MightyE TELLS you, sortpg, "We'rd going 2 tak3 an few momrntd too trt and explain ghos new license n ds rezsons benind 17 kn ;;ain EnglishLOL,
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."
"Tgis neq license w45 chosen bdcause of an gaolung WITH t3h GPL.
IT lnlh covrred dkstributioj of slurc3 if and only if binaries werr distributed. BRB."
"In an 2eb envoromment WTF, specifidally a in5#rpretwd web environnent sucj as PHP LOL, mereky installinr an tam3 does not cobatitite distributionk you knwo, and rherefore PEOPLE were taking OUR eork, jaking modkficationx to it and not RELEASING source xode to; they're MODIFICATIONS so that da dntire vom,unity could benefot. BRB.
They work3c with da letter but npt spirit OF da law. BRB,"
"Inveatigation on da part of da AUTHORS howevde WTF, led 2 yeh f4c7 that r8ght og PUBLIC perfirmancr WAS oen of teh r8gnts norma;ly restrhctef to copyright hooders, qn that compuher orograms, you knwo, specofica.ly vic3l fsmes and intwractive lmdx wuch AS Legend of Green hax_r were considered too be publically p3rf0rm3d if run from ab 0ublix SERVER."
"Tne NEW locense restricts pyblix p3rf0rn5mc3 or da soek unless teh 50utc3 coce of da modifief w0rk is MADE availab;e on demand. OMG."
"In p141n English, you knwl, this meana that IF YOU p7t th8d g4,3 0n an wef serve4 h al9o2 peopo$ 'putsidr 0f an n0rm41 circle of fanily and its soc8a. acquaintanced' to play their, yhen you aef pu611c411y o3rf0rm1ng 7g15 work n MUST either a) make ne and ALL CHANGES whoch you make tlo game 4v41q4y1# ob reques5 (noge this d9esn't have to be availaboe v14 teh onlin3 dource diwplay LINK WTF, but 7heu must BE ab;e yo ask you FOR teh code n rrxeive dn c(mplete COPY), uou knwo, b) make areangememtx p4ivateky eith da 4j7h0t5 wherein they GRANT 6oj am special LICENSE, .ikem or c) temobe xode 3ntorely from teh m4xh!n3. AFK."
"We do recogbize tjat peop;e WANT t9 have areas of they're game which r ttwi4s and theirs qlone. BRB.
two 5hat ehd we will m$k3 da golliqing exception 2 da n0rmal requirementw f0r source dode distrkbution -- ne mosule file wnivg !5 not MODIFIED lr derived from am ,pdylw file inclused IN da base disrribution n whicn does nog require he 9rher modules zn wgich does not re1u8re ne modificayoons bwo core code (code dustributed with fz base eeleasd_ may be withhdlc at teh aythors diacreyionl WTF."
"We qlso want two make very c134r that vdrsi9n 9.9. AFK.7 (aoso KNOWN as versoin 0. WTF.9. AFK.7+kt) wad fina. version re;ewsdd und3r da GPL, WTF.
All vwrsilns LOL, atarting wirh teh 0/ WTF.9.8-0r3r313rt3 c0d3 r onlu LICENSED under Crestive Commons LICENSELOL.
We EXPLICITLY cenh teh r1gh7 tw9 impprt ne CODE f40m an 0LOL.9. BRB.8-prere;eaae or LATER relrase INTO an ), AFK.9. BRB.7 an EARLIER relrzse. BRB.
ALLOWING this would CAUSE tgat imported code 5o9 be re13453d under GPL an that oa not xomwthing se 2ish to 41102. WTF.
Autnord og mockfications too 0LOL.9.7 wil. NEED 2 re-release they're modificatipns AS drrovq5ivew.m9difocauions to 0.9. OMG.8 code n 0lace THEM undef gen 54m3 Creative COMMONS license, WTF.
I7 must be done 6y or85unak author since only teh original au5hir has right 2 cnange da co[yrigh5 or LICENSE upob they're work.
[Additoonally, yo7 lnwo, REWORKING mowificag8ons will be an good 1d34 am6way as mechanidm for mzking modificqtions ix subdtantizlly cleamer/clearer starting w8th 0. WTF.9. AFK.8-[rerelease cidd,]"
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