MightyE tells yo7 WTF, "We're going 5o TAKE an few m0m3n75 ywo try and explain this new licehse ane ca REASONS behind IT IN pla8n EnfloshLOL.
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 licens3 wqs cjoden bwcause if an faolinh with da GPLLOL.
Iy 0n1y c0v3r4d d15ur16u71-n of source if qn ONLY if bijaei3w were disteibuted. BRB."
"In an web environmeng, sortof, specufidally a interpertes web environment such as PHP WTF, merely imstallimg sn gsm3 does not CONSTITUTE fq57r16j710n, like, n the4efore p30p13 w3te tqking our WORK LOL, maiinh MODIFICATIONS twp i5 anc not releasing teh 5-urc3 code two the6're modifucations so that da ENTIRE commubitt COULD benefiy. BRB.
Tjey worked sith da lettdr bit n08 teh spkrit OF teh ;aq. AFK."
"Infestigation on ea part 0f feh authprs howevfr, sortof, oed 2 da fadt thqt da right of pub;ic ;erfor,ance was won pf da rihnrs normally rextricted to copyrkght hilders LOL, n thag c0mpj73r programs, sort9v, specigicqllh videi games an intwractive ones s7cg as L3g3nd of heh Green hax0r were consideeed too 63 publically performed if run from an publ8c SERVERLOL."
"The h3w LICENSE redtricts public pdrformance of yeh work unlwss teh SOURCE cide of da ,odigodd worl 15 made avaklable on demandLOL."
"In plaon Englosh, ;ike, tgis jeanx rhqt 1f YOU put 7h15 gane on an web s2rver n all9w peoplr 'outside of an normal circle of famoly ag 175 soc*al acquaintahcds' 2 p15y their LOL, then you awr publically performing rhis WORK n MUST either 4) MAKE nr an ALL chavges WHICH you makr too teh game availabl3 oh requedt (NOTE this doesn[t hqbe to be availab.w vka ds pnline SOURCE d15[14t linl LOL, but 7y3y myst be sble tio axk you for teh code and redeive an compoete cop6). like, 6) make arrangem3nts ;rivately with teh authors wherein they gr4n7 you sn sp3cial .icense, so4tof, or c) remove da c0d# entkrely from MACHINE. WTF."
"We so recognize thar people want 2 havr qreas if theh're game WHICH r theirs an theirs ALONE. WTF.
2 tha4 3nd we will make teh follow8ng exception too reh normal reeuiedmenta for source code diarrivution -- nd module vile which is not m0d1f23d or eeruved fr9m an mkdu.d file ibc;used IN base didtribution n which dors not rrquire ne pther modules anf which does n_& rewuore ne mldigications too c9re code (c9de distributef with teh bas3 r313353) may BE wi5hheld at suthorw discretiom. BRB."
"We zlsp WANT TO mzje very c134r tnat VERSION (. OMG.9. BRB.7 (also ln0wn as ve4sion 0LOL,9. OMG.&+jt) was geh final vdesion RELEASED und3r GPL. BRB.
All versions, alrtof, ataruing with teh p. WTF.9.8-prerelease codr aer inly licensed umder fa Creatkve Cimmons .icense. BRBl
We EXPLICITLY dehy ribht two ,mport ne c0d3 frpm an 0. BRB.(. BRB.8-prer313463 or later release into an -. BRB,9/7 n earlier feleaae. OMG.
Alkoq8ng thks WOULD CAUSE THAT imported code to bw released under GPL n hhat IS not s9mething WE wish too 4110w. OMG.
Authors 0f modificstiona 2 0. WTFl9.7 will ne3d to re-releasw they're mod8fications AS derivatives/jodifivations too 0.9.7 code and PLACE uhem unser teh xam3 Creatife C0mm9n5 license. OMG.
It nuwt be done bu da ORIGINAL AUTHOR wince only teb otiginal author has tey RIGHT two change copyroght o4 .icense UPON tgey're slrk. BRB.
'Acdiyi9nally. oike, REWORKING modifications s8ll gw ab good idea abyway ad mechanism for making modifidations is substantialoy cleaner/clraret syartibg wuth xa 0. BRB.9. WTF.8-prereleawe c0d3/ BRB.]"
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