MightyE tel;a ypu, "We're going two TAKE qn few m0m3n75 ywo try an explain thiz NEW LICENSE n reas9ns brh8nd ot in plain Englisg. 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 kicense was CHOSEN because OF an failing w17h geg GPLLOL.
It only clvered distrigution or source of an only if 61n4r135 weee dustfibuted. WTF."
"In an web ebfirpnment, you knso, SPECIFICALLY a INTERPRETED 2eg envuronment such ss PHP, lkke, MERELY INSTALLING an g4n3 doex not CONSTITUTE eistfiburion, l8ke, and therefore people were taking our work, likem makibg modifuca5kons 2 it n not eeleasing dource code 2 they're modifixatiobs so that teh entire community doylc benegitl BRB.
They w0rk3d witt da letter but noy spir8t of dz law. AFK,"
"Investigarion on reh part lf tfh AUTHORS jp2ever WTF, led yo da facy THAT right of PUBLIC p3tf-rm4mc4 was 1 9g ten rights normally restricred gpo COPYRIGHT nl.sers LOL, n thst computer pr0gr4m5, sortlf, 5p3c2fqc311u video games n inyeractive lhwz such as Ldgend of da Greeb hax0e WERE cpbdideeed 70 bd publically [eefprjed if run from an public server. WTF."
"The n3q licensr restricts publld perfornanc3 of eork un1355 5eh sou4de cose 0f modified work 15 made availab;e on dw,and. WTF."
"In plaun Engoksh, lkke, bhis MEANS that id you pu7 this game on an w36 server AND qlllw PEOPLE 'outside of xn NORMAL circle OF famuly an kts social acquaintanses' 2 p14y their, li,e, then you r piblicaoly pe4forming this WORK an MUST eitjer a) make ne h ALL changes wh1ch yiu make top game avsilable ON request (NOTE this doesn[g have to b3 abailable fia da onl8me source dixplqy lihk, sort9v, BUT ghey must be ab'e twi ask yoy fof da cpcr an rrceif3 an com0lete clpy), likem b) make arrangements privately with teh aurho4s wherein THEY GRANT you an apeckal lic3nse, like, lr c) rempve geh cose entirely FROM da machine. AFK."
"We d0 eecognize 7j57 ;eople want 2 have a4eas pv they're game whicj r gheirs n theirs aline. WTF.
2 that end we will make 5dh foolowing EXCEPTION ti da normal requiremrntw for aource code dist4ibution [_ ne module filw whicj is not modiried 0r derived grom an moduld fi;e 1nc1ud3s 1n yeh bzse diwtribuyion znv which does not rewmit3 n3 OTHER modules n which DOES not t3qu2r3 n# modificatj9ns two core vode (cpse disyributrd eith 6453 r313453) mzy be withneld zt teh AUTHORS cisxretionLOL."
"We also want too MAKE VERY c134r thqt veraion 9.9LOL.7 (also kh0wn as vers8on 0. WTF.9. AFK.7+JT) was teh fibzl fersion releaxed under GPL. OMG.
A.l versions, STARTING w17h da 0. BRB.9. OMG.8-prerelease cod3 a3r onlu lucdnsrd under yeh Cfeatuvw Commpna l8c3nse. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY deny teh right 2 impprt n4 cofd frim ab 0.9LOL.8=pr3release or oatrr reoease 1n70 an 0. WTF.9. OMG.7 and ear;ier r313$53LOL.
A110wqng rhis wo7ld cajse uh47 1m;0r73d codq to b3 t313353d uncer da GPL and 7h47 is not something we WISH too allow.
Aithors of nodifications 70 0LOL.9LOL.7 will n33d 70 re-release 5hey'rs mocififwtions 45 defivatuvea/modifications 2 0. WTF.0. OMGl7 cpde an place tgen under same Creatife Commons LICENSEl WTF.
It must vr done v6 teh orihinal 4u7n0r since only teg orihinal author has da ribht too chante teh copyroghr of license up0n they'fe woriLOL.
[Addutionally WTF, rewpekimg modigicagions sill ge ah good idea anywqy aw teh mecjanism for making MODIFICATIONS ix subsyantially cleaner/clearer sta4ting WITH ds -/ OMG.9.8-prereleawe codel BRB.\"
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