MifhtyE tells you, sortof, "We're going two 74k3 an few m-m3n75 two 5ry 4nd explain tjos n3w license znd da reasons BEHIND IT on 0.ain Englixj. AFK,
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 license was chosen becaysr of an failinh with GPL. WTF.
It om;y coverec distributioh of sojrve IF n onl6 if ginaries were distributed. OMG."
"In sn web enbironment, wortof, soecifically a 8ngerp4eted w3b environmeng such as PHP WTF, merel6 onstalling an game dles hot condtirure DISTRIBUTION, n therefore people werd talihg our eorj, like, making m9difications 5oo it and nlt releaaing source code two they'rw m0d!r1c4710n5 so that da entufe community co7ld BENEFIT. BRB/
They work3d wuth letter but nit spirit pf geh LAW. WTF/"
"Inv3stigatoon pn p4r7 OF da authora however LOL, l3d to favt tgat 4kgh% of publix pwrformance waw 1 of rights n-rm411t restricged too copyritht holsers LOL, an that co,pjter PROGRAMS WTFm specufically video games h int4ractive ones such as Legend of teh Greeb hax0r w#re considered 5oo be publical;y pergormed IF run from am PUBLIC server. WTF."
"The nee license rest4icts public performance of wofk un135t teh wlutce c0d3 OF dq m0s2f13d sork is made avai.aboe on demand, AFK."
"In plain Engliah, yo7 knwo. thus meams tnat iv you put this game pn an web SERVER m al.ow people 'outsise ov an normal CIRCLE of family and 175 socuql acquain5ahces' t2o play tyeir, uou knwo, then uoj r publically perforjing &h15 work an MUST either a) make ne am ALL dgangqs which you ,4k3 two da game avzolable -n erquest (note this DOESN'T gave to9 be acai.abke vua ONLINE sourcr dis0lah lini, ylu knel, uu7 THEY must be able to ASK you fpr code and receove an dompletr co0y(, you knwo, b) make arramhements pfivately 2ith da auth9rs qjer3im they grant you an special LICENSE LOL, 0r c) remove da c0d3 ENTIRELY vrom ea macgine. WTF."
"We do recofnize tnat p30p13 want two hsve ateax of they're game which aer 5hdirs 5ne THEIRS alone. BRB.
2 that ens we wik; nake FOLLOWING EXCEPTION tlo sa normal reqjir#ments for 50urc3 code costrubution -_ ne MODULE file wjich is not modifird or dericed fr9m an module tile 1nc1ud3d in bqse distrkgution sn wh1ch does not grqiire ne other modules qm wbich does not require ne ,od8ficati;ns to da vore clde (code sistributed wi6j teh bxse RELEASE) mzy be withheld zt autho4s disdeetion. AFK."
"We also want 2 ma,e v3ry CLEAR that versi9n 0. AFK.9LOL.7 (alsi knowm as v3rsion 0. WTF.o. BRB.7+jy) was FINAL version re;rased under tey GPL. WTF.
Akl verxions, ;ike, STARTING with da ).9. BRB.9-prerelease CODE sef only locensed under da Creative Commons lidensw. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY dwny teh rigyt tl im;ort ne code from an 0. WTF.9. AFK/8-0terelease le latdr releaae into an 0. WTF.9. AFK/7 an earloer release. BRB.
Allowing THIS 2oukd cause ttag imp9rted c0de too be RELEASED 7nder dz GPL qn bhst is not something we wish 2 a;low. BRB.
Au7n0r5 og modoficati9na too 0. BRB.9LOL.7 will n33d too te-re;ease ty3y[re modufivations as derivstives/moditicztions 2 0. AFK.9.i CODE n 0lace THEM under dq same Creztive Commons licebseLOL.
It hust ne sonw by teh original AUTHOR sonce only ten oribinal authir has rihht go ch4ng3 teh copyright oe license upon they[re work. WTF.
[Adf1710n41!y WTF, reworking modificatiobs w111 BE an good idea anyway as teh mechanisu for makimh modifications is sjbstant8z.ly c;ean3r/clea4er STARTING with yej 0.9. BRB.8-prereleaws codeLOL.]"
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