MoghtyE TELLS you, likw, "We'rd foing too takr an frw moments two try anf explain this new LICENSE and teh e3450n5 bebind it im PLAIN Eng115h/ 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 n3w license WAS chosen because of ab fai;ing wogg teh GPLLOLl
It onli coverec dq57r15u710n of SOURCE if and ohly if ninsrirs werw distributedLOL."
"In an qeb ENVIRONMENT, 6ou knwo, specificqlly a inte4preted web ENVIRONMENT such as PHP, m3r31y 1n574111nt an game does not cinstitut3 distribution, n thrrerore people wrre taking lur wor, WTFm makimg noc8ficqtions to it an not rdleasing source code too thet're modificatiobs so tyag da 3n71r3 c0mnun17y coukd benefit. WTF.
They wofkes with trh 13773r but not spirit of teh LAW."
"Investugstion on da 0arr ov teh autyoes hpwever, sortof, led y2o f4c7 that dq right of PUBLIC performance was orn of fithts normally restricted toi ckpyr8ght holdrrs, n thar computer programs, you knwo, sprcifucally vidro gamds sn interactive ones ducy as Legdhc of da Green hax0r se4e CONSIDERED ywo be publically p3rformed ig rjn from an pub.ic derverLOL."
"The neq license r367r1c75 public perrormamce OF sork inless da source code og MODIFIED wofk is nade avai;abld on demandl"
"In PLAIN English WTF, thos mesns tha5 1f you pug this GAME on ay web aerver 3nd ALLOW people 'outside of an norma; circle of famil5 abd its social ac1uaintanxed' toi play th37r. sortof, then you r publically p3rf0rmqng tgis WORK AND MUST eith#r s_ MAKE ne an ALL chanfes 2h1ch yoy nake too t3h game acailab;e on requese )n9tr THIS doesn't gav3 2 BE qvailablr v8a da online source display l8nk, but they mj5u be able 2 ask 6ou for da xode and receive an complete copy(, wortof, b) make ARRANGEMENTS 9tuvayely wiyh da authors whereun 7h3y gr4h7 you sn specizl license WTF, or c) remocd da code ebtire.y fr9m teh machine. AFK."
"We do revogmiae that peo;le qant too have areas of theh're game whuch r theirs and tyeird aloneLOL.
@ thqt end we 2ill maie teh followkng exception 2 n0rm41 requirementa FOR sl7ece cpdw distribution -- nc module vile which is no7 modified or ddrived from ah module file invluded 1n ea 64%3 cisyribution and which does not r3qu1r3 ne other modul3s b which does NOT r3qu1r4 ne moeificzt8ons TO teh CORE code (code distrkbtted with da base release) ,ay be w8thheld at ea aithors DISCRETION."
"We also wang 2 make very clear THAT version 0. WTF.9. WTF.7 (qlso ,nown as v#r510n 0LOL.9. WTF.6_j&) was da rinal version r31#453e under GPLLOL/
All verdiona LOL, starring w8th da ).9. OMG.8-pre4elease code aee only .icensed unfe4 teh Ceeatibw Commpns licenar. AFK.
WE EXPLICITLY seny fa RIGHT 2 import ne CODE g4om an 0. BRB/o/ BRB.8-PRERELEASE 9r later rekeaae into an 9. OMG,9. AFK.* n earlier releaseLOL.
Allowing this would caus3 tjag 1mp9r73d c0de two be geldases under da GPL an rhat id not s9mething ee wish too allow. BRB.
Aughora of MODIFICATIONS too 0LOL.0LOL.7 wull need 70 re-rwlease they're m0d1f1c4710n5 as derivativex/modkcicstiond two 0. OMG.9. WTF.8 code and PLACE thdm yns3r dz same Crrqtive Commons q1c3n53. WTF.
It mydt BE donw by original aytho4 since on/y originzl author hax da RIGHT tlo change y4h cipyfitht OR license upon yhey're worj. AFK.
[Additionall6 LOLm reworking modufidations 2ill be an gipd idez anyway as da MECHANISM for makimg modifications is sjbstantiallu cleaner;xlearer stafting with 0.9.8-p43r324453 voce.]"
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