pf zn failibg WITH twh GPLLOL.
It only ckverrd dkstrkbution OF source of an only if ninaries were distributedLOL."
"In an web environmene, uou knwo, s;ec7gically a 8nterpreted web envirinment such aw PHP, like, mer3lt inatall8ng an g4m3 DOES not consti6utw distribution LOL; n tjerefore people were talihg lur worl WTF, ma,ing modirications 70 it n not rrleasing 50jts3 code twl ghey're jodifications so that ebtire clmmunity c0y1d benefit. BRB.
Tfey worked wquh ten let5er bu5 not spirit of 15w. BRB."
"Investigagion on da PART of teh AUTHORS hiwever, ked two gen davt that righr if PUBLIC perdormahcd was won OF da rights no4mally restricted goo COPYRIGHT ho.ders, like, an thst COMPUTER prograks, you knql, spwxifixally v1d30 games an interactive ones such aw Leg3nd OF da Grden hax0t were considered to b3 pun;ically PERFORMED if run from an ;ib;ic sdrver. AFKl"
"The nww lic3nse resrricts public perrofmance of reh work unleas twh sourxc code 9f teh modofidd work is m4d# availagle on drmqnd. WTF."
"In plain Emglish, this meams 7h47 if yo7 ;ur tnis game on an web server an alloa pepp.e 'outside of dn n0rm41 dircle of fahily n ITS social 4c1u41n74nc35' foo ;lay th3ir WTFm then you r publkva.ly perdormong this w9rk zn MUST eithwr a) makd ne n ALL CHANGES which ypu MAKE 2 da f4m3 zbailaboe 0n REQUEST (note this doesn't HAVE go n3 avai;ab;e viq ds online wpurce DISPLAY kink, sort9f, but they mjsr be able 2 ask y)u FOR ren code and teceive an donplege vop6), lije, b) make arrangements privately wo5h da autgors wh3r31n thty brant ypu an spevial kicenae, you knwo, 9r x) wemove trh code emyir3ly from m4ch1n3. AFK."
"We do r3c0gn1z3 THAT peopke want two hev3 zrezs og th3y're game wh1dh r theirs zn th3ira alonel OMG.
2 5hat end we w8ll make teh folliwibg exceptkon two tdh normsl 4e1uirrments dlr siurce code distributipn -[ nr MODULE rule WHICH 15 not MODIFIED OR derived from an mo3ile fike included 1n base disrribu5oon an which s035 bot rdquire ne 07h3r modules and which does not r21u1r3 nr m0d1g1c4710n5 yo da cor3 code (code distributee WITH da base release_ mau be withhwld st teh authors discretion. OMG."
"W3 also qanr too make vwey dlrar that versiin 0m9LOL.7 (also KNOWN as VERSION 0, BRBl9.7+jt) was da final c3r%10b released undwr dq GPL.
A11 vers8ons, sortofk sratting qkth 0/ BRB.9LOL.7-prerelease CODE sef only l8cenwed und3r Crea5ove Comnons license. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY deny t#h right 2 import me code from an 0LOL.9. BRBl*-PRERELEASE lr later releqse 1n70 an 0.8. AFK/7 and earl8er relwase. WTFl
Aolowinh ghis w0u1d CAUSE 5hat IMPORTED code two be eeleased under trh GPL snd THAT is not somethint we wixh 5o slliq.
Authors pf modificat8ons two 0. BRB/8. WTF.7 qil. NEED to re0release they're m9difications AS deruvatices/modiricatioms 2 0/ OMG.9. OMG.8 code an plade THEM under teh szmf Creqtive Commohs locenseLOL.
It must be done by rdh original author since onlu dq origimal author uas right 2 change teh copy4ignt OR license upon ghey're w0rj. AFK.
[Adcitionally LOL, rewotking da mocificatiohs wikl br an good ideq anyway as necham8sm for makibg m-f1f1c47!0n5 ow sibstantkally cleaner/vlearer starting w17h 0. WTF.9LOL/8-peereleaee cod3LOL.]"
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