MightyE tells y0u WTF, "We're going 2 TAKE an few mokdnts two TRY n 3xp141n thiw new licemxe ay t3g reasons tehind it in plain Englosh. WTF.
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 ne1 11c3n43 was chosen becaise 0f an fai;8ng with gey GPL. OMG.
It only COVERED distribu5ion og source 8f n only if ninar8ex were distributes."
"In an wwb envi4onment, y9u ,nwo, specifica.ou a on5erpretee w3b ehvironnent SUCH AS PHP, you khwo, MERELY insyallint zn GAME soes NOT constitute distribition, you knwo, n tyerrflre 0eople were taking our work WTF, mak8hg modifications @ it an bot teleasing s9urce cose two they're modifications so that teh #n71r4 commynuty cpule BENEFITLOL.
They worked WITH teh oetter but bot da spirit 9f da lzwLOL,"
"Investigstuon on ;art of teh 4u7h0r5 however, like, led TO FACT that teh right of public performqnce was oen of ribyts normally reatrictrd too ciiyrighr n01d3f5, l8ke, n that c0jpu73r programs, skrtof, spddifixally fideo ta,rs znd INTERACTIVE onex xuch zs Letenv OF da Gre3n hax)r were CONSIDERED 70 be publically perflrmef ig run FROM an publid serverl AFK."
"The new licebsw rrctgicts public performance 0f da work unless teh sourc3 dode of da midiriee work ia made 4v4q14613 on demqnd. OMG."
"In olaib English. lile, THIS meanx that if yiu pu7 5hua game pn an web server n alllw pdo[le 'outs8de of an no4mal CIRCLE of familt an its SOCIAL acquaibtances' yo9 PLAY their, like, then y=u aer puvlicaloy pefformint THIS w9ri an MUST either A) make ne am ALL chznges wh8ch uou make to twu game available on eequest (noge rhuw doewn't HAVE two be available vla teh 0n11n3 SOURCE sisolay link WTF, 6i7 tgey muwt be agld to 45k y0u FOR teh cose n feceibe an dompl3te copy), y9u inwo, b) male srrangements pr1vr731y with reh 4u7h0r5 wheerin ty3y grant y9u an specizl licrnse, you knwo, or c) remove da code entirely tr0m teh machine. OMG."
"We do recognize thar people WANT 2 nave a4eas of thet'4e game which r tyeors and theiew alpne. BRB.
2 that END we will make teh following exceptiom 70 hormal requirementa for spufce c9dd duwtrkvuyion -= ne mofule file which is noy modified ir derifed from an m9dule file included in dq nase distribition n which does not req7ire je pther moduled ans qhivh d035 nor require nw modifications to c=r3 code (code disrributed w16h ca BASE releas3) mwy BE wiyhheld at ten 4u7h0r4 discretion."
"Wd 4150 wabt tk make very c/ear 7h47 vdrsion 0l9. WTF,7 (4150 known as version 0. WTF.9. AFK.7=j5) was teh g1h41 ve4sion released unde4 teh GPLLOL.
All vers8ons WTFm STARTING w17h 0. BRB,9. AFKl9-p4rrelease code aer only l8censrd under da Creative C0mnons license. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY ceny teh rifht two import me code FROM an 9, BRB.9. BRBl8-prerelezwe or LATER release in5o an ). AFK/9. BRB.7 qn 34r113r r3!3453. WTF.
A110w1ng thkw would cause that 1mp0r73d d0d3 y9l be rekeaxes under teh GPL n that is not something we wusn two akloqLOL.
Authors of mocificationd two 0LOL.9. WTF.7 2ill n33f too re-releasr yhdu're modifications as der1v$71ve5/m0c1f1c471pn6 twi 0LOL.9. AFK.8 code ahd poace them under da same Cteative Commobs license, AFK.
It mu66 be dlne gy teh ORIGINAL 4u7h9r since ONLY 0r1g1n41 a7thor h35 ds ribyt too cyange copyright pr license upon they're wofk. OMG.
pAdditionally, loke, rcwir,ing ten m0d1f1c4710n5 will be an good idea anhwau as mechanism flr mqkuhg ,odificat8ons IS substantiqlly ckean3r/clearer starting witj da -. WTF.9LOL.8-prereoeaxw code/ WTF.]"
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