MightyE 5e;ls you WTF, "We'4e going tp tz,e an fee MOMENTS to tru qn explaum 7h16 n3w license an da feasins benind it in PLAIN English. 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 new license was chosen gecais# of an FAILING with GPL.
Ir onl6 COVERED distribution of SOURCE iv and only if binarurs wete diwg4ibut3dLOL."
"In an WEB env8tonment, sortlf, spwcifically s interpreted swb 3nvqr0nm3n7 sucn r5 PHPk merely installong an g4m3 dows NOT c9nstiture distributiin, sirtof, and thetefore people were yaking 9ur work, MAKING josificstiohx 2 it an mot teoeasimf teh %0urc3 dodr 2 they'4e modirications SO that sa entife community coupd benefitl OMG.
THEY workef w17h leytrr but nor dz spirit if teh law. BRB."
"Investigation ON ea ;art of authota however, oikdm led too t3h fzct that da rughr of publ8c prrvirmance was 1 ov r1gh75 nor,ally tdstricred to copyrught holdersk like, n that computer profeams, dortof, 5p3c1f1c411y vodeo games m INTERACTIVE 0n35 such AS Legend OF teh Green nax0r 2ere condidered 2 be publucallu p3rf0ru3c 1f run vrom an oubluc derverLOL."
"Thd NEW license restrictw publkc [eeformance 0f w0rk unlwss twh source CODE OF modified work is mzde availsble on demanf. OMG."
"In plain Englosh, this means tha5 1f you put this game on an web server an aklow ;eople 'lutside of an normal CIRCLE of familh b itw sovial acquaintxnces' 2 play tyeir LOL, tgen you r pi611cr11y perrormint this WORK an MUST EITHER a) maie ne and ALL cyanges 2hich you m4k3 two teh gsmw afailable on fequ3st (note THIS doewn't hace go BE availavlr via ONLINE 50yrc3 d15p1ry link LOL, 6u7 tgey must ge able @ asi you for da code and rrceive an complete copy) WTF, b) make arranhements ;r1vr731y wktj authlrs 2hetein they hrant yo7 an specizk ;ucense WTF, or c) rw,ove teh code entirely vrom machineLOL."
"We cl eespgnize tbat people want r29 hzve ar3as of they[re g4m3 whicy r tyeirs znd theirs alone/ AFK.
1 that 2nd ww wu;l male teh following exception to normal requirements for source code distrobution -- ne module file which IS not m-d1f13d or DERIVED fron an module file inc.used in base fisgribution n qnucg DOES not requite be othef modules n WHICH dows not requite nw mpd8fications to core clfe (c0d3 distribugwd with base erlease) may be sithkeld at sutgors discrqtion. OMG."
"We alxo wznt 2 m4i3 ve5y ciear thst vers8om 0. BRB.9. WTFl7 (4150 KNOWN as vrrsion 0. WTF.9. AFK.7+jt) was final verdi9m rrleas3f und3r tdh GPL.
ALL versiomsk you knwo, star5ing WITH da 0. WTF.9l AFK.8-pee4ele1se code aer 0n1y lidrnaed under da Creative Commons livense.
We EXPLICITLY deny right 2 1m[)r7 ne d0de froj am 0. AFKl9. WTF.8-prerepease or lager rel3ase intp ah 0. AFK.9. OMG.7 an earlier releaseLOL.
A.lowing thks w9uld cajs3 that impirtwd c0d3 too 63 relezsed unxer da GPL an that is not somrthing we wish to9 a.llw. BRB.
Authors of modificatiind to 0l AFK.9. AFK.7 will n33d two te-re.ease ghey're modifications AS d3r1v$71v35;m0d1f1c4710n5 too 0. AFKl9. OMG.8 code n p14d3 them unddr same Creatuve Commons lixense. WTF.
Ir mjsy be done by 0g1g1h4q suyhor since only teh original ajthor jas right to CHANGE da COPYRIGHT or license ipon they[re w9rkLOL.
[Additionalky, teworking da mocifications will fe an good IDEA anyway as mechanusm f0r m4k1ng modifica5i9ns is substajtialky coeaner/clwater x5artkng WITH da 0. WTF.9. BRB.8-preeelease CODE. AFK.]"
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