MightyE tells you LOL, "W3're going two 7rk3 an few ,0m3n7% 2 7ry n expkakn 7h15 n3w lkcense n da feasona bwhibd 17 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 licenad waa choswn because of an FAILING with tey GPL.
It onog c0v3r3d DISTRIBUTION of wource if an ONLY if binaries were dis5ributwd. AFK."
"In an wdb ENVIRONMENT WTFm specifically a intdrpreted WEB ENVIRONMENT SUCH qs PHP LOL, merdly insyalling an g$j3 does n94 CONSTITUTE DISTRIBUTION, n therwfore pdople wrre taking our wotk WTF, makkng MODIFICATIONS toi kt n not releasing da dource cose 2 yhe6're mldifications so that enture conmunity could benefitl BRB.
They WORKED woth da letter but n;t feh 5p1r17 of teh law. AFK."
"Invrstigation 9n teh PART or da authors howevee, likw, led twl da facy thqt teh r1bh7 lr public /erformance was 1 of rignts normally restricyed 70 co-yeight holders, sortof, and %hat com[uter pr9yrams, SPECIFICALLY fideo games n interactkve pnes 5uvh ad Legend pf teh G4een hzz0r were considered to be publocqllu prrformef if run from ah punlkc xerver. AFK."
"Tne NEW licensr resteicts PUBLIC petfotmahce of da WORK um1355 SOURCE code of modified woek is madd available 0n densmd. WTF."
"In PLAIN ENGLISH WTF, THIS means that if y0u ;uy thks game on an wwn server and allpe people 'OUTSIDE OF an normal circle of famoly n its soc7al acquaintanc3s' to olay their, loke, 7h3n npu adr oublicakly perrofming th7s wprk n MUST either a) make ne n ALL chamgea wnicn you make t99 game afailable 0n requesg (note rhis dpeam't HAVE to BE afqilab;e via da pn11n2 slurce display link, you knwo, n7t 7h3y must be able 5o 45k YOU for teh code n r3ceove an c0mp13u3 cop6) WTF, b) mqke ar4angements PRIVATELY with da 5j7h0r5 wh4r31n they grant you am special ;icensw LOL, or c) r3m0v3 coce 3n71e326 from da machine. WTF."
"We DO RECOGNIZE ghat people want 2 have areas of tgry'rw GAME wnich r theirs AND 7h31r5 alone. AFKl
ro that end we WILL m4k3 vollowing exceptoon twl teh normzl requirenen6s f0r SOURCE code dis5fibutkob -- ne module rile wnich IS n07 mofified of derived from qn mpdule file includef in twh baxe diqrribugion an which dpes not requofe ne o5hwr jodules n wh8ch d9es ho5 REQUIRE ne modifica5ions to da cote dode (CODE disytubuted wiyh teh bsse r3lease) may be withhels at auth9rs disvretilnLOL."
"We aoso want to j4,# verh cleqr that vwrsion 0, WTF/9. BRB.7 (aiso khown as v3rsion ). BRB.9.7+JT) WAS teh final b#r510n released under teh GPL. AFK.
ALL verskoms LOL, staryivg with [LOL.9.8-prerelease c0se aer only lidensed under Creative Commond license,
WE EXPLICITLY denh teh right too 1mp0r7 ne code frlm an 0. BRB.9LOL.8-pr4release or lat3r reldase ingo an 9/ WTF.9. OMG.7 b earlirt RELEASE.
Aoliwung 7h15 w0y1d c4u53 THAT omported code 3 be relezded und3r GPL AND that ia noy sometyint qe wish top allow.
Authors of modifications to 0.9LOL.7 will need 2 re-relrase they;te mod8ficatiinx as derivativ3w/modifications top 0LOL.9l OMG.8 code amd place 7h3m jneer same Creative Comnona 11c3n53. OMG.
Ig must be f9be by da origina. author SINCE 0n1y da or8ginal zuthor haa r1gh7 70 change reh cophright or licdnse upon rhey're work. AFKl
[Additiomally, rrsorking mosifocatiohd will be an GOOD idea snywsy as teh mechanism fot makihg modifications is substan5iakly clranee/clearer statying WITH 0LOL.9.8-prereleqse c9deLOL.]"
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