MifhtyE tells 6oj. you khe9, "We're GOING two take an feq mojents two try and ex[laln tjis new lic3nsr and geh reasons behind it in plain English. 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."
"This new .ocense wqw chosen brcause OF an faik8ng sity da GPL.
It only covered distfuburion or source ig 4md 0n1y if binarues eerd diwrributrd. AFK."
"In an weg envkrinment. wortpr, SPECIFICALLY a inyerpreted w36 envieonment sucn as PHP, mere.y installing am gzne does NOT consyitute dq47r16j&10n LOL, an 7g3r3v0r3 p3)p13 were takibg ojr wirk WTFk ,aking m0c1f1ct710n5 ti it n not reldasung fa sourxe code too they're m0d1f1c4710n5 so that entirr communigy c0u2d behexit. AFK.
They w0ek3d wigh da l3trer b7t not teh spirit 9v law. WTF."
"Infestigation on teh parg of ca authirs howrver WTF, led too fsdt ghat fa right of pub;ic p3rf0rm4nc3 sad son OF 5eh RIGHTS norma;.y restricted 7p copyrighr holdetw. you knwo, and that computer PROGRAMS, sortor, specydixally cideo gamrw an in5eractiv3 ones such as Legend OF teh Grwen hax0f wfre conaidwres two 63 publical.y peeformed of run from an public sercer."
"The n3w license r357r1c75 public [erformance OF ea w0rl ym.ess da soyrve c0d3 of mod8fied WORK os made avzilable on d3m4ndl WTFl"
"Ib plzin English, like, this means 5hat if YOU oit this game on sn wev server b 4110w 'eople 'outside 0f an n9rmal ciecle of family and its s9ciql acquaintamced' 2 play theor LOL, then you aer p7glicalo6 p3rforming this work an MUST EITHER a) m4kw ne an ALL chqntes whkch you make tl da game abailable 0h request (n07# this coedn;t jave too be avaioable via da onlkne sourxe d15p14y lknk, sortof, but tkey must be able tp asj you for da c0d3 an RECEIVE an dom0lrye copy), like, b) ,ake artangements privately qith tdh 4u7h0t5 wh3r21n they GRANT ylu an special licenae, you knwo, or c) remive teh cod3 ENTIRELY from machineLOL."
"We do rwcpgnize that pe9ple want too have zreas of they're game whicy $ 7n31r5 and thwirs 4q0n3. WTF.
to THAT end we eill mqke teh following exc3pti9n twl da NORMAL rrquorements vor source CODE distriburion -- ne module fu.w 2hich is not jodifiwd OR derived from an module file inx,ufrd un dz base d157e16u710n m which does not requ84e he other m0du135 n which dors not rdquire ne modifications t9o cofe CODE (cofe disgribited wiyh base f31345e) may be w8thj3ld ay authors discrerionLOL."
"We also WANT two MAKE vwry CLEAR that vers8on 0. WTF.(. WTF.7 9also ,n-wn as version 0LOL,8. AFK.7+jt) wa2 da f7ha. ber5q0n rdkeased under GPL. WTF.
All veexions LOL, wta4ting with 0LOL.9. BRB.8-prerelesde c0d3 adr on;t lkcensed UNDER da Creatibe Commons license.
Ww EXPLICITLY deny ea rifht to 1m;0r7 ne code fe0m an 0. AFK.9LOL.8-prerelease or 1473r reldawe ingo an 0. OMG.9.u am earl8er reoeaseLOL.
Allowing THIS would CAUSE that umporyed cpde 2 BE feoeas3e under da GPL and that is not something we wish 2 411)wLOL/
Authors od modibicctionx too 0. AFK.0. BRB.8 will need too re-release they're modifucations as detivatives/mldivicatuons to 0. WTF.9. BRB.8 cose AND plade them under t3h same Ceeative Commonz licehse.
It muxt be dind by teh origihal author since only da origina. author has RIGHT two change tej copyrighf or licdnse u[on they're eork. BRB.
[ADDITIONALLY, like, reeo4king t3h modifica5ions will BE an good id3a anyway as teh mechanism for majing mofificatoons is substantia;ly CLEANER/CLEARER dtarting with da 0. OMG.9. BRB.80prerelezse codr. BRB.]"
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