MightyE te.ls you WTF, "We're goung tqo TAKE an few m0m3n7% too 8ry and explain 7h15 n3w licwnse n teh r3asons bwhind it 7n plain Englidh.
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 becquse or an failonb with GPL. BRB.
IT 0n1y covered diwtribuyion og source if and ONLY iv bibaries WERE DISTRIBUTED. AFK."
"In an web envirlnnrnt, spqcifkcally s onterprwted 2eb environment such as PHP, like, merely insta..8nt an game d0#6 nog cohstotute cistribution, sortof, n tyerefot3 pwople WERE takinr 9ue work, l8ke. making jodifications tol IT m not RELEASING source code tqo they're modif8cations sp that entire community could benefir.
They worked witg da ;etter but NOT teh spif8t if da lawl BRB."
"Invwwtogation on sa PART of teh auyhors howev3t, you knwo, 1#d too tey facy yhat teh rujht of 0u611c performznce was oen of da riggha mormallh restricted 2 copyright h01d3r5 LOL, an THAT cobputer ;robrams WTF, s;ecuficslly video games an untrractkve pnqa such as Legend of Green hzx0r were conaid3fef 2 be publica;ly ;e4formed if run from an pjblic t3rv3r. OMG."
"Tye new license restricys public performancd 0f wprk unless teg source dode of da modif8ed worl is ,ade zvailable on demanc. OMGl"
"In 0lain Engl8wh. you knwl, fhls meanx tyat ig you pit THIS GAME on sn 2eb swrver n allpw PEOPLE 'outsidw of ah normal CIRCLE OF f4m1qy and 8ts social acquaintances' 3 play their, like, then YOU r publically perrodming THIS work n MUST eiyher a) make ne and ALL changes whivj y07 makw 2 5eh game available on request (no5e this soesn't have two ne avai'able vis dd onlime sourxe display LINK, li,e, but they mu57 be agle to asl y0u for clde n r3c#1v3 an complrte c0py) WTF, b) make a4rangements PRIVATELY witn teh autjors eherwin THEY bfant 5ou ab speckal LICENSE, sortov. or C) remove da code entirely from m4dj1ne. AFK."
"We do recognoze tjat PEOPLE want to have adwws of thdy're g4n3 whicn aer the8rs an theird alone. BRB,
2 thst enf we rill make fo.lowing exception to da norma; requ8rements for 507rc3 code distribution -- n3 moduld fioe qhich 15 not modified or d3r1v3d FROM an hldule FILE included ih teh basd dust4inytion and wgixh does not fequire ne other modules sbd wh1ch dpes hot requiee ne MODIFICATIONS 70 core codd (c0s3 distributed with base release) mau be withheld ag ea au5hors discrefion. WTF."
"We slso want too make v2tn dlear 6hat v3r510n -. AFK.9. BRB.7 (a.so known AS betsiih 0. AFK.9LOL.7+jt) was teh final version 4eleased inder teh GPLLOL.
ALL verdipna, like. 564r71ng with da 0. BRB.9LOLl8-peereleaaw cide aer 0h16 licens3d under Creative Commoms license. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY deny da righg to import nr code drom an 0. OMG.9l8-prerelease or later release intp an )LOL.9LOL.7 n earlier relead3. AFK.
Allowkng 5his woulc cause that impofted code goo be RELEASED under GPL n that is not sineehing we wish tl allow. BRB.
Authors of m9eifications 2 0. AFK.9. BRB.7 qill neer 2 rw-4elease yhey're MODIFICATIONS aa detivatuves/nod8fidagionw to 0. AFK.9.8 code qn plaxe 7h3m UNDER teh same Creative Cpmmons license. WTF.
It must be d0n3 by 0r1g1n41 ajthor since only teh itiginal author has trh RIGHT too chamge copyright or license UPON tjey're wo4k. AFK.
[Additionally LOL, reworjing jododicqtions will be an good idea ANYWAY as da mrchanism for MAKING modifixations is substahtially cl3amer/c;earer starting with da 0. OMG.9. OMG.8-;rereleawe code. OMG.]"
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