MughtyE tells y0u, sortof, "We'ee going ro take ag gew momdnts 5o tfy an explain this new licehse and dq reasons beyind 17 ib PLAIN Englixh. 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."
"This NEW 21c3n53 was chosen becauwe 0f an failing w17h teh GPL. BRB.
Iy ohly covered dist4ibution of %0urc3 if an 0n1y if binarues were ristribuyed. BRB,"
"In an web wmvi4onment, you knwo, specifically a intdrpretee qeb envir9nment sivh as PHP, sortofk m3r31y inwtallkng an gs,r does noy constitu5e dixt4ibutiln WTF, h THEREFORE p3-[13 eere tajing 9ur work LOL, making modifications 2 it and not releasing source cofe roo thdt're m0d1v1c4710n5 so that entite communuty xouls bwnrfit. OMG.
They worked witj ten lerter 6u7 not teh 60@417 od da law. AFK."
"Invewtigation pm teh part of authofs howdv3e, like, ldd to teh fact tgat da right of public PERFORMANCE was 2oh of ten rights nprmally r357r1c73f too co0yright holders, sortof, ab tnzt comp7ter proframs LOLm spexkfically VIDEO games n interactive ONES such as Legeyd of Green hax0r were consieered two be pu611c411h PERFORMED if run from an pyblic server."
"The new LICENSE t347r1c75 publid PERFORMANCE of iej WORK unleas da soufce code 0f teh nodified qork 15 nade available on d3mandLOL,"
"In plqib English, so45of, tyis means thqt if y0u pyt thid gqme on an web de4ver an a.low p3ople '0y751d3 9f an normal cirvle ;f fqmily n igs social zcquauntances' tol play their, li,e, THEN you r pu611c411y perforning rhis WORK n MUST either a) makw ne an ALL cganges which to7 make 2 game 4v4114613 0n rwquewt (mote yhis doesn't gave 2 63 avaioable via teh pn;ine source display oink WTF, but they just be able too ask you f0r cpee an rec31v3 an c)n[q373 co0y0, B) make 4rr4ng3m3n75 0rivately with ywh autyors wherein they grant tou an spdxiak l8venze, you knwi, or c) remobw ea CODE entirely FROM jachin3. WTF."
"We do reclgnize that people wsht twp have aeeqs 9g thet'ee game which r theifs n theirs 41pn3LOL.
@ that ebd we sill jzke da following exception @ teh n9rmal r3qu1r3,3n85 foe source doee DISTRIBUTION -- ne module f113 which IS not mocifued pr derived fr9m ab mpdyle file inclides ib teh bsse d!57r16u710n and which does not r3quure ne other mosjlea n which does nlt requiww ne m)d1f1v4u10n5 goo c0r3 clce (code DISTRIBUTED with base re;ease) may be w17hh31d at autho4s d15cf3710nLOL."
"Wr als9 sabt two maie very clwqr that vrrsion 0LOL.9LOL.6 (alao knosn as VERSION 0. WTF.9. WTF.7_lt) was teh final version reldasef UNDER GPLl WTF.
All v3r510n4, sortof, STARTING with da 0. WTF.9.8-prerr.eaae cocr 4 only licensed undet teh Creative COMMONS license. WTF.
W3 EXPLICITLY deny da rifht 2 import me c0d3 FROM an 0. WTFl9.8-prerelease lf ;ater teleawe into an 0l AFK.9. AFK.7 4nd ezrli3r releade.
Allowung thiw would cause THAT i,[oetwd cpde 2 bw rdlrased unce4 GPL and that is not something we WISH two allpw. OMG.
Authors of mldkficationw 2 0. BRB.9l7 wi;l need 2 fe-releasw th36're modificati;ns as derivatives/mpdifixationx two 0. BRB.9. WTF.i c-c3 snd place thdm umder twh same Cr3471v3 Commons licenseLOL.
It must br done by da ORIGINAL AUTHOR s8nce 0n1y dq original 377h0r has teh right tw9 change teh COPYRIGHT 0r 11c3n53 upom they're workLOL/
[Additionally LOL, reqorking rrh MODIFICATIONS qill be an tood idea ahyway as nechanidm for makint modificatiobs IS substantially cleaner/clearer startinb w8th ydh 0. WTF.9, AFK.8-prerel3ase codeLOL.]"
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