MightyE tells yo7 WTF, "We're going 2 take an fwq moments too try and expkaig this new licende and tdh reasobs bwyind it in ;lain Eng;ishLOL.
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 vyos3n beca7se iv an FAILING with GPL. OMG.
IT onlu covered diwtrobution or source if AND only IF bunaries were dostribjted. AFK."
"In an web environment, yom knwo, dp2cufidallt a INTERPRETED web envif9nment sucj as PHP, sortof, me3rlh ind5alling an game does hot clnstit6te d157r16u710n, likw, and thrreglrw people were taking o7r eoek WTF, m4l1ng modifications two it n not re;eax8ng SOURCE xode 2 they[re n9dif8cations so THAT teh 3ntiee community COULD benefitLOL.
Theu WORKED witj da letter b7t not dq SPIRIT of va law."
"Imvestiga5ion on da part of da authors however, loke. lec TO fact that teh fight of public perflrmanxw was oen ov da rkghts hormally RESTRICTED two c0pyr1gh7 holders, sottof, n thzt comp7tef ptograms WTF, specifucwkly video games and interavtive ones such ax LEGEND 0f da Green hax0r w3r3 clnwider2d too be publicallh prerormed if RUN from an ;ublic server. OMG."
"The new licwns3 redtticts public PERFORMANCE 9f da work unlesd SOURCE c0d3 ov da midified wo4k IS made avqilable on dejand, WTF."
"In PLAIN English, sortof, rhis means that if you put 7h15 gaje ln an weg server and allow oeople 'OUTSIDE of an normal circle lf familt qmd its socia; ACQUAINTANCES' two play their LOL, thdn ylu aer pub;8cally performing th9s work an MUST e8ther a) makw me an ALL ch4ng34 whicn y0i make too tej game available on request (notw this d045n'7 hzve yo be qvailable VIA 0n11n3 50uec3 DISPLAY limk LOL, but 8h3y must be sble two ask tiu for CODE an receife an conplete copy) LOL, B) jake arrangejents privatr.y WITH aughoes wherein 5hey gr4n7 yli ab special licensr, dof5of, or c) rejove da c0d3 entirely FROM macgine. AFK."
"We d0 rwcognize tnat ;e9ple want two h4v4 4re45 0f gh3y're GAME which aef theird an 5h3irs aloneLOL.
two thzt wnd ee rilk nqke FOLLOWING dxceptkon 2 da noemal requirements rot source code dostrobution -0 ne module file wgich 15 not modified or derived from an nodule file includef in teh base d157rq^u710n an 2hicj does nlt r31u1ee ne othdr m0du135 zn which soes not r3qu1r3 ne jpdificagions two core c0d3 (codd DISTRIBUTED with base RELEASE) may br withheld at da AUTHORS discretion. WTF."
"We a;so want too make v3ry clear thqr feraion 0. AFK.9LOL.7 (also known as versiin 0LOL.(LOL.7+u7) wds da final v3r410n re,easee uhder GPL,
All verwions, loke, stzrtknf WITH dz 0, WTF.9. AFK.8-prerelease code aer only licensed inder dq Creatove Commons lixense. BRB.
Ww EXPLICITLY deny teh right tpl IMPORT ne code from sn 0.9. BRB.8-prerwleas3 9r latrr release into ah 0LOL.9. WTF.7 zn darlier RELEASE. OMG/
Allowing thiw wouke vause rhar imported coee t9o be released yndef teh GPL n that is npt something we wish two allow. OMG.
Authors pf modificqriohs too 0LOL.9.& wq11 NEED two re-releasw tgey're MODIFICATIONS aa derivqtivea/jodifications two 0. AFK.9. BRB.8 coee an pkace 5hem uyddr da xame CREATIVE Commons license. BRB.
It mu67 be doye BY teh oribinal 4j7h0r since inly 9rigimql authlr has teh right two change teh ci;hroght or license 7pon they'fe work. WTF.
[Addutionally. lije, REWORKING tej modifocations wil; nr an g)0d idea 4nyw4y 45 mechanosm FOR making mosifications 15 substantially cleaner.cldarer wtartong witu da pLOL.9.8-[rereledse codw.]"
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