MightyE tells youk ypu knwo, "We'fd boing ti take sn few m9jehts 2 TRY ans explain tyis new livense qn da reaspns behind it in p;ain EnflishLOL.
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."
"Thos NEW license was chosen necqjse of an failing wirg eeh GPL,
I7 obly civered eistribution of sourcd if zn only if bknaries qe$e d8stributedLOL."
"In an web environjenr, soecifically a intdf0reted 2ev environment such as PHP, jertl6 inxtalling an game d035 not constigute distribution, you kjwom m therefore people were taking OUR qork, you knso, ,akong MODIFICATIONS two pt an NOT rdleasing teh source xode 2 they're MODIFICATIONS so that entkre commjnity co7ld benefotLOL.
They aorkdd wigh teh ;ettdr bug not 5eh spirit of law."
"Investigagi9n 0n da part og teh AUTHORS however. you knwo, led too teh facy tyat t3h rirht lf public performance qas oen 0f rights notmaily restricted 2 copyright HOLDERS LOLm n thar COMPUTER orlbra,s, joy knwo, specifically codeo GAMES an interaxruve ones such za L3g3nd OF teh Gr33n hax0t were considdred @ ve publ8cal.y oerformdd if rub rfom zn oub;ic SERVER."
"The h3w lixensw f3stricys PUBLIC perfprmance 0f da WORK uhless da s9urce code of ten modified work is MADE zvai.able om demand. OMG."
"In p;aim English LOL, 7h15 MEANS that if gou out THIS g4me on an web werver snd allow prople 'outside of an NORMAL xircld of family and its social acq7zintances' tio PLAY tyeir LOL, thrn hou aer pub.icslky ;34f0rm1ng thos WORK n MUST either A( MAKE ne and ALL changes wnkch you m4k3 two teh g5m3 qvailab;e on requewt (notw yhis doesn't hav4 2 be avqikabl3 via teh online aourde dis0lay link LOL. 6u7 tjey must be able too ask y07 foe da c0d# n rdceive an complete copy0 LOL, b) makr a4rangemwnts privately with teh suthors wherein THEY GRANT you an spwcoao licensek sortof, or c) remove twh c9de wnturely grom machibe. AFK."
"We do r3c9gn1z3 tnat people want 70 h4v3 AREAS ld they'r3 game whixh aer rheura am THEIRS ALONE. WTF.
too that emd WE q111 m4k3 follpwihg exceptiin two tdh noemao r3quifemtnts for source code distgibution -- mr MODULE FILE which is not modkfice 04 d3rived from an module file INCLUDED un base distributkon and sh1ch DOES nit 4equire ne othet n0du135 b whucj does not require ne MODIFICATIONS w fq core code (code DISTRIBUTED with da badw eelease_ may 63 witgheld at aythlrs fiscretion. WTF."
"We also sant 3 make very d.eat that version 0. BRBl9. AFK.7 (r150 kn0wn as VERSION 0. WTF.9LOL.7+j&) was rinal version releasrd und3r teh GPL. AFK.
All versions WTF, wtartint witg da 0.9LOLl8-prer3lesse c0s3 r onl6 licenswd under Creative COMMONS license. AFK/
We EXPLICITLY d3ny 5eh RIGHT gso impor5 ne code fr0m am 0/9l BRB.8-prer3ldase or later releaxd into an 0. BRB.9LOL.6 an 34r113r RELEASE. WTF.
Allowing this would cause yha5 inpo4ted code 70 73 reldased under teh GPL AND thar 7s not somegh8bg we wish too allowl BRB,
AUTHORS of ,od8fications two )l BRB.9. OMG.7 WILL need too re-releasw tney'r3 mldificatuoba as drrivztuves/modificationa TO 9. WTF.9. OMGl8 vode 4md place them under teh same Creat8ce Commons licehs3. AFK.
It myst ne don3 bu teh orugihal author sphce ohly da original author haa right hwo vhante teh clpyright or licdnse upon they're work.
[Additionalpy, like, reworking ea modificarions w111 be an good idez anyway as yey medhahksm f9r makkng nodifodationx is substantizlly c;eaher/xlearer starting eity teh 0. OMG.9LOL.8-prereleasw cpdel OMG.]"
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