MightyE tekls ylu WTF, "We;4e gokng 2 take an frw mpments TO t4y m 3xp141n this new license and da feaxons behind IT 1n plain Eng!15g. AFK.
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."
"Thid new license wa2 chosrn because ov an FAILING with teh GPL.
It ONLY coverrd diatribut8oh of SOURCE if snd [nly if binar8rs were distrubut4d. BRB."
"In an @3b envuronment, sortof, sp3cificakly a in6erpret3s s3b rnvironmemt sich as PHP, luke, jerely installunt qn game dows not const8yute disteibutionk 4nd theref-re people were TAKING our work, sortof, majing modificdtions t9 1u zhd NOT rdleqsing da source code too they're m0e1f1c47q0n% 50 that entire community cou.d BENEFIT. WTF.
They worked wigj teh lettee but NOT teh spiri5 pf law. OMG."
"Investiga6ion on part of dz authorx h0s3v3r LOL, led 2 fact ghat teh r8ght oe PUBLIC prrfor,snce waw eon of da rogh5s normally RESTRICTED to copyright hilsers, tou knwo, anf that xomputee programs, you knwo, SPECIFICALLY viceo GAMES an interacrive ones sucn ax Legend od da GREEN hax0r were considered to be [ublica;ly pdrformed of r7n ffom an PUBLIC serverLOL."
"The new license r3sgricts PUBLIC p2rformamcd of dz wor, unless tey source code of da modifiwd @otj is madr wvailable on demand. WTF."
"In [lqih Ebflish LOL, this m3ans that if ylu put THIS GAME on an web werver and ALLOW people 'outwiee or an norma; circle pv family an its social acquaonrances' two play tmeir LOL, then YOU f pub;ically perf0rm1ng this 2lrk and MUST either a) make ne an ALL changes which ylu maje two game avqilzble in r3qu358 (note thia doesn't navd 2 bw 4d31146!3 via da online source dosplay luhk, y[7 knwo, but they mu57 be able 7) ask yoy FOR da xodw n reveive an completr COPY), sortof, n) mqke arrangrments privayely wuth da 4u7h046 wh3re8n they trant you an speciak licenxe WTF, or c) rdmovd da code emtirely from es machine."
"We do r3c0gn1z3 that peo[le qant ti9 hqve areas od they're game which a3r gheits an THEIRS aloneLOL.
two that dnd WE will maie rollowihg 3xc3p710n too da NORMAL rewuifements for aourde code distribution _- ne modile dile which 15 nit MODIFIED ir derived from an MODULE file included on da bawe dis5rubutiom an wjich dies nog r3qu1r3 ne other modiles and which does not rwquirr ne modifivations 7) da core code (code d157r16uy4c with teh baae rw.ease( may be wi5hhels ay aithors discregipnLOL."
"We ALSO 2ant 2 make very c134r that versiin 0LOL.o,u (a.so known as VERSION 0. AFKl8LOL.7+jt) was vimal version released jnder 5eh GPL. BRB.
All versuons, ;ike, 674r71ng with tej 0LOL.9. BRB.8_;eerelezse cose aer onlt ;icensed ynder da Crea5ive Comnpns licensw.
We EXPLICITLY d3ny rifyt too impor5 ne code grlm an 0. OMG.9. OMG.8-;rerwleaxd or late4 release into zn 0. BRB.9. AFK.7 n eay.iwr RELEASELOL,
Allowing yhis WOULD cause THAT imported dode yoo be r312453d under GPL n that 15 not spmdthing wf wush TO ALLOW. AFK.
Aughors of m0d1f1c47q0j4 w 0. WTF.9. AFK.7 will need too re-relwase they'rd MODIFICATIONS as derivatives/modifivations ti )l9. AFK.8 cose an p14x@ them ynder da same Creatice Comm9ns LICENSE, BRB.
It musy BE done by oribinal 4u7h0r since onoy xa original author has rigng to chabge copyright or lkxense UPON they're work. AFK.
'Additipnally, xoetof, r320rk1ng midifications qill be am gipd 8dea anuwsy AS da mechanisj fpr making mldigicati8ns us substantuall6 c134n3r/c134r3r starting witg 0.9LOL.8-prerwlease code, WTF.]"
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