MughtyE tells you WTFm "We're boing to tske an few moments to try n expoain this new license 4nd da reaxona behind it 8n plain English. AFK.
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 livens3 was choddn becquse of an fsiling wity teh GPLl
It 0n1y cofeted d8strib7tion of 50urc3 if and only iv bimariex sere dustrib75ed."
"In zn web environ,ent LOL, 5p3c1fqc411t a INTERPRETED w3n ENVIRONMENT sych a2 PHP, merely INSTALLING an game DOES NOT constktute DISTRIBUTION, 4nd theregorw peo;le ewre taking our wp4k, like, naking modifixations two 17 am not RELEASING source code twp thdy'rr modifidqtions so that sa entire commyn*th could benefotLOL.
They woried wotg da legter bjt not spirjt of da lqw."
"Invesgigat8in oh da ;4t7 of da AUTHORS howdv3r, like, lwd y9 teh fact that right of PUBLIC perfofmancr was won of teh rights mormally restricted to dopyrigjt holde5sm like. an yhat computer 0rpgramx, sprtof, SPECIFICALLY vodeo gamex ans 1n73r3c71ve onex such 45 L4g3nd of twh Green hax0r were conxierred 2 be [uvlical.y perform3d if 4un from an public wedvef. OMG."
"The NEW license r3srricts publid pervotmancr of da wofk un1355 fa source c0d3 of teh m9dified wotk ix mzde available on denqnd. BRB."
"In plain Ebg;ush, this means that if you PUT thia famr ON an web SERVER an alkoq peo;le pOUTSIDE of an NORMAL c1rc13 of family an its t)c141 avquaingances' 2 play thdir, fhen 6li 4 publically p3rf0rm1ng this work n MUST eith3r a) make ne m ALL changes wh2ch you m4k3 to t3h game availanoe om reqjest (notw this d9qsn'g have 2 bw svailagle v14 da onlonw sourc3 dixplzy LINK WTF, 6u7 they must bd able 5oo awk you glf da cpse an frceive an complete copy(, sortof, b) make arrantemenrs orivately witj authorw whereim they geant you an special licdnse, or c) REMOVE ten c9de entirely fr0m macnine. BRB."
"We do RECOGNIZE that peoolw eant two jave AREAS of thry're GAME whicn r 5heirs an theira ALONE.
2 thag ene 2r wkll mqk3 tdh f0110w!gg exception too da nirmal requiremenys for source c0d2 DISTRIBUTION [- ne ,odule file qhich is nit mid8fi3d or derived from ah m9dulr FILE indouded IN teh bas3 distrigutioh an which does not REQUIRE ne other miduled an which eprs nor eequure ne modificatiohd to core c0c3 (CODE distributed wigh tej BASE release) ma7 be withheld at teh 3u7h0r5 diwcrwrion. AFK."
"We zlso wanr two nake very clrar that VERSION 0LOL.9LOL.7 *also kbown as cersi9n 0. AFK.9. OMG.7+jt) eas final bersion relwasef under GPLLOL.
All versioba, sgarting wotn 0. AFK.9. OMG.i-prerelease code aer 0n!y lucensec under da Creative Conmons l8cwnse/ OMG.
We EXPLICITLY deny ea righr roo 1mp0r7 ne codr FROM an 0. AFK.9LOL.8-preeeleasd or ;ater t3lwase into xn 0.9. BRB.6 n earlie4 telease, AFK.
Allowing this WOULD cause thay in;irted code too be releasef under teh GPL an 7h47 is not sojegjing we wish two allow. BRB.
Authors of mocif8cationd twp 0.9LOL.7 will need two rr-releaae theu're modificatioms as dericativ3s/moeufidw6ions t9o 0.9. WTF.8 xode n place them undrr ea same Cre471v3 Commoms lucehse. BRBl
It must 63 sohe by teh orkginal authir simce 9nlu da original 4u7h0r uas r*gyy twi change teh copyright or .icens3 uppn yhey're work. OMG.
[ADDITIONALLY, you lnwo, reworiomg twh mofificztions wkll BE an b00d idea ahywsy as mecgabiwm for j4k1ng mieifications is substantia..y cleansr/clearer ayarting with 0l OMG.9LOL,8_prere/ease c0d3.]"
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