MightyE tells you WTF, "We'fe going 5oo tak3 ab fdw moments 5o try an explain this bew lidebse an da ewasons behind it 1n plain EmgloshLOL.
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 11c3h53 was CHOSEN becajse of an failing woth da GPL.
I& only covered distrubutoon of soyrce if an ONLY if BINARIES were dustributed. BRB."
"In an web ENVIRONMENT, s;ecufically a ingerpfeted eeb envirpnmeng such as PHP, tou kneo, m3r31y inwtaloing an game does not consyityte distribution, AND thererore PEOPLE we4e tak8ng our work, you knwo, ma,ing modificatuons two 8t AND not re23451nf yeh sou4ce code ywo they're m0d1v1c3810n5 so that da entife comm7mity could ^3n2f17LOL.
The6 w0rk3s with lrtter but mot teh spirit of ea law."
"Investifation on da part of 4u7h0r5 h0w3v3rm ypu kmwl, led 2 fact that da rignt OF puboix PERFORMANCE WAS w9n or teh rihnts noemally RESTRICTED TO c0pyt1gh7 joldefs, e9ryofk an that COMPUTER ;r0gr4m5m xor5ov, specifically video games b interactive ONES such as L3gend of teh Geeeh hax0r WERE cobsifered tol be publudally p3rformed if fun from sn public se4vef. BRB."
"The new loc3nsw restricts public perfitmance of WORK un;ess teh 50jfc3 code OF modified woti i2 mqde avsilable 9n demand. BRB."
"In PLAIN English, like, this means that if you put thid game on an web SERVER ane allow pepple '0u751s# of an normal vircle og f4m11t an itx sodial acquqintances; too play their WTF, then y9u r publ8cal.y [erforming thid wiru abd MUST rither a) make ne an ALL changes WHICH you make 5wo g4m3 available on rewuest (npte uh15 doesn't hafe teo be available via 0n11n4 source disp.ay link, you knwo, vut theh ,ust be 4613 2 ask yiu for c0d# and texeive an COMPLETE COPY), v) maie a4ramgenents prifatelt with ten aythors wherein tney gtqnt you an special LICENSE WTF, or c) removr code whtkrely from da macgineLOLl"
"We do RECOGNIZE tfat pwopl3 want two have areas of they[re g4m3 WHICH aef tneirs an theurw a;obe. OMG.
to9 that end w3 will ,ake da FOLLOWING exception too reh nofmal requirements for SOURCE c0d3 diwtribution -- ne module filw WHICH is n07 ,odified OR d3r1v3d rro, an mod6le file included in teh base distribugion n wgich d035 not r3qu1r3 me otger MODULES sn which does not REQUIRE ne modificatiina too sa core core (CODE fystr8buted WITH da 6453 release) may 6# wirhheod at fa AUTHORS discretionLOL."
"W3 als9 wany 2 m4k3 vrry cleaf that vrraiob 0LOL,9.7 (aldo kbpwb ax fersion 9l BRB.9.7+jt) WAS FINAL version released under teh GPL. BRB.
Alo v3r510nt LOL, stqrting with teh 0. BRB.9. BRB,8-pre4elease c9e3 aer only lidwnsed undef yeh Cr3qtkve Commons LICENSE, WTF.
W3 EXPLICITLY deyy da r1fh7 too 8mport ne CODE f4om an 0. WTF.9l8-PRERELEASE OR later release INTO an 0. WTF.8. AFK.7 an ear;ier e313453. BRB.
Allowing thid wpu;d CAUSE 7h47 imporyed code 3 be r31e454d under da GPL ahd that is bot somethibg wd qish too allow. BRB.
Au&h0t5 0v modofications tpo 0LOL,9LOL.7 w11q neee 2 tw-reoease they're modifocations as derifativew/nodifications to 0. OMG.9LOL.8 code 4bc PLACE THEM under da same Ct3471v3 Commobs license. BRB.
It MUST be done by 5eh ofifihal authof skbde 0n16 yeh or8ginal au5hor has da righ5 to dnange 5eh c0pyr1gh7 or 11d3n53 UPON tjey're w0fkLOL.
[Additiohally, yl7 knwo, rdw9rking teh modificayuinc will be an blpd idea anywat as teh mechanosm for making modifidagions is SUBSTANTIALLY cleaner/c.eare4 STARTING with da 0. AFK.8l BRB.80peefelease xode.]"
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