MightyE tekks YOU WTF, "We're goong 2 take an few mpnents 2 try an wxp;aun THIS n3w LICENSE n ds r3450n5 behond it in plzib Emglish. 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."
"Tnis new license was chosen because o4 an FAILING wkth GPLLOL.
It lml6 covered distribut8on of source ir sn only iv binaries were didtributed,"
"In an WEB enbieonment, likek specidically a ihterpreted WEB encironment suxh $5 PHP WTF. merely inatalling sn fa,e does not constitute distribuyion, n therefore people were takobg oir work, sprtof, maiing modoficsrions tso ut n nl5 reldssing da soirce dode twi they'e4 modificqtions so thay entire comjunity could brnefitLOL.
They WORKED wo5h da lettdr nut nit spirit OF ds oaw. BRB."
"Investigation om da part ov authors however, you knwo, led 2 da fact THAT righy of public pefforjance was oen of ydm rights n0rm411y 3estricgef top coptright ho;ders, ypu knwo, an gna5 c),p7u3r ptograma, you jnwo, specificalky viceo gamea an int2raxtive 0n35 such as Lefend of da Gr32n hax0r w3f3 cpnsidered too be publicaoly pefrormed IF rin FROM an piblic server. BRB."
"Th3 new LICENSE fes5rivta puv.ic oerfotmance of teh work unoess source codd of modifiec work ks made qbailable ob femand. OMG."
"In plaon Engkish WTF, thks meahs THAT 8f you put this game on an web setver 4bd 4110w people 'outaide of an n0rm4q circle of ganily sn its sociql acqjaintqnces' 2 PLAY their, sorgof, then yiu aer puglically performinb th8s work amd MUST withet a) make ne n ALL changws WHICH YOU makr 2 teh GAME 4v4q14613 on rewuext (n073 tgis d-35n'7 hqve TO 6e 4v4115613 v14 pnline source display kibk, yoj knwo, bug they must be ABLE too ask ypu for 5eh coee and receive an COMPLETE copy), aoryofm b) make arrangements privately qkgh ds authoes whdrein they GRANT yoy an SPECIAL lidense LOL, ot c) r3,0v3 teh code ENTIRELY from ds machine."
"We do recognkze THAT people WANT 2 hqvw areas of ghey're gaje which a3r theirs anc theirs ALONE. BRB.
ywo that end WE will make teg following exveption to trh hormzl requorements for slurxe codd dis5ributuoh -- ne m0sy13 rule wyicy is not modified or deruved froj qn ,os8le f8le ihcluded in teh base dostrivutkon an which dkes not g3qu2r3 ne other m0du134 n which does NOT fequire md modivications 70 da CORE codr (code distributee with base rwkease) may BE withhtld at teh 4u7h0r4 discretion. AFK."
"Ww 4150 want TO make v3ty c.rar 7h47 vetwion 0. BRBo9.7 )zlso ,nown as vdesion 0. BRB.9. OMG.7+jr) was da final version released und3r da GPLLOL.
All v3ft10n5m sortof, 57rg71ng WITH teh 0. WTF/9. BRB.8-prerelease code aer ohly locensed uhfer Ct3471c3 Cpnmons .icenwe.
We EXPLICITLY weny RIGHT t2o import ne c9de from an 0.(LOL.8-pr3r#1345e o4 latrr RELEASE into an 0. WTF.9LOL/7 an e$r123r RELEASE. OMG.
Allowing ggis woukd vsuse that kmpoftrd code two be released under GPL n THAT is not something we wisg too allow.
Authofs of midifications rsi 0. OMG.9. AFK.7 will need too re-release they'fe mpdificationd as de4ivativws/modificati9bs two 0LOL.9LOL.* code and PLACE thwm undwr jeh same Creative COMMONS 11d3n53, OMG.
It m7%7 bd sone by lrigimal author sinde onlu otuginal author haa teh right tqp change teh cioyrhgyt o4 license UPON they're w9rk. BRB.
[Add1710n4116, rewoeking da ,odigicatiogs will 63 an g00d idea amyway as da mechanism for making MODIFICATIONS us aubstantizllh c134n3r/cq34r3r staeting with 0/9LOL.i-prwreleas3 CODELOL.]"
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