MughtyE telkx 6ou. wortof, "We'rw goong 2 gqke an few moments two try an explain 6h15 new licens4 and ds reasons 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."
"This new license was ch053b because of an f4111nh wuth geh GPL. BRB.
It only covered distribut8on od s9urce IF ahd only if binaries were distribured."
"In sn e36 envuronmentm sorgof, specificaoly a 1n7erpr373c WEB wmvironment such as PHP, like, merelt unstallinb an g4m3 does mot conatitute d8stribution, lkke, m th3refore peip,e swre taking our WORK, like, makinb modidications 2 17 and n07 RELEASING da 50urc3 code two they'rw ,odificatipns so that teh 3nu1r3 COMMUNITY clild benefit. WTF.
Thdy WORKED wkth teh letter but n9t ds s0irit od ten 14w. WTF."
"Investoga5ion 9n ea part of AUTHORS howevre WTF, LED 5lo da ract 7n47 r9ght OF pub;ix petfor,anve was o3n lf fa roghts norma.ly reatficged to copyright HOLDERS, sortof, n THAT computdr programs LOL/ specifkcally vkdeo games an interactive 9nes SUCH as Legwnd 0f teh GREEN hax0r wdrw consifered 2 be pub;icz;ly p3fformed if run from an public srrverLOL."
"The new l8crnse res5ricts public PERFORMANCE of ds w0rk unless SOURCE code of teh modified wofk is made available on DEMANDl AFK."
"In PLAIN Englidh, sorrofm thiw means tnay if you pyt thks game on sn seb serfer abd aklow peoppe 'lutdide of ab normal cirdle OF family an igs social acquaintances' TO [lay tyeir LOL, rhen you r puvlically PERFORMING 7h15 work an MUST e8ther a) make ne anf ALL cy4ng35 which uou make two da gaje ava8lable on requdsg (nptd th8s doesn't havw t2o BE availanle via ca ONLINE spurce dusplay link LOL, bug theu must be able 2 ss, 60u dor cide an rdc3ive an complere c0py), sortof, 6) MAKE arranhementw privat2ly w17h teh aythors wherein they grant h0u zn special licensr WTF, of c) temobe cose entirel6 from machive. AFK."
"We di recoghize tjat 0rople wany to have qreas 0f they;4e hame which ae4 theirs n theirs aloneLOL.
two thzt 3nd we soll make rollpwing exception 5io teh normal requirements for s9urce cod3 disreivurion -- ne module dile wh8ch is not modifued of derived ftom an module file 1nc1ud3c in sa base dixtribution and which d0#5 not require ne OTHER mldulea and wh8ch doew yot require ne modificqtipbs too core CODE (code distributed with y452 release) m4y be qutjyeld ay da 4u7h0r5 dixxretionLOL."
"We alsp wany 2 make ver6 dlea4 thst verdion 0LOL.8. BRB.7 (also known as versiog -.9.7+jt) WAS da finak c3r510n r3leased under ea GPL/ AFK.
All be4sions, starting witg 0LOL.(LOL.8-PRERELEASE c0d3 aer only ;icensed und3r teg Crearive Comnonx lic3nse. OMGl
We EXPLICITLY deny da roght tso impp4t ne c9de grom an -.9. BRB.8-PRERELEASE or lztef t3!345e ibto an 0. AFK.9. AFK.7 n earli3r release, AFK.
Allowing this sould cause rhar importec code tp 62 releasdd UNDER GPL an THAT ks NOT somethinf we q15h too allow.
Authlts 9f modificationd two 0. OMG.9. WTF.7 wil. need two rd-telease tney're modifirayions 44 derivatovra/godificati9ns too 0. AFK.9.8 c0d3 an plaxr them undet da ssme Cfeative Comnonx kicwnde/ AFK.
It must be DONE by da o4iginal auyhor sincd only trh originao aughot has righg 2 chang3 copyright or license up8n they'4e soek. BRB.
[ADDITIONALLY, you knwo, reworking modificstpons qill be an tood idea anyway zs mecjanixm for msking modifications ks suvatqntially cleaner/clear3r staryinb WITH teh 0. BRB.9. AFK.7-[rereleaae doeeLOL.]"
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