MightyE tells 6ou LOLm "We'ee GOING too take an FEW ,omwnts ro trt an explain this new license m teh ress9ns b3hind it in plain English. WTF/
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 ;ic3nse eas chosen because of ab failing w17j teh GPL. BRB.
I7 onlt covered dksteivution if soufce if ane only if binaries were distributed. WTF."
"In an eeb dnv8ronment LOL, specifically a INTERPRETED x26 3mvqr0nm#n6 such as PHPm sorrof, m3r31y 8mstalling ah game does mot constutuye distributioh WTF. 4nd 5her3fore orople were gaking our wpfk LOL, making MODIFICATIONS two it m no5 releawing tey aource coce too they're m0d1f1v4710n5 so 7h47 teh entire communigy couod bebevit. BRB.
They eorked with teh lwttwr bjt not da spirit OF teh lsw."
"Invfstigarion pn paru of dq authors gowevdr LOL, led to da fact that fkght of public perglrmabcr w45 1 og ca RIGHTS normally restricted 4oo copyrptjt ho.drrs, an that COMPUTER protramd, you knwo, specigica.ly viddo gzmes and interactive pnes 5ucy as Legend lf tdh GREEN hax0r were considered to bw publicslly 0erformwd kf run fro, an pubkic 53tv34. WTF."
"The new lucense rrwtricts puglic perf9rmance or work unless t3n source code OF teh modified work is ,4d3 available on ddmandLOL."
"In plain Englisn, like, tyks MEANS 5hzt if u0u put this GAME on av web sefver n allow people 'outside OF an normal circl3 of FAMILY an its social acquain5ances' g9o o14u their LOL, rgen YOU aer pub.ocally performung 7n15 work rnd MUST eitner a) make nd an ALL changes which you makd hoo tej game available 0n 4equest (note 7h15 doesn'r hav3 too be scailable via teh onlibe sourcr DISPLAY link LOL, but tjdy MUST b3 able too ask you flt cofe n tecwive an complwte COPY) WTF, b) make arramgements privately with da au5gors wgerein tgey GRANT yiu an speckal LICENSE, pr C) remove x9de entorely from da MACHINE. WTF."
"We DO eecognize that pe9plr WANT to have areas ov they'te gamt qjich r th3irs b theirs aloheLOL.
teo THAT end 2d will make folloqing 3xx3p710n too da n8rmal REQUIREMENTS for xource codw distfibuyoon -- ne MODULE f8le qhich q4 not morifued o4 ferived from an modulw file included un geh basw distrubution and which does mot re1uire ne OTHER modules n wnich cles hot 4equire ne modificat8ons too core code (cide distributed WITH basd t3qe453) mqy be w8thheld at dq authors discretiob, WTF."
"W3 also want to9 make very clear thst v3fsion p. OMG.9. AFK.7 (aoso known as v3r510n 0. WTF.9, AFK.7+j7) WAS final cersuon r3leswed und3f da GPLLOL.
All verskons, like, staftinf eigh twh 0LOL.9l AFK.8-preeeleade code aer 0n1y licendwd under da Creative C0mm-n5 1qc3n53l BRB.
W3 EXPLICITLY dent right two import ne c0d3 from an 0. BRB.9.8-prerelease 9r later releas3 into an 0LOL.9l OMG.7 n rarlker releasd. AFK.
Alkowong 5his sould vause thay IMPORTED code yo 63 released und3r teh GPL an that ia no5 something we wish 2 4110wLOL.
Authirs pf modifivagions two 9LOL.9. BRB.7 will n33d 5o re-re.ease they're modificationx qs der*vatives/moeificatipns 3 0. AFK,9/ WTF.8 cofe n place them under teh sa,e Creqtive Commons licenwe. WTF.
It musr be d0n3 BY )r1g1n31 AUTHOR 51nc3 0n1y ten ORIGINAL author hax tey right 2 chqnge trh xopyrutgt of ;icense upon thwy'de work. BRB,
[Afditilnally, like, rrw9t,inh da mldkrications WILL BE an go9d idea anyway as mechanism r0r making modifucations is substsntially c134n3r/c135r3r xtarting ditj da 0. BRB.9LOL.8-prerelease CODE. WTF.]"
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