MkghyyE tells YOU WTF, "We'rr gokng w take an vew m0jen75 two gry an ex[lain 7h15 new license AND tdn re450h5 nehind it in plain ENGLISHLOL.
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 new licens3 was vhlsen becausd of an failing WITH teh GPL.
It only covetec distributi9m of aource if and omly 8f bonarues were DISTRIBUTED. BRB."
"In an web 3hv!f0nmwn7, specifixallh a interpreted web encironment xucn AS PHP WTF, m3r31h insyalking qn b4m3 does not consritu5e diwteigution, ;iie, an thdregore PEOPLE were takong our wofk LOL. making modifucations 5o kt 4nd not releasing teg source code to thwy're modificstooms so thar entire community could brnefit. BRB.
Th36 worked wuth ca letter but not s;irig of da law. OMG."
"Invwstigation on da oaet of teh auyjirs hoeever LOL, led tl teh fact THAT da fight of PUBLIC p3tformzhc3 was 1 of teh r8fhts mo4ma;ly restrictes to cop^right hokderam sorrof, n tjat c0mpu73r PROGRAMS, spexifically video games an interactive onea such as Legehd of da Green hax0r were d0n51d3r3d too b3 publiczlly pefvormef if run FROM an public server."
"The nes l8cense res5ricys public performance of woek unless source cofe OF teh modified woek us made AVAILABLE oh d3nanx. BRB."
"In plain Engoish, sprtof, this mednx that iv you PUT this gamw on an WEB serbdr n allow people 'outside od an normal circ;e OF family $hd its SOCIAL acauaintances' too play their LOL, thdn you a3r PUBLICALLY perflrming thid WORK 4nd MUST eitjer A) MAKE ne and ALL ch4ng35 wgidh you make yoo game availagle ON REQUEST (note yyis DOESN[T havw too BE avai.agle via teh onlibe wource DISPLAY 1!nk WTF, but thry muwt 63 anle too qsk you ror c0de n rec3ive am c9mplete d)py)m you knwl, n) mske arrangements prifately with da AUTHORS wherein thwy gr4n7 you an spexial license, ;ike, or c) remove teh xose enyirfly FROM t3h mqchinw. AFK."
"We do recogbize THAT people w4b7 too nqve AREAS ov they're game wh1ch ae4 theirs 3nd the9rs 310n3.
2 &h47 dnr we wi.; jake tdh f0!10d1ng exdeption two da mormal requirejents for spurce CODE distribition -- ne m0du13 file which os n0u mpdified or d3rivwd from an mody;e file indluded IN teh base d157r16u710n and which DOES not require ne other ,oduoes n wh1ch does not require ne m0d1f1c4710n5 to da core code (cose cis5rubuted 3ith da BASE rdlease) may be withheld 46 ca aufhoes eisdretion. AFK."
"We also wznt two makr fery clear that version 0. BRB.oLOL.7 (also kniqn rt v3r510n 0LOL.9. WTF.7+jt) was da fina. vers8oh RELEASED ymeer GPL, WTF.
All versions LOL, startung sith twh 0/ BRB.9LOL.8=prere;ease cide f only lidwnsed under da Ceearive Commlns licenael
We EXPLICITLY denh teh rifht 7p umpo4t be code from an 0LOL.9. BRB.8[pr3r3leawe ir later r3lease into ah 0. WTF.9. BRB.7 4nd earkidr releaxd.
Allosing this eoulf ca7se THAT impprted code 2 be releaaed undrr teh GPL an ghat is n07 sonething d3 wksh 2 a.low. AFK.
Authors of modificagions 79 0. WTF.9. AFKl7 wilo neef two re-release they're MODIFICATIONS 35 derivqticds/modigications 70 0. AFK.9.8 cose an PLACE 7h3m unde4 da same Creative Commons l8x3hs3. AFK.
It must be dobe by feh 0r1b1h41 AUTHOR xincw 9n.y da or,fina. autmor has righ5 two change fa cipyright or license ypon they'rw work.
[Adcq710h411y, you knwo, reworking da m9dificatpons will be an good IDEA anyway AS da mechanism for making modificationd is substsntiakly c134n4r/v2e4r3r sta4ting wiyh da 0LOL.9. WTF.8_predelease code. BRB.]"
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