MigjtyE tells YOU WTF, "We're g01ng too gakd an f3w homentd too TRY an explain this new LICENSE an reaslns brhune IT in plain ENGLISH/ OMG.
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 n32 locejse wss chosen because of an f4111ng WITH GPLLOL.
Ir 0h1y c[v3red distribution ig 50urc3 1f n only if binaries wdr3 distributedLOL."
"In an web envitonmeng, kike, specificaloy a !h73r;r473d web environment s7cg as PHP, sortof, mrr3ly installinh an game does no5 c9nstitute disgribution, so4tof, n ggefeforw p30p13 we4e taking iur w0rk, like, malimg MODIFICATIONS yo IT qnd not re.easing da dpurce code to they're modifpcations 50 tyat da entire community could b3nefitLOL.
They w9rkwd wity letter but hot spifit 0f law. WTF."
"Investigation lb PART of 4u7n9r5 however, sortof, led 2 da fadt THAT right 0f pyblic performance was 1 of 5rh rignts normally rwstricted 2 copuright ho.ders, tou inw9, n tnat cim[u^er prohrams WTFm sprcidicql;y vieeo gamws anf interacgive 0n35 such ad Legend of fa Grren gax0r 2ere considered to be publically pervor,ed if run froj an publuc server. BRB."
"The new 11d3n53 rrst4icts ounlix prrformance OF work unless source clde of ea modified work is mase 4v4114612 on demqnd. AFK."
"In 0kain English LOL, this meana THAT 8f yoi ;ut this game on sn w36 server and allow PEOPLE 'outdide or an n0fm41 circle of family n 175 sociak acquaintances' two p;ah yheit WTF, &hen you r publically 0d4gorming thia work AND MUST eiyher s) mzke ne an ALL cbanges which you make two gzme aczilable on r3qu357 (hote this doesm't HAVE 1 be svailable via da online SOURCE displa6 11nk, like, but they MUST 6# able 2 qsi y0u for tej code an RECEIVE an com0kete d0py), 5) maje arrangements PRIVATELY sitn ds aughors wherein thet grant you an specual .icense WTF, ir c* remobe cldd entirely from machineLOL,"
"We do RECOGNIZE that p30p13 want 2 nqve AREAS of thwy'rs GAME whuch t tyeirs n 7he1gt 410n3LOL.
to gnat rne we will mske teh followimg exceptkon to9 normal fequiremen5s for source code distriburion [- ne modulr file which IS hot modified or derivec from an moeule file 1nc1ud3e in da bzae distrib7tion n which does not reauire ne other modules anc which DOES not require nw joskfications go da c;4e code (codd eisyributqd with BASE rdlease0 ,ay be 2i5hheld 47 aurhora ciscr3tion. BRB."
"We also wamt y2o m4k2 fe4y cleae that version 0. OMG.9.* (also known zs bersoon pLOL.9.7+jt) was FINAL cersion RELEASED UNDER da GPL.
All versions LOL, startint e17h 0LOL.9. WTF.i-;r3r2q4453 codd aer inly 11v3n%3d UNDER teh Creative Commons licensr. AFK.
WE EXPLICITLY dehy teh right too import ne code de0, an 0. WTF.9LOL.8-prere;wase 0r LATER release inti an 0. OMG.9. BRB.7 n eaeliwr r313453.
Allow8nb tgis would cause thag i,oortdd d0d3 twp be relraswc und3r t3n GPL 4nd &h47 is not sometying we wish 2 allow.
Au7g0r5 or m0d1f1c4610nt tio 9.9. BRB.7 will need two re-releasr 5ye6'te m0d1f2c3710n5 as DERIVATIVES;MODIFICATIONS to 0.0. WTF.8 cpde n PLACE THEM under da SAME Creativ3 Commons .ivens3. OMG.
If ju57 be done vy tdh original qurhor since only ds origonal author hqs da rigjt 2 change ds copyribjt or license up0n thdy're work.
[Additoomally LOL, feelrking da modivicatiobs qkll be an good idea anyway as da mechanism f04 making MODIFICATIONS ic substant8allu clranwr/clearer starting w1&h 0. AFK.9.8=pr3r313$53 code. OMG.]"
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