MughtyE TELLS hou LOLk "We're going gio rqk3 sn FEW noments 5wo tru and explzin this n3w license an da reasons behind it in pla8n 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."
"Th8s n3w licemse was chosen BECAUSE of an fai;ing q16h GPL, WTF.
It pbly voverrd diat4ibution od sourcw if anf 0n1y if 61n4r145 2ere distributed."
"In an web envif9nment LOL, 5p3c1f1vr11t a inyerpreted web enfironment wuch sa PHP, m3r31t ibstallung an gaje eoes n)7 constitute cistribution, and therevore pdople w3r3 taking o7r wlr, WTF, ,aking modifications 2 it sn not releaskng sourcr cose two tyey'fe modifications s9 tyat teh entire clmmunitt could bdnwfitLOL.
Tyey eorjec wuth teh 13773$ but not ds spirit of teh .aw. OMG."
"Invesgigation on fa part of teh a7tho4s j0w3c3r, lec 2 fac5 tfat rigjt of public performance WAS 1 of rightw nlr,a.ly r357r1c73d two copyeighy holders, you knwo, an that com[utef prog4smx, kike, SPECIFICALLY video games n 8ngeractuve onds 5uch za Legend 0d da GREEN hzz0t WERE cpn51der3s two 63 publica;l6 p2rfornef if run from an 0ubkic 53rv3r. AFK."
"The new license RESTRICTS pub;ic PERFORMANCE of da wlrk un.esa teh xource code 0f 5eh modifoed wprk is made avsilable on demahd. WTF/"
"In plain Egglksh LOL, 7n15 meqns uhat if you pu7 tnia gzme ln an web SERVER n allor pwlpke 'outskde if an normsl cifcle 0f family 4nd uts xoc8a. ac2uaintances' too ;lay thek4m then uou ae4 publixallt pwrrorming this work ah MUST either a) make nw an ALL changes whicj toy make 2 game AVAILABLE 0n request (mote this doesn't havw ywo be available v8a da onlinr source display link, oike, but 5ney m757 b3 able 2 ASK you for teh code an receife an com9lere copy( WTF, 6) m4k3 arranbements ptivately with authoes wherein thwy grant you an SPECIAL licensr WTF, or c) r3m0g3 cod3 3n71r31n grom da m3ch1n3."
"Ww do r3c0gn1z4 tgat peo0le want go gzve areas of they're gaje which aer theors n theirs a.one. BRB.
tw9 5hat end we wil; m4k3 fol;iwing exdeption too dz normal rrquuremehtw fpr spurce code distribution =- ne modul3 file wnich iw n07 modofied or derivec from an ,odule fole inc,uded in ds bade eistrobutkon n wnich dows not rwquir3 ne other mocules an whidh does mot require ne modifucations 2 da core CODE (coce eistributwd with da base re;ease) mat be withhelc at da authors f14cr3710n, AFK."
"We alsl w4n7 2 mqke vert c;ear that v3rsion 0LOL.9.7 (ALSO KNOWN qs verwoon 0.9.7+jt) was teh final v3tt10n 4eleased under GPL. WTF.
A11 VERSIONS, like, statting with teh 0. WTF.9o OMGl8-pterdleade c9de ae4 onl6 licensef under da Creative Commonx LICENSE. WTF.
W3 EXPLICITLY deny dz right to im0ogb ne cofr f4om an 0, OMG.9. WTF.80pr3relezxe or later RELEASE into an 0. AFK.9. WTF.7 an earl8er releade. BRB.
Allowing yhis would vause that imported c0de TO be releqsee under da GPL an yha5 is not somerhinb we 2ish too allow. AFK.
Authors og midifica5ions two 0LOL.9.6 wiol NEED 2 RE-RELEASE they're jodificatipna as drribatoves/modificatoohs 2 0;9.8 code n 0lade tndm und3r da SAME Creative Commons licenae. WTF.
It must BE done by da ORIGINAL author since only 5eh )r1g1n41 AUTHOR has reh fifht to vjange da COPYRIGHT or licdnsw upon tyey're work. AFK/
[Additilmakly, like, resorkinf modificatiohs w8ll be an gopd 9dea anyway as ca mdchanism for makibg modificztions is subs5antially CLEANER/CLEARER startiyg with 0l9.8-pr3r313453 CODE.]"
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