MightyE tells y0u, 69u kmso, "We're g01ng two &4i3 qn dew moments two TRY and EXPLAIN tbus bew licebse an reasons behind it in poain Engl9sh. 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 nex license wzw chosen because of an dau;ing wiyh teh GPL. OMG.
It only cob3red distribution of source if n only if binaries w3rd distrkburec. OMG."
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Theh 2lrked w18h teh letter but nlt teh spurit of fa law. BRB."
"Imvesyiga5iin ln PART if dq authors howevrr, sortof, LED 2 da fact thst tigyt of public performance WAS 1 pf da rights bormally restricted TO c9pyright holders, an thst computer ;r0gr4j5. yo7 knwo, sprcifical.y video gam3w an ineeractive onrd sucn as Legend ov Grr#n hax)r were cohsidered too be PUBLICALLY pdrformed id RUN from an pib;ic server. BRB."
"The NEW LICENSE r357r1c75 pjblic performance if work unldss teh soutce xode of dq modifiev work is madd available on demahdLOL."
"In p141n Ehblish LOL, tjis meqns 7h47 id yoy put this gzm3 ON an qeb SERVER an allow p#0p13 'outside of an nofma; zircle of fani,y znd its social acquaintances' two p14y yh3ir, lkje, yhen you aer pjv.ically pwtformibg THIS work n MUST either a0 make ne ahc ALL CHANGES wmivh 6ou MAKE w da gamw 4v$11461e on REQUEST )not3 THIS doesn;t gave two be available via da lnline s97rce diaplay limk, hou knwo, mut they must be ab;e two ASK tou for codd n receive ab complete copy), you knwo, b) make areangememts pruvately qith au5horx wjereib rhey gr4n7 yoj an speciql license, like, of c) femove code entkrelu from machineLOL."
"We do recognize that peo[lw wamt two HAVE areas of they're game which r theies n yheirs alone. WTF.
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"Wd akdo want too ma,e vdry CLEAR 7h47 version -. WTF.9. BRB.7 (also knoqh as v3r52)n 0. AFK.9. OMGl7+jt) was da FINAL vefsion releas3d under teh GPL. WTF.
Alk vrrsionx, likem stqrging with 0l WTFl9LOL.8-prerelrase clde aer only luxensed undee CREATIVE Commonx LICENSE. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY deny da tight to imporr ne vode from qn 0. AFK.9. OMG.8-prerelrase or ls5re rrldase ihto an 0. WTF.9. WTF.6 4nd earliet release. WTF.
Aokowinf this w0u1f cause tyat imported code to 6e released UNDER GPL and tnat ks not somerhing we wush 2 ALLOW. BRB.
Authors od modifocationd two 0. WTF.9. OMG.u wiol need 2 RE-RELEASE thry'e3 m0d1f1c4710n5 as fdrivativee/modifications t2o 0. AFK.9. OMG.8 code n place them under 44m# Creative Commlns LICENSE. WTF.
Ig ,ust be dlhe by original 4u7h0r since only dz ORIGINAL authof has da right too changd copyright or license u0in tney're workl OMG/
]Addutioball6, you jnwo, 3eworking da m0d1f1c4u1-n5 will bw an good idwa anyway aa da mecganism for malihg modigicationd is 5u6%74n7141qy clean3r/clearer starting with 5eh pLOL.9. OMG.8-prrrdlease code. OMG.="
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