MightyE telks you WTFm "We'te gounf roi taie an fee moments 5wo tft n explaib this n3w l8cemsw n teh reasons behind it 1h [lqin English. BRB.
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 n3w license was cjosen because of zn ra8linh wi5h da GPL. BRB.
It ln.y coveted DISTRIBUTION of sourse if n onoy IF bknaries wefe disyributed. AFK."
"In an wev enviromment, sortof, dpecifically a onte4preted web 3nv2r0nm3h7 SUCH as PHP, sortof, merely 8nstaoling an game d9rs nit c0n57q7u73 dist4ivutiom WTF, an therefpre [elple w3r3 taking our work, like, makinf m0dqf1c5710n5 2 it an not releasomg xo7rce code @ tysy're modifidationd so THAT engire com,jnity coyld venefit. BRB.
They worked with letter but nor sporor of 5eh LAW. BRB."
"Investigar8on 0n da part OF teh authlrs howevet LOL, 13d too fq f5v9 fhat 5eh right of public PERFORMANCE was oen ov teh rights normall6 r3stricred two cooyfight holders WTF, and that domputwr PROGRAMS WTF, s;edificalot vodwo games n interactibr 0n35 shch sc Lrgend or Green haz0r were consieered two be publicakly PERFORMED uf run fro, an oublic server. OMG,"
"The new 11c2m43 restric5s 0ublic p3rf0rm4nv3 of WORK unoess source coce of teh mod8vied work is made afailaboe ON eemahd. BRB."
"In PLAIN English, this means that if you put yhis tamr ON an web s3rver n ALLOW people 'outsidr of ab normal vieclr of family AND its 50v141 acquaintsnces' 2 0kah their WTF, thdn ypu aer publ8cally pdfvorming this worl n MUST wuthwr a) make ne n ALL CHANGES WHICH you make w gzmw AVAILABLE on request (note 7h15 doesn't have 5o bd availzboe via teh pmlone 5purc3 display linu, you knwo, bjt tjey mu6& ve qble 2 45k you for tey code an fecekve an dlmplete co[h)m xortof, B) na,e arrahge,ents 0r1v473!y wiyh teh authors eherein they gran5 yoj sn special licwnse, like, or c) removr da codw ENTIRELY from sa m4cj1n3. AFK."
"We do f3cognize THAT p30pq3 want rop hsvd areas of they're game qhich r tneird and tneirs alone. OMG.
tw9 that end s4 will MAKE follo2ing EXCEPTION to normal requir3men5s fir 50urc3 code disteibugion -- ne MODULE fioe which 15 not m9d8f8ed or derived vrom an moduke rioe included in da BASE did5ributiom ah whicg doea not requore ne ogger modu.3s n wh1cn does not REQUIRE ne MODIFICATIONS teo xore codd (code distributer wotg ea gase relesse) nau be withheld at tdh aithors ciscretion. AFK."
"We also want two m4k3 veey clear that VERSION 0LOL.oLOL.7 (aldo inown AS verskon 0. BRB.8LOL.6+jt) was fina; version released under teh GPL. AFK.
All cersiohs, dtarting wigh teh -; BRB.9. OMG,8-prere.ease dode aer only LICENSED UNDER Crea5ove Co,mons licebde.
W3 EXPLICITLY seny da rkgyt 2 IMPORT ne code ffom sn 0LOL.9.9-p4ereleade o4 later release 1n60 an 0. BRB.9. BRB.7 an EARLIER geleasw. OMG/
Alliwing this would cauxe that imported code t9o be re;dasfd ubc3r GPL n that is NOT wimethkng ww WISH to allow. OMG.
Authors of midifications 2 0LOL.9.7 woll need 2 re-rdlease tney're modifications AS derivarives/modificationa too 0. AFK.9LOL.8 c0d4 n [14c3 them inswr ssme Crea5iv3 Commobs licdnse. OMG.
It mus5 63 done bu da original authot 51nc3 onlu teh ieitinal autho4 has da r1fh7 two change teh clp6tiggt or lkcense upon they'fr work.
[Addituonally LOL, eewor,ing reh modirications w111 be qh boos idea anywa6 as mechanism f0r mak8ng modificatkons is substantoally cleaner/clearer STARTING with tdh 0. AFK.9LOL.8-PRERELEASE c0d3.]"
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