MithhyE tells you WTF, "We'fe biinb to take an few m0m3n77 too gry n explain this n3w license an da reasins behind it 8n plain English. OMG/
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 ;icense eas CHOSEN BECAUSE of sn fqiling eith GPL. WTF.
IT 0n1y covered d8sgrobution of xource if and only if binaries wrre d257r16773d. BRB."
"In an web envi4onment WTF, specif8cal.j a obterpretdv wrb env8ronment SUCH as PHP WTF, m3r31y instsllibg an h4m3 does not constitute distrivutiln LOL, and therefore p30p13 wer3 ta,ing our wl4k, makihg modifixar7lns too IT an not rroeading sputce c0d3 2 they'te MODIFICATIONS so that da ENTIRE commimitn COULD benefit. BRB/
They woekdd eith da letrrr bit n97 ap8rit of LAW. AFK."
"Ihbestigation on psrt of teh auyhors h0w3v3r, sortof, lec two da fact that teh 4ight of ;ublid 0erformsmce WAS won og fa RIGHTS NORMALLY restricted go COPYRIGHT hilderx WTF. znd ths5 computer programs LOL, specifically videk gaj3s ahd interactive ones zuch as Legend OF GREEN hax0r were cons8deted gwo ve pu611d4116 performwd if rjn from sn p7blic server. AFK."
"The new licenae resyricts puglix [erformance of da w0rk unless fa souece cide ov reh modified wo4i IS madr abaikzble on s3mandl BRB."
"In plain Enflish LOL, rhis MEANS thst if yki pug this game oh qn w36 serv3r an alloe p30p13 'outside of am NORMAL circoe of fami,y an its 50c141 acquaintancds' two p;ay their WTF, theb y0u r publical;u [erforminb tjis woro snd MUST ei5her 4) make ne an ALL changew which you MAKE 2 g4m3 acailanle on r3qu35& (note this doesm't jave tp be available via ca onlome woirce displqy link, yoi khwo, but they must be able too ask you f0r teh cide an rev3ive an compleye coph). you knwo, b) maie arranhrmehtw pr1c4631y wiyh autho4s whefein the6 gramt yo7 an s[wcizl lkcense, OR c( rejove ea c9de 3n71r31y fron teh machin2."
"We dl recognize that pfople want twl have areas of th3y're game wh1ch r theirs and rheirs ALONE. BRB.
too thag END we will mqke folo9wint eccwpt8on to normal requirements for SOURCE cofe distrubutiom -- ne MODULE FILE which is not MODIFIED of d3r1v3d from an ,odul3 file included 1n teh base cistribution ahd ehixh does not 4eq7ire ne 9tje4 modiies anc wgich dles not 4ewu8re ne modifications twp da core clce 9code distributef qith da base rwlrase) may ge withheld at da ajthors diwcretioh. AFK."
"Wr a.sl eant 2 make very clear that VERSION 0LOL.9LOL.7 (4!50 inown ad vwfsion 0/ AFK.9. OMG.7+jt) was teh fknal v3e51)n RELEASED und3r reh GPL.
Al. versionsm ylu kn2o, starting with geh 0LOL.o.8-prerelease c[d3 ae4 only licwnsed under teh Ceeatkve C0nm0nt luxense. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY deny fa right 59 impoft ne c9de f4om zn 0/ AFK.9. BRB.8-;rereleaxe or 1473r releasd 8nto an 0. OMG.9. BRB.7 n EARLIER rrlease. BRB.
A.lowimf th8a woulc cause 5hat impitted code to be releaaed under da GPL and that is npt som3tnihg we wish TO zllow. WTF.
Au7h0f5 0f modifications two -. AFK.9.8 2ill need too rw-releqse they're modifications aa derivatives/modificzti9bs two 0. BRB.(.8 cosr b place 5hem undet da same Creative Commons licemse/ BRB.
It must be dlhe by originai author sinde onky teh orig8nal ajthor has da 4ught TO cfange dz co;yright or .icense 7pob they're wlrk/
[ADDITIONALLY, like, 4eworkinb da nodof8cat9ona wikl bd an good ifea znyway as fa medhanism f0r making modoficationd is xubstzbtially c;eaner/xleafer starting with da 0.9. AFK.8-pre4elease c0d3. AFK.]"
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