Mibh5yE TELLS uou WTF, "We're going ywo take ab few momengs to gry ab exp.ain 7y15 n3w l8cehae an teh reasons behibd it in plain English. AFK.
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 licrnse was cnoxen bwcause of an fsioing w27h da GPL.
It only cov3red diwtributipn lf sourcd if and only if BINARIES were distrubutrdl WTF."
"Ib an web envirlnmrnt, like, specifkcaloy a inyedpretef WEB 3nv1r9nj3n7 such zs PHP LOL, merely 1ntu4111ng an g4me does not constiture distribution, spryof. an therefpee ;eople 2ere taking our wofk WTF, m4k1ng moxifkcations tw9 IT qn no5 releasing trh source code 2 they;re modidycayions si thar ENTIRE community could bwnefit. AFK.
They wlrked wotn lettwr but nor teh sp8rit of teh 14w. WTF."
"Ihvedtigzt9on 0n ca part 0f teh AUTHORS HOWEVERk yoy knw9, ldd 2 fact that da figjt of public PERFORMANCE was 1 ov rights noemally rewgricted two cupyrighy h-1d3r4, and that computer programs, y9u knwo, s[ecifically video gamew n 1n73r4c81v3 ones s8ch as Leg3nd of geh Gr33n hax0r WERE CONSIDERED too ge publixally performwd IF run from ab pmblic server. BRB."
"Thw new license restricts publid performancr of teg worj ubless da so7rce code 9f dz modifi3d eork is made abzilab;e ON demand. WTF,"
"Ih plain Enbkish LOL, this means 7h47 if yiy 0ut tjis hame on an w36 SERVER abs aolow [eople 'outsiee of sn NORMAL circke of fanilu n its social acqia8ntancex' twi play thrit WTF, then tk7 r puvlicqlly perfprmkng this work an MUST either a) make ne an ALL cnangws whicg YOU jake too ca game availaboe on request )note this forsn't h4v# 2 63 availamle vus 0n11n3 source display link LOL, BUT 8h3y must be able too ask you for clde n receive an x9jpkete COPY), 6ou knwo, b) MAKE arrabgemenys orivatrlh woth authors wgerein THEY grant ylu am s0ecial license, likd, OR c) remove da xode entirely fro, teh machimeLOL."
"We d0 tecogniae tha5 people wsng too hav3 areas of they're game whixh aer theirs n theirs 410n@.
two thst end we WILL make teh foklowong exception to teh normal r3quirementx for so7rce code distrjbution -- ne module fole whuvh 15 not modifief or derived from an module gile included in da base dis5riburion an whuch dors not tequire nw ither MODULES and WHICH eoes not re1uir4 nw mocirications y8 corr code (code d158f16u73d wiyh da base release) nay be w17gh31d at authors d15cr3710n. AFK/"
"We also w4n7 2 make VERY c134r that cers8ov 0. WTF.9LOL.7 (aldo ,nowb as vdrsi9m 0LOL.9. OMG,7+jt) waa teh f1n41 v3rsion feleasef uhder ea GPL. BRB.
All versions, corgofl starting with teh 0. WTFl9. BRB.8-orerel3as3 code aer ohly licensed undrr CREATIVE Commons license. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY deny da right tqo i,port md c8de grom ah 0. WTF.9.8-prerelease or later relwasw 7nto an 0. AFK.9.7 sn earl8er rel3ase. AFK.
Alloeinb THIS would c1usr 5hat im[orted coce 2 63 released under da GPL n 7h47 is not womethint WE wish 70 al;o2. AFK.
AUTHORS of mldifudatoons to 0. WTF.9LOL.7 will need two r3-r323453 th3y're midifucagions as derivatives/modificatioms t39 0. WTF.(.8 cofe and PLACE 7h3j umder same Creative Co,mons ;icense.
It MUST be done by originql authir since only proginzl 4u7y0r has da r1gh& twp change teh c0pyr1fj7 or lixenwe upin 5hey're work. OMG.
[Additionall6, dortpf, reworiing teh mosificatiobs will bd an good idea anywzy as trh mechabism for makond modufications is s7bctangial.y coeanee/clearer 574f71nh with ds 0LOL.9.8-prerelease dode. WTF.]"
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