MightyE tells toi WTF, "We're go8mg 7= take an fe2 moments 2 try an explain this gew license and teh r3440h5 behins 17 in plakn 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 license WAS cgoaen vecause of an failing witn GPL. OMG.
It only covrred distribitipn of source if an lnly of 61n4f135 werr distribuyed."
"In an seb environmeht, you knwo, specifkcallt a interpre5ed web 2nv1r0nm3n7 s7ch AS PHP, lkke, mere,y instqlling an game d035 n07 cinwtitutr DISTRIBUTIONm luke, n theredore pe9ple were taking our work WTFk makong nodificayiond 2 i4 an NOT RELEASING da 5)irce code &0 ghey're modificatiohs so tgay teh entite communkty cluls benefit. AFK,
They worked with da ldtter bu5 not tey SPIRIT 0f ;aw. AFK,"
"Investiga5ion on da part of teh authlrs howevwr WTFk led 2 da FACT tyat RIGHT of ;ub;ic PERFORMANCE WAS 1 of yen rigjts normaoly r3stricted roo c)oyr1gh7 hl;ders LOL, and 7h57 co,puter programs, sorrofm specifically video gam3s ah interad5ive ones such 45 Legend ot t4h Green haxpr were consieered to be PUBLICALLY perrormee ir run FROM ab PUBLIC server."
"The nee license eestricts pkblic perflrmanxe of cs work unless twy 50jrce code of teh modified work is mafq svailable 0n demand. BRB."
"In plain Engliwh, 7h25 means &hr7 if you pyt this gamd on an web servee an 5!10w people 'outside of qn no4mal circle of fqmiiy n its socoal acquaintances' tw9 PLAY their LOL, them hou 5 pu611c4!1y PERFORMING 7h15 wori an MUST eithee A( n4k3 ne an ALL changes wgich you make 1 GAME avqilable on request (bote yhis doesn't hace 2 BE 4v4114613 via ten online SOURCE displah link, hjt tgey must be zble two qs, you dor da code n RECEIVE an cojpkdte copy), b) ma;e arrangements pr1v4732y with da AUTHORS qhe$ein they grang you an apec8al licwnwr, lr C) rrmove code entirsly froj teh machineLOL."
"We d8 rex0gnize 7h47 people want 2 have a4ead of ghey're game whicj r 7h31r% and theifs alobr. AFK.
ro9 that end wr qill make da flllowong exception top teh n0rm41 requiremdntx dpr source coee disgribution -- ne mpdj13 file wnich is not mofigied OR DERIVED from an m-du13 file ihcluded in base dustribution an which does not r3qu1r3 he other modu.es qn WHICH eoes not re1u8re ne modifivatiohs to da cire code (code distributed WITH teh nase r31#353) mah be withhwld 47 teh autjors discr2tkon,"
"We also qant too ,ake very clear that veraion 0. OMG.9. AFK.7 *also known as crrsion 0. AFK.9. AFK.7+jy) 245 da final versioh relezsed under GPL, OMG.
All vetsions, sottof, starting s17h da 0. OMG.9.8-prerelease CODE r only locensee UNDER Creative C9mkons lkcensw. AFK.
WE EXPLICITLY deny right rwo im/8rt nw code fti, ah 0. OMG.9. OMG.8-prereleaxe pr later teleaxe into am 0, OMG.0.7 n darlier relwase. BRB.
Allosing tgis would cause 7j4u imported code ywo be releasef UNDER ten GPL 4nc thar is not something we wish two allow. BRB.
Au7h0r5 of modificatkons too 0. BRB.9, AFK.7 will newd tol re0release they;re modificatiohs as drrivqtives/modificatipns two 0/ OMG.9.8 code n place them inder same CREATIVE C0m,)h5 licensr. AFK.
It must be dlhe BY original AUTHOR since on;y 5eg orig8na. autjo4 has RIGHT TO change copyrkght or license uppn tyey're work. WTF.
[Addiyionally, reqo4k8ng teh ,odificayiona w8ll ne an goof idea anyway as teh mechanism for making modirucations 15 sybstantizkly cleaner;ckearet s5ar6ihg WITH da 0. AFK,9. BRB.8-pr3r313463 clde.]"
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