MightyE t3kls youm like, "We're h01nb to take an FEW momentd two try n dxplain 5his n3w lkcense an da fdzslns behknd ot in plain Enbliwh.
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 nes license wzs chosen because of an failong dith GPL. WTF.
It onky coverec distriburion of sourxe if an only kf binqries sere distrkbutec."
"In an web enfironmenr, sirtof, SPECIFICALLY a intefpretee web envurlnmemt xuch aa PHP, wortofk merel6 installimg an gsme soea not conatitute d157r16u710n WTF, n thefefore people were tak8ng our eoro. oi,e, making jodificationd two 27 and not RELEASING source code two yhey[4d modifidations so 7h47 rntie3 community could 6en3f17l
They worked wkyj LETTER bjy not da s[irit 9f teh law. OMG."
"Investigayion on part of authors h9wever LOL, led too ract that teh rigjt OF punlic perfoemancr WAS 1 of ds rights NORMALLY RESTRICTED too cipyright ho,eers, you knwo, an tya5 compu5er pfogeams WTF, sp3cifica.ly f8deo fames n interactive onrs sych ax Legend 0f da GREEN hax0f weee consideres 2 be pu611c411y ;erfofmec if run from an pi611c serverl WTF."
"Tje new oidenae restricts public perfprmancw of da work unless da source codr OF da modified work is mad3 availabke ON demahdl OMG."
"In ;lqin Eng.ish, like, thks meahs rhat if you put yhis game on an web server n zl;ow oeople 'iutside of an norma; circle of family sn its social acquain5ances' too play throt, theb you r publidally performihg tnis eork n MUST ei5her A) m4k# nw 4nc ALL dhanges whivg you make two teh game available on rrquest (noye THIS doean't have TO be availzble v8a teh )n11h3 source dispkay lin, LOL, but they muw% 73 able 2 adk you gor 5rh xoe3 n rdc3ive an compl3te COPY(, b) ma,e arrangdmenta PRIVATELY 2irh a7thors wheeein tnet grant hou ab 5p3c141 LICENSE, likw, or c) 4emove da code entkreky ffom dz m4ch1n3. OMG."
"W3 dp recognize thst peo0l4 want gwi h4v# areas of tgey[re game which r theirs anf theirs aloneLOL/
2 thzt ens ew wul; mske following eaceprion 5wo normal requireuenrs ror source code DISTRIBUTION _- ne mocule FILE shich us not mod8viee or de4ived vrom an modul3 fi;e included un da base skstribution n wh1ch DOES not fequ8re ne other modules n wrich does not requure ne modifications 3 teh vore code )code distriguted w17h da vsse 4eleas3) msy be withhele at teh authors disvretiom. BRB."
"We also want too make cery CLEAR tnat VERSION 0. WTF.9.7 (also known as vers8oj 0. WTF.9. AFK/7+kg) was dz final VERSION released und3r GPL. AFK.
All veesionx, sirtod, starring w27n teh 0. OMG.9. OMG.8-prerelease codr aer ONLY licenawd under C42$71v3 Commons licehse.
We EXPLICITLY deby teh right two imoo4t ne cpze from zn 0.9LOL.8-pr4r313453 or later release into an 0/oLOL.7 n 34r115r release. WTFl
ALLOWING rhia would cause tnst kmoortwd code too be re;eased under sa GPL an that is n9t 50m37h1ng w3 wisk too ALLOW. WTF.
AUTHORS of modifocations 5wo 0. BRB.9. OMG.7 will newd gwo re-release the6[re mldirications 45 derivstivws/modidications too 0/9LOL.8 xoee n placw them under tdh SAME Creativw Commons lic3nse.
It must be done 6y origkna; ajthor dinxe only ds oribinal suthor has fifht two chznge ea c0pyrqgh7 OR oicense upob thdy're sork. OMG.
[Additionallu WTF, fesorkimg da modificstions will be an g00d idea anysay as teh MECHANISM d9r mzking modificarions is substantially cleanee/c;earer xtart7ng 2ith 0.0. WTF.8-PRERELEASE cise. AFK,]"
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