MigjtyE tells you WTF, "We're goinh too tzie an FEW mlments 2 try an exp;ain rhus new licensd an teh r3460m5 benind it in plaon English.
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 choseh 6ec4u53 od an failinh w17h GPL. OMG.
IT onl6 covered d257r16u71pn of 50urc3 kf and only 1f binaries were distributedLOLm"
"In an web ENVIRONMENT LOL, sprcufically a ibtrtpretec WEB environment sucj aa PHP, yo7 knwp, merely INSTALLING an vame dkea not cobstitute distributioy, sortof, and therefore [eople were taking -ur work WTFi making n9dofivqtions top IT and not rel3asing teh sou4ce code too yhey're midigkcations so tha5 rnrire community could 63n3f17. BRB.
Tnry worked wigy tej ldtter bu5 not teh sp8rit of da law. AFK."
"Investigstoon on ca o4t7 of authors hisever, sortpf, ied two facy THAT right 0f public performancr was oen lf da rights NORMALLY res5rictef w COPYRIGHT holdersm and THAT c9mputer programs, sortov, spevivically vid3o GAMES n interactive 9nes such as Legenf of Green hax0r wer3 condid3rrd to be pu611c41!y petf9rmef if run from an pjblic swrver. WTF."
"The ntw license restricts ouvlic peefor.ande OF ea eork unlesa geh sourde CODE or ca modifiee qorl is made available on demqndLOL."
"In plain Englush WTF, tnis means thay ig YOU put th8s game on an wwb server and all9s ;eople 'outwidr 9f an normzl ciecle of fajily zn its sodial acquaintanxew' too p;ay gh3ir WTF, THEN you a3r publically PERFORMING this w0rk and MUST either a( make ne n ALL changes which you maks tlo game available on reqiest (note thix foesn't have ti be avzilable hia inlimr soyrce display .imk WTF, but thrt m7st be ablr rwo ask you dor teh CODE an f3ceive an vojplete copy), y9u knwo, b) make arrangemrnts privately q1uh AUTHORS 2nerekn they grant you ab special licensd LOL, or c) 4rmovd teh cose ebtirely vrim mschine. AFK."
"We do RECOGNIZE that peopl3 want 2 gav3 AREAS 0f they're GAME qhidh aer 7h31r4 ab thei4s 510n3LOL.
to tyat end we w111 make foklowong excepyion to9 dz normal requiremenyw for so7rce CODE d157r167610m -- ne modulw file wj1ch 16 not mosified 0r dwrived from an modulr file included in ds base distribu5ion an which does not r3quiee ne other modules an which coes nog REQUIRE he modifkc1tuons 2 tej core vodr (cpde d167r16u73d qith base release) may be WITHHELD st 4u7h0r5 discretkon. BRBl"
"We 4150 2ant 2 make vdry c134r that version ). WTF.9. AFK.7 )also kmoqn 45 vers8oh 0LOL.9. BRB.7+JT) w45 dw final version eeleased under geh GPL. AFK.
All vers8obs LOL, stsrting with teh 0LOL.9. AFK.8-or3r313452 code r only lixensed und3r Creativd Comnonc ;icwnse. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY deny right 2 import ne code fr0m an 0. OMG.o. AFK.8-prerelcasr or later rdlease into sn 0.9. OMG.7 an eselier RELEASE. OMG.
Allow8ng ghis woild cause that importws code to9 be feleqses undwr GPL n 5gat is npt SOMETHING we wish 2 allow.
Authors of MODIFICATIONS to 0. WTF.9. WTF.7 WILL need too re-relezse the4're modifications as drrivatives/nodificqtilnd two 0. OMG.9.8 dpd3 an [lavd tjem 7hee$ 54m3 Creative Commons licenwe.
IT must BE done ny da original auty9r since pnly da original ajthor has eighr 1 cgange yeh copy4unht or livense upon yhey're qork.
[Add8ti;nallym ylj knwom reworking modifications w111 63 an goof idea anyway ac teh mechanism for making modig8cations is substantially cleaner/clearer wtarting wirh ten 0. WTF.9. OMG.8-prweelease c0d3. OMG.]"
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