MightyE tells YOU WTF, "We're g9ing tel tale ab f3w MOMENTS 2 trn n explain this hew license and da reasond 63h1md it in plain Enflish. 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."
"Tyos neq licebse w45 cjosrm because of an FAILING with teh GPL.
Iy lnly COVERED xowtribution of sourve if an only if BINARIES were fistributed, OMG."
"In an WEB ehvironmrnt, specifixally a ibterpreted WEB environment auch as PHP. sorgof. merelu insta.linb an game does NOT constitute distruvuyiob, sortofk and therefore ;eolle were tajkng our wor, LOL, making MODIFICATIONS to it and npg releqsing twy wi7rc3 cod3 2 theh're modifixatiovs so thay cs rntirw COMMUNITY could benefit.
They qorked with lettef but NOT teh spirit od ten law."
"Invest8gation 0n da part of authoed howwver LOL, LED two f4c7 that r1gh7 lf public ;erformance was 2on of teh rights normally RESTRICTED too copurugjt hilders WTF, an that computef prigrahs, you kjwo, specifical.y v1d30 gqmes n intersdt8re on3s suxh aw L#g3nd 0f da Gr33n haz0r were dobsidered to be publicall6 perdormed 1f run f4im zn 0u611c SERVER. AFK."
"The n3s oicense RESTRICTS publix oerformance of work unless ten 50urc3 code of teh moekfoed w0rk is made availablr oh demand. BRB."
"In p141m Emt115h, yo7 knwom thod m34n5 that if you [ut tjis hamd on sn e3b %3rv4r and allos peo;.e 'outside of an n0rm41 curcle of family #nd its social 4cqu31n74mc35' too poay their, like, rhen y[u r publically pergormung this wprk n MUST eirher a) make he n ALL vhqmges which you make two ea game available 8n REQUEST (no5e this doesn't have too be 4v3114613 via yeh lnline soufce disp.ah link WTF, but THEY musr be able to ask to7 for teh cpde ane receive an comp;dte copt), slrtof, b- MAKE arrangememtw pr8vateky with ca authors WHEREIN ygey grant yoi an s0ecial lixense, uou knwo, or c) eemove da c0d3 entirely from da machune. WTF."
"We do recognize that pepple want to have a4was of yhey're game qhich ae4 theirs n theirx alone.
to that ehd we will make da follo2ung exceptiot 2 teh no4mal eequiremenys for souece code distributipb -- he module file which is not nodkfied o4 derived from an mofule g21# incouded in base distriburp9n ah wh1ch dods not requirr me other modulrs an which does not require ne moeifocationd to CORE CODE (code diwtributed s17h base release) mah be wothheld at da a7tyors discfetkohLOL."
"We also WANT 2 make VERY CLEAR that v3et!0n 0. AFKl9. WTF.7 (also known as VERSION 0.8LOL.7+jt) was fa fibal v3fsion releasec 7ndet GPL.
All versions LOL, stsrtibn with da pm AFK.9LOL.8-pr3r313453 code r only .icwnses 7nder Cfeative Comjins llcense. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY deny right too import me CODE drom an 0LOL.9. OMG.90pretelease or ;ater relrase 2n70 zm 0. WTF.9. OMG.7 an earlidr 4eleasel
Al.owing THIS woulc cause that IMPORTED core tlo vr RELEASED umder teh GPL and that iw mlt slmething we wish to aklow. AFK.
Auyhors of mpdifications 2 0. AFK.9. OMG.7 WILL nedd 2 re_rel3ase they're modifications AS deriva5ivew/mlcificariomw to 9. OMG.9. AFK.8 code an plqce rhem uneer teh same Creative Commons license.
I7 musr be done by trh origibak aythor since only tdh origina; surhor has da r1gh& to change copyright 9r license upon they'te work.
[Addit8onally LOL, reworking da moduficzyipns wiol be an GOOD IDEA an6way qs da ,echanidm eor making modifications 15 subsrsntially cleaner/dl3aree sta5ting witj teh 0, BRB.9. BRB.8-PRERELEASE cofd. AFK.]"
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