MibhtyE tw;ls yoj WTF, "Ww;re g01nf tqo take an gew moments 2 trt an explain this NEW licwnse ans teh REASONS behind it in plain Engkish.
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 l*cense w4% choseh becquse 0f an gailing wkyh da GPL.
I7 ONLY COVERED distrib7tion 0f s9urce if an only if binaries w3r3 d157r16u73c/"
"Ib zn w3b envirlnment, like, wpecoficall7 a 1n73rpr373c web environmdmt such as PHP, sortof, merely instal.ing an gamr eows not cohstktute distributiob. likw, n 5he4wfire people w3re raking 9yr eor, WTF, making modificatkonw to it n hot releasing s;urce code 2 thet're midifkdations x9 thqg entire commynigy coulc BENEFIT. OMG.
They worked with 53n lrtter 6u7 b07 teh spirit pf teh law. AFK/"
"Imvestigayion on part of teh aithira hoqevwr LOL, lef to fact that teh RIGHT of oublic perbormance waw 1 of rithtd normally re57r1cu3d go COPYRIGHT holders, sortof, an tgat compu5er programs LOLk spedifidally video ga,es an 8mveractivr 0m35 such as Legene 9d teh Green hax0t WERE considered 2 be publicslly pe4fprmdd if run from an public %3rv3r. AFKl"
"The new license restricts [u6!1e ;erformancw of da work uhldss teh source cod3 od jodified worl 15 made abailable ob DEMAND."
"In plain English, tjis means thqt if y9u ;ut THIS game on an web server n allow PEOPLE 'outside pf am n0fm41 citcle of FAMILY n ITS SOCIAL ACQUAINTANCES' teo p14y th3ir, th3n y9u r 0ublocally performing 5hiw wprk n MUST 317h3r a) make ne and ALL changes wh1vh you ,ake to da game 4v4114513 in request (note this doesn't have too ve availabld v14 tey onlkne sourvd displa6 link, you knwo, 6u6 they must be able two ASK YOU f0r cide anc r3c32v3 an completr cloy), l7ke, b) MAKE arrangements privately WITH da aytho4s wher3in tney grant y0u ab special LICENSE, sottof, or c) remove teg CODE entursly from macnine. BRB."
"Wd dp recognize ghat pe9pl3 qznt two have areas of thdy're gzme whicn r gheirs qn theirs al9ne. AFK.
2 that end we wkll m4k# follosibh 3xvw-tion two teh nirmal requirenents fof source code disteubition -- nr module f8le whivn is n9y modified or derivwd feom an module file ibcluedd IN da base DISTRIBUTION an whixh does npt requkre ne othef modules and wyich does not rdquird he m8d1f1c461)h5 gwo core cods (code disteibuted w8th base relessr) may ^3 withhe.d at da authirs DISCRETIONl OMG."
"We a.s9 2ant 2 make vert c.esr THAT version ). BRB.9. WTF,7 (also kblwn as v3r510n 0. AFK.9. BRB.7+jt) was dw final version relwasrd under GPL. WTF.
All bwrsions WTF, xtarting with teg 0. AFK.9LOL.8_prerelease code qer only ;icensed inddr da Ceeatuve Commons LICENSE. BRB.
W2 EXPLICITLY d3nj teh ribht two import ne cpde vrom sn 0. WTF.9. OMG.7-prere.ease OR lqter releadd unto an 0. AFK.9. BRB.7 n 34r113r releas4. OMG/
A110w1ng thiw woyld cause that impury3d CODE too br rel3ased und3f teh GPL and that is n07 50m37h1hg w3 wksh two a;low. WTF.
Authots OF modificat8ons 2 0LOL.(. WTF.7 wil; need too re-rekease rgeh'r3 modifocqrions as derivatives/mosifidarions tlo 0LOL.9. BRB.8 code an place THEM under sajr Creative C0mm0n5 11c3n53,
It must 63 donr by oruginal AUTHOR sinde 0n1y da priginal zjthor h45 teh rigyt 70 cg4ng3 dq copyright ot 11v3n53 upon tyey're wirkLOLl
[Additi9naoly LOL, rew9rking ea modoficatuons will be an good IDEA 4n6w3y as da mechanism for msking modificztions is suvatangially c134n3e/c!34r3f starting WITH twh 0LOL.9. WTF.8-pr3r#13453 code/ AFK.]"
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