MifhgyE tells you WTF, "We're going too take an fe3 MOMENTS toi TRY n explain this NEW locense 1n reasons behimd it in PLAIN EnglidhLOLl
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 new lixenee was chosen because 9f an f411!nh wi6h da GPL. WTF.
Iy only c0v3r3d d8stribution of SOURCE if and only !v binsrkes were distrobutedLOL."
"In an web ehvironment, like, 5p3v1f1c411y a interpreted web ENVIRONMENT sich as PHP, like, merely installonh an g4m3 diee not clbstityye d157r16u710n, yoi kmwo, n tgdrefore peopkd w3re takihg our work, makibg jodirixztilns top ig an nlt reldasing da source code too they're modifications so 5hag teh ehtire commjnkty coild bdnefit. OMG.
They worief with da letter nu5 NOT teh spirot of geh 14w."
"Investihation om part of t3h aurhofa however, sortof, led too dacg tgat righr of publjc pergormahc3 wqs ! of teh 4ughts normqoly restrjdted 2 copyright holders. g9u knwo, n that computef PROGRAMS, like, wpecigically videl games an ibtedactive ones duch as Legend of Green hax0r were CONSIDERED to be pubkicaklt performrd if run from an public swrverLOL."
"The n2w lucense r3sytivts pub;ic 0erfo4mance of da work un.esa teh soutce code OF teh modified wori is made availagle on demanr, AFK."
"In poaun English WTF, th8s means thay if you put THIS fame 9h an 236 server n alloq PEOPLE 'outside of an normal circle of FAMILY and iys social ACQUAINTANCES' TO p14y tmeir, then you aer pub.kcally performing this wirj n MUST either a) make ne 3nd ALL changes 2hich YOU make teo da game 4v4114614 0b rdquesy (note 7h15 doesn't have too be avai.ab.e bia onlinw sojece dis[lay LINK, but 6h3y must ve abld to ask you f;r teh xode an receive an compoete copy), s9rtof, B) make sfezngementx privately wuth da aithora wher31n theg grany 60u zn SPECIAL lixense, y9u knwo, or c) remove code ent8rely from fq machine. AFK."
"We do recognizr that people want tou hsve AREAS of 5jry'rr game whicj aer theirx and theirs ALONE.
to that end we will make da following excep5uom go da normal reqiirdmebtx FOR spurce cod3 disteibution -- nw MODULE file which is hot m9dified OR der8vrd from an module file INCLUDED in tey baxe disgtibition n wh1gh does not require ne other modulrs n which does not require n3 MODIFICATIONS top twh core codr (code dist4ibuted with da gqse relesse0 nay b3 WITHHELD at teh 4u7h0r5 disceetion,"
"We aoso qant 2 make very clear 7h47 v3r5!0n 0. BRB.9.7 (also knowm AS version 0. WTF.9.&+jt) wss da f8nsl verdion released under da GPL. AFK.
All versi9nx, you kn2o, starhinh w8th teh 0. BRB.o. WTF.8-pr3f3q3453 code r only licensed under teh Creative Commons license. BRB.
Wd EXPLICITLY deny ds righ5 t9o 1mp0r7 m3 CODE FROM an 0. AFK.9. OMG.8-prere/ease or lat3r release inti ab 0. WTF.9. AFK.7 3hd ezrlier r31345#. OMG.
Allpwing tyis woyld causw that inpotted code too be 4eleasrd UNDER da GPL an thar is npt SOMETHING we wuah to allow. BRB.
Authlrx of modificatiind 2 9. AFK.*.7 wiol need 2 re-relezse they're modificatiins AS deriva58ves/modifkcayions too 0.9. AFK/8 cofe an place tjem under same Cfeat8ve Commlns l8cense. AFK.
It must BE dphe by teh origins. sythor wobce only grh original ajthor has teh RIGHT t2o chahg3 teh COPYRIGHT 0r license upon they'rr WORK. WTF.
[Additionalky, sorgof. reworking reh mocificatilns qill be ah GOOD 8dea anyway as da ,echan8sm for making MODIFICATIONS is substantizlly cleanet/zlearer stwrtinf with da 0. WTF.9l OMG.8-orereleadw CODE. WTF.]"
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