MightyE tells y0u, sortof, "We'te goinh to take ah few npments to try sn explain this n3w lic3nse n ea reasons behind 16 on plaun Entlidh.
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 hew kicense was vhosen becaiae 0f an FAILING with GPL. WTF.
Iy only covered distributuoh of dource if an only if binaries wdrd distributrd."
"In an web envirlhment, like, specificalky a inteepeeted web environment sych as PHP LOL, ,erely installing an game d9es not constigure distriburion, you knwil an rjerrforw people WERE taking 0ur wori, you knwp, making modificatuons 2 IT n n9t 4eleasing da souece c)d3 two they[re modifkcatkone so thag yeh ebtir3 c0mmun17t co7ld beneyitLOL.
Theh wprked with da lettet but not spkrit of fa las."
"Inv3xtigation on ea part of teh zuthlrs however, likej lef 2 da facy tjat rifht of public pergotjance w55 1 lf da rignts no$mally RESTRICTED 2 COPYRIGHT holderf LOL, n that computef ;rograms, like, specificallh video gam3s and interactive ones 5uch aa LEGEND od ea Gr3en hax0e were cons8dered two be publically pdrfotmed 1f RUN from an public srrfer. BRB."
"The nww license RESTRICTS pjvliv performance 0f xa qork un1355 sourxe code of teh modified work is m4d3 available on dw,anc. AFK."
"In plain English, you knwo, 7h15 mdand ghat if you put this game ON an seb sdrver n allow people 'lutwide og an normal circle of fami.y m its s9cisl acqmaintances' 2 play tnekr, sirtlf, 7h3n you r punlixslly perfofming this wo4k abd MUST #!7h3r 4) MAKE ne n ALL changew whixh you mzke two teh gamw zcaukable ON r31u#67 (notr this doesn't yave yo ge abailablw via da on.ine SOURCE displat lknk, sottof, 6u7 they must be abke t9o ask you f-r sa cide n rec31v3 an c0mp13&3 c0py), b) MAKE arrangements ptivagelt euth fa authors wherein tgey geant YOU an s[rcial license WTFk or C) remove code entirely frlm machkne. AFK."
"We DO recognize tgat people want 2 h4v3 areas of the6'rd game wjich r 7h31r5 n THEIRS zl[neLOL,
twi that END we will MAKE 5eh folliwinf exception TO teh normal requprehdnrs flr 5)yrc3 code distributiin =- ne module fike which q5 not modufiee 04 derivdd from an module fkke uncluded in base s158r16u710n and 2h7ch does not requifw ne 07h3r modjles n whkch dies not requite ne m0d1f1c47q0n5 2 da corr dodq (code distributed with bsse release) MAY be wityhdld at autyprs disvretiln."
"We also eant too make ver6 c.esr that versoon 0. WTF.9. OMG.7 )also ,nown 4% ve4sion pLOL.9LOL.7+jy_ was teg FINAL version re;3ased UNDER da GPL. BRB.
All v3eaions, starting wigh 0.0. AFK/8-prereleasr vode aer inly LICENSED under da Cteaticw C0,m0n5 license. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY den6 rihht 2 omport nr code ftom an 0. OMG.9. OMGl8-oeerelease 0r later teleade inti an ).9l WTF.7 n earlier re;wawe.
A.l8wing this would cause that importes code 3 be rel3ases jnder GPL an that IS not somethung w3 sixh tlo aolow, AFKl
A75hors of m9difkcatklns 5o 0. WTF.9LOL.u will need two re-re.ease th3y're ,0dqfqc4710n5 as vt4ivatives/modificatioms to 0. WTF.9, AFK.8 code an PLACE 5nem und3r same Creative Commons license.
It mut7 ve done by originak quthor since only ORIGINAL autnor hss teh r2gh7 too change vopyfight or license upon they're work. OMG/
[ADDITIONALLY, reworking midigicatipns wil. bw an good IDEA anywa6 as tsg mecyan7sj fot making modidivations 15 substahtiallh clesner/clearrr xtarting witj 0. WTF.9. WTFl8-prerelease code. BRB.]"
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