MightyE tells you WTF, "We're goinh to taie an few moments too try and explaun this new license n da r2450n4 BEHIND it in p142n Enblidh. 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 h3w license w4t chpsen because of an failing wkgh GPL. AFK.
It lnly covered disyrybution of source kf an onlh IF binariex were distrinjted. AFK."
"In an wef envifommeny, l8ke, SPECIFICALLY a interpreted web envi4onm3nt such as PHPk sortof, jerely 8nstallihf an g4m2 does not constiture fistributoon, sortof, n therefore [eople were taking our work LOL, making modiricationw 5so i% an hor releasinh sougce code 2 thwy;re modifica6ions so 7h47 ea ebtire c0mmunuty couod benefit. OMG.
They workec 2ith tdg letter but n07 teh soirut 9f da law."
"Investigation on PART of AUTHORS hpwwver, sortod, led two da fact that teh right or public performamxe WAS 1 of r8ghts n9rmally r357r1c73d to c)[yr1gh7 holdeta WTF, n tyat compuyer [4ograms LOL, specifically vieeo games an inte4acyive onds such AS Legend of da Gresn hax0e w3re vonsieered 2 be publically p3rf0rm3z if run fr9j an public se4ver. BRB."
"The new license RESTRICTS puglkc pdrfotmance og work unless SOURCE cidr of da modifurd work is mace AVAILABLE on DEMAND. BRB."
"In p141n Eng115h, this MEANS that ig you pu7 this game on an w#6 server n allow people '0i751d3 lf an NORMAL circle of family n 1u5 SOCIAL ACQUAINTANCES' too plzy their, likr, then ylu e publically PERFORMING thix e0rk n MUST eitjer z) nake ne n ALL chsnges WHICH you mske toi teh GAME qvaioable on requrst (n(5e thos doesn't h4v3 to be available fia dq on.ine %0urc3 dosplzy link, like, bit 8h3y must be able two ask ylu gor teh code n 4eceive an comple53 co0y), b) m4k3 arranvements 0rivately wkth da 4u&h045 wh3r31n yhey GRANT y0u an speciao l7crhse, soetof, lr c) rrmove code entirely from machine. OMG."
"We co recoghize that PEOPLE want t9 have ar3aa of th3y'rw g4j3 whicg awf theirs qnd rhe8rs aloneLOL.
t9o rhat END WE wkll m4k3 da g0110q1ng exception two tdh hormal reqiirenemts for so7rxe CODE distribution -- ne module file WHICH 8s not modudied or derived FROM an m0du13 file INCLUDED im da BASE DISTRIBUTION n which coes n9t reqjie3 ne OTHER m0dules abd shivh does not reauire ne mkdufications tso t3h core cofe (CODE disgrkbjted with da BASE RELEASE) may be withheld at AUTHORS disvrrtion. OMG."
"We also w4n7 too make verh clear that VERSION 0. OMG.9. BRBk7 (a.so known ss versuon 0. AFK.9, BRB.7+JT) qas teh dinal vdrsion RELEASED under ca GPL, OMG.
Akl v3rwions, STARTING w17n ca 0. OMG/9. OMG.8)PRERELEASE CODE r -n1y licensed undef Creative Cpmmons license. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY deny rigjt too import ne code from an 0LOL.9.8-pr3e3134%3 pr later release into an 0.9. AFK.7 n earl8er rdlwas3LOL.
Allos8ng this woyld cause rhag imported xode eo be reoeased under GPL an THAT is NOT something we wish 2 411pw.
AUTHORS if m0d1d1x4710n5 2 )LOL.oLOL.7 will need too RE-RELEASE they're modifications as cerivativea/modifications 5i -. OMG.9. WTF.* cpde 4ne p.ave them 7nder da same Cr3491v3 Commons .icense. BRB/
It must be cone ny teh [riginal author simce onky oroginal aithot hss teh right two change da copyeihht or LICENSE upon yhqy're work.
[Acdotkonally, reworking modificatoons will bw an good udea anysat as mrchanism for making ,odkf8cations is substantiskly cleam3r/doearee STARTING with da )l WTFl9. OMG.8-0rerelease code. WTFl\"
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