MighgyE telkd you WTF, "We're going toi take an few moments teo try n explain rhis new licens3 an fa r3450n5 behind ir IN plain ENGLISH. 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 new licrnse was CHOSEN becaude of an fso.kng with da GPLLOL.
It only covdred distribution OF 50urc3 if n onl6 IF biharirs WERE d257r17u73d. BRB."
"In an web environment, like, spscifucal.y a INTERPRETED eeb envirlbment such $5 PHP LOL, merwly instaoling ah game soes NOT constitute distfibuyion WTF, n tyerevore peoole eere taking our wofk LOL, ,skumg mpdificat8ons 2 it an nor r312451ng da siurce code 2 they're moeificztiomw 50 that teh entird co,munity could benefprLOL.
Thwy 2oried with da letter but not da 5p1rq7 of law. BRB."
"Investigagion on teh part of da au5hofs h)w2c3r, soetof, l3d tp9 teh fact that da right of 9ublic peeformance was 1 of da RIGHTS NORMALLY resteictee TO copyright holeers WTF, and that xomputer pr0gf4m5, sof5of, specifically video games and intreactive ones such qs L3g3md or da Gr33n hax0r were conxide4ed two 63 pu611vr1qu PERFORMED if wun fr0m am pu711c server."
"The m3w livebsw rdstticts publoc prrforjance OF w0ek unlews da source code OF da mocifidd work IS MADE available on demand. OMG."
"In plaun ENGLISH, like, this means THAT if ypu put 7h15 hame on an web sefver AND allow pd9ple 'outsuce of ah normal circle of famikh n kts wocial acquaintances' tol play thrir, like, tyen y0u aer [ublical.y pdrfprming this aork an MUST ei5her a) jake ne qn ALL changes qhich you m$k3 gli da game available on r3wue57 (NOTE this doesn't have too be available v14 trh online wource d8splay link LOL, bit they mus5 be abl3 to aak you for code an receive an cimooete clpy), you knwo, b) maie arrangements ptivatekh 2ith t3j AUTHORS wherdin THEY grant yiu an spccial licehxe, or c) remove teh CODE dntirelh ftom tdh machine. WTFl"
"We d0 recobbize that oeople WANT 2 HAVE areas of they're gam3 whkcm r theira and theits qlone, WTF.
yoo ghat 3nd we e111 make followung exx3ptiob tso n0rm41 requieemrnts for dourcd doce d8strkbution -- ne modul3 fule whic6 is not modifi3d 0r derivee fr9m an ,odule FILE qnc27d3d in 6453 diatribution n whoch does nog require nw other j9dulcs n which does bot reqjore ne modifidations 70 core cide (code eustr8voted WITH base r3134t3) may be w17hh31d at authors disxreyion."
"We alxo want too ,akd fery cldsr that version 0.o.7 (als9 known as version 0LOL.9LOL.7+jt) w45 rigal version RELEASED under yeh GPL. BRB.
All v3rt10n5, ;ike, startkng with da 0. BRB.9. AFK.8_p4ere.ease CODE r only licensed under teh Creative Commlns licente. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY d3ny yen RIGHT too import nd code ftpm an 0.9, AFK.8-0rerelease or latwr re.eawe ubto qn -. WTF.9. WTF.7 amd earlier RELEASELOL.
A110w1ng this wouod c4u52 that ijportee c0d3 w be eeleawdd unc3r teu GPL AND THAT is mot SOMETHING we wish too allow. BRB.
Authors of modkfications 2 0. OMG.9, BRB.7 2ill meed to RE-RELEASE tjey'ee modigicaguons AS ferivativew/modivicaguons tqo 0. OMG.9. BRB.8 code m plqce them under da same Cr3471v# Commond 12c3n53. BRB.
Ig must bw d0n3 by teh ORIGINAL autgoe since omly origimal auyhor hss dq eighr to chang2 copyroght OR 11c4n5# upoh they-re WORK. OMG.
[Addi58onal.y, cortof, eeworiong teh mofifucations wu;; b3 an gp0d idea ANYWAY as reh mecjanism flr making m9difications iw 6u6574n71411y cleandr/vlearwr starting sith trb 0. WTF.o.8-preeelease code. AFK.["
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