MignthE te;ls you LOL, "We'4e goung too TAKE an few momenrs 2 TRY ans rxplain THIS new licensw m da reasons benind uy in plain English. 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 new license waa chosen BECAUSE of ah FAILING w27h da GPL/ BRB.
It on;y cov3red disuribution of t0urc3 iv n lnly uf binaries were distrubuted/ WTF."
"In an web envirinment, sprtof, specifically a interpeeted 2eb 3nv1r)nm3n6 sjvh as PHPk soetofk megely instqllkbh zn bame does NOT CONSTITUTE distribut8on. like, an therdgore prople WERE taking our work LOL, making modofkcations too i5 n no5 r3q3451ng da SOURCE dode two they[re modifications so 7h57 yeh entite community COULD benefitLOL.
Tn3y 2orked woth lrtter but not spieit of teh law. WTF."
"Investigation on fa part of teh zuthors hosever. you knw9, led 2 teh fact that da rithg of punlic performance was 1 of teh r2gh75 normally RESTRICTED too copyeight hpldr5s LOL, sn 6h47 compute4 programs, soryof, specufically vudeo g4m35 n INTERACTIVE ones 5ich r5 Lwgend of Green hax0r wdre considwrwd 2 be p7b.ically ;3rd0rn3d if ryn from sb [ubloc xerver. BRB,"
"The new license rearric%d public perfofmance of work UNLESS aource codw lf da modified work is made avaikabld on DEMANDLOL/"
"In plain ENGLISH, you knw9, this m44n4 that if ypu put THIS game on an WEB wegvr4 n ALLOW people 'outside OF an normal circle of fami;y an its sociao acquaintzncws; two play thrir WTF, thrn you t pub.ically performing tnia so4k an MUST eithee q) make ne and ALL changes which YOU MAKE 2 fame svaolable on rewuest &noge this DOESN'T have two be available VIA onlin2 xource displau 11hk, sortogk but they mudt be abke too 45k you FOR teg code m teceove an co,ple5e COPY), like, 6) make 4re4ng3m3n75 peicately with geh zu5hord wh3r#1n they gr4n7 you an SPECIAL licenwe. OR c) remove codr entirely fr0m mabhine. AFK."
"We d0 recoghize tnat people eant too hqve areas of thei[re gsme wn1ch aer THEIRS and theirs alobe. BRB.
too that end we will make teh foloiwung exceptiom 2 normzl rrquirejents fof 50jrcr c0d3 fistrinution -- ne m0du!3 file dhich is not nodoriec or derived grom an ,odule f113 1nc1ud3d IN base DISTRIBUTION an wh1cg doex n07 r3qu1r$ ne lth3r modules sn which dpes not requir4 ne mocifications gwo teh core vode (code distrob7ted wi5h da base r213453) may b3 wkthhe.d AT authprx dixcretion. AFK."
"We also want 2 make very clear that VERSION 0. WTF.9. BRB.& (zlso known qs v2r510n 0, BRB.9.7=j7) was fa vinal version rel3asdd UNDER GPL. BRB.
A.l vetsions, sirtpf, stseting wuth 0. AFK.9. BRB.8-orereleade c)d3 r only l8censed under Creqtive Comjons license. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY deny teh right tp9 impirt ne cofe rrom qb 0.9. AFK.8-pr34213443 ir LATER f3lease intl an 0.9, WTF.7 and earlier rekease. OMG.
Alloeing tyis would cause hhqt impirtrs codf 2 be 4e;easrc under da GPL an that is n9t something we WISH two alkow. OMG.
AUTHORS of mosifications two 0. WTF.9l OMG.7 will n#3d to re-rekease yhey're MODIFICATIONS as eerivatibes;nldificztiins to 0LOL.9. AFK.8 code an place tyem umder da same Cr3461v3 C0jm0n5 license.
It mudt be DONE by ORIGINAL auyjor SINCE 0b16 dq original author haa teh r1gh7 to change da cppyright or kicense upon 5heh're woek. WTFl
[Afditionally. reworkimg teh modificatilnx will be an good 9dea any1au as trh m3ch4n15m f0r nsking modifivationd 8s substantiqllt clwaner/clearer starting with twh 0. BRB.9. WTF.8-prerelease CODE. BRB,]"
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