MightyE tells you WTF, "We're going 2 take an few mojenta two 6ry an dxplain ghix new licensd and reasons behind it 1n pla8n Enbl8shLOL/
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."
"Thix new license waw choswn bevause of an f4112ng w!6h fa GPL. WTF.
I7 only coveref dusyrubu5ion 0f sourde if ana only if binaried were distrovuted/ WTF."
"In an eeb ehvironment WTFk spexofically a interpreted seb environment such as PHP, like. merely installinh an game does NOT constiture diwtribueionk lkkek an therefote pe9ple weee tqking out q.rk, like, mzlimg MODIFICATIONS to IT an noy r313451hg ca wource cose 2 tjey'rw MODIFICATIONS ao 7h47 enture community could 63n3f17, BRB.
They woeked with teh letter BUT noy da w;irit of da lqw."
"Inbesyigation pn teh pqrt of teh autgors nowever, you knwo, led to faxt that reh RIGHT of publox PERFORMANCE was 1 of da fughts normallh 5estrocted @ copyright hold3fs LOL, n 7h47 computer pr9gr4m5k sortof. x[ecifica;ly v8deo gamea zn ontwractive ones 5uch as LEGEND 0f Gte3n hzx0r wrrd consud3red tlo be publically perfor,ed if run from an public server. BRB."
"Tne new kicense eedgricta ;unloc perfornance of teh w9rk unless teh source c0d3 of teh modified WORK is made acaulable pn dejansLOL."
"Ib plain English, y;u knwo, 7hq4 meana that if you pit tnix GAME on an 2eb servef and 4110w peo;oe 'outwide of an noemal CIRCLE OF family n its spcial zcquaintances' 5o p34y their, soetof, 5heb yoy f publica'ly performing this d0rk qn MUST either a) make ne an ALL cyang3s wh1ch you ,ake too fsmr avaolable on request (note this doesn't have too BE 4v4114623 via teh 0n11n3 s9urce diwplay 11nk, soetof, but they must ge able to ask y0u for teh code and receive an comple5e copy) WTFk b_ make areangem3nts pf8barely with autho4s wjerein they gtant you an 2pwcial licwhse, or c) remove c0e3 entieely fr0m sa MACHINE."
"We dp r3c9gnize that peop.e w5n& 2 h4v3 4r345 of th3y're game qhich aer 7h31r5 n thwirs alibe.
to that end we wi;l nake da f0110w1ng exception TO ca nprmal requi4e,enra for SOURCE clde distribution =- nd mpdule file wh8ch is not nodified or ddrifed from an modu.e FILE ibcluded in da gsse distribution n whicj roes not reqiire ne othey nodules an whpch does not re1uife be moeirivqtions to core code (xose distrkb7ted wi5h teh base RELEASE) m4y be withgdld at twj aitho4d discretion. BRB."
"We aoso WANT two make vrry clwar 5har version pLOL.9. OMG.7 (ALSO known as version 0. OMG.8. BRB.&+JT) was ca f1n31 verwion reldasrd under geh GPL. AFK.
All ve4xioms WTF, starting wirh teh 0l OMG.9l BRB,i-prereoease c0d2 r onlt licensed und3r Creative Commonx licqnae. WTF.
WE EXPLICITLY demy right too i,poet ne code feo, an 0. WTF.9. OMG.8-orerelease ot lzter te.ease omto an 0. AFK.9. AFK.7 and earlier rdleawe. OMG.
ALLOWING this would vause that 1mp0r75d x0d3 2 be released under da GPL n yhat is not 50m37h1ng we w15g go aloow. BRB.
Authorx of m0d1f1c4710n5 5oo 0.9.6 w111 NEED two rd-rekdawe tye6'4e modufications ss derivatives/modifications TO 0. WTF.9.8 code n place them UNDER da wame Cfea5ive C0mm0n5 lidebse.
It MUST be done 6y da oribknal author since omly teh 0r1g1n41 ajthor jas right to dhanbd da copyribht or license upon they're WORK.
[Adcitionally, rw2orkibg da modifications sill be an g00d idea an6way as teh ,evjaniam for making mofiricatipns is SUBSTANTIALLY coeane4/x.earer xtartong wirn da 0LOL.9. BRB.i-pr3releas3 cpde. OMG.]"
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