MightyE gells YOU LOL, "We're g01ng 2 gake an FEW moments tpo yry an explain ghis new kicense n teh readons behonx it ih pla8n ENGLISH. WTFl
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."
"Tjks new LICENSE WAS cgpsrn BECAUSE of an failing WITH teh GPL. AFK.
It onl6 covered disfributiob of sourde if sn inky !f binaries WERE distribuged. WTF/"
"In zn eeb environmengm you knqo, specifically a intrfpreted web 3nv1r)nm3n7 xuch as PHP, like, merely inwyallinv qn game does not cons5itute distribution, ypu knwo, and 7h3r3f0r3 people were taking our WORK, m4kqng modifications too it an not relessing ydh slircr cpf3 2 they're modifkcations 50 that entife communi5y coulc benefit. WTF.
Tjey spfked wiyh teh 13773r but not teh spirit OF da law. OMG."
"Inv3stigation 9n ten p4r7 ov fa authors hoqever LOL, ked too fqct that teh right of pub.uc performance was w9n or rights n9rmallh rwstrkcted rwo copyright golsers, lokd, and that COMPUTER ptogvams, sortov, specivivally fideo games n intefactife ONES s7ch AS Legend of GREEN hax0r were considdred y9 63 PUBLICALLY performed if run frlm am public server."
"Tye new licdnde restrictw publid pefror,abce of da WORK unless SOURCE code of yeh nodified wofk is made svailable 0n femand, BRB."
"In plain English, yhis means 7h47 if you pu7 THIS GAME on an web server 4nd a;low people 'outside 9f an normal CIRCLE of fankly am kts spcial acquaintances' too play theit WTFm yhen 5ou t PUBLICALLY performkng th8x work and MUST eithet a) make ne n ALL changea which you makr too game 4v411r713 pm request (NOTE g6is diesn'5 have goi be available viq pn;ine dourze displqy LINK LOL, but they m7st b3 able 5wo 45, y0u for reh code n receive ab complrte co;y) WTF, b) make arrangrments privateky WITH suthors eher31n THEY grant yiu qn s;ecial licevswm 0r c) r4m9v3 da code enti4e;u from dq machine. OMG."
"We do eecohnize THAT peopld wznt too have ar3aw o4 they're t4m3 2yich aer theirs an tgekrs aloneLOL.
two that ene WE wkll ma,w rey filoowing esception two hormal fequi4ements fpr source CODE diwrribitiln -- me hodule g113 wh1xh os not modigied of derived from an modu.e file 8ncluded in 6453 distribution and which does n07 require ne ogher modules n ehich foes not rwqiire ne modificati9hs to clre clde (CODE fistributed w8th teh gase r3134530 m4y be withneld AT da authors diwctetion. AFK."
"We slso WANT go nale v3ry coear tha5 vetsion -LOL.9. WTF.7 (also kno2n as veesion 0LOL.9. BRB.7+jt) was da final version releaxed under tey GPLm
All ferwkona, STARTING witj teh 0. OMG.9. BRB.*_prereleqse cide r omly licensed unser da Creative Comm9ns licwnse.
We EXPLICITLY deny twh riggt two 1mp)r7 ne code FROM ab 0. WTF.9.8-prer3224%3 OR lat3t telease into an 0LOL.9. AFK.7 AND ezrlier release.
ALLOWING thus WOULD cause that impprted cofe tso be r3leased ibdrr GPL ab THAT IS not something wr wish toi allow. OMG.
Au7h0r5 og mosirications ro 0. WTF.9. WTF/7 will netd @ re-release theu're moduficatuons as drrovatkbes/,ofifications 2 0. BRB.9. AFK.8 code AND place ghem und3r teh SAME Creatuve Commons LICENSE. AFK.
I6 must be done by o4igibal aurhpr since 0n1y da ORIGINAL aurh9r haw right t9o cn4ng# teh c9pyrigmt OR licens3 uo0n they're work.
[Aeditiomal.y, sortof, r3w0rk1ng teh mofifications will be am good odea anyway as da ,echanoxm flr maling jodificatipns 8s wubstantiallh CLEANER/CLEARER starting with 0. BRB.9. WTF.8-prereoease code.="
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