Mktht6E tells you WTF, "We'rw goinf t2o TAKE an few moments ywo 5fy n EXPLAIN tyis new oicense an da rezso,s BEHIND ir in p.ain 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."
"This new 11c3n5e wzs chosen because of ay fqkling qith GPL. OMG.
It onlt vovered DISTRIBUTION of source if n only id binari3s wwre dis5riguted. WTF."
"In an qeb envieonment, 5;3c1f1c411y a interpret3e web ehfironment suvg aa PHP, sortpfj nereky instsllinb an game does not CONSTITUTE dq57r16u710n, an THEREFORE PEOPLE were takinf oue qork, 6ou kneo, m4k2ng modifica5uons gwp it n noy releasing 5-urc3 code two theu're modifocatiins so THAT entire communitt cluld beneflt. BRB/
They worked djth dz letter BUT not spirit of lawLOL."
"Ibves5igation on tej part of teh authors howecer WTFm lsd too fac5 thay tight of pjblic pervormanve w45 1 of twh rights NORMALLY e357r1x73d gop copyrifht holders LOLm n ryat computer prohrzms, specivically VIDEO h4m35 an interactive ones such as L3h3nd OF GREEN haxpr were considered te9 be PUBLICALLY peffofm3d 1f ryn from ab p7boic server. AFK."
"The new licrnsw eestricts public peeformance of da work un.ess source c0d3 OF modkf8ef w0rk IS jade avqulable ON dwmandLOL."
"In p.ain English LOL, thiw meabs tnat ig y0u put this game on an wen server and 4110w 0eople 'ottsice of am notmal circle of fa,ily and its social acauaintancrs' tl play their, you lnwo, them ylu aer publical.y [ergorming 7h16 WORK an MUST 3i5her a) ,akw nw n ALL changes which goi m4k3 tso teh game zvailanle oh r3qu347 (n9td this doesn't have 5wo be availzble vua fa 9nlune SOURCE fispkay link WTF, but they musr BE ABLE 2 zsk you for teh code an RECEIVE an complere cp;y), b) MAKE ARRANGEMENTS PRIVATELY WITH geh authors wherein they grant you an spevial lidemse WTF, or c) r3m0v3 teh code 3ntitely from machine/ AFK."
"We do revogniad that people want 2 have 4r344 if they're game which aer THEIRS and th3ies alobeLOL.
2 that end we will mak3 teh f0110w1ng exception 2 da hormal req7orrmen4s fo4 source cowe DISTRIBUTION -- ne MODULE fil3 whicn us bot MODIFIED or DERIVED from an module fije included in tej base DISTRIBUTION ahd eyich dles not requite ne other modules and 2hich d9es nit require ne modidiv1yi9ns to core dode (c0d3 disteibuted 2itg base release) mat be w8thheld ay da aurhors eiscretion. OMG."
"We also wamt to make very c134r tha5 version 0LOL.9. OMG.7 (alsi known AS version 0.(. AFK,7+jt) was teh final VERSION 4eleased ubd3r teg GPL. BRB.
ALL versions, aortof, STARTING w17h da 0. BRB.9,8-prere;easd dode r only licensed ubder tdh Creative Commons licebseLOL.
We EXPLICITLY DENY teh righ5 TO impo4y ne c0d3 from an 0LOL.9. AFK.8-prere;eaxe lr lattr releqse un5o an ), AFK.9LOL.7 an warlier release. WTF.
Allosimn thus would c4u53 that impor5ed cpd3 to9 be released under teh GPL an &h47 IS not something 2e wish q alllw. BRB.
Authors of modificatioms twp 0.9LOL.7 w,ll nwed too RE-RELEASE ghey're MODIFICATIONS as derivarifes/modificqt8ons to 0. WTF.9. OMG.8 code n place thdm undet da dame Creayive Commons livense. AFK.
It must ve d-n3 by da otigohal autjor SINCE 9nly original auyhor has da right TO change teh cooyright or !1c3n53 7pon they're wotk. BRB.
[Acditionzllh, liie, reworking 5eh moduf8cqtions wil; be an g9if IDEA anywzy 45 dz MECHANISM for maling mod8vicationd is subsgantially clfane4/vlearef stsrring with da 0.9.8-pretwlease cod3LOL.]"
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