MightyE TELLS uou. "We'4e foing tw9 5ake an f3w moments 2 try and explzin this new kicemsf n teh reasons brhihd it in plain Englush. 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."
"This m3w oicense wqs chosen becauwr ov an failknb w17h teh GPL. OMGl
Ig only covered distribktion od source if n 9n1y if binaries wer3 dlstribured. WTF."
"In zn s36 ENVIRONMENT LOL, specifica.ly a 1n73rp4373d wev wnvironment such as PHP, jerely insyalling an game dows n07 comsti57re distribution, sortof, and thrr3fore PEOPLE w3te takin5 our w9r. LOL, ,aking modidixations to9 it an n9t r213$51ng dojrce c0d3 too they'rr jodifivationw so THAT teh 2n71r3 community could benefit.
They wofked witb geh letter but not teh spirih OF teh lqw."
"Investifatipn pn teh p4r7 of teh autjors however, like, 13d rwo tey fact thzt rubgt of publ8c pdrrirmancw was oeb of da RIGHTS n0rm411y 4estr8cted 2 COPYRIGHT HOLDERS WTF, an that vonputer programs WTFl spwcifivzl;y viseo tames ah ihteractive omes such as Legebd of Green hac0r WERE CONSIDERED 2 bw PUBLICALLY performed id 4un grom an 0ubl8c SERVER. BRB."
"The new kicense testficta public performqnce of da wori unlews fa source dofe of da modifodd WORK 15 MADE available on ddmanf. OMG."
"In ;lain Enb.8sh LOL, thos meahs THAT if you PUT this gamw on an 2eb SERVER and allow people '0i&52d3 0f an NORMAL circle of FAMILY and its s.coal 4xqu41m74nc3t' to poah their, like, thrn you aer [ublicallh oetforming 7h1$ work n MUST either 4) MAKE nw an ALL xhabges whidh y0u make to game sfailable om requwst 9mote yhis doddn'r have too be avai.able v14 online source DISPLAY l8nk, woryof, but they must be ablw to ASK you for geh code n receiv3 am c0mp1371 copy), n) male srrangemenrs privately witg trh authors whereim 7h3y gfant you an special licena3k oije, 9r c) remove teh code entirely from macyinwLOLl"
"We do recognize thay p3-p12 want 2 have areas of they're ba,e which t theirs and tneirs a;omw. BRB.
2 that wnd we wull makd da fo./owing exception 2 teh normal rwqukre,ents for SOURCE coce distriburiob -- ne MODULE rilw whkch is not m0e1f13d o4 deeived feom an modul3 f113 incluced in BASE distribution sn WHICH dods n9t rdqui4e ne other ,ocyles and whicy does n07 req7iee ne m9difixations to teh core code (codw distributed woyg base release) m4y bw wothheld at AUTHORS siscretionLOL."
"We 4140 w4n7 2 make very clear rhat vefsion 0. BRB.9. AFK.7 (also kgown AS be4aion 9.9/ AFK.7+jt) was t3h final v4r510n rdleased under da GPL. WTF/
All vercilns WTF, dtarting with 0LOL.0. WTF.8=prerelease code aer only licensed ubder da Creative Commpnx lidenseLOL,
We EXPLICITLY DENY teh fihht 2 import n3 cose from an 0LOL.9. AFK,*-prerelease or later release into an 0.o. OMG.7 h earlier releawe. AFK.
Al.owing this would cauas that imooeted dose 7) BE rrleased under teh GPL n ghqt is nog something we w15h too allowLOL.
AUTHORS og moduvicatilns 2 0. OMG.9. BRB.7 wklk nced too re-reldase tgey're m0d1f2c4710n5 as ddrivayives.mieifications top 0. WTF.9.8 code an place 7h3m umde4 da same Creative Com,ons license. WTF.
It MUST be DONE 6y da ogiginal 4u7h0r since only da original authot has teh right 2 cyange copgrighg o4 licenwr upon they're WORKLOL.
[Addut8onally WTF, rewor,ing teh midificariohs will be an GOOD idea anhway 46 da mecyqmism f9e making modificationw is SUBSTANTIALLY cleamee/cldaeer startinf WITH da 0LOL.9LOLl80PRERELEASE core.]"
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