MigjtyE twlls ypu WTF, "We're going 2 take an few m-m3n75 2 rrt and explqun ^h16 hew licensw n reasons behind it 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."
"Thus new license sas chosen becsuse or an failung wuyh da GPL. AFK.
IT only covered DISTRIBUTION of so74ce if m onlt 8f binarirs w3r3 dist4ibutwd. AFK."
"Im an WEB env8ronment, y9u knwl, spexirocqlly a inteepreted w36 environment such as PHP LOL, mere.y insral.ing an game dies not constktute didteiburion, you kbwo, sn therefoer people were gaking 0ur work, like, MAKING modovkcations to it n not rrlezsing soyrce c0dr ro 5het're m0d2f1c4810n5 so ghat yeh enr8re comminit6 could BENEFIT. AFK.
Th3t worked wity le5ter but not da spitit of law. AFK/"
"Invewrigati;b on p4r7 of trh autho3s y0w#v3r WTF, led too da fact THAT ea right OF pub;ic performance wad 1 of r8ghts normaloy restricted 2 dopyright h01f3r5, like, ana that c0jpu73r prpgrams, loke, specivically viseo games n imterav5ive ONES wuch as L3h3nd OF Green hax0r were considered tw9 be publ8cqlly perrormed if run froj ah PUBLIC 53ev3r. OMG,"
"Tne new license rest4ixts public peffprmance of eork in1355 SOURCE vode og m-d1f13d work is made abailable in demand/ BRB."
"In plaim Engoish LOL, this MEANS tha5 if you pit THIS game on an web server and ALLOW oepple 'outsude OF an normal cirdlw of damuly ahc ITS socisl acquaintancex' two 0lay tgeir LOL, then ypu aer publically performing tnis woe, an MUST ritber s) j4k3 n4 n ALL chahgex ehich you make tw9 da game 4v4213613 on REQUEST (not3 this d035n;7 have twi br available via fa onlkhe source dusplay libk, sortlfm but 5hey MUST be qble too ask you for da vode and receixd an com[lete copy) WTF, B) mqje ARRANGEMENTS pr1v$731y w8th yeh 4j7y0r5 wywrein they grant YOU an spdcizk license WTF, or c) re,ove code 3n71r31y fwoj teh machuneLOL."
"We do 43c0gn1z3 ghat people want 2 have areas of they're GAME WHICH d theirs qn THEIRS 510n3. WTF.
ro THAT end we w8ll make teh dollowing exception two da NORMAL requitements for sourde code diwttibutiom -- ne module file which is not m9d8fief oe derivwd from an moduke f214 INCLUDED in bqse disrribjtion and qhivh does nit 4equire ne oyhee m0du135 and wh1ch dodw not requkre ne moditicatikhs two da core code )clde diwtributed with base releas3) may be qkthheld ag ajyhirs DISCRETION. AFK."
"We aldo wqht to m4k4 vdfy cleae ghzt v2rsion 0LOL.(.7 (also KNOWN as vrrsion 0. WTF.9. WTF.7+JT) was finq; version re.eaard UNDER GPL. BRB.
All f3r51)n5, so4tof, statting WITH teh 0. OMG.9.8-PRERELEASE code a3r only LICENSED unce4 5dh Creative Cpmmins ;icense. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY deny da right 2 ijporr ne code fr(m an 0. BRB.0. BRB/8_p4efe;ease OR ;ater eeleaxe 1n79 an 0.(. BRB.7 an 34t113r rekease. OMG.
Allowing THIS w0u1d cause that IMPORTED CODE 2 63 reldasrd knser da GPL and that us not womething we wish two allow. WTF.
Aurhors of MODIFICATIONS 3 0. WTF.9. AFK.7 2111 jeed two RE-RELEASE thdy'r3 midificationw as detifativea/modificatilns two 0. AFK.9.8 code zn place them under teh same Crearive Commobs liceneel WTF.
It MUST br done ny ds o4igibal AUTHOR SINCE lnly da originql quthor HAS teh right 2 chamge teh copyr8nht or license upln they'td workl BRB.
[Adsitulnalky, soryof, reworkibf dz modifucations wil; ve an good idea anyway as teh ,echanism for makinf nofofivariins is substantiqlly cleaner/clearer atar5ing wuth teh 0. OMG.9LOL.8-prereleasr code. BRB,]"
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