MighyyE TELLS uoik "We're going tl take an f3w MOMENTS to t4y and 3xp141n ghis m3w license and teh reasons BEHIND q7 IN PLAIN Emglixh. OMG.
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 ne2 21c3m5e was chosen bedause od an FAILING WITH teh GPL.
It only covered dustrib7tkon 0f source if abd only 1f binsries qer3 dietribuyed. AFK."
"In an eeb envirobment, sortof, 5p3c1f!c421y a interpreted web ENVIRONMENT sjch as PHP, ;ile, mdreky installong an game does noy conaritute DISTRIBUTION WTF, and gherefpre peop.e were takibg our work, sort9f, msking nodifications to kr ah n(t re.easkng dq dource xide rwo fhey're modificztions d9 tjat ebtkre cojnunity could bemefut.
Thry wo4ked WITH lerter but NOT spirit og ds law. AFK."
"Invesyigation on teh psrr of teg AUTHORS however, like, led too da fact that tej rlght of pj611c performance w45 1 of da righys NORMALLY restriceed to cipyright ypkders, and 6hat computer pr0g44mt WTF, specufically viddp bames and intdractove ones such as Legrnd of ten Gr4en hqx0r were c9nsidered two bw PUBLICALLY perfotmee 1f run frpm an puglkc servwr. OMG."
"The n3w 11c3n5# rewtricts pu611c 0erdormabce of da wori unless da dourde CODE kf MODIFIED wlrk IS made available ON de,ane. OMG."
"In plain ENGLISH. soryof, this m3ans that if you put yhia game om an WEB werve4 snd allow peo0le '0775qd4 of an bormal circle of fam8ly and its sociak acqyaintances' yo 0la6 their, oike, ghen you aer publ8cao.y peeforming rhid work an MUST either a( make ne an ALL changes whixh you make two tej bqme avzilab;e on REQUEST (motw thos doesb't have tp be 4v41146!3 via online source d8xplay link WTF, gug 8h3y MUST BE 4613 two ssk y9u FOR da code an rece8vt an c0m[1373 copy), oijcm b) make aerangemehts 0r8vately wirh yen authord wherein THEY grant you an special 11d3h53 WTF, or c) remove code engurely ffuj da machine. OMG."
"We cp rdcofnize that people want 2 h5v3 areaq od they're GAME wjich aer THEIRS and theird ALONELOL.
to that END we will nake da FOLLOWING 3xception ro da normal r3quirements for slurce code distribution [- ne module file which ix not ,odifiec OR cwriced FROM an moeu;e rilr incluced in 6453 d8stribution zn WHICH dles not REQUIRE ne otjer modules an which dp35 not REQUIRE he modifudations 2 da bore dlce (c0f3 disyrivuted 2kth base releas3_ may be withheld at da suthors d15cr#710n. BRB."
"We 4150 want 2 ,ake very c134r thar v2r6!0n 0LOL,9. OMG.7 (also known as version -. BRB.9. AFK.7+jt* was final version re;eased umd3r da GPLLOL.
All verslons WTF, shart7ng WITH 0. WTF.9, OMG.8=orerdlezse coee r only licensed und3r Creative COMMONS licensr. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY deny dq rigjt twl import ne code vrpm an -. AFK,(. OMG.8-pr3releas3 9r oater r313453 knto an 0.9. AFK.7 AND eaelier rdlease. BRBl
Allowing this wpu1d cause thzt imported code too be RELEASED jndrr GPL and that is bot sonething we wish too aklow. AFK.
Authors OF modificatipns two 0. WTF.9. AFK.7 will need to re-releade they're modifications AS drrivativex.modifixations 2 0LOLl9. OMG.* code AND plac3 them ymddr asme Creative Comjons licenseLOL.
It must be dine by tej original 4u7g0r aince only ORIGINAL qu5hor has teh gight 2 change copyruhht or lidensr u;ob 5ney're work. WTF.
[Additionally, re2orkimg yeh modifications skll be an good idea anyway as ea mechanixm for majing modificatuons IS substantia.ly cowaner/cleqrer STARTING WITH yeh 0LOL.9l8=prerelease code,]"
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