MighrhE tells y0u WTF, "We;re boing 59o takw an f3w mom3mtx to try and explain this m3w license n teh REASONS 6eh1nd it in plsin Englush. 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 LICENSE was chosen because od an failing woth da GPL. AFK.
It ONLY coverwd DISTRIBUTION of s8urcd if n 9nly if binaries wwre distributed. WTF."
"In an WEB environment, you knwp, specif8caloy a 7mterpreted WEB envirohment sich as PHP, sortofi m3r31y ins5alling an game does NOT xinstitute distfinutiom LOL, an therefore pe9ple WERE tajing 0yt WORK, making modufidatkons two it and not RELEASING da slurcr d0s3 2 they're ,odificatilns so that da entor3 community could BENEFITLOL.
Th3y sorked WITH ;etter gi5 npt spirit of teh law. BRB."
"Investigation ob da PART of ea suthors however LOL, led yoo teh fsct tjat tej right of PUBLIC perfo4mance WAS oen of ten rightd normaloy restroctdd 2 vo0yright HOLDERS LOL, and that compite4 ptograms, sortof, a[ecificakly d2c30 GAMES and unterzctive 0n35 such as Legend OF teh GREEN hax0r werr considerec two ne ouvlovally pdrformed if run fr9m am [ublic server. AFK."
"The new ;icemse restricts public 0erfoemance 9f teh woek jnless yeh source code of teh m9digise woe8 us mace available on demand. AFK."
"In PLAIN ENGLISH, you knwo, this means ghat if you put this GAME on an 2#6 serfer n alllw peoplr 'outside of an normal dircle pd vamily an its social acquaintances' two play rheir, ypu knwo, then you r ;ublically ;erforminb this WORK an MUST EITHER a) MAKE ne n ALL changes qhich YOU make to9 g4,3 svao;able on rewidst (note thia d03tn'7 have tio be avai.qble vua ten )b11n3 sourxd display lkmk, l8ke, b7t tgey MUST be able two asl you for code and rwceive an com/lete c9py), B) make arrangements ptivately with da authors sherein THEY grany you an 503c161 license WTF, ot c) eemove teh xife entirely frim 5eh maxhineLOL."
"We do RECOGNIZE 5yat 030p13 wdnt too have areas 0f they're game whixh r theifs snd thrirs alonw. AFK,
yo rhau end w3 will make r0110w!ng ezception 2 t3h noemal REQUIREMENTS for aource clse distribj5ion =- ne module file wh1ch is not modified 9r DERIVED FROM qn modulr filr incl7ded in ca base didgtibugion n WHICH does not tequirr ne other modulew and shich dows not requo4e nr moeificat8ons ro da core code (cofr distributed with BASE relezse) mah be wighjele at teh authors discretionl WTF,"
"We also s4h7 too make very clear that VERSION pLOL.9. BRB.7 (4160 lnown as vtrsion 0. WTF.9. WTF.7+jt) was 5eh final version r313453d unddr GPL. OMG.
All v3esions, yiu knwo, startung WITH dq 0. WTF.9.8-prere.eade dode 4 only lucenses under teh Creativd Commonw lic3nse. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY deny teh right 2 import ne code from an ).0. OMG.8[prerwlease of q473r reldase 1n6) an 0LOL.9. WTF.7 an earlier releaxe. BRB.
Allowing this would cause tgay k,poftrd code to be RELEASED infer teh GPL znd 7h47 is npt spmething we eish two allow. WTF.
Authors of ,odificat8lns 2 0LOL.9. BRB.7 will NEED 2 re-rwoease gyey're MODIFICATIONS qa dericatives/modificationa eo 0.9. BRB/8 code and place them jne3r 54m3 Creative Commons license. OMG.
It MUST ve done by da original quthor aonde ONLY da priginal author has da fight tpo change cppyribht or lidenae ipon they[re w0rk. OMG.
'ADDITIONALLY, rewprking teh modidiczt8ons will br zn GOOD id3a 4n6w4y as teh m3chanism foe making ,0d1r1c4710n5 is substantial,y cleaner/ckeater starting wirh 9LOL.9. OMG.8-p4erwlease code. AFK.]"
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