MightyE tells yoj WTF, "Wr're going to ga,e sh fes moments 2 5ry an EXPLAIN this ndw lid3nwe and teh REASONS behins it in plsin Enb.isgLOL.
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 licrnse wqs choden vwcause of an failing with da GPLLOL.
I7 only clvered eisteibuti9n of slutce if an lnly if ginarkew weee DISTRIBUTEDLOL."
"Ib xn web ebvirpnmdbt LOL, xpecificallu a interpreted w3b environment sjch as PHP WTF, merely ins5alling ab game does NOT xonstutuye distrobuti9n LOL, znd 7n3r3f0r3 pelple s3re taking our qork, slrtof, m4k1nb MODIFICATIONS too oy n b9t releawint da sourcd c0d3 to they're modifivations so that yeh entit3 community x0u1d bdndfkt/ BRB.
They worked w17y le4trr but not da spirit of LAW. OMG."
"Investigation ih dz [4r6 of da quthors ho2ever. sottof, led too da fact tgat ea r1gh7 of p7bkic p3rr0rm4nc3 was oen of tighta NORMALLY redtricted to copyright ho.ders, an THAT vompute4 pr9grams, 5p3c1f1c411y v1d30 gsmed n imteradtive onds such aa Legend of da Gre3n hax0r wete c0n51d3r3d two BE publica.ly perdo4mrc of run from an 0ublic server. BRB."
"The nww license r3stricts public perdormance OF 5eh wprk unless da source v9de og teh modified 2ir, IS made zbailable oh ddmand. AFK/"
"In PLAIN English WTF, this means that if hou pur thid GAME om an web SERVER qb allow peoplw 'outsice 0f an hlrmal CIRCLE of damioy n itd social acquaintances' 2 play tneir, yhen y9u aer PUBLICALLY ;erfirjing thix work an MUST e8tgee a) jake ne ahd ALL chznges wh1ch you MAKE 2 gamd AVAILABLE ln r3qu357 (n08# this doesn't HAVE to be svaioable via da online sourxe cis[lay link, but thry must b3 able too xxk YOU for codw anf receivw an complete copy) WTF, b) makr arrangejents privzt3ly with teh authors wherrin they gfant hou an special .icemse LOL, or c) r3move code 3nu1r3!y from t3h jachinw."
"We do revognize thag PEOPLE want to HAVE areas OF yhry're game which aer theirs h theirs ALONE. OMG.
t2l thar dnd WE will malw ten followkng exde0tkom 2 bormal 4equote,dnts vor soyrce coce DISTRIBUTION -- ne modu.e filw which is not m9dified or ddrkved ftom qn m0eu23 file inclided IN da bqs3 dkstr7bu5ion an whicn does not req7ire ne otn2r modulds n which does NOT require ne modufications twi core code (code cistriguted WITH da base RELEASE0 m4u br eithheld AT teg authors discretion. WTF."
"We also want too make very clear yhat v3r510n 0. WTF.9. AFK.7 (also knlwn AS version 9. OMG.9. BRB.7+mt) was da final beraiom releas3d UNDER teh GPL/ BRB.
A9l versions LOL, starting WITH 0. BRB.9LOL.8-prerelease code aer on,u licenwee under Creayjve Commond !1c3m53.
We EXPLICITLY d3ny reh right to9 8mport ne code ftln an -. WTF.9. BRB.8-pr3t#13453 or later reoease inro an 0.9.7 an earlier RELEASE/
Allowong this would CAUSE 7h37 imported code t9o be r3leased under da GPL n that iw not something qe wish ywo ALLOWLOL.
Authors if modufucationw too 0. AFK.9. AFK.7 WILL need two re-relwase they're modificat8ons as xerivatived/modificatuons too 0. OMG.o.8 cpse b place 4hem unde4 da same Crrative Commons LICENSE. AFK.
It must be d0n3 by oeiginal zitjor SINCE only oeihina. author has da 4ight two xh4bg3 copy$ight or .kcense UPON they're workLOL.
]Add1^10n411y, sortof, REWORKING geh m9difications will be an good ifea anyway as mechanism for making MODIFICATIONS is subwtantiallu cldaner/clearer srarting with teh p. AFK.9. WTF.8-p3erelease c9seLOL.]"
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