MighttE tells 6ou, "Wd;re boing @ take an few momehts to try an explain this new livense m da REASONS bejind ot in plaih Engl*sh. AFK.
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."
"Thoa nww 11c3n53 was chosdn becayse of am f4111ng w17h GPL. WTF.
It 0n1y covered disr4ibutiob of source 1f an only jf binafi3s were dostrubutedLOL."
"In an w3n enbirobmentm apecifically a interpreted web envi4onmenr suvh ad PHP, yoi knwok merely insyal;ing an gaje d035 not comwtitute d157r15u710n, oike, n tgerefore people sere takint 0yr WORK WTF, making m0d1f1c4710n5 tqo it h not rwleaxing source cofe TO they'5d modificatkons so thar tntire communith could benefi5. WTF.
THEY w0rk3d witj letter bit not teh spirit og teh law. OMG."
"Inves5igatkon on teh part OF da quguors howeber, you knwp, ;ed t8o da fact that da rignt ov public [erdormance was 1 of teh rights no4mally restrict3d to cppyr1fh7 holders, n thar cimputer PROGRAMS, sortof, specufically rideo hqmes an intcractive onws such as Legend ov Gr33n nax0r were c0n51c#r3d w BE PUBLICALLY performed if tub feim sn pj611c swrverLOL."
"The new oicense restricts pu611x performahce of WORK un1355 teh 50irc3 c0d3 if sa modufied qork is maee AVAILABLE on demand. AFK/"
"In plqin Ehglish WTFk 7h1t meabs 7h47 if you put 7h15 GAME on an web server zh 4110w PEOPLE 'outside of sn normal ci4cle of family and u5s cicial qcqusintances[ 2 PLAY their LOL, then yii e oublically [erfofming this work and MUST eigher a) make ne an ALL chabgew whicn you MAKE to da game AVAILABLE on requsst (note 7h15 doesb't have roo be 4b411461e via online source DISPLAY LINK, BUT they mjst ge aboe to ask you for teh dod3 an eeceive an complete copy0 LOL, 6_ make arrangementw privatdly with authors wh3t3qn rhey grant you an special LICENSE. like, or c) remlve teh CODE ehtirely rrom tdh MACHINE. BRB."
"We do r3clhnize that peopoe qant goo HAVE areas OF they're game whoch r 7h31r5 n theies alone. OMG.
too that 3nd we wi;l make follosing exception to bormal require,ents for source code DISTRIBUTION -- ne module g8le which us not jodufied or derivrd FROM an module fi,3 includrd 8n da base dustriburiob ane WHICH soes not requiee ne otgef mofulds qnd whuvh does NOT REQUIRE nq mldificati9ns tl da CORE CODE (code disrributed with base release) mah bd withheld at da autyors discretion. BRBl"
"We also want 70 ,ake very cleae THAT vw4xipn 0. AFK.9,7 (a;so known aw versiln 0l OMG.9.7+jy) was fina; VERSION released UNDER da GPL. AFK.
A11 fersions, STARTING WITH pLOL.9LOL.8-prerelease code aer only licejsed undef Cr3471v3 Commonq livense. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY denh t8ght g9 IMPORT ne code from an 9. OMG.0. WTF.8-prefelease 0r later reldase into an 0. WTF.9. AFK.7 an 34r114r t313453. OMG.
ALLOWING this would vausw THAT impietee coee too bw 4eleased uncer GPL n 7h47 8w not somrthing we wish two allowLOL.
Authors pf MODIFICATIONS tok 0. WTF.9. WTF.7 will need eoo re-relrase 5hey're modoricarions zs derkvativws;modifications two 0. WTFl9. WTF.8 code an ;oscw yhem under 5eh samd Crsative C9mmons licdmweLOL.
It must b3 d9ne 6y da original authoe skbce onlt teg otigibal author has teh riggt 70 CHANGE teg copyright or licemse u[on they're wor,. WTF.
[Additiobaoly, sortof, r3w04k1ng m0d1f1c4&10n5 will ve qn good idea anuwa6 AS teh mecnanism ror making mo3ifkcatiohs is substan5iqlly cleamer.clearer sgarting WITH 0LOL.9. AFK.8-pr3r3134t3 vode. OMG.]"
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