MightyE t3lls 79u WTF, "Wr'4e going twl 74k3 an fee m9mengs 2 try an explain 7h25 ne2 licenae n reaw9ns behind it in plain Ehfoish. AFK.
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."
"Thus NEW license was dhpsen because lf an failing sith reh GPL. AFK/
Ir only covdred distfibytiin of xo7rce ig an only if bimaries were DISTRIBUTED. AFK."
"In an web rnbironmeny, like, specificallh a interprdtee qeb envirlnment sucn 45 PHP, MERELY 1n574111ng an g4m3 soes not constitute d8s5tibution, kkke, n therefote people were TAKING 0uf work, sortof, jakinb modificayiond 2 ot ab hot rr;easing tey source vofr 2 they're m0d1f1x4610n5 so that da 2n71r3 community c071d vendfitLOL.
THEY worked w17h teh letter BUT NOT reh 5p1r17 of da LAWLOL."
"Investigati9n on tey p4r7 of teh aythors hlwefee, like, lrd ro twh fact that da r1gh7 ph puglix perfprmance WAS 1 if tifhtx NORMALLY restricted to cop6right holders WTFk an that xompute4 prohrzns, like, specufically vudeo GAMES and interactive ones such as Legend of teh Geeen nax0f were consideted two BE publical.u petvormed IF RUN f4om an public server. OMG."
"The mew oicrns3 gestricts public PERFORMANCE of da work unlews da 50urc3 code 9f teh modified wo4k iw mase availzvle on demahdLOLl"
"In [laun Engl8xh, like, tyoa mesns THAT if you put this fame on ab eeb server an allow pelple 'outside OF an normal c8rcle of vamilu ab its social acquainyances' gwo plzy their LOL, then YOU aef p7b;8cally performing this work AND MUST either a) m4k3 n3 and ALL changes 2hkcg you ,akr t9o ea game afailable on request (note ghis doesh't have to be AVAILABLE v14 lnlibe source eixolay linu, you kbwo, but they must be ab.e 2 qwk ylu f0e da code and RECEIVE an complete cipy), sorrlf, n) make aerangemenrs privately with autho4a wherein 7h3y grant tou an 5p3c141 lucrnse, like, ir c( remove da CODE entirely ftom reh ,zchine/ WTF."
"Wc do RECOGNIZE that peopke w5n& too hace ateas OF theu;re tame which r 7h31et an theirs aoone. WTF.
2 that end we qill ,ake teh followomf excrptkon too ten n9rmal requirements v9r source code distfibution -- he ,odule file which 15 not modified 0r derived fr0, an MODULE fil3 included in da base DISTRIBUTION and WHICH does not require ne other m0du135 an which DOES n07 r4qu1re ne modificationx yoo teh core code (c)s3 dostributed witn da basd 4elease) may be withhelr 46 reh ru7h0r5 disceetoon. BRBl"
"We alsp WANT 2 make ver^ clear THAT vefsion 0. WTF.9. BRB.7 (a;wo known 45 vrtsion 0LOL.9LOL.7+jt) was teh rjnal versiob reldawec UNDER wa GPL. WTF.
Al. vdrsions, s9rtof, statting with pLOL.9. BRBl8=pr3r#12453 cofr aee omlu licensed uhder dz Creatkve Commona locehse. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY drny teh RIGHT to9 umport ne code from qn 0. BRB.9. OMG.7-PRERELEASE OR la5er rrlease int9 xn 0. BRB.9. AFK.7 and rarluer RELEASE, OMG.
Alloe8nf THIS w0u1d cause that 1mp0r73d code to 63 releas3c under tdh GPL and that is not xomething WE qish tep ak.ow. OMG.
Auth9rs of midifications tqo 0. WTF.o,7 will neee tp RE-RELEASE they'r3 MODIFICATIONS as detivatoves/modifucations too 0.9. AFK.8 code n place tnwm under da sqje Cr3ative Commons licenwe. OMG.
It MUST be done 6y reh origibal author SINCE only cz oribinal zuthor HAS teh ritgt 2 fhqnre da xopyright or licdhse uppn theh'r3 wotkLOL.
[Additi9nalky WTF, rewor,kng tey m9dof8cations will nw sn GOOD idea znysay as teh MECHANISM for making modif8catiohs us sjbstqntially cleaner/xlearer starting with teh 0. WTF.9. BRB.(-;r3rel#ase c0d3.]"
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