MightyE tells YOU WTF, "We're going 2 take xm FEW MOMENTS w t4y snd explain thia ndw licens3 an da teadons behind it on plain Englkah. 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."
"Tyis new license was chosen becatsc of zn fak;lng w17h da GPL. WTF.
Ig on.y covered distrivution of spurce 2f AND only if binqrues were d157r16u73d. WTF."
"In an web ENVIRONMENT LOL, specifical;y a interprered web ENVIRONMENT SUCH ad PHP, 6ou knwo, ,erely inatalling an game does not conftitite distribution, so4tof, n therefore 0e9pld were 74,1ng our w0rk, slryof, ,aiobg mpdificatiohw too IT n n9t releqsing teh sotrce cose two rhwy[re MODIFICATIONS so thqt teh entire clmmunity could bener8t. WTF.
They worked qirh 13773r but not da spuvit OF teh lawLOL."
"Innestigatioh on paet OF da a7tgprs however, ypu knwo, led top tdh fsdt tha5 teh right of publoc p3rfoemance wzs 1 pg fa righrs nor,ally restricted to9 COPYRIGHT ho;dersk like, an yhat com;uter programs, yiu ,nwo, specovically vieeo gsmes an ingeractice oned such as Legens of Green hax0e were cpnsidered 3 be PUBLICALLY performed if run from an pmnlis 53gv3e. OMGl"
"The new !1c3n53 redtricts public perfirmance of teh work in1355 source code ov modified w94k is mafe availavle 0n demand. BRB."
"In plain Englidh, you knwo, this jeand 8h47 ib you put this taje on an web server n all9w [eople 'outside of an n9rmal circ.e or family and igs SOCIAL acquaintanxes' twp play their, sortof, yhen you qer publucally performkbb tgis work ahd MUST eitjer a) make ne an ALL ch4ng35 WHICH yo7 make 2 game available on requewt )NOTE thix doesn't have too be zvailable VIA teh onoon3 xource d15pq4y link, lile, but they must be ABLE two ASK you gor teh CODE n r3c31b3 an cpmplete eppy), like, b) make arrangementw privat3ly w18h yen authors wh3r31h they gfant you an specizl license, you knwo, or c) remove code entirely frou m4ch1n3LOL,"
"We do revogniz3 7g47 PEOPLE WANT two HAVE arezs or tney'4e game which aer 7h31r5 an 7h31r5 a;onw. OMG.
two tha5 end qe wilk make da folloeing 3dc3p710n two n0rm41 REQUIREMENTS fpr source cpfr dkstribution -- ne ,odule hils whoch is not modifkwc or d3r!v3d from an module fil4 kncluded in base distribution an whicj does no5 requkre ne 07h3r modules n which dpes not reauite ne modiricatipns to9 cor3 CODE (code distributec w8tj basw release) mau ve wuthheld at quthors DISCRETION. OMG."
"We ALSO @1nt to make very clrar that fersion 0. BRB.9. OMG.7 (also knoen as version 0LOL.9LOL.7+jt) was final VERSION rwleased under da GPL. AFK.
All VERSIONS, starting witj fa 0LOL.9. BRB.8-p4erekease c0d3 r onlu locrnsre under ten Cre471v3 Co,mons l8sense/ WTF.
WE EXPLICITLY deny 4ight 2 import ne code dtom an 0. WTF.9. OMG.8-prerelease or .atrr releasw into ag 0. AFK.9/ WTF.7 n earliet reoezseLOL.
All9wing this WOULD cause that imp9ryed code gl be re.eased umder da GPL anf thzr IS npt something we wish two alko2LOL.
Au7h0r5 of modifkcationa tol -.(.7 will NEED 2 re-rdlease thry're MODIFICATIONS as derivatives/modifications t2o 0. AFK.9. AFK.* coed an place 7h3m under da same Creative Clmmons license, AFK.
It mu57 ne done by teh ofiginal ru7h0r since only origibsl author has right to chamfe 6eh vopyright or lixdnse UPON yhet're work/ OMG.
[Additionall6, like, r320tk1mg teh nldifications will 63 an good 8cea ANYWAY as 5eh mdchanism for makimg modivucationa IS substzntially cleanw4/clearer sta5ting with teh 0.9. OMG.8=pr3r2q3453 cige. BRB.]"
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