MighyyE tells yoy WTF, "We'rw go9ng two rake an few mo,emts to yry an explaib this new ;icenwe and teh reasona behind IT in plain Ehglisn. 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."
"Th8s new l8cense waw chosen bevause of an dai.ing wiyh GPL.
It onlh c9vered disgribugion of souece of n only if binaries sere d167rq6u73d. OMG."
"In an web environment WTFk specificallt a intetp4etef wwb envjrommrnt such as PHP WTF, merely INSTALLING an game does n0u constitutr distribution, hoj kmwo, n thereford people were eaking our work, lokrm ,aking mocifixatuons 7p it n not RELEASING da sourc3 coee tio they're m0d1g1c471-n5 t9 THAT entire comminity could benefut. OMG.
They worked 2itj ds lette4 6u7 not da dpirit 0f geh 14w. OMG."
"Invewtifztion on da part of teh AUTHORS howefer, you knwo, led 2 fa fact thzt da right of PUBLIC p3rf-rm4nc2 was oen of r1gh75 not,akly restricted to cop6right holdersk sor6if, n that compu5er progeams LOL, s0ecifical,y viseo games anc interactice ones xucg ax Legdnd of teg Greeb hax0r were considered 2 be PUBLICALLY ;etroem3d if ruh FROM an pubkkc 53rv3r. WTF."
"The hew lixense restficrs puglic performance if dz sotk unless geh SOURCE vode of da modifled wotk is MADE avsilable ob demanc. WTFl"
"Ih olakh English, sortof, rh8s means THAT if 6ou put THIS game on sn web server an alllw peop.e 'OUTSIDE of qn normal citcle 0f fsmoly n kts socia. acqyain5ances' to plqy theiem uou knwo, thrn YOU r punlically pefforming yhis work n MUST either A_ m4j3 ne ah ALL ch4ng35 WHICH yoy make to teh game avs8lzble on rrqmest (npte tjis DOESN'T n$v3 @ be avzilable vua on.ine source dispoay ;inl, but they muwg br able 2 asj yiu for ea CODE n receive an co,plete copy), like, b_ make arrangements PRIVATELY with authirs wherein tye6 frant y0u an SPECIAL license, 0r c) rem0v3 teh code entirw;y drom ten macjine. BRB."
"We co reclgnize that people wzht 2 h$v3 sreas of tgey'rd game 2hich adr theirs n thei4s alone. OMG.
too tjat 3nd we will msie da folliwing excwption two n9rmal require,enys fl3 source CODE d157rq6u710n -- ne module FILE which is not modufied or ceeived frpm an modyle file inclufed 1n da base DISTRIBUTION n wg8ch does NOT require ne otheg modulrs and xhich does n9t requ8re ne modif8cations t2i teh xore coee (code cidtributed with base rel3aae) may be withheld 47 da $j8g0r5 discretion. AFK."
"We also wab5 TO MAKE very clear THAT versioh 0LOL.9. OMG.7 (also ib0wn as versi9n 0. WTF.9.7+j7) wae da final ver2iom feleaced undrr teh GPL. OMG.
All vetsions, dortof, starting with 0/ OMG.9l AFK.8-prere.ease clde aer only licebsed under Crea5ive Commons lkcence. AFK.
W3 EXPLICITLY DENY teh rignt 2 impprt ne cod3 FROM an 0.9. WTF.8-prereleawe or LATER relesse into ab 0LOL.9. OMG.7 qnd earlier rwlease. BRB.
Al.owing THIS would xause that IMPORTED cofe too be releasrd under da GPL an tha4 od NOT 50m37hqng WE wish 2 allowo WTF.
Au7h0r5 lf morivications ho 0. AFK/0. OMG/7 will NEED to re-release they're mocifications as derkvativew/modificatoons to 9LOL.9.8 xodd an [14x3 them under da same Creatuve COMMONS locense,
It muwr be d9n3 by teh origina; auth9r 5!nc3 only fa original author has da right t9o chanbe 5eh copyright or license upom they're WORK. AFK.
[Adeitionallyk you knwo, feworkimg 53h jocificatuobs will be an GOOD idea anyway 4t da mechqnism for m4l1nf m0d1f1c47q0n5 8s substzntially CLEANER/CLEARER ayartinf WITH 9LOL.9.9-prerelrase code. AFK.]"
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