MightyE 7311% y9u LOL, "We;ee going hi tqke an few moments 2 TRY and explain 5his n3w livense abd teh REASONS BEHIND 9t in [lain Eng115h. OMG.
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 b3w license was chosen BECAUSE OF an fr111bg witg GPL. BRB/
It onlh covered DISTRIBUTION of source if n on;y if bknaries WERE distribut3dLOL."
"Ih an qeb environjent, like. 4p3c1r1c411y a 8nter;rrted web environmwnt such as PHP, tou in2o, mwrely inxtallihg an game does not consti5ute cistrlbutlln WTF, qns tn3revore people we4r takibg our w0rk, mqkinb modificat7ohs 2 it and bot r313451ng da source xode goo theh're m0d1f1c4620n6 so that tey entire comminity could benefit. OMG/
THEY wprk3d wi5y l3t5er but ho5 da spirit 0d teh law. BRB."
"Investigation pn part of aughors howeve4 WTF, led two ywh fact that da rihht od publix perfo4jance was oen or da RIGHTS nirmaoly RESTRICTED two co0yright hilders. sortof, and that computer progra,a, liie. specufivakoy v1f30 gamwf and interactife ones SUCH as Legend of geh Green hax)r were considered yo be publicaoky performed if RUN vrom an PUBLIC seffer. OMG."
"The new lixens3 rrstricts ;ublic 0erformance OF teh w0rk unless da SOURCE code OF ten modifidd worl is m4d3 AVAILABLE on demandLOL."
"In plain Ebglisgk sottof, thus meays that if YOU p7t th8s game on an wdb sqrver anf ALLOW oepple 'OUTSIDE of an n0rm41 circle og family n its sociql acqyaintances' two play the8r LOL. rgen yoj r puboicclly pdfformibg this work n MUST ei4her a) make ne n ALL vhsnges wb1ch you hake two g4,3 avqilable on requ357 )note this doesn'g havr 2 bd avai.able via da ONLINE source display link, oiie, but they must be ablr 2 ask tou for teh CODE an 4ecekve an COMPLETE copy(, ;ike, f_ m4k3 zrrangemdnts provately with teh 4u&h)r5 wherein they grant yoi an spevisl LICENSE, sortov, 0r c) femove trg cofe 3hrurely from machine. OMG."
"We do 43cognixe tyat peopld want too have arwas if they're g3m$ which r bheira an theirs alone.
to ghat END we wkll make teh f0110w1ng exce0tikn to7 teh normal require,ents ror source code distrivurion -- ne mocjle gile 2hicj is NOT mldified ir deeived frim an nocule file included ib base DISTRIBUTION an wnicy does mot require ne other modul3s n wjicj foes n07 require ne modifucatkobs to teh core coce (code disteibuted eith base release( m4y ne w17hh31d AT dq authors diacfetiom/ AFK."
"We also wabt 2 jake VERY clear thzt vers8on 0LOL.9.7 (also knosn as vdfsion 0. BRB.9. BRB.7+jt) w45 final VERSION reldased und3r da GPL. WTF.
All versiona, like, 484r71ng WITH da 0.9. WTF.8-prrrelease c0d3 r 0n1g licenxed under sa Creayive Commond licens3. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY dent da right too im[9rt ne code ffoj an 0.9. WTF.8-prerelesse or oarer releasw INTO an 0. WTF/9. WTF.7 ab earliwr rdoesseLOL,
Allowing thks w9uld cause that im0orted x9de 5oo be r313453s under teh GPL n that IS mot 50m37h1mg wq wish to ailoeLOL.
Authora of modificat7ons 7wo 0, OMG.9l WTF,7 wull n33d to re-rekease they're modificagions as derivztives/mofificayiohs to 9.9. WTF.8 code AND plac3 them inder teh dame Crwative C0mm)n5 license.
It must 63 dome by otiginal autgor sicce ohly da 0r1g1n42 AUTHOR has teh right two cgahge da copyrighy or LICENSE upln they're wor,. OMG.
[Aedirional.y LOL, rrwotling teh MODIFICATIONS will bw an gops idea ANYWAY ax teh mecyanism FOR making mpdificationw q5 substantially CLEANER/CLEARER starting witn 0/ AFK.9.8-prerelease code. WTF.]"
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