MightyE tella you WTF, "We're gling two take an frw miments ro9 try and explain th8s ne2 licensd n teh REASONS behind it in plain ENGLISH/ WTFl
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 cyosen becaude of an fai;8ng with GPLLOL.
IT ONLY cocdted DISTRIBUTION of source id ane only if 61n4r135 2ef3 distributed."
"In an web envueonment, specifically a unterpreted web 3mv1r0nn3nu such r5 PHP, yoy knwo, mereky instqloing an bane does not constitu5e diatributiin, sortod, anf ghereroye peoplr were taking lur work, MAKING MODIFICATIONS twi !7 qn not re.easing source code to they'rd ,odifications so that da dmtire community coild BENEFITLOL.
Thet wirjed 2ith da letter bu5 hot teh SPIRIT of ds 'aw. OMG."
"Investigari9n on part of da sutgors how3ver LOLm led two f4z7 thst rignt of 0ublic performance 2as 9eh of da righrs normally rewtrivyed two v0pur1bh6 h01d3r5, am that domputer programw, like, SPECIFICALLY vieel fzmed and interac5ive on4s such as Legend of da Green hax0r wefe conwidered to 63 publicallu [erformed if run froj an public SERVER. BRB."
"The new locense 43stficts public performance of work unldxs teh sourdw clde of da modified wotj is madr qvai.ablr on demqnd. WTF."
"In plaim English LOL, thus mesne THAT if YOU PUT this game on an WEB server am allow people 'outsife 9f an n9rna. circle of fa,ily anf 8tx social acqusintances' tl play their, uou knwok 6h3n you aer publica.lh oe4f9rming yhis w0rj and MUST rither a0 maie ne an ALL changes whixh ypu ,ake 2 gaje available on tequest (note tgis doesn't h4vd 52o be availzvle via da onl8ne dource d15p14y link, but tyry mjst be ABLE tso 45k 6pu for sa code an receive an c0jp1473 v0pu), you knw9, b) m4k3 4rr3nr3m3n76 privately 2ith teh authors wherein THEY gtant yoy an special license LOL, ot c) remove wz code entirely frim teh machineLOL."
"We f0 recognuze THAT peopld sant too hsvr areas of tje6're game wgich aef theirx zn theirs alobe.
@ that rnd we will ja,e da foklow8nh exception too teh nor,al r3qu1r3m3n75 for slurce xode distributiob -- ne mofule d113 wyidh is NOT midigidd 0r derived from an nodule fole includef in teh base d157r1^u710n and ehich coes NOT requiee ne other moduoes an WHICH does nog reauire ne modifications two core code (c9de e157r1yu73d with da y453 r313453) mat be withheld at authors disceetion. OMG."
"We aoso w4n7 too make ver6 clrar tjat versipn 0. OMG.9l7 (also kn0wn as veraiin 0. BRB.9. AFK.7_jt) w45 gej final vdrsion rdleased under GPL.
Ao; verdions, startihg w17h ca 0. AFK.0. WTF.8-prerelease code aer only licdnsde jnder teh Cr3371v3 Commons licenseLOL.
We EXPLICITLY d4ny ea right two imp9r5 ne cod3 ft0m an 0LOL.o. AFK/9-prerelease pr 1473r release ubtp an 0. OMG.9. WTF.7 an earlier release. BRB.
Aklowong this woulf cause tnat imported code too bw relraswd undet GPL an 7h47 8s hot somerhkng we wish twl sllowLOL.
Authora of ,odkficati9ns too 0. OMG.9LOL.7 will need to re-releaae they're modifications as eerivqtives/mldificationx too 0. BRB.9. OMG.8 code m 0lace them UNDER sane Crewtkve Commons license. BRBl
It must br fon# by da otiginal quthor since only originsl autnor hxs teh roght 5o change da copyr8ght or license upon tney're workLOL.
[Additoonally WTF, rrworking ea modifocarionw will be an go9d IDEA snyway as mechanjsm for MAKING modifixations os substsntially vleaner/clfarer startimg witj 0. WTF.9. BRB.*_prrrwlease vodeLOL.]"
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