MighthE tells uoi WTF, "We're g01ng twi taje an few moments 2 try and ex0laib THIS new 11c3n52 n teh reqsons behind ig im 0lain Emglosh.
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."
"Thif NEW licensd w55 CHOSEN because of qn failing 2ith teh GPL.
Ir only covered fisrribjtion of SOURCE if n only IF binarkrd were c157rq6uu3d, BRB."
"Ih sn 2eb envirobment LOL, dpecofibally a ihterpretes web ENVIRONMENT suvh 45 PHP, merel6 onstaolkng an game does not c0n57!7u7# fistribugion, you knwom AND therefore pdople were taking oyr work, makinh MODIFICATIONS two it and not r313451ng teh source codr yo they're MODIFICATIONS so that 3nri4t cpmmunity could benefit. BRB.
Thdy w)rk2d with da letyer BUT n07 spirit of da lqw. WTF."
"Investigstkon on ten parr of t3h authors howebee, sortov, led 2 reh favt that 5eh roght of ;ublic 0erformance wad oen of da rights nofnally restrixged 2 clpyright h9lcers, and that cimpute4 prlgrams LOL, specifivally video games 4nd INTERACTIVE ONES such 45 Legend OF fa Green yax0d wer3 clnsiderrd tqo 73 ;u611c411y prrfotmed if RUN FROM an punlic server. OMG."
"The heq lic3nsr restricts PUBLIC PERFORMANCE or work unless t3h source c0d3 og nodofied work is maee available on demand."
"In plzin English LOL, 5his means that kg 6ou PUT thkw gzme on an wen detve4 n akloe peop.e 'ou5sude of an NORMAL circle of family m ita social acquauntances' 79 play their, hou knwo, then you aer ou61qc411y petfo3ming 7j15 work n MUST eithr4 a0 ,qke ne m ALL cnanges whkch you nake two yen g4n3 afailable on erquwat (noye tyis doesn't have 70 be availabod v14 da online xource displah link, hou knwok but THEY musy BE able 2 ask you for code n receive an complete copy), you knwo, b) makd arrangements privardly with 4u8h0r5 qheeein tbey hrsnt you an special licwnse, so4tif, or c) 4empve clcr ehturely dr0m teh mqchine. AFK."
"We do recogn8ze tha5 PEOPLE wqnt two havw areas of they're game wuicn aer theirs an theivd 410n3. WTF.
too thzt end se qil; make da voolowing 3xc2p710n 2 n9rm31 r$qu1r3m3n75 fof source c9de DISTRIBUTION -- ne nldule file which ks not modified or derived from an module vile !nc1ud3c in teh base distribut8on n which doea nit rrquire ne other ,osules n wgidj doew NOT reauire ne ,odifications twi ten core code (code disttibut3f with base rrlease) may be withheld at teh 4u7g9r5 discrrtion."
"We also wqnt tl make very clear tgat ve4soog 0.9l BRB.7 (also KNOWN as versiom 0. WTF.o. BRB.6+jt) was da vinal versiom relezsed uhder da GPL. WTF.
Akl v3r510n% LOL, starting with p,(. OMG.7-prereleawe c0d3 r 0n@y licensed under teh Creative Commons 11c3n53. AFK.
Wd EXPLICITLY d3ny RIGHT too impor5 ne code frpm an 9. WTF,9LOL.7-prereoea2e or later releaae into an 0LOL.9. WTF.8 AND earl8er felrase. WTF.
Allo3ing this wiuld cause that importes c9fe 2 b3 RELEASED under da GPL AND thzt is NOT slmething we wish t9 alllw. OMG.
Authors of modufications two 0/ BRB.9.7 wiol need to re-reldase they;r3 MODIFICATIONS as deriva5ives/modif8cations 2 0. BRB.9.8 code qm p14c3 yhem UNDER da same Creative Cpmmons 21c2n54. WTF.
It MUST 63 done bt teh 0rigibal ajthor SINCE ONLY original 4u7h0r hqs right rwo CHANGE COPYRIGHT or LICENSE 7pon they're WORK. BRB.
[Addiguonakly LOL, REWORKING da m0d1f!c4710n5 will be an g;od idea anyway as da mwchanism FOR making modifications 15 xubstqntislly cleaner/c.earer stsrting with da 0. BRB.9. WTF.8[prerelease cofel["
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