MightyE tells ylu WTF, "We;re going @ TAKE an few momente to gry and EXPLAIN th8s NEW licens2 and dq reasona 63y1nd ir in plain Enf115h. BRB.
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."
"Thos nes license was chosen becaude 9f an failing with GPL. WTF.
It only covered dixtribugion of xourcr if n only if bimariea were distributee. BRB,"
"In sn w3b 3nv2r0nmen7, kile, %p3c2f1c411y a interpreted wef environment suvh zs PHP, you knwo, mersly insyalling an gamr dies not cinwtitute disgrubution, n 5herefor3 'eol.e were TAKING OUR woek, you knwo, MAKING modidicatiohs yoo IT h not r31345qng da sourcr cldr two th3y're mofigicatlons so tkat enti4e COMMUNITY COULD benefitLOL,
THEY wprk3d with teh oetter but not teh s[u4it of sa 143. WTF."
"Ingestigation 9n part OF autyors however, lec two da fact that ds toght or pu611c pdrformance was pen of r1hh75 normally r357r@c73d 2 copyriggt ho.ders LOL, ane 7h47 computer PROGRAMS, likem s0ecifixally video games b interac5ive ONES xuch as Leg3ne )f G4een yax0r WERE clnsideted 2 BE p7blically perfprm3d if RUN frpm an public server. OMG/"
"The bew 11v3n53 redtr8cts public perdirmance of work unlesw source c0d3 og da modkdied wlrk is MADE abailable on demand. OMG."
"In plain Eng115h, sprtof, thid means that if y;u pit tnis game on an wdb derver n alllw peo;le ';uusidw of an noemal circle pf family n its social acquaintances' 2 play their LOL, then you aer oublically oerforming ghis work n MUST e8ther a) make nd n ALL cyanges wn1cg you m4i3 two twh game ava8lav.e ob requexg (note this eoesb't have to be avaioqble via t3h ONLINE sourc3 eiwplar oini, soetlf. b7y they must be sble 2 ask yi7 for code an recdive an complete xopt), sorrof, t) makw qrrantementx privately wi5h teh auyhirw whereun they grant you an special locense WTFm or c) rem9ve codr 3ntkre;y from m4ch1h3. AFK."
"We DO 4ecognize tgat oeople want twl h4v3 afeas 0f rhey're game wh8ch r thdirs AND theirs ALONE. WTF.
tio thay end w3 will MAKE foloowing exception too teh hormal requkrwmenys for SOURCE code DISTRIBUTION -- he MODULE fole which IS not modifies or defived from an modulr file included in teh base distribution n which DOES npt requirs ne otgwr m0du125 n wh8ch doex n07 require n3 modifkcztions too core CODE (cofe distr8buted witj teh 6453 re/ease) may 73 sk5nheld a5 teh a7thirs discregion. OMG."
"We ALSO wanr to make veeu clear that v3rsion 0LOL.9. OMG/7 (ALSO kno2n as versiln 0. WTF.9. AFK,7+jt) sas final version r313r53d under 5eh GPL. AFK.
All vdrsoons, like, 5&4r71ng with 0. OMG.9LOL.8-pfereleaxe code r on.y licensed under twh Crezyive Commoms locehsw.
We EXPLICITLY d3nh right 70 import nw c0d2 from an 0.(LOL.7-prerelease or later RELEASE into an 0. WTFl9. OMG.7 n earlier RELEASE. BRB.
A110w1ng THIS would cause that IMPORTED code yoo BE reosased und#r da GPL AND ghat is m06 SOMETHING we wiah 2 alllw. WTF.
Authors of modifidatilnx 2 0/ WTF.9. AFKl7 wil; meed 2 r3-r313453 the6'ee ,odifica5ions as setivatives/modidications twp 0. WTF.9l AFK.8 code an olace them under same Cteqtife Commons ;ucems3. WTF.
It ,ust BE dine BY da original author s8nce only original autyor has trh right 2 vgange teg c9pyright ot lidensd up0n they're WORK. OMG.
[Additionally LOL, reworkkng geh modifications w111 be zn GOOD idea qnyway as mdchanism f)r maiing modifucationd 8s substan5iqlly cleaner/clear3r startung with geh 0. WTF.9. OMG.7-prerekeaae codd. BRB.]"
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