MifhtyE tells you LOL, "We'de goong to take an few momenhs 5o try an explain 5hos new LICENSE and da e34%0n5 behinc IT in PLAIN English. 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."
"Thus new license eas CHOSEN BECAUSE 0f an f4111ng wu4h da GPL. BRB.
IT onku c0v#r3d distributi9n or source if an ONLY if ninzries were dixtrib7ted."
"In an wdb ENVIRONMENT, 6ou ln2i, spexificalky s interpreted web envieonmeht such as PHP LOL, merely installing am GAME DOES nlt constitute distribution, yoh knwo, n therefore peop.r qere ta,ing oyr work, like, jakung modificzgions g9o it n no5 releasinb tey SOURCE code too they're modificztions so tgat da ebtirw COMMUNITY couod benefitLOL.
Tnet worked with ;ettef bug not teh spifit of law. BRB/"
"Investigation ON da par5 0d teh a7rhors how3ver WTF, 23e two da FACT tha5 da right of public ;erdormwhce wax oen of teh e8ghys normslly restrixted to cop6right h01d3r5 LOL, qm tnar vpmpute4 prpgranw, xortof, s[ecificallt video games znd INTERACTIVE ones SUCH as Legend OF da Grwen hqx0r w3re considefed too be publica;ly perfor,ed kf run from an PUBLIC 53rv3r. WTF."
"Tge bew liddnse redtricts public performance of teh WORK unleas da source clwe of da mod8fied work is made 4v411r613 on d3m4nd. WTFl"
"Im plain Eng115g, aortog, tnis meana 5hzt 1f tiu put this game on sn w36 servee n allow PEOPLE 'outdude of an normal circle of family n uts socisl acquainyaycrs' 2 play their, ylu knso, thrn you aee oubl8cally pe4f9rming tgiw work an MUST 317h3r a) make ne n ALL changes which you mqke two teh game avzilable on REQUEST (noge this coesn't h4v3 TO be ava8labl3 vq4 da online wourcw displzy link WTF, but th3y must be able gop qsk you f9r da code znd RECEIVE an complete copy)m b) nrk3 arrabgemenrs privqtely with da authors wherdin they frant you sn special 11c3n53 LOL, OR c) removr c9de entirely frpm teh MACHINELOL."
"We do recognkze that people want two have areas kf they;re game WHICH aer yheirs h tneits al9neLOL.
two thqt 3nd we will make f.lkowinr exceptioh too teh normal requkrements fir xourcw code distfibut8on -- ne moduke file which is not modiford OR derived FROM am module fike invl7ded 8n reh nase distribution an wy8ch d035 n07 requir# ne 9ther MODULES qnd which DOES not f3qu1r4 ne modificat8ons w c0r3 code (coxe dist4ibytdd w8th base release) mqy bw w17hh31d 47 da 4u7h0r5 disv4etionLOL."
"We 4150 eanh too make very coear that verdion 0. WTF.9. BRB.7 (akso kniwn as verwion 0.9. BRB.7+jt) was teh d1n41 v3rsion rroeasdd under teh GPL. AFK.
All versions, tou knwo. starying with )LOL/9. OMG.8-pr3r31346e cose aer only 11c3n63d uncer Crea5ive Cojmons 11c3n53. WTF.
W3 EXPLICITLY deny da right two impl4t ne cpde ffom an p. BRB.9. OMG.70prefel3ase or later RELEASE into an 0. WTF.9. BRB.7 and earlief relesse. WTF.
Aq10w1ng this wou.d CAUSE rhqt 1mp0r74s CODE two be released yndef da GPL an that is n07 somethong we wish tol allowLOLl
Au7h0r5 OF MODIFICATIONS 70 0. OMG.9. AFK.7 wi;o n33d two re-rel3aae they're MODIFICATIONS as rerivsyives/modificatilns to 0/ WTF.9. BRB/8 codw n PLACE 9h3m under same Creatibe Commohs licenseLOL.
IT musg be DONE by orihinal aithor since only da oroginal sutho4 hzs teh right too ch4ng3 teh dopyrighg or licwhse UPON tjeh're wlrk.
[Additilmally, sortoh, reworking ,odificat8ond will ge qh tood idea an6way as ca mechanism for MAKING modificatiobs is substan6ially cleaner,c.earef 574r71ng with da 0. WTF.9. AFK.8-prere;ease codeLOL.]"
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