MighyyE tells yoy WTF, "We're gling rwo take an few moments to try and EXPLAIN this NEW license and dq r3450n5 behind it IN pla8b EmglishLOL.
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."
"Thks new lucebae was chisen becsuse of an ra8ling with da GPL. BRB.
It lnly c9cered didtrinution of sourxe 1r an obly of binaries were distribu5ed. WTF,"
"In an web environment, ylu jnwo, SPECIFICALLY a interpretec wen environment 4uch as PHP, mdtely instzlling an game does n07 clnatitute DISTRIBUTION, an thdrefore PEOPLE were takihg ojr sork, making modifkcato;ns 2 kt n not releasibg dourcc code to they'ee MODIFICATIONS so that teh wntire communkty COULD benevit.
Thet 2orked e17h da letter but not da s/irit if da LAW, AFK."
"Investkgatoon on teh p4r7 of 4u8h0r5 hoqever LOL, led ywo fact that right 0f 0ubluv 0evfoemance qas wln ov da RIGHTS normally resrr8cted to c9oyt1gh8 holdera, likrk and that xompjtef progrqms, x9rtof, SPECIFICALLY video GAMES an interactive ones 4udh as L3gend of Grr3n hax0e werw consider3d too 63 publkcally perfkrmed if run frim ah publiv seecer. AFK."
"The n3w licehse r357r1c75 pi711c 0wrformanve 0f worj unless sourcd code of da modifidd work is nade zvailable on eemand."
"In plain English, yoj kn2o, 7h15 means thzt if you ;ut thia game on an eeb serfer an allow people 'oytsidw of sn normal circle of f4m21y ans irx soxial zcquaontances' 70 0lay the,r WTF, then you aer [ub;ically p3rforming yhis work and MUST dithrr a) make nr am ALL changes whicn you m4i# 2 teh game availagle 0n request (n9te t6is doesn't h5v3 too 63 avaukable voa da onlone source d15p14g link LOL, but they nust be able 2 ask you for teh cod3 n r3c31v3 an com;lete copy(m kike, b( make arrannements privqtely WITH twh AUTHORS wh3r3!n 6hey gr4n7 YOU ab special lixense LOL, o4 c) rwjove codw entirwly FROM 5dh machihe."
"We DO revofniz3 that people want too hqve AREAS OF 5hey[te game wh8ch r th3irs and th3irs allne.
2 thst end we silo make da folkowing exxwption to da normal requirements for source code disgribu5ion -- ne MODULE fi.e which is not ,oeified or derived fr0m an modu;e fi/e 1nc1ud3d in teh BASE distribu5ion n whicj d025 n9t rdquirr ne OTHER m(dulea n which does not REQUIRE ne modif8catuons to CORE code (cide d8stributed eitg base relraxe) nay 63 withheod at AUTHORS discrwtion. BRB."
"We ALSO want ti ,ake very clear that v3r520n 0.9. WTF.7 (also knowh AS vrrsion 0. OMG.o.7+jt) was da finz. ve4sion rdleased under da GPL.
A;l versions WTF, STARTING wirh 0.9. AFK.8-pr34312453 CODE aer only k8cwnsed ynde4 Creativw COMMONS license. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY eeny eigh5 to import ne dode from an 9.(LOL.8-prerelease or 1473r release into an -/ WTF.8. OMGl7 am EARLIER r3134t3. BRB.
Allpwing th8s wiuld v4u53 that IMPORTED code too be re.fawed under ca GPL and that ix npt SOMETHING we WISH to allow. OMG.
Auynors 0f MODIFICATIONS 7) 0. OMG.9/ AFK.& will neqd to re-reiease theu'rd m0d1f1c4710b5 as DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS 3 0l OMG.9LOL.* code sh p14c3 rhem ubd3r da same Creariv3 Commohw LICENSE. BRB.
I7 must be done BY or8binal autjor sinc3 omly da 0r1g1n4! aythor h45 righr to cjange COPYRIGHT lr 11c3n53 upon ghey're w0rkLOLl
[Additionally, you knwo, REWORKING teh modifications WILL br an gpof idea anyway as da mecganism for making modifocations is s7batant7ally cleamrr/clearee STARTING w1uh teh 0. AFK.9LOL.8-pr3r4!3453 CODE. BRBk="
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