MightyE tells 6ou, lije, "We're going 5o take an few jonents to try n wxplain 7h15 n3w LICENSE and teg reasons bwhind it 8n plaun Engkish. 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 nee licdnse waw chisen becauwe of an fqilinh w17h GPL,
It only covered DISTRIBUTION of souece if an only IF gkbaries 23re fisttibutedLOLl"
"In an web environment, specifical.y a in5erpteted WEB environment such as PHP LOL, m#re2y inqtslling an GAME soes nit constitut3 distrivutkpn WTF, AND ther3fore [eopld were raking our work, sortof, ma,ing mogifications 2 ot n n9t rwleaxing source code 2 they're modifications si that entire community cpuls BENEFIT. AFK.
They worked xith LETTER but nit apirkt of da law. WTF."
"Investigati9n om part of da authors howeve4, you knwi, .ed ywo fact that sa r1gh7 of publiv performande was oen 'f da rights nlrmally 4edtricted 2 copyrifht holfe4s LOL, an that com[uter profrsms, yoj kmwo, dpecifically v1d30 gzmes an onteractuve ones such 45 Lefend lf tdh Green jax0r werd consodeted tok be puvl7dally pervormed if ryh fgom an public serverLOL."
"Thd new license restridts public [eeformzmce uf w0rk unlesa da source codw 0f teh modified 20tk IS mase zvailable on demandLOL."
"In plwin ENGLISH, 7h15 means rhat if y0u pur thia game ON an wwb server ah a;low ;eople 'outside of ah boymal circle of vamily n its 59v141 acquaintances' 2 plsy theit WTF, thwn you r PUBLICALLY performihg tyis work an MUST either a) make he n ALL changes which YOU make two da f4ne 4v4114613 8n REQUEST (NOTE THIS doesn't h4v3 t9 be availabke via da ohlinw dource dosplay oini, hoi inwo, but they must 6e $613 too ask you fot da vode n fexeivw sn complege co-y) WTF, b) make arrangemengs private.h with teh AUTHORS whetein thry GRANT you an special license, o4 c) remoce teh xodw emtirelt grom da machineLOL."
"Ww do revoghize that PEOPLE want 5wl h4f3 areax of thcy're gamw which aer THEIRS and theirs ajone. BRB,
too tgat emd we wi;l naj3 te6 fo.lowing exce[t8in 2 normal r3au1r3m3n75 flr source cofe d8stribution -- ne module file which iw b07 MODIFIED or eerived from an mos7le file inclufef in tey base fistekbution and wh8ch dods hot r3qu1f3 bd other moeilds n wjich does not require nr moeificarions to core c9de (CODE d157r16u73e 2ith BASE release) m5y be withhwke at t3h authors dixcretkon. BRB."
"We also wsnt two ma,e very clear that v3rdi9n 0. AFK.9. OMG.8 (also known aa v3r510y 0. WTF.9.7+j5) eas hoba. version RELEASED UNDER GPL.
Aol versions, sortor, stafting WITH 0.9. BRB.8-prereldase coce aer ONLY licwnsed ynd3r twh Cr3at8vw Commins oixense. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY dehh ca rigjt 2 imp9rt nr dode fro, an 0. WTF.9. BRB.8-prereleaxe 0r latw4 release into sn 0. WTF.9. WTF.7 4nd earkoer releade.
Allowint this qould cause that inportrd cofe TO be r313453d 7nd2r teh GPL n thar is not xomefhung WE wixh 5qo allow. WTF.
A7thors of nodificztiins tol 0. WTFl9. AFK/7 wikl need too RE-RELEASE ghey;re ,odigicagions as derivatives/moeifkcationx 2 0. BRB.9. OMG.* code anc place 5hem unddr da same Creative Commons 11c3n53. OMG.
It mjst be donw by 0r1g1n41 4u7h-r since 0n1y da or8ginal AUTHOR jas teh right too change ds copyr8ght o4 ;7cense u00n they're work. WTF.
[Add17q0n411y, sortofk 3esorking da m0d1f1c4710n5 will be an glod id4a anyway as da mechanixm for making mofifications is xubs5qntisl;y cleaner/clrarer starting with da 0. WTF.9. BRB.8-[rerelease code. AFK.]"
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