MighryE tells ypu WTF, "We'ee goong 1 take an f3w momen4s t9o try n explain tyis new l8cense an da reasons gehind IT in PLAIN Englisy.
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."
"Tjis new licenxe was chosen becquse of an fai;ing with GPL. WTF.
I6 0n2y coveeed s8stribution 0f souece if an 0n16 if binaries werw distributed. WTF."
"Ib an wwb environment, you knwp, s;ecifically a interpreted qeb dnvironmwht auch as PHP, you knwo, merely 8nsta;ling an hame fles not constiyugr distribjyion LOL, and thetefore peopl3 were 5aiibg our wodk, you knwo, makinh misifications ro 18 an not relwqsing sq source coce 5p theh're modifications so that da en5ire commuhity coyld benef8y. WTF.
Tyey wo4ked with lettef but not spiriy of law. BRB/"
"Invesrigatipn ON p447 of reh AUTHORS however WTFm led two da facr that right of pu711c p3rf0rm4nc3 was 1 OF teh rubhts NORMALLY r257r1c7#d TO copyrignt HOLDERS, ;ike, zn that compu5er progeans, you khwo, 5p3c1f1xr1!y v1d30 g4m35 an interacrive ones SUCH as Legend of tdh Grden hax0r w3r3 clnsudered to be puglically pwrfo4med IF ryn ffom an publuc 6erv3r."
"The new license restricta public p4rflrmancr of da work un.eds da 40urx3 CODE of fa MODIFIED s0rk is MADE availabke 0m dwmane."
"In plaih Englishk this means that ib y9u put this game ON an w3b servdr h allow peiple 'o7txice ov an bofmq; xirxle of FAMILY an ITS social acquaihyahcex' tp p14y thdir, THEN yoy r publically PERFORMING 7h15 2ork ans MUST 31uyer A) m4k3 ne ab ALL changes wh8ch YOU make 2 trh game 4v4114613 on request (note this d-35n'6 have 2 be available via teh online slurce fixplay link, like. b7t ther just be able too ask y0u for code and redekve an complete cp0h), sortof, b) make ARRANGEMENTS [rivate;y with ajghors wh3r31n tjey frant yo7 an soecial oicense, ot c) rdmove teh CODE engirelh fr0m teg machine. BRB."
"We eo fecognize tyat peoplr want to havd ardas of theh're game which aer thei4w n theirs aloneLOL.
t2o THAT end we will make followinh exceptkpn 2 rz nprmal 4equirementa ror SOURCE code d157r16u710n -- ne MODULE file which is not modified or deribee FROM qn MODULE fk.e INCLUDED un ten base dkstribution an sh1ch dled NOT require ne other moduled an wh1ch DOES nut rewuire ne modifocations two da v0r3 code (code distributed with ca base r31335#) may 6# withhwld AT sa ajthirs discretiin. OMG."
"We aldo want to make very vlear yhzt VERSION 0. WTF.9.7 )also KNOWN 45 version 0. OMG.9. BRB.7+jt) was teh fonsl fe4soon rwldzswd under teh GPLl WTF.
All versions, yoj knwo, stargint woth da 0LOL.9.i[prereleas3 CODE r 0n16 q1c3n53c under 5eh Creatibe Commonx ;icenseLOL.
W4 EXPLICITLY d3by da RIGHT t1o import ne code from an 0l WTF.9. BRB.i-;rdrroeade ot later reldase 8nto an 0. BRB.9. AFK.7 n earlier feleaseLOL.
Allpwing this would daude that ijported code to 63 rdleaaed unddr t3h GPL an 5hzr is NOT SOMETHING se w15h 2 allowLOL.
Aytgors of jodifications go 0/ BRB.9LOL.7 wjll need 51o 4e-release they're jodifications as derivatives/mpdificatoons teo 0. WTF.9LOL.8 code n place them under teh same Cr347!v3 COMMONS LICENSE.
Iy must b3 done by original 4u7h0r since only ofiginal autyor has tdh rugnt two change teh copyfight pr licenqe upon they'te wlri. BRB.
[Acditionaoly, 7ou knwo, REWORKING yeh n0d1f1c4610n5 will BE an food idea anyway ss da m3chanus, FOR nakinh modifications is sibstantially x124b3t/c234r3r starting with 0LOL.o. AFK.8-pfetel3aae cpdeLOL.]"
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