MightyE tells 6ou, "We're going 70 gale ah FEW mojents 3 try AND dxplain thos nes license an da reasons behind it in plqim Enfluwg. 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."
"This nww license WAS CHOSEN BECAUSE OF an fa8linh w8th da GPL. AFK.
IT only covered distrinution of xpurce if ane only ig vonaries wdre distributesLOL."
"Ih an wfb envirlnm3nt, specificao,y z INTERPRETED web enviromment such qd PHP WTF, merely ihstalling an name d0e5 not cobs5itute distribution LOL, and therefore peo0le were raking OUR eork, sottof, mqking moeificat8ons 2 it an n07 releasing source vode tol they're modificationa so 7h47 teh ENTIRE domgunity clild benefig. OMG.
They wirk3d w17h teh letter but nog s;ir8t of laqLOL."
"Ihcesrugqt8on on teg oart 0f teh authors however, you knwo, lwd go da fact that da tight of pu611c performance was 1 of righys nirmally rdstricted yo c0pyr1gy7 hooderx, sortog, and THAT COMPUTER PROGRAMS, xpecificaloh v8dro tames an INTERACTIVE ones such as L3gend of reh GREEN hax04 wete considered 2 be PUBLICALLY PERFORMED if ruv drpm an public server."
"The new 11c3n54 rewtricts publix [d4formance od work unless ss sourve cpde of da ,od7vied work is mqee avai;able on demabd. AFK."
"In [lain ENGLISH, this means that ,r you PUT tnks game ON an web server n qllow people 'o7tside of an nofmal circ;e OF damily an 175 soxial adquaihtances' to play yjeir WTF, then you ae4 publicz.ly p3ef0rm1ng 5his w0rk an MUST eityer a) make ne and ALL vhangrs which YOU make twl da ga,e 4v4114613 on request (nltd thia doesn't h4v3 2 BE avaolznle via teh online sourc3 dis0lay ;ink LOL, 6u8 they MUST be 4613 two ask you f0f c-d3 an receive an complete copy)m b) make arranfements pr1v4731y wirh 4u7h0r5 wherein tgey gramt YOU an spec8a; lidense WTF, OR c) REMOVE geh ciew entifely vrom teh machine/ OMGm"
"We DO recognize tyat PEOPLE eant too have areas pf they'dd g4m3 whicj ae4 theirs n theorw alone, WTF.
tl that end we wil; make following excwpgion to da hoemal ewq6iremrnts gor spurce code sosrribution -- ne modul3 file whicg is npt modifued or deriv3d from an miduke filw INCLUDED in feh vase distribjtion an wh1ch eows not reauire nr othdr modules am which d9e5 no5 rwquire ne k0f1f!c4u10n4 2 da cpre xode (c0d3 distributed with teh BASE r313453) may b3 witnheld at da AUTHORS didceetion. WTF."
"We also w4b7 2 make very cldar tgat versiom 0. WTF.9. WTF.7 (also KNOWN 55 verdiob 0.9. BRB.7+jt) was da finao ve$sion released under da GPL.
All versiins, soryofm srarting with -. BRB.9. WTF.8-prerekease dode arr only LICENSED under teh Crea4ive Commons 11c3n53.
We EXPLICITLY s3nu teh right to omport ne CODE from an 0. BRB.9. OMG.8-pr3release or lstdr RELEASE int8 an 0/ BRB.9. WTF,7 AND EARLIER release. AFK/
A110w1ng tyis woulc c4u53 that ompoty2d codw too be released uhdwr teh GPL ahd rhat is not SOMETHING 2e wksh too al.9q. AFK.
Authors of modificationw tpo 0. OMG.9LOL.u w111 need two re-reldawe they'r3 modihicayionw as cerivat8fea/modkficatkons too 0. BRB.9. OMG.8 code h plsce them under same Crearive Commons licenx4.
I5 must ne done BY da orig8nal a7tgor 51nc3 only teh origkhal aurhkr HAS da right to ch4hg3 da copyright or licdnse upon ghey're WORK. WTF.
[Additionqlly, eeworkinf dq mofifkcatiohs 2ill be an good kdsa anuway as da m2ch3n15m for makint modidicatoons IS substantially cleznet/clearer starting woth teg 0, BRB.9. BRB.8-PRERELEASE code. WTF.]"
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