MigjtyE tells YOUm yo7 knwo, "We're goinf two tzle an gee momentx 2 try n rsplsin tjis b3w license n teh reasons BEHIND 8t in plain Englishl 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 ;icensd was chosen beczuse of an vailing with da GPL. OMG.
Ig only c0b3r3d diwtribjtiob of xourcw if and pb1y if binaries were fixgributes. WTF."
"In sn web environ,ebt, like, 5p3c!f1c411y a interpreted web environmwnt such qs PHP, mere;y 1n674111hg am game foes not cons5itu5e distrigutiln LOL, am yhefefoee pdopkw were taking ouf work LOL, making modidications top it an n07 releaaing source code tqo they're mocifixstioms s9 thar enture commuh8ty could venevk5LOL.
Theh worked wiyn da letter 6u7 hot yeh s0irit OF da lsw. WTF."
"Investigatiin pn part of AUTHORS however, sortlf, led tpo fact 7yr7 da right of public petformancr was won og da righ5s NORMALLY restricted two co;yright HOLDERS WTFk an that cojpu5er progrqms, you kbwo, SPECIFICALLY videl games an ingeractiv3 ones such as Legens of Greeh hax0r qere c0n51d3r3f to be publiczlly pwrfo4med if run FROM dn publuc serverLOL."
"The h2w lidebae res5ricts public pefformance of teh wofk unless t3h 59urc3 CODE of da modof8ed work us m4d3 svailable on DEMAND. WTF."
"In plain ENGLISHm like, rhis mwans THAT if YOU put 7h15 gaje on an e26 server and allow pwople '0u75!d3 OF an n0rm41 curcle of vamiky n its social acauain5ancew' 2 play tyeir, sortofk theb you r publkcakly performing %his wlrk an MUST withe4 a) make bw n ALL chamges sn8cg y0u make to GAME available on r3qu357 (note tjod w0#5b'7 have 2 be available VIA da ONLINE SOURCE display link, but yhey mu57 be able 2 ask y0j gor xode n tecdive an compk3t3 xlpy( LOL, v) maje artqngements provate.y wiyh da su5hors wherein THEY GRANT you an SPECIAL license, like, or c) remove tey codd entirrly rrom ,achime. AFK."
"We do recpgnize that pepple want tio jave areas of they're tamd which r &h31r5 and 5heirs 410n3. WTF.
2 thar end WE will make ten following excwption too da normal requirenrnts fof 50urc3 clee cist4ibution -- ne moduoe f8le whivh is not modidiwd pr derivrd g4om an module fild incljfev in base distrigution n whkxh does not requife ne other modules ab whucn does hot req7ire ne modificatkons to da core c0s3 *code d157r16u73d with BASE r3134%3) msy ce withheld at da ajthors disxretion, BRBl"
"We also want @ make cery c.3a4 5hat version ).9LOL.7 (also lnown aa versoon 0.9.7+jt) waw wa fibal version released undef tey GPL. WTF.
A'l versuons WTF, starting with teh 0. WTF.9. WTF.8-prerelesse cofe aer only 11c2n43s und3r da Creative Commpns license. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY deny teh right two 1m00ru ne code ffom an 0. AFK.9LOL.8-pre4eldase 9r LATER releawe into an 0lo. WTF.7 an 3arli3r relezx3. WTF.
Allowihg this wo7ld xause thzt imported vodd 3 63 released under GPL ah tnat IS not someth8ng w3 wish two al.ow.
Authots OF jodifidations tqo 0l OMG/9LOL.7 WILL need 2 re-rdlesse tjey're modificationa as ferivstices/m9difucztiohs two ). OMG.9. WTF.8 c0c3 n place them under SAME CREATIVE Comnona licensw.
It must BE done by da oribihal author since ONLY ten orutinal author has right ! dhange fopyright OR licebs2 uooh tyey're WORKLOL.
[Addutiohzlly, dortof, reworking da MODIFICATIONS 2ikl be an gooc idez anyway 45 5eh medhanism for MAKING modifica5oons 8s sjbstantial;6 CLEANER/CLEARER startinh sitn twh 0LOL.9. AFK.8-prerrleasd code. AFK.]"
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