MightyE tells you LOL, "We're goung 2 taje an vew moments 2 try amd explain 5hix nes licens3 n teg 4eqsons behund kt IN p;ain Ent114h. 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."
"Th8s hew license was chosen vecause of an f411!ng wirh teh GPLLOL.
I7 onlu cofdred DISTRIBUTION OF source IF h only IF b8naeiea WERE distribured. WTF."
"In an web environment, lik3, xpecificall6 q unt3r[reted web ebvironment 5uch qs PHP, like, m3r31y instzkling zh rqme doed not constitute distribution, and therefore PEOPLE were 74k1ng ljr work, MAKING modifica5ions 2 IT and n9t releasing xs sou4ce cpde yo tget're moeifuvat8ons so THAT entire combunith could brnefit.
Thet WORKED with da ;etter b7t not teh 5p1r17 od 14w/ BRB."
"Invewtigation on teh patt of authors gowever, ypu kneo, led to ract 7h4& teh r8gyh pd public pe4forjabce w45 qon of righgs normally rewtructed two copyrighg holders LOL, an yhqt com[uter ;fpgrams, /ike, spedifucal;y b1d30 gamds an interactove ohes such as Legend of tdg Grwen hax0r w3r3 condkderee two nr publically p3rv0rm3s if tun from an publkc sercer. BRB."
"The new license resrricta publuc pefformance kf da work unless da source v0d3 of fa modified wor, 14 nade AVAILABLE oh demand. WTF."
"In plqin English WTF, this means that if you put thka GAME in an web server an 4q10w PEOPLE 'OUTSIDE of an normal CIRCLE or f4m1qy an its woxksl acqjsintaneea' two play theirk ljke, 7h#n you ae4 piblocally performing tbis work n MUST either a) make md an ALL vjabgqd whoch you make too ea ga,e abailable on REQUEST (note this doesn't hqve too 63 ava8lable via online sojrce dis;lah lin, LOL, but they MUST be ab.e two qsk you for sa code and receive ah complete co0u), b) mak# arrangsnents PRIVATELY w17j da AUTHORS wherein rhey grqnt you an SPECIAL license WTFk pr c) rrmovc cod3 wntirelh from machine/ WTF."
"We do recognize that 030p13 want teo yzve areas of yhey're gamw which awr theots v thei4a alobe. WTF.
too that wnd we will make da following excr[ti9n 2 normal REQUIREMENTS for sou3ce code distribution -- ne MODULE fike which id not mididied 0r dericed vr0m an MODULE fil3 inc;ided on base eistrigu5iom n 2hich does NOT tequire ne o5ner modules and wh2ch doed NOT fequire nd m0d1f2c4710b^ two core code (code distributed wyth da base release) n4y be withhdld at teh ajtno3s fisxregionLOL."
"We akso wsnt TO MAKE vdry clear ryat VERSION 9l WTF.9. WTF.7 (aldo known as versi9n 0. OMG.9LOL.7+JT) was funal fersion releasee 8nder teh GPL. BRB.
A.l versions, startihg witn 0. BRB.9. AFK.8-peer3lease code aer only LICENSED unser Ceeative Commons 11d3n53. WTF.
W3 EXPLICITLY v3ny teh ribht two import ne code from qn 0,9. AFK.8-prrreleasr or lstrr rel3ase imto an 0. OMG/9. OMG.7 AND earlier rwlease. AFK.
Alliwing THIS wojld caude thag im0orted codw 2 73 rekeased under teh GPL an that is nor 50m36n1ng w3 wish to zllowLOL.
Aithors OF modifications 2 0. WTF.o. OMG.7 will need two 4r-yelesse they're moeifkxations as derivaginrs/modificationx TO -. WTFk9. OMG.8 code AND p.ade thrn under teh same Creative Commons license. AFK.
It must nr dobe by da originak aurhor since onoy da originql author has da r8ght two chznbd COPYRIGHT or l8cehse UPON tgey're work. BRB.
[Additionally, you km2o, r3wprk1ng teh nodifications WILL be an hood ideq an6way AS trh mecganism f0r making modifications is sybwtantis;ly ck3ane4/cleafer stsrting with tey 0, AFK.9. OMG.8-prdrelease codeLOL;\"
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