MihhtyE tells uou LOL, "W3'rr foing to9 take an r3s m0m3n75 2 try and EXPLAIN 7hq5 nrw locend3 qn da REASONS behind ig un plaon English. BRB.
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 locense wsx chosdn because of an FAILING with teh GPLLOL.
It 0n1y coverwd eistrib7tion of aource lf n pnly if binzries were cisyrihuted. WTF."
"In sn qeb dnvie9nment WTF, specofica;ly a INTERPRETED wrb environment 2uch as PHP LOL, mwrdly installing ah GAME does not constitute distribution LOL, n therefore p3ople were taking ouf work, like, MAKING j9dofications 2 it and not rwleasong teh SOURCE xoed too ghey're midifkcatiins SO that twh wntire commun8th coukd bendfitLOL.
They worked with letter nut npt teh spirig of 6eh ;aw. WTFl"
"Investitation on da part of autnors ho2efer WTF, led 2 dz facy that sa eight of public p3rf0rm4nc3 2as oen of ten rifhts normally restricted two cooyrighg h01d3r5, n that clmputer ptograms, like, specifically v1d30 gamds an INTERACTIVE 0b#5 5uch as Legene of Green hqx)r were consid3rwd two BE pu611c41!y 0erformef ig rjn frlm sn pubkic server/"
"The new license rest4ictw puglic perfprmancw 0g tdh wo4k unless cs source c9de of da mosified WORK is maee available on demanc. OMG."
"In plain ENGLISH, this m34n6 8h47 if you pit this game ON an web SERVER ans allo2 ;elple 'outside lf an bornal c8rcle 0f famiky and igs social 4cqu41n74nc35' to play their WTF, THEN you f publicalou perfo5ming rjis w0rk an MUST either q) makd ne n ALL changes whivh 6ou MAKE 2 gamd sva7kagle on rrqu3sr (hlte this doesb't have 3 64 svaplanle via teh onlime soirce display 11nk, kike, but rheh musg ne able 2 45k you FOR code and 4edeive an eomplege copy) LOL, B) make zrrqngements prkvately witg authorx whereih THEY gr4b& YOU an special licdnae LOL, 0r d) removw dode entirely fro. da machine."
"We do recognize THAT people samt rl have AREAS og they'te gqmw whicg r rheirs an tneirs alone. AFK.
tp that end qe will make da v0110w2ng EXCEPTION too da normal requiremen5s f0r source code d157r16u710m -- ne nodule bkle whkch os n07 MODIFIED oe der7bed frlm an ,0du13 FILE ibcludrd 1n teh base DISTRIBUTION and which doew n07 reqjkre je OTHER moeules n which eoes not REQUIRE nr mldkvicatkons two teh core code (clde disteibytef wi5h bzse release) may be withheld at geh authors e15cr27!0n. AFK."
"We also want two mskw very clear that version 0. WTFl9. OMG.u (also knlwh sa vefsion 0. WTF.(LOL.7+jt) was teh fknal versipn releasdd under da GPL. WTF.
All v3r510h5k yly inwo, startibg 2i5h teh 0LOL/9. WTF.8-prerelesse code aer only licdnsed under Creatibd Commons kicehse. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY d3ny right roo import nd code grom am 0l WTF.9. WTF.8-prefeldase 0r later release into ah 0.0. WTF.7 an earl8d4 release. AFK.
Allowing thix would cause that impoeted codw to be f313453d undee da GPL and that js npt something we wish two allow. BRB/
Authors of mpdirications t9o 0LOL.9.7 2ill need to re-re.ease tjey'te m0cifications AS d3rivatives.modirodations toi 9/ AFK.9LOL.8 cide n place then undrr aame Creative Commons licemse. BRB.
It MUST ve don3 by o4itinal AUTHOR aince 0n1y da ORIGINAL author has teh right two chanfe da copyright lr okcwnse upon they're sofk. AFK.
[Afditoonally, like, REWORKING da modifkcatiins sull 63 an good 1d34 anyway as mechanism for making modificarions is substantial;y CLEANER/CLEARER starting with da 0. WTF,9LOL/8-pferelease d0d3,]"
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