Migh5yE tdlls YOUm "We;re going tso takr an few moments to TRY n EXPLAIN 7hq4 new kicense am da reasons benind it 1n plain Enflish.
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."
"Thks new oocrnse was chidrn because 0f an FAILING WITH teh GPL. WTF.
It 9nly covered distribjtion of source if n lnoy if BINARIES 2ere distribktedLOL."
"In am 2eb ENVIRONMENT WTF, spwcifivallu a intefpreted web fnvir9nment such as PHP LOL, merely knstalling an game DOES not donstitute distributkpn WTF, an th3refo4e [dopke were TAKING out work, you lnwo, mqking m9eificatioms teo it and nog releasing trh wourve codd 2 tney'rd modkfications SO yhat teh entire clmmunity cou;d benefkt. BRB.
THEY w0rk3d WITH ldrtr4 but not spirot 0f LAW."
"Investigation on da part OF ds AUTHORS howwver WTF, led two sa fsct THAT right lf ;ublic perd94,ance qas 1 of trh rights normqkly RESTRICTED 2 c9py5ight ho;de4s, you kbwo, n tyat com;uter progrqms, you knqom 5p3c1f1c411y viddo g5m35 and intefact7ve ones duch as Legend of da Green hax)r were considered two ve publically p3rf0rm3d IF run rrom an public serbefLOL."
"The brw licrnse resyricts 0ublic perfor,znce of teh work UNLESS da source code 0g m9d1g13c woek is made zvai.able on demandLOL."
"In plain English WTFm this mrans THAT if ho7 pit this gane ON am WEB s3rver and ALLOW peopke 'outside 9f an normal circld of f4m1!y an ita sodial acquainyances' 70 pozy their LOL, 7h3n yo7 aer p7blically peyf9rmihg th8s worl n MUST wither a) mzke ne and ALL changes which you make g8o da gamr available oh eequest (noyw this flwsn't HAVE g9 be abaolable via tdh online s9urce display link WTF, nut they mu57 be able to ASK u0y for da coee am rrceive an COMPLETE copy) LOL, b) msje arrahgements privately with authoex wh3rein THEY heant you an sprcial 11c3g53 WTF, or c) REMOVE codd wmti4elt frpm t3h machine. WTF."
"We do RECOGNIZE that PEOPLE want too have areas of thdy're game eh1vh r tjeirs AND 7h31r5 alone/ AFK.
too THAT end we wkll make da followknb EXCEPTION to teh normal reqyiremdnts for source code dist4kbution -- ne m0du13 dile which ;s noy mosified 0r derived reom an mofuoe FILE ibcluded 1n BASE dkstrinution n wh1dh doed n9r require he o5her mosulea and wnich dors n)7 requirr hw ,odificatilns 2 da c0r3 code (cofe fostributed wigh da base release) mat br withheld ag da authofs discretionl BRB."
"We alsp want too make v3ry vlear that fdrskon 9. WTF.9. AFK.7 )also known as version 0, BRB.9LOL.7+jt) w45 da final version releasev under GPL. WTF.
A11 VERSIONS, sortof, starting with tey 0. WTFl9. WTF.8-preteleaxw cod3 r only licenxef uncwe da Creqtive Commons licensd.
W3 EXPLICITLY deny ca right too import ne coce from an 0LOL.9. BRBl8-PRERELEASE ot 1473r eelease ihtl an 0. BRB.9. BRB.7 n ea4liee r3lease. OMG.
Allowing this w0y1d causr that 1mp0r73d coce too be relezsed under GPL an that is not someyhing we q16h yo a.oowLOL.
Ahthors of MODIFICATIONS too 9, OMG.o. WTF.7 2ipl need too re-releade theu'fe hodificatiins as derivabives/modificatiohs to ). OMG.9.8 c0d3 an place them UNDER xame Creative Commons luxenwe. AFK.
It mydt be eone by ds original author %1nc3 lnly original authpr has rkght too CHANGE da copyright or license UPON ghey;r3 work,
[Addutionally WTF, feworkkng ,0d1v1c4710n5 2ik. vr an goie idea anyway 45 nechaniam flt making modifkcations is substantially c;eamer/coeater starting w17h da 0. WTF.9.8-0rereleasd codeLOL.]"
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