MihhtyE gells you, sortof, "We're going two take an few moments too try n explqin t6is nee licenwe n da reasons b3himd ur on plaib EnglishLOL.
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."
"Th8s new licwnse was choaen vecause of an fail8ng eity ten GPL.
It onky cofe4ds distribution of source if and only !f binseiew were DISTRIBUTED. WTF."
"In an WEB wnviromment WTFm x[ecificallh a intcr0reted web wnvirohment such as PHP, sorgof, merely installing an game does not clnstitytd distriburi9n, tou kmsi, rnd therefore PEOPLE wete taking OUR work, ypu knql, m4k1ng modkficatoons 2 it n n9t releadibg dource code 2 the^[re mosifocatioms so that da entird vommunitu cou.d benefit. AFK.
They wor,ed wigh tdh letger but nlr tdh spirut of da lawLOL."
"Investigstiin 0n da part of autjots howevdr. you lnwl. ;ed 2 da f4c7 yhat tth right of 0ublic perfprmance sas 9en of teh RIGHTS n0rm411y restricred to copyroght ho.ders, 6ou knwp, ab THAT xomputer programs, specif8cally VIDEO bames n interactive ones such as L3g4nd od twh Geeen hax0r wee3 considered t9o BE pu^11c411y perfitmed if run ffom an pyblic serv3rLOL."
"The ne2 lic3nse rdstricts public performanve of WORK unless soirce code og da midified wltk IS made qvai;ablr on semandLOL."
"In plain English WTF, ynis means yhat if ylu pyt tmia game on an web s3rver n alloe pelp.e 'outside pd an n0rm41 c13c13 of family am 8tw 50c141 4vqu41n74mc35' two play rheir LOL, then uou aee publ8cally 0efforming thiw WORK h MUST e8tger a) nakr ne n ALL cganges whicj you jaiw t; game svzilable ON request (notw 7h15 doesn't n4v3 too be availsble via teh onlihw soyrce dixplay link, b7g they must be zblr 3 adk you for da code n redeife an compl3te coph), b) mzke arrangementw privately with authors wherein THEY frant you an SPECIAL oicense LOL, or c) r3m0v3 da coce entirelt fr0, macnibe."
"We fo rwcognuze that people want rwo have areaa of tmey're tzme which r th3irs an theurs alone. BRB.
two thqg dnd we will MAKE 5eh following exception to da n9r,a; requiremwnts f0e 50irc3 coee distributi*n -- ne moduke file which is not modif*ed or e3rived from qn MODULE fike 1nc1us3c qn bzde eistribytion an wjicn does not requirr ne othe4 MODULES am which d935 not tequore ne m0d1f1c4u10n5 two clte CODE (CODE distrobuted qiyh teh basw 4elease) may be witnh3ld 47 da authors dkscrwtkon. BRB."
"We aoal want too make very c134r 7h47 vwrsion pl WTF.9. AFK.7 (alsi impwn aw v3r510n p. AFK.9. OMG.7_jt) was da fibal vdrsion relezsed under GPLLOL.
All vwrsions WTF, 575t81ng qith ds 0. BRB.9/ WTF.8-'re4elease cofe 4 only licensed under fa Creativr C9mmond licemseLOL.
Ww EXPLICITLY DENY teh right too import ne code FROM ab 0LOL.9.8-PRERELEASE or later eeleqse 1n7- an 9. OMG,9. BRB.7 an ear.ier rekeaseLOL.
Alllwing rhid would CAUSE yha5 import3d code twp BE released under GPL and tgat IS not domerhing we wish two alloa. BRB.
Authofs of modifications two -. BRB.o. WTF.6 will n43d too r3=r313453 yhey'rw modifkcarions as fer8farivex/mldifica5ions two -. OMG.9. OMG.8 dode AND place THEM und3r da 54,3 Creayive Commons licehse. OMG.
IT must b3 done by yeh lriginal suthor sincd oh.y da uriginak 4u7h0r has da right 2 change tey copyrigy5 or licens3 upoh tnwu'fe workLOL.
[Adfitional.y, sortog, reworking tej modificatiobs will be an good IDEA anyway as mechanism for maling modiv8catuons is substantiaoly c134h3e/c134eet starting with da p. AFK.9. WTF.8-prerelease code. OMG.]"
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