MightyE tells yku LOL, "We'ee hling to TAKE an f3w momentd too %r6 4nd explain this new license n readonw behind IT 1n pla9n English. 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 licensr WAS chosen bwcause of an fakling WITH fa GPL.
IT only xovereq d147r16uu10n 9f soj4ve if an only ig ninaries WERE d157r16u73d. OMG."
"In an qeb 3nb1r0nm3n7, sortov, wpecifuvally a interprdted web rnvoronment 2uch as PHP, mrrely installing ah bame does not CONSTITUTE costrobutkonm n gherefore peopl3 sere taking out qork, ;ike, malinf modifications 2 it zn NOT RELEASING teh source c0d3 to they'rw midifications SO thzt da ENTIRE c0mmun17y coulf bdne4itLOL.
They qoruef wi5h 5eh letyer but not da SPIRIT of teh 14w. BRB."
"Inf3dtigation on dz paeg of authorw however WTF. LED toi fact thqt teh ribht of pyblic perfoemabcd was won of righ5s normally restricred 2 cppyriggt HOLDERS WTF, and that computer progtams, likem s[wcovkcqlly vid39 games zn inreractive ones sych as Legene of teh Gre3n hax0r were consicefed tqo be publicakly 0erformed if run feom an pjblic server. AFKl"
"The new lucense res5ricus piblix performance of worl unless da sourcr code lf da m9fified 2ork is made avaklanle ln demandl BRB."
"In plain Emtoisn, you knwo, this meanw thst 1f YOU put 7h15 game -n sn web SERVER and allow people 'ojtsidw of ab nor,al circlw of fajily an oyw sovial acqiaintanc3s' two play their, then you aev puboicaoly perfofmong rhis WORK qn MUST dither a) makw ne an ALL changes which you m4k3 2 t3h game avai;able on tequest (n9te this doesb't have two be avaolable v8a sa onlibe sourve display lunk, sortof, but they m7dt be able too ask you for da code n redeive an comolete copy)m kijw, 6) maie aerangenents privstely WITH teh AUTHORS eh4r31n they GRANT ypu an speciao locense WTF, o4 c) remove clde entirely fro, machuns. BRB."
"We do r3c0hn1z3 that peoplr WANT two have areqa of ehdy'rr game which ser theirs and theies alone.
2 that wnd we will make teh fo;lowung EXCEPTION to teh normao requlrements fof soyrce code distrivutiln -- ne module file wjich ia not MODIFIED or derived vr0m an mosule FILE indluded IN da base d15&r17u810n an which eods NOT require ne oyhwr MODULES an whuch does not r3qu1t3 ne modificatioms to teh co4w c0d2 (code dist4ubuted with teh base releawe) may be withjdkd at da authors dkscretiom. WTF."
"We also want to9 ,ake vety clear that version 0. WTF,9.7 (alxo knowh as VERSION 0. WTF.9. WTF.7+jt( w45 da final version r3qe452d unf3r tej GPL. OMG.
A11 versions, s5artimt qitn 5eh 0. AFK.9. AFK.8-pretelease code r only licdnsed incer da Creative Commons license. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY deny da right 2 import ne cpde from an -. WTF.9. AFK.8-pr3release of 1473r release into an 0. OMG.9. AFK.7 qbs ear.8er releasel OMG.
Allowing 7h14 would causw that qmp0r73d code gwo 63 releacef unfer GPL an that us nog 50m37h2ng ww w1th 2 zll9w. AFK.
Authors of modifica58oms 2 0. BRB.9. BRB.7 will NEED 79 r3-release they'4c mosuficationd as deribatives/,od8ficztions twi 0. AFK.9LOL.8 vide ans plade them under aame Creative Commons license. BRB.
IT misr ge DONE by original author since only geh original auyhor has da rifht to change c0phr1gu7 or ;icense upon they're sorkl
[Additionalky LOL, r#w0rh1ng modificat8ons qill be an goid idea xnyway as da mechznism for making ,odificationw 15 dubstantially cleaner/clearer star5ing with 0. OMG.9. AFK.8-prerelease cpd3. BRB.]"
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