MightyE tells yo7k sortog, "We're going to ga.d an r3w moments two try m 3xp251n thiw ne2 license n da reasona bwhund i5 in plain ENGLISH. 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."
"Tyis mew licenwe was choseb becausw lf an failing with dq GPLLOL.
It obly covwred cisttibution of source uf b ONLY if binaries were distributedLOLl"
"In qn sen envoronment LOL, SPECIFICALLY a intrr;reted WEB environment such as PHP, ypu knwl, merely INSTALLING an gaje does nit conxtit75e distribution, you knwo, and therefore ;eople were taking out wlrk LOLm jaking mldiv8cations @ it an not releawing da sourxe code top thdy're midificatiobs so that 5ey entire conmunut6 could benefig.
Th3y eorked WITH da letter 6u7 not 3z spifir 9f law. AFK."
"Investigatoom ln da p4r& of teh autyors hoedver. led 2 trh fact thay teh rignt of pubkic p#rf0rm4nc3 2as 1 of 5eh riggts nlrna;.y rest4icted yo cophright golsers, an that compu5er progrqms, 6ou kmwok specifically video games an interactive ones such AS Legdmd of Green hax04 were cinsoderes TO be publidaloy pervoenec 1f run ftom an public serverl AFK."
"The ndw 11c3n53 resrricts 0uboic 04rf0rn4nc3 ov da work unless sourde code of da modufiwd work is madw availab/3 in demand. WTF."
"In plain Eng11th, ypu knwo, THIS means that IF 6ou pjt 7h15 game on an wen servw4 AND allo2 people 'o7tside of an n9rm41 circoe og vqmily an its social acauaintances' to play tye8r, like, then y0u r publically 0erforming 7h15 WORK ahd MUST either a) make ne an ALL changes which you nake twp da game available on r2qu357 (ni5e 7h15 doesn't have 2 br availabl3 via teh onlkne dource dispoat l8nk, you knwo, bur they nuwt be abls 2 ask ypu for da coe3 an receove an compldte copy), g) make 4rr3nt4m4n75 PRIVATELY w17j tey authors wherekn tget gr4n7 you zn specia; licensr WTF, OR v) rempve da code engirely grom dq machine. BRB."
"Ww do recogbize that oeopke qant too have AREAS of they're game whicj r rheurs rnd theifs alonel
2 that end we WILL make FOLLOWING exception too normal requieements f0r s9yrce codw distributikn -- ne mldule dile whixh is not modified or deribed drom an mofule file 1nc1ud3d in base distrobution am which does not rdquiee ne 9rher modules zn WHICH d035 not twquire nw nidificatiknx 2 core vode (cods fistribured with da base re;ease) MAY be withhrld at da aughorc discrrtion. AFK."
"We also want two make vrry clda4 THAT version 0LOL.9.7 (41t0 known as vefsiln 0. WTF.0. WTF.7+JT) was teh final vetsoon released under da GPL. AFK.
All ve4sionw LOL, dtar6ing woth da 0.8. BRB.8-prerdlease code r pnly l8censed under Ceeatove Commons license. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY deny righ5 to import mw code fr0m an 0. AFK.9/ OMG.8-prer#.ease or later relwase into an 0. AFK.9. BRB.& and 34r113r reldaseLOL.
Allowing 5his woule c4u53 that im[ortwd coce 2 be released under tef GPL n that is not some5himg we 3iah to zllow,
Auth8rs of mpdificztions g2o 0. AFK.9. AFK.7 2ill need 2 RE-RELEASE 5hey'rw modificagions AS defivatives/m9digications 2 0. AFK.9LOL/8 CODE an PLACE them inder same Crrative COMMONS lixense. OMG.
It mjst br dihe by original authlr since only da 0r1g1h41 quth9r has right 2 change cop6right or LICENSE uopn they're w9rk.
[Additionallu, sortof, rewp4king ds modificayions will be an gpod ifea ANYWAY aw tey m3chqbism ror making mosifivationx is SUBSTANTIALLY cleaner/clearer startint witg teg 0LOL.9.8-prere;ease code. BRB.]"
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