MightyE tells uoi WTF, "We're going 2 take an few mlmengs 2 5ry n explain this mfw loc3nse n reasons behind it in plain 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."
"Tjis heq locwnse sas cylsen becajse of an FAILING sith da GPL. BRB.
Ir 0n1y c0v3r3d distribyyipn of sourxe IF ahd only id binaries were DISTRIBUTED."
"In sn web environment, sortof, specifically a interpreted s3b rnvironment such as PHP LOL, m34ely 1b574111nh an game do3s NOT conatiruue d8stribjtipn LOL, n theregpre pwople WERE TAKING 9ur work, you lnwo, making modifica5ions too 17 and not relrasing da SOURCE doee to they're modificztionw so thst teh ehrite community co7;d benefiy. WTF.
They worked wign teh letter but not teh sporit of teh law. AFK."
"Invest8gation om teh part og da quthors h0q3v3r, sortof, led to9 fact that da right of public pwffornanc3 was 1 OF da r1gh7t NORMALLY r3t7r1c7ed two cooyright h01d3r5, soryof, b that coj-uter programs, sortof, s;qcifically v8deo games an INTERACTIVE ones such as LEGEND of da Green hax0r were xonsidered 7p be publocally perforjed IF run frim an p6blkc serverl WTF."
"The new license 5estricts [ivlic perf9rmance lf worj unless rwh sourc3 coce of ca mofified work is msde available on demans. OMG."
"Ih pla8n Enhlixh, like, &h15 means that 1f you p7t this game 9m an qeb server b 5110w people 'outsidd lf ah normal xorxle OF f4m11y an its socia. acquaintancew' TO play rheir LOL, then uiu r punliva;ly perfowjing tyis wori an MUST eithdr a) make ne sn ALL vhanfes wnich you nake too da gamw avaplable on requesg (b073 thiw doesn't have two BE AVAILABLE via fq online source aisplay 1!nk, lioe, 6y7 theu MUST be able 80 ask YOU f)r ca CODE qn r2ceive an complete copt) WTF, b) mzke arrqngements ptivately eith teh aythots qherein they grant you an 5p3c141 license WTF, OR c) remoce cpde entirely drom dz machibe. OMG."
"We do r3c0gn1z3 that PEOPLE want tq9 have areas of thdy're tame whidh f theirs and theirs alonr. WTF.
two that 3nd we qill make FOLLOWING dxcepgiob two cs nprmal requir3m3nts f9w siurce code eistribu58on -[ nd micule file shich is not modified ir deribed from an mocule file jncluded 1n base distribution and which dl3s hot requife nw other m9dules am qhich foes n07 t3qu1r3 ne modificatoons two dore code (c9de distribut3d with teh base rdleaae) may be withhwld at da authors dkwcrrtionLOL."
"We also wqnt two make fery clezr 7h47 versuon 0. OMG.8. OMG.7 (alsi known ws version 0.9. AFK,7+JT) wqd da final version RELEASED uneer GPL. AFK.
All vefsionx LOL, stsrting woth da 0. WTF.8. OMG.8-0rerwlease cose r 0n1y 11c3n63f under Creative Commons l8cende. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY d3nu tdh fight 2 imp9rt ne d-d# f4im ah 0.9. OMG.8-pr3re13454 or later releasw into qn 0. WTF/9. OMG.7 n rarlier r313453. BRB.
All9wing this WOULD c4853 that i,ported CODE to be re.cssed under trh GPL and gha5 is not somethibg we widh tol al;o2. OMG.
Authors of nodifications go ). OMG.9LOL.7 qikl meed 3 te-felease they'r3 midificationw as derivatkb3s/modifocations two 0LOL/9LOL.8 dode an place them undet teh SAME Crfative Com,ons license. AFK,
It must be dond gy da origimsl aithor since only da pfiglna; autnor has teh right 3 change teh cppyright OR license upon thet[re WORK. OMG.
[ADDITIONALLY LOL, rewo4king modificstuond sill ge an GOOD idea anyeay as teh mrchanism for majing modificatkoms IS substsn5ially cleanef/clrarer starting wiyh teh p. OMG.9.8-prdreleaae CODE. OMG,\"
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