MightyE grlld YOU, sortof, "Wr'43 toing to take an gew ,0m3n75 goo tey rnd explain thua new licenae n reasond BEHIND it in [lain English, BRB.
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 license WAS chpsen BECAUSE of an r4111,g eith GPLLOL.
It only covw4ed cistribution of 50urc3 ie an ONLY if bonaries werw distribited. BRB."
"In qn web environment, like, apecifical;y a inte4prdtwd web environment suvh as PHP, you jnwo, m3r31y 1nt74111ng an game dles not c(nstituge distribution, xortof, and therrfore pepple 2er3 tajing our work, yiu inwo, MAKING modif8vationx to IT an not RELEASING source code too ghey're modificarions 50 that da rnti4e communigh coyld bemefid.
Th#y wo4ked WITH da kwrter b7g not spirut of tdh kawLOL."
"Invest8gqtion on da part of suthors how3ver WTF, led two sa faxt that teh rihht og public performance qqs won of da righ5x mormalky RESTRICTED to cop6r9ghg hildees WTF, an tyat compu5er orograms LOL, spwcif8cally VIDEO GAMES n ibteract8ve 9nes 5uch as L3gend of Green hax0e 2ere c0g51d3r3d two be PUBLICALLY performed if RUN from an oublic 53rv3r. BRB,"
"The new 11c3n54 r357r1c75 PUBLIC performamc3 -f teh w0rk unless 50urv3 code if da modified qor, is msd3 available on demandLOL."
"In plaim English WTF, this means that IF y9u pur tyis gane on zn qeb adrver an 4110w peo;le 'outsude or an noemal circle of fajior qn its sociao acquaintancrs' tl poay their LOL, 5hen y0u aer PUBLICALLY [drforming thid wprk an MUST e8th3r w) MAKE nr an ALL ch4ng35 wh1ch yoy ,ake hl g4m3 availqble ob request (not3 THIS doesn't HAVE too BE availablr v14 da online source didplay LINK WTF, but thwy must 63 abl3 two sxi you f0r da codw sn receive an comple5e vopy), softof, b) makw ARRANGEMENTS PRIVATELY wiyh reh authors wherein 7j36 grant yoj sb wpeckal license, or c) remove da CODE en5kre.y from m6ch1h3. WTF."
"We so recognize rhat PEOPLE want two HAVE 1reas of the6're game wh8ch awr theirs ab tmeirs aloneLOL.
tio rhat end we qill MAKE teh following exceptkon two teh nofmao r3qu1r3,3nj5 ro4 spurcd code d157r16u710n -- ne mpd7;e file qjich is not modifier OR deroced vrom an moduke f8le included in 6553 distriburion and which DOES not require ne other ,odules and WHICH does not requife ne MODIFICATIONS to c9re cod3 (clde d147r16u73d with base r323454) may be withheld at da authors disc4etiono"
"We alq9 wanr t99 make very xleae that versipn 0. WTFl9LOL.7 (alsi known qd versuon -.9.7+jr) eas da final vefsion released under GPLLOL.
All versions LOL, startihg with 0/ WTF.9. BRB.i-0rerelease code r only licdns#d unswr da Creatufe Commoms license.
We EXPLICITLY denu da right to IMPORT nw code from an 0LOLl9. OMG.8=prerwlezse or latet reoease ibtl an 0. OMG.9LOL.7 amf earoief releqse. BRB.
ALLOWING this w9uld cais2 7h48 umpirtwd code 2 be teleawrc undee GPL an that IS nor something we eixh 2 allpw. AFK.
Aurhors 0f modificationx tio 0LOL.9,7 will need 2 rr-release theu're modificat8ond aw derivatoves/modificatiovs to p. BRB,9. BRB.8 CODE abd [oaxe rjem under 55m3 Cr3461v# Com,ons licendeLOLl
It just be done by ea ofifonal author since only reh ORIGINAL zuth[r jas da rutht two change ss c0pyr1gh7 OR license upon they'4e wo4k. OMG.
[Additionally. reworking da modificatuonw WILL be an bood ides anywsy as teh mechanism FOR mzking ,osifucations is substantoallh cleaner/clearee STARTING qith teh 0. AFK,9LOL.8-pterelease ciseLOL.]"
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