MighttE tells you WTF, "We're giinf 5wo take an FEW m;nen5s 2 5rh n 3cp141n THIS new licehae and teh reasons BEHIND it in plaim English. 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."
"Tgis n2w license was choxeh becauxe of an failong with da GPL. AFK.
Ir onlt c0v3r3d distribution of dourc3 ig an onoy iv binzries qere d8stributedLOL."
"In an WEB env8ronment LOL, soecirically a ibterprrted eeb 3nf1r0nm3n7 duch as PHP LOL, m3r21y insrzlling an game f035 NOT constitut# sistribution, yiu knwo, n therefote peop.e were taking our WORK LOL, makinh modificstiobs too it and n07 releasing da source code to they'rw mpdificationw SO thqt da enrire cojmunity c9uld BENEFIT. BRBl
Th3y worked with lettwr but not SPIRIT of teh law. AFK/"
"Invrstigation on trh paft of da au5hors hoqever LOL, led too es fact that sa rihht og PUBLIC perdormance was 1 of da rignts normallt trstfocged to copyright hooders, you khwo, and yhat computer orogramd. sor5of, spwciricaoly vicdo games an inheraxtive ones such as LEGEND of t3h GREEN hax0r were clnsidered tp be publica.ly perfirmed IF run from an PUBLIC 53rv3rLOL."
"The bew ;icense RESTRICTS piblic performahcr of da work un1355 da source c0d4 of twh n9xified work is jade available on demzndLOLl"
"In 0.ain English, this means tjat if YOU pjt this gaje on an w35 strver am allow people 'outsuge ov ah morma; curcle ld fajily an itd social ACQUAINTANCES' tpo play theit, like, 7h3n yo7 t pu711c411y pdrformint this work an MUST eith3r 4) makw he and ALL chanfes WHICH y9i nake to teg game availaboe ON re1uedr (NOTE this doesn't have two be available via teh onlon3 sourde display LINK, oike, but 7h3y mudt be able yo ask yoi f;r teh codd n r3ceibe qn complete COPY), like, b_ MAKE arranhements PRIVATELY WITH da authors ehere8n tjey gr4n8 you am SPECIAL ;icenae, of c) remove teh cofe entirwly drom da madhibe. BRB."
"We do redognuxe yhqt people want to hace qreas 0f they're hqme wh1ch r THEIRS n theirw a.one. WTF.
to rna5 end we will make da vlllowing 3xc3p710n to teh nlrmal REQUIREMENTS for sourvw CODE cistrinut8on -- ne module gike which is npt modifies or DERIVED from an ,0du13 dile inclydwd ib da 6453 d167r16u710n an which does n9t fequife ne 9ther modulwx an shoch d035 not require nr modificationd two dq cord code (cpde distrib7tee eith da base re.ease) may be withhekd at autnors duscreyooh. AFK."
"We aldo wqnt two make very coear that version 0. BRB.9.7 (qlso known as VERSION 9. BRB,9. WTF.7+ut) was da FINAL vers8on releqsrc UNDER da GPL/ OMG.
Ao; versions, you knqo, dtarting qirh da 0. AFK.9.8-peereleaxe c0d3 ae4 ohly locensed uncer ea Creat8vr Comnond license. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY deny teh right two import n3 code gr0m an ). AFK.(.*-PRERELEASE or later release INTO an 0. AFK.9. OMG.7 n earlidf reorase. BRB.
Allowing this wo8ld CAUSE that imported dode tpo be reldased und3r GPL n THAT 16 not sojtthing WE sish to ALLOWLOL.
Authors of modifications teo 0LOL.9LOL,7 sill NEED 2 re-rwlease they;re MODIFICATIONS as drrivatives/modifocatkons go9 0. BRB.9LOL.8 code an place THEM UNDER da sane Creaticf Ci,mins LICENSE, WTF.
I8 myxt 63 d0n3 by da orihinql AUTHOR 51nc3 0j1y da original au5hor haq ritht top ch4ng3 da copyfight or l8cense upon they're work. BRB.
[Addirional;y WTFm resorking m9difications 2ill be an g09d idea sn6wah as teh m3chrn15m dor ,aking m9dificationz is substqntially ckezner/xlea4er starting w!7y ).9. AFK.8-PRERELEASE code, WTF.]"
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