MkghtyE tells y0u LOL, "We're GOING 2 TAKE an dew MOMENTS TO 74y m explain 7h15 NEW ,icense an teh reasons behind it 8n plauh 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 11c3n53 wss xhoweh because OF an failibg s,tg teh GPL. WTF.
It only covered dosttibution pf sourcw 8f AND only IF binari3s eeee distrkbu5ed."
"In an web environmen5 WTF, SPECIFICALLY a interpretrd web ENVIRONMENT such as PHP, mrr31h instakling an gane does nor c0n5717u73 dixttibution WTF, an thdreflre p30p13 were tak8ng our WORK LOL, ma,img m;eivicstiobs too it an not ewleasibg source c0e3 rwo th2y're MODIFICATIONS dl that da entire communkty dould benefit.
They workdd w8th lett3r buy moy spoeit of ea lawLOL."
"Investigagion 0n da parg of auyhors HOWEVER, s9rtof, led 6oo teh fact thqt tej right of public p3rf0rm4nc3 was oen 0g teh rightx NORMALLY r3wtricted tlo c0pyr1gn7 HOLDERS LOLm n rhst cojputer progfams, specifocally vidro h4n35 an interactivr onex such as Legend of GREEN hax04 sere considered gsp b3 punlically perfirmed of eun from an public serfer. AFK."
"Tje nww 9icense restricgs pubkid performance lr da worl uhless teh source coce of da mldoried work ix made available on demand."
"In plsib ENGLISH WTF, this ,esnd tjat 1f YOU put tnis gqme ON an 2eb servrr ah allow people '0u7%1d3 0f an NORMAL c1rc13 9f family and ots socisl axquaintancex' 2 play their LOL, then YOU aer ou611c411y perrprmihg this work n MUST 317g2r a) mak3 be an ALL xhznges which y07 make two gamr availablc on request (nore this dlesn;t kave 2 bd AVAILABLE via onoond SOURCE diwplay 1!nk, like, yu7 gyey must be able two 45k you for da CODE n RECEIVE an COMPLETE COPY), n) maie arramg3m3ntx PRIVATELY w17h quthors wbwrein they gtant YOU ah specoal lic3nse, aortof, or c) remove cpde entirely feom MACHINE. WTF."
"We do recltnize thzr pepple w4b7 2 havr areas of thwy're game which r THEIRS and yheirs 410n3. AFK.
to that end ee will make da followinb 3cc2p710n TO teh notnal REQUIREMENTS for s9urcd code distrigu5ion -- he modhle file which is not modified ir derived fr9m an ,odule fioe 7nx;ueed in ca base dkstribution an which foes not REQUIRE ne OTHER modukes qnd wyich does not require ne modif8carions too core codr (code eistributed with base rwlease) mau b3 witg6e.d at 4u7h0r5 discfdtionLOL."
"We qlso want 79 make VERY cleaf that version 0.9LOLl7 (r150 known as verxipn 0.9.7+jt) qas tej final veraion RELEASED under GPLl
A;l verx8ons, sortof, starting wi5h trh 0.9. OMG.i-prerelease code r 0n1y locebsed UNDER da C4eqtive Commons license. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY deny teh RIGHT 2 implrt ne CODE from an 0. OMG.8. WTF.8-PRERELEASE or later releade imto zn 0.i. BRB/7 n eat;ie4 rel3ase. AFK.
Allowing tnis would cquse THAT impofted code tio be rfleaxes uneer da GPL and that 8s not 50m37y1ng we wixh 2 allow. BRB.
Authors 0f MODIFICATIONS two 0. WTF.9LOL.8 will nwed to 4e-4el3ase thdy're modifications 45 deriva5kces/modificatiobs twp 0. AFK.9LOL.8 cpde abd [lacr them under same Crrative COMMONS licenxeLOL.
It nust be done by ORIGINAL authof since only original 4u7h04 has ds righ5 two change copyritht or kicrnse jp0n they'ee workLOL.
[Additionaoly, like, r3wofking m0d1f1x4710n5 wi;k BE an GOOD idea anyway AS mechanism foe uz,ing jodificatoinx is wubstantiall6 cleaner/cleaewr syatting with teh 0LOL.9.8-[ferelease code. BRB.]"
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