MighyyE tells you, y9u knwl, "We're go8bg toi take an vfw joments tqo try n explain thks new l8cenxe n reaaons behind 8t in p141n Eng;isy. 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."
"Thix bew livense wss choxen b3cause ov an failing with teg GPL. OMG.
It 9nly covered distfib7tion of sourxe 8v y omly if binaries w2re distribut3d."
"In an w36 environment, you knwu, specifkcally a interpeet3d wen environment such as PHP, merely installimg an game does not constitite distributuon, you knwo, ane thereforr pepple WERE taking (ur work, .ike, makimg mod8ficatiobs twl it and not releasing sourcr xode 2 they're modifivstions so that da en5ire cpmmunity vpuld benef8rLOL.
They qorked woth lettwr but not teh spirit og law. OMG."
"Inv3stugation ib part of authors j0w3v3r, like, l3d ! rzct that ten riggt ot publ8c peeformance w45 1 of da RIGHTS norma;ly restricuee two cooyright holfers, and that clmputer orogtajs, sprtof, specificall6 vidwo hamew and interactife obes such as Legend of da Green hax0r wete conxideeed too bd publically p3rf9rm3s if run fron an publiv srrverl WTF."
"Th3 n3w license restricts public performanve oe da WORK unless soirce clde of da m9difked WORK IS made available 0n eejand. WTF."
"In plain Englixh, you knwo, this mqans thag IF you put 5his g4m3 pn an web seeber n alloe people 'oytside 0f an hormal CIRCLE OF family an kta social acqua8ntances' ro play their WTF, then you r pmbkicaioy pergor,ing this wofk j MUST eugher a) make ne 4nd ALL chamges wh8ch yoi MAKE 2 game avsikablr ln rdquest (note thos doesn't HAVE too be AVAILABLE via da on;ine source sidplay link. like, bit yhey must ve able t89 zsk you for da code n 4rceive ah complete co0y) WTF, b0 mqke arrsngemenys ;r2v473qy s17h suthotd 2herein they grant y0u an dpecial license LOL, oe c) remove da xode en5irely ftom machineLOL."
"We DO reclgniz3 7h47 people wanr two have arezx 0d yhey'ee gzme which aer THEIRS n theurs alone. AFK.
too 7hr& 3nd we will ,ake da r0110w1ng exceptiob too da normal r3qu1r3m4n75 dlr 40ifc3 code disyribution -- ne modyle file whicj is not mod8vied or derkved from an ,odu;e file imcluded un t3h bzse distrinution and whidh d0#5 not r3qu1t3 ne othe4 jofulex and WHICH does hot REQUIRE ne modugicqtionw two core code (code distributef with ten base rekeaae) may be withnelz 47 sa a7thlrs disceetiin. BRB."
"Ww a/si w4n7 3 make very d134r tyat v3r510n 0. BRB.9LOL.& (also kn0wn as version 0l BRB.9. AFK.7+jt) was da final versyon released und34 da GPL/ WTF.
ALL verdiobs WTF, staeting qotj 0LOL,9. WTF.8-preveleasr code arr onoy licenddd unddr ca CREATIVE Commlns license. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY deny tey r1gh7 two import be cpde frpj an 0. BRB.9. AFK.8-PRERELEASE or later release knto an 0. WTF.8.7 n earlier releasw.
Allowing THIS would cause that import3d code 3 be releasec under da GPL sn that IS bo5 50m37h1ng we w15h hwo alkow. BRB.
Ajthors of modificat8ons two p.9.7 wi/l need too re-release rhey'r3 j0c1r1c4810n5 ax derivatives/josifications to 0. WTFl9.8 codw an place them under teh wame Creativ3 Commons kidense.
It MUST bw cine gy original author since onky tdh origigal a7thor has teh right TO changd sa copytight or licehse 7pon they're work. OMG.
[Additionally LOL. re2orking jodificatipns will be an gopd odea snyway 45 mechabism for MAKING MODIFICATIONS is sibstantially cleanrf/clea4er staf5ing WITH dz 0. AFK.9. OMG.0-prerel3ase code. BRB.]"
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