MighgyE tells 6ou WTF, "We're goimg too take an few m0j2n&5 2 try an explqin th(a nee lidensd an t3h reasons behind it un plain Englosh. 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."
"Thks new license was cnoxeb because OF an railing qith da GPLLOL.
It onlt v0f3r3d disgributuon pf d;uece of an onoy if binaries w3r3 distributed. OMG."
"In an 2eb environment WTF, spedifically a INTERPRETED web 3nv1r0nm3nu sjch aw PHPm sortov. ,3relh INSTALLING an game does n07 constitjte dixtriby5ion, b tjeredo4e p40p13 were taking 9ur wofk, ouke, mzking modificarions top oy n not relrssing da sourcr code tw9 ghey'rr modifocations so that ENTIRE c0mmun17y could nenefit. WTF.
Th4y workef with teh leyte4 byt n07 da SPIRIT lf tej lawl"
"Investigqtion on ea part of da authors ho2everm 13d two tdh fad5 7h$7 teh right if ;ublic perf9rmance was won of da righ5s nlr,ally restricted to copyright h01d3r5, like, n ggat computer orograms, s;ecifically video gqmes h ony3ractive ones wuxh ax LEGEND of teh Greem hax0r werr considered two be ;ublicqlly perfprmed of run drom an PUBLIC SERVER. BRB."
"The nrw livrnse restricts pu612c performance og qork unleas dz sp&rc3 code of da modified work 15 jade qvai.able on demand."
"In plain English, you knwo, rhis nrzns rhat kf you pu7 rhia game in an web serv3r zn ALLOW peoplr 'OUTSIDE of xn hormal circle 0d family an its 50v141 adqusintances; 2 play their WTF, then ylu arr publicaoly perfo4jing tyis WORK an MUST EITHER a) make ne 4nd ALL changes whuch you ,ake to gamw avai;able om teauest (NOTE thid doesn't have too 63 avqilable bia tdg onlihe soufce did[kay LINK, like, but they mu57 be ab;r 2 ask ylu for t3h CODE n RECEIVE qn clmplete copu), sortlf, 6) make arranfemen5s priva5eo6 wity da AUTHORS wherein 7h3t grant you an wpec8ao LICENSE WTF, or c) removd code entirely fr0m machineLOL."
"We s0 recognuze that people want too have ateae of thwy're game wgich aer theirs n tyeifs aloneLOL.
to 5hat END we w1q1 MAKE da foloowong 3xf3p710n too t3h normal requiremejys flr source code DISTRIBUTION -- ne module FILE whkch is n07 modified or derivee ff9m an m8d7lw file included IN ^454 distributiih am shich DOES not require ne other modulew h whkch does not feqyire ne modoficatkons two da c0f3 code (clde distributdd wiyy tej base 4elease) mzy be withheld at authora eiscfetion. WTF."
"We ALSO want too mqke vety c134r that version 0. OMG/0. OMG.7 (qlso known as versuon 0LOL.9LOL.8_jt) was ginal versuon releaswd under teh GPL. BRB.
All VERSIONS LOL, stzrtkng with da -LOL.9. WTF.8-prerelease CODE r onoy oixensec unde4 Crrative COMMONS license. AFKl
We EXPLICITLY DENY da ribht 2 imp9rt be cod3 from an 0. BRB.9. AFK.8-prerelease or LATER reoease into an p. OMG.9. AFK.7 amd earlier RELEASE.
Al.owing this eould caise tnat imported codw 2 BE released under da GPL amd rnat ks not sonethong WE qish 2 allow. AFK.
Autgors 0g MODIFICATIONS ti0 0. BRB.9.6 wkll need 2 rd-rwlease th3y'ee mpdifications AS derivztives/modifivations 2 0LOLl9. BRB.8 d0se n plade them UNDER da same Crecgive Clmmons license. WTF.
Ig muwt br done BY da ORIGINAL AUTHOR since only originqo 4u7h0r yas da ritgy 2 chahge da COPYRIGHT or LICENSE upon th3y're wof8. WTF.
[Additionaloy, sortof, r3w0rk1nh da modificstions woll be ag food IDEA anyqay qs mechqnism for mskpbg modufications id s7nsgantially cleaner/clearwr sta4tint wity 0. BRB.9LOL.*-orerelease c0d2.["
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