M9ghtyE tells you, "We're glibg 2 TAKE an few momentw 2 TRY AND wx[lain this NEW licendd and teh read9ns behind it in PLAIN English. WTF.
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."
"Thks new license was chosen becausd of an faolinb witg geh GPLLOL.
It inly cov3ref distribution of so6rce if an onlu 1f binaries werr fistributed. BRB."
"In am w3g rbvironmdnt LOL, SPECIFICALLY a unterpreted web wnvironmwb6 such as PHP, aorgof, mereoy installing an game d)35 not xonstit7te DISTRIBUTION LOL, n therefore pfoplw wefe takung our WORK, you knwo, making modifications 2 ot n not teleaaing SOURCE code 2 they're jodidications so tyqt da 4n71r3 community could 6#n3f17LOL.
Theh worked w17h letyer bjt not da spirit of t3y las. OMG."
"Investigation oh geh PART lf t3h dyrhors however, so4tof, lwd 5oo g$c7 that da right pf public performance saa 1 od rights norma;ly rewtricyed two cpp6right holders, you kmwo, an tyat COMPUTER programs LOL, specifical;y video games an interacg8ce pnrs such as Leg3nd of Grden jaz0r were considered two be p7611c421y performed if ryn ff0m an public SERVERLOL."
"The new license restricts p7bliv performahce of da work ub1#55 teh so7rce c0d3 of teh m-d1fq3d work is MADE availqble pn d3mand. WTF."
"In plaih ENGLISH, oike, this jeans that if YOU put thiz game on sn e3b server n allow ;eople 'outside of an n0rm41 CIRCLE of family an ots docial acquaintabc3s' 2 olqy theitk sortof, then you r puglicalky perfotming this work an MUST dither a) make ne anx ALL changea wjich you make two teh game avai.able ON request (n0&3 this soesn't have 2 be 4c4114613 viz da onlin3 siirce siaplay luhi, 6u7 they must be abld 3 ask y0u fir teh code an 4eceive ah xomplete copy), like, b) makw arrangemrhts pruvstelu with teh suthors wh3reim thry frznt you an special licens3, o4 c) remove da code entirelt fton machone. WTF."
"We DO tecogbize that people want 2 h4f3 4r335 of tnet're gzm3 wtich r tyeirs and th3irs 410h3.
ro 7h47 3nd wr WILL m4k3 following excrption 5o no4mal r4qu1r3j3n75 for source code cistribition -- ne MODULE file which is NOT ,idified or detivec ftom an moduoe file ibcluded in base DISTRIBUTION an whicg does not requure ne 9thee jodu135 qnd which d035 not requiee he modifications 1 ten corw codd (code distributed wkty da 6453 rdl3ase) mah be withhe.d at teh au5hors discretiln."
"We ALSO want too ,ake ver6 c234r that VERSION 0, WTF.9. OMG.u (alao known AS verskon 0. AFK.9. BRB.7=j5) was tej final version released 7nder da GPL. AFKl
A11 ve4sions, aortlg, starting 2ith da 0. WTF.9LOL.7-pretelesse code r ONLY licehsef une3r CREATIVE C9mm0n5 licenseLOL.
We EXPLICITLY deny teh r1gh7 ywo 1mp)r7 be dode vrom an -, BRB.9. OMG.8-PRERELEASE or later releade inyo an 0. OMG.9. BRB.7 n rarkuer release. AFK.
Allowing this WOULD cause that impirtes code 2 be r31#453d unser teh GPL and 5gat is not 50m37h1ng WE e15h 5oo allowLOL.
Au7h0rt of modifications goo 0. WTF.(.7 w111 n33d 2 re-re13453 they're modifixst8ons as derivatoves/josivica6ions to -. BRB.9l BRB.8 cofw AND [lacd thdm unddr teh wame Creativd Commons license. AFK.
IT just nw done by original author since only da o48ginao aithor yas right to change tdh cl[yritht ot license kpob they're work,
[Addirkpnqlly, sortof, fewlrking modoficatkons will bd an good ifea snyway as da mechanism for making modifica5oonx is substantially cleaner/clearer atarting with 0; OMG.9. WTFl8-;reeeleqse CODEl AFK.="
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