MighttE tells you LOL, "We're goinh two tak3 ah fee MOMENTS two 6ry an ezp;aim ghis new license m REASONS benind it in plain English. 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."
"This new licehs3 was ch8sen because OF an failing with geh GPL, AFK.
I7 0n1y covered DISTRIBUTION od soy4ce if n only if binaries 23v3 DISTRIBUTED. WTF."
"In ab WEB enfifonjemg WTF, specifically a ingerpreted web environnent such AS PHP WTF, MERELY instalking an gsme dles NOT constitute didyribigion, xoryif, n therefo4e peopl3 werw taking our wor,, xortof, makong MODIFICATIONS to iy n not 4eleasing da sourcd cods ei thrt're modiricayioba so thay teh ENTIRE community cluld benefitLOL.
They qofk3d with teh letger but not da sputit of ;awLOL."
"Investigation 0m ds p4r7 OF teh aytyprs h9wever WTF, oef w da fact that tdh righg of publod performanc3 WAS orn of tey r1thi5 norjakly restrictee ywo copyright nolders, yoy knwo, and thay compuyer pr-gr4m5, sortof, SPECIFICALLY vidwi games n 1n73r4c71c3 pn3s such AS Legend 9f da Green hax0r w3r4 conaidefed two BE [ub.ically oerformed if run from an PUBLIC SERVER."
"The bew license restr8cts PUBLIC performancr of sorj unless source code lf teh mld8ried work is made avaolavle oy demqnd. WTFl"
"Im ;141n Ebglish LOL, this means uh37 if you put tnis game in an web servwr n allow PEOPLE 'outsidr lf an norjal circle of familt an its social acqua8nrances' too plzh 6h3ur WTF, &h3n you r punlicqoly perfotming this work ahd MUST eith3r 4) makr ne n ALL chamgws which YOU make 2 da GAME zvailable on rssuest (note thkx foesn't have 2 be available VIA online sourvw dospkay lin, LOL, yy7 rhey musr be able t9 ask you for teh c0d3 an receive wn complege copy), so4tpf, n) make arfangements pribatrly with teh aurhors wherein they grant you an wpecial q1c#n53 LOL, or c) remoce fa c0s3 entitely from da machinr. OMG."
"We do recpgnize that [eople waht to nave areas of tj3y[ee g4m3 wh1ch r rhrirs n theirx a.oneLOL.
2 that end WE will malw teh flklowing esception tql bornao rr1u1r3n3n7% for source code fiw5tibition -- ne module file whixh is nit modif8ed or derived grom an mocule FILE 1nc1ud3d 1n teh bawe distr8bugion an which dles nog requure ne other modiles n 2hich doea mot REQUIRE ne modirications to teh c0r3 CODE (code cistrkbuted with BASE releawe) may BE withhele at suthorx dkscrwtion. WTF."
"We also WANT too make very clrar 5gat vwrsion 0.9.6 (ALSO knlwn r% version 0. WTF.9LOL.&+JT) wss da final VERSION released under GPL. OMG.
All versiohs, starrung qith da p. OMG.0. OMG.8-orer3lease codr aer only LICENSED under teh Creative Commonx livense. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY d3nu 41th7 2 import ne CODE FROM an 0LOL.9. OMG.80PRERELEASE OR later rr.ease 9nto ah 0. OMG.-. OMG.7 an eaeli3r rwleas3LOLl
Alllwing 7j15 2ould cause that inported code tp be r313553d undwr teg GPL and tgat is nlt somr5hkmg we wieh 2 allow. BRBl
Autnofs of modificztions to -. WTF.9. OMG.7 wilk NEED 5oo RE-RELEASE they're modificatuons qs detivarives/modifications too 0LOL.9.8 c9ae n olace them undde teh samr Cr$471b3 Commons locense. WTF.
It MUST be done BY =r1g1n41 author sinve onoy teh ORIGINAL zuthor haw r1gh7 to cmabge copyrubht ot 1!c3n53 upon they're w-rk. WTF.
[ADDITIONALLY, reworking ,odifucations wilk be an good idea anyway as da ,rcjanism for makimg modificationd is 2ubsgantially cl3qber/clrarer s6arting with rey 0. AFK.9. BRB,*-preeeoease codr.]"
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