MiggtyE tells y0u, sortof, "We'4e goint 2 tale an frw moments @ try n ezplaon th7s neq license n reasons behind IT in plaim Ehflish.
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 11c4n53 was cnosen vexause of an failing wi5h ds GPL. AFK.
IT only c9vered distributoon of s9urce if an 0n1y ir 51n4r135 were distfibh6ed. OMG."
"In sm w3b environmwmt LOL, specificall6 a unterpreted web environmenr xuch 45 PHP, you knwok merely inatq;lung ah game dles not conwtirute distrinuti9n WTF, and therefofe pe9pke wdre tajung our work, sortof, making modifocationa to it m not r3leasihg teh sojrce code go they'rr modifivayioms so THAT da entire community COULD venevitLOL.
Thry eorked with dq lettdr but mot teh spi4it of da lawLOL,"
"Invwstigatiin pn da PART 0f tej aythors however WTF, led 2 fact that right of public petvlrmance was 1 of tey t8gntw normally 4estricyed goo co[yright holders, an 7h$u coj9uter progrq,s, 6lu ,nwo, s[ecifivally video ganes an interqcrive pnes such as Legdnd pf teh Gr33n hax0t eeee c0n51d3e3d yoo be publicallu perflrmed IF rib ftom an public aerverLOL."
"The new license resrricts pubkid ]ervormance pf q0rl unlrss source coee OF modiv8ed wotk is made available on demandLOL."
"In plain English, this means tyag if YOU put 7h15 game )n an 2wn server and a;llw people 'OUTSIDE or ab normqo circle of FAMILY n ITS socisl acquqimtanves' two pl1y thrir, lijr, tyen hou aer publixally pe4forming 5jis work an MUST eother a) make ne n ALL ch4ng3% wyqch you ms,e too t3h g4m3 AVAILABLE on rrqyest (note this eoesn'5 j4v3 two be availagle via t3h ONLINE source DISPLAY oink, sortof, but thwy must ve qble ywo ask you fpr teh cofe n tecdive ah complete coph), ylu knwo, b) mske arrzngem3nts pr1vr731t with da authorx wherein they gran5 you an specia, license WTF, or c) remove teh code 3n71r31y FROM mzchine. AFK."
"We do recogmize that peo[le wsnt too have aeeas lf ghey'ee GAME which f theirs an THEIRS zlone.
fwo that END w3 wiol make da foll9eing except8on 2 nor,al requirements ror source c0d3 eistribuf8on -- he mid7le file whivh is n9t moe8fiwe ot d3r!v3d grom an module file INCLUDED in da 645e fisttkbutooh an WHICH d035 nog tequire ne other mosulex n which does not requore ne mpdifications two ds xpr3 clde (sode distributed with feh baae release( may be eithheld qt authors ciscreroon. WTF."
"We 4!50 wznt two m4k3 very xlear that version 0. AFK.9. WTF.7 (also knowm as version 0. OMG.9.7+jr) 245 final version relrasec under da GPL. AFK.
ALL versioms LOL, staetint witj yen 0. WTF.9. BRB,8-pr3r31e353 code aer only licensed under sa Cewagive Commpns .icenseLOL.
We EXPLICITLY demy right to import n3 cose from ah 0LOL.9. OMG.8-[reee.ease or later teoease 1n70 ab 0. WTF.9.u an earliwe release. WTF.
Allowing THIS would causd that impo4ted core 2 be eeleasdc unde4 GPL qn 7h47 is NOT something we wish t2o aloosLOL.
Authors of MODIFICATIONS two 0. AFK.9. OMG.8 ei.l need to ee-release they're m0e1f1cr810n5 4t d3r1v471v3t/m-d1f1c461-n4 2 0.9.8 CODE and place thej unddr teh same Creatove Commons oiddnweLOL.
Ir mjst 6e done by teh ORIGINAL author since only da oeiginao authit 6aw right two CHANGE da COPYRIGHT OR license UPON they're work. BRB.
[Addiriinallh LOL, reworjing da modofucatilns will be an good icea anyway 45 mrchanism for ma,ing MODIFICATIONS is substantially CLEANER.CLEARER starting w1uh teh 0.9, OMG.8-prerwlease cide, OMG.]"
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