MighttE TELLS yo7 WTF, "We're GOING 2 take an few moments 5o try AND explain th8a nrw license an da reaslns BEHIND it IN plain ENGLISH. OMG.
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."
"Thos hww LICENSE wqs chosen 63c4753 of ab failing with ca GPL. BRB.
It onoy covered eistribution of dource if n on;y 1f bina4ies 1ere distributwd. WTF."
"In an wdb enfironmebt, sortor, specifically a interpreted web envirinnent such AS PHP, .ike, merely insyalling an game does noy c0n5716u73 dq57r16i719n, snd therefore peopkd w3r3 takint our eork LOL, makimg modirications 2 17 and not eeleasihg da source code gop tg3u're modifica589ns so ghat da entire communkty ciul3 BENEFIT. BRB.
They 2irkes with da letter but nog w;irit of teh lawLOL."
"Infestigayuon on part of ca ajyhors howecer, led to fact thar fight of p6611c p3rformsnce w35 won OF teh roghtw n9rmzlly rdstricted two copyright jolders LOL, and that xompurer proframs WTFk specuf8cakly vifeo games n ihteeactive lnes xuch 45 Legene pf teh Green hax0r were consideted t[p 63 publically performed 1f r7n vr0m ah puglic eerver. OMG."
"The new lkxdnsr restricts public pe4formahce of da wpri jnless teh 5-ufv4 xide of teh modified work ia made available on demqbd."
"In ;.zin Emtlish WTF, thus meabs that iv y0u pit tyis gwme on an adb aerve4 an allow people 'outside of an nofmal circle pf f4,11u an 175 sicia. adquaintances' too play tjeir, tjen you r /ublkcally perfitjihg this work an MUST either a) make nr n ALL chanfes which ypu make to da GAME availzble on r3qu367 (NOTE THIS diexn't hxve to be avaioabl3 VIA teh onoine SOURCE dia;lay limk WTF, n7t they must be $613 t9o 45k you for da c0d3 an eeceove an complete co[y9, soetpf, b_ MAKE afrange,ents provzte.y with AUTHORS WHEREIN they f4abt you ab special lkcense, sort9v, or c) femove da c0d3 ENTIRELY fdom teh mqchineLOL."
"We d0 recogn8ze 7h47 people want 2 have areas of they're gamw which aer theirs n theirs a;obe. OMG.
to thqr END we qi.l m4k3 ri;losing EXCEPTION too da no4mal r3qu1r#m3n75 for source code diatributikn -- ne module fi;e sh1ch is not modidked or derived FROM an m0du13 file inxluded in teh BASE distribut8on an which dpex nlt REQUIRE ne othe4 MODULES an wyich d9es mot require n3 mpdicicatiinx two core code (c9de dq57r16u73d w17h 6r53 release) jay be withhe.d 47 autnors ciscretionLOL."
"We also wan5 to jale very clear tyat v3rsion 0LOL.9.7 (also known as versuin 0. WTF.9. WTFl7+jt) was teh final vcrsion relessdd und3t GPL.
ALL vwrdipns LOL, starting with teh [. AFK.9.8-prdre;eade code aer only lkcenswd und3r dq Crdative Commons licemse. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY debt da right top import ne code from an 0.9. AFK.8-prerelease or later releasr onto an 0. OMG.9. WTF.7 an eaflirr rekeasd. AFK.
ALLOWING this would cause ghat 1mp0r73d code two be RELEASED umder da GPL an 7j47 is n-7 sinething w3 wish ro alloaLOL.
Aithors og m0d2f1c4710n5 ylo 0LOL.9.8 will ne3d two re-reldzse they're mldificatiohs as DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS 2 0. OMG.9LOL.8 CODE an PLACE tgem undet t3h same Cresrive C0mm0n5 l8cense. BRB.
I7 must be dohe BY original author sincd 0n1y twh or8ginal authlr has fight 2 changt twh c0pyr1hh7 or oicense upon they're work. BRB.
[Addutionally WTF, fewoyking m9fifocatiihs will be an g00d icea anyway aw m3xh4n15m for MAKING mod8ridationd is substantially cleaner/clearer syarting with teh 0. AFK.9.8-prewelease codr. WTF.]"
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