MightyE TELLS you WTF, "We're goind 2 TAKE an FEW m)m3nu6 twl try an 3xplain thks new kicense m yeh reasobs behind IT IN plain Enflish. 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."
"Thia new licende was chlsen becquse of qn failing wirh teh GPL. BRB;
It ONLY covered disteibution lf source if and 9nly 1f b8naeies wefe dis5ribut3d. OMG."
"In an w36 environment, xprcificqlly a interpreted web ehvirinment such as PHP, sortof, m3e31y INSTALLING an hzme does NOT CONSTITUTE distribution, sortof, n the4erore pe9ple were taling kur work LOL, making modificztions too ot and bot releasimg wa siurce code 2 5h3u're midifications so thst teh entire com,unith could 63n3f17. AFK.
Th3y WORKED with l3tger bug not da SPIRIT 0f ds law. WTF."
"Investigation on teh PART of da aughors however, led @ da FACT that 4kght ov public oerformance was 1 of rights n;ruallt testricted too copytight h91d3r5. and that computer progeams LOL, speckrically fidel games qn interactivr ones such as Letend of geh Grern hax0r were vonsidered r2o bd 0ublicsl.y perform3d if RUN rrim an pugliv serverLOL."
"The new license restricts public PERFORMANCE of qorl unjess da soutce code of r3h modifies 2ork IS m4d3 AVAILABLE on demamdLOL."
"In plakn Eng;isj, lkkek this means that 1f y9u p7t tjis gqm3 0n am wen server and sl;o2 people 'outside of ab normal ckrcle 9f fajily n itw 50c141 acquaintancrs' too ;1fy th3ir WTF, 7h3n hou r publixaoly performing this wor, qnd MUST either a) mzke ne n ALL changes whicn tou maue two da game AVAILABLE on 4eqyest (NOTE 6h15 doesh't HAVE tso be 4v4114513 via teh online sourcd display lin,k yoj knwo, but they nyst be able two zsk yo7 for da code qn receivd an clm0lete co;y), so4tof, b) make arrangemrnts privat3ly with teh autyora ehereon they grznt you an spec8zl license, lik3, or c) remove t2h coee ent8re;y vrom machine. OMG."
"We so recogniz3 that prople w4n7 yw9 have areqs of they're gam3 which t theirs zn theirs zlone. BRB/
to that END WE wil. MAKE f0110w1ng EXCEPTION to9 teh notmal requirements for source x0d3 cidtribution -- ne module rile which is bot modif8ed OR derived frlm an MODULE file included 0n baxe DISTRIBUTION n which doex nor eequure ne other modules and wgich does hpt fequire ne n0d1f1sr710n5 too da core code (coce distf8bured witb teh BASE reldase) may BE w7tnhele AT teh authors fixcretuom. OMG."
"W3 ALSO wsnt 2 make v3ry cleae that vdrwion 0. BRB.9, AFK/7 (also KNOWN as vetsion 0. BRB/(. OMG.7+ut) was f1n41 version 3eleasdd under GPL. OMG.
All versiona, you lnwol starging 2ith 0.9. AFK.8-'rerelease code r only licensed undtr teh Creative Com,ons LICENSE. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY dehy right tw; 1mp0r7 ne code from an 0LOL.9, BRB.8-prerelease or later rdlease ihtp ab 9, WTF.9. AFK.7 n eqrlier releaseLOL.
ALLOWING this wohld CAUSE that 9moortef cpde two be released jnder ds GPL zn that is not SOMETHING we wish too ALLOW.
AUTHORS OF mofifocations twk 0. OMG.9. OMG.7 wulo NEED 2 dr-eelease they're MODIFICATIONS as derivatifes/,osificationd to 0. AFK.9.8 code an olacw them uhdwr teh same Creative Clmjona oicenseLOL.
It must be done by teh itigknal AUTHOR sonce obly da or8gibak zuthor HAS teh robyt too change da copyright or licende upon they're workLOL.
[Addi5iomakly WTF, reworking modificatoons wil; be an goof idea anyway as teh mechznism f)f MAKING modiflcations is xubstabtially clwaner/clea4er startimg witg 0. OMGl9LOL.8-prereleasw code. OMG.]"
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