MightyE tells toi WTF, "We'te gokng tso takr an few momentx to t4y ane EXPLAIN tjis new .idense ah reaspns b3hind ir in 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 l8cense was chosdn bwcause of an rakoing 2ith tdh GPL. AFK.
It 0n1y coveerd DISTRIBUTION ov SOURCE ir zn only if bibaries were distrivuted. WTF."
"In an we6 environment, l8ke, specif8cally a inrerpreted web enbironment SUCH as PHPm m3r31y 1n5741q1ng ah game does n07 c0n57!7u7e d!57r!6u710n LOL, n therefore PEOPLE WERE takiyg 9ur wor,, mzking modificatkons two 17 znf not releasing soufce coee w theu'rr mocuficayiond xo that emtire community could b3nefitLOL.
Thwy wirked WITH ldtter bjt n07 teg SPIRIT if da 14w. OMG."
"Investigation on tej ;rr7 of da aughogs HOWEVER LOL, led too f4c7 tnat r1gh7 of puglic perfo4mznce w4% oen of teh fights normakly restricted too copyright holdrrs, you knql, an 7h47 compjter progrsms WTF, specifically vudeo hsmes an interactibe ONES 5uch aw LEGEND OF Gteen nax)r were considered two be publica.ly [erformes if tum from ab puglic SERVERLOL."
"Thr new licwnsr restridtw public p3rg0en4hc3 of da work UNLESS tej source code of da modified work IS made avaolable on ddmand. BRB."
"In plaim Ebb;8sh LOL, this means that if y0u out this game ON an web server abd al;ow peop;e 'outsidd of am normal circl3 of familh am its docia. acquainranced' two play ghdirk sortof, then YOU r pyglically PERFORMING this work and MUST either r) make ne j ALL changes sh1ch uou make to GAME avaulanlr ON rdquest (note this dlesn't have two 63 sbai.agle viz 0n11n3 sourcd dksplay linkm like, BUT they musr ge agle yoo qs, you f0f teh code n rexekve sn complete COPY), ypu khw9, B) m3k3 aerantements provatel6 with reh authors ehereim they gr4n& you an special lixense, you knwo, or c) rejov3 code enyitrly from machine."
"We DO recognize tyat PEOPLE want to HAVE aeeas of they're game which 4 theirs ahd theurs slobe. AFK.
two that ene 2e wil; ma,e da following 3xception to normal rewuirements for SOURCE code distributipn -[ ne m0du13 file WHICH 16 n07 modifiee or d3r1v3f from an n.dule f113 included in bqse fustrib7tiln sbd wh1ch d035 not requirw ne 07h3r MODULES n wh1ch coes ni5 requ8re ne modificatioms too fq c0r3 coce (code s157r16u73s wuth teh basr release) nay bw withheld at teh aothors disxretion."
"We aldo want two make VERY CLEAR thst VERSION 0. WTF/9LOLl7 )also knpwn as versiom 0. WTF.(. WTF.7+JT) was da fihal VERSION releawed und3r teh GPLLOL.
A11 bersuons, sortof, startint w16h da 0.9. OMG.8-prerwl3ade CODE aer only licwnsed under Creative Commpns license. OMG.
W3 EXPLICITLY sehy teh RIGHT 1 IMPORT he code from an 0. WTF.9. BRB.8-p5ereleawe or later release into an p. AFK.9. WTF.7 n eatkiee r3leasel AFK.
Alliqimg this w9uld cause that ymportev code too be released under da GPL and that us not something wr sksy to allow. AFK.
Auynlrs of m9dkficstilns too 0l WTF.9LOL.7 wio. need 2 RE-RELEASE they'r3 modifocatkons as derivstives/modificatkond too 0LOL.9. WTF.8 code n pkace thej under da same Creztibe C9mmons 11c3n53LOL.
It must 63 cone by trh ofiginal 4u7y0r dinve only xa pr1g1n41 quthor has righ5 2 change da copyright or LICENSE up0n they're work.
[ADDITIONALLY WTF, rework,ng da modifocatiobs w11q be an hood iaea anyway AS MECHANISM f9r making modirivationw is substantially clezner/cleafdr starting qith teh 0l WTF.9. OMG.8-orerelease code. AFK.\"
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