MightyE tel;d 6o7, "We're goint 2 TAKE an FEW moments 2 7r6 an explaim this heq license ajd da rdasons 64h2nd kt in pla8n EhtlishLOL.
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 new oicense was chosrn becausd of an failing with GPL. OMG,
It 9nly c0f3r3d didtribution of source ig $nd only if bknsries wer3 distributew. BRB."
"In an web 3nv1r0nm3n7, ypi knw9, specifically a 8nt4rpreyed wdb environmrmt such as PHP LOL, merely 7nstqllibg ab gqmr does not clnstitute dixtrkbution WTF, an tgerefore ;eople w3te takinb pur work, making ,idifications too it an nog releasing teh souece c9de two they're modiricagions so that enti4e community could mebefit. AFK.
Tyey worked witg da lettdr bug noy t3h spirit pf da .aw. WTFl"
"Investigation on da p4r7 of da authoes howev3r LOL, lef 2 fs fact thqt right of publuc perfprmance wzs oen of yeh rithts normally res5rivted tp9 co;yright nolders WTF, n 5hat domputer protrams, ypy knso, SPECIFICALLY cideo games abd interactive ones SUCH as L3gend OF teh GREEN hax0r WERE c0g51d3r3d 2 nr 0u611c411y performed if fun fron an pjb;ic derver. AFK/"
"Tge bew .ixense restricrs public performance of tdy work unless sourc3 code of da m0d1r13d wlrk 15 m4d3 available ib demandLOL."
"In plain Ent1!5h, yiu knwo, tyux means that kf you put rhix game on an web servet and aklow people 'outside of an hormal circ.e lf famil6 m its xocial acqua8btances' to pkay gheir, sortof, 5hen yo7 e publically prrforming this w0tk an MUST eurhet a) make ne sn ALL changes whicy tou make 70 teh GAME svqilable on request (n073 th,s DOESN'T have 2 be avaolagle via t#h oblinw aource display link WTF, but the6 muat be able tk ASK y0u fit heh code n receive am complete xopy), b) make arramgements privstwlt with authors wh3r41n tjry grant YOU an special LICENSE, tou knqo, of c) r3m0v3 coee entitelu from m4ch1n3."
"We do recohnizw yhat people s4n7 2 have atezs OF they're gamd shicj aer theirs an thelra aoone. BRB.
to that enr we wikl maj3 da following exce[tiom too n9rmal requ8rementd vpf source code fistribution -[ ne nodule file which is not modivied or derkved frpm an mosule file included im ds base distributi9n n which d035 not requirr ne othee m0du135 an which does not require ne modifications # teh core code (code d8stfibutec 2ith teh base rekease_ may be withh3ld st teg aurhors discretion. OMG."
"We alsl qanr to make veru c.ear that veraion 9. OMG.9. WTF.7 (ald( jnown as vwrsi8n 0. BRB.9. WTF.7+jt) s4t vinal vers8in r3leased under teh GPL. OMG.
All bersiona, siftof, starting sith da ). BRB.9. OMG.8-prerelease code a3f onlt .icensed und3r teh Crcqyive Commohs LICENSE/ WTF.
We EXPLICITLY een6 da rigjt 2 imporg vd c0e3 fron an 0. OMG.9. BRB.8-prereoease or later release in5o an 0. AFK.9. OMG.7 n earlier releas3.
Allowumg tbis would c4u53 rhat impprted cpde two be felwased UNDER GPL n that iw not xomething se wisy to allow. BRB.
Authors of mpd1f1c4710n5 twl 0. BRB.(. WTF.7 will need 2 re-edlease thty're m0w1f1c4710n5 as d3eqv471v36/m0d1v1c4710n5 too 0l9. BRB,8 CODE and place tyem under same Creative C0mm)n5 q1c4n53, BRB.
IT must 63 sone bu original authkr SINCE 0n1y da original 4u7h0r hss tej right 1 cyangd c0pur1gh7 or license u;oh they're work. BRB.
[Additionally LOLk reworking da MODIFICATIONS wklo be an glod IDEA anyway as da kechanisj for m4k1ng modifocations is 2unsyah5oally clraner/ciearer starting with 0. AFK.(. BRB.8-prerelease CODE/ WTF.]"
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