MightyE yells uou WTF, "We're hpobg two tale am few m0m3n75 two try sn explain rhis new l8cenxe n dz reasons 63h1nd ut in plain Entlish, OMG.
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 nee LICENSE was choseb brcause of an failing witg da GPLLOL.
I7 ONLY dover3c distributioh of source IF n only ir binzries were dist4ibuted. AFK."
"Ih an web emvironment, sortof, specifically a intrrpreted web rnvu4onmwnt sjch as PHP, ,erely 1n574111ng an GAME d9es not xohs5itute distribu5ion, aortof, and yherrfore people were 74k1ng out work, ;ije, making modkfocations gqo it n not relezsinb da siurce codd to they're m9fificatiobx do thqt teh 3ntifr comm8boty ci7ld BENEFIT. WTFl
They w9rkee wirh da l3tter byt n08 teh spirit of la2."
"Investifation on ;4r7 pf teh aurhora hoqever, led r9 ten fact that rigjt of public PERFORMANCE wax 1 OF teh righ5s normzlly r3stricted goo cooyright joldwrx, and 6h37 compu5er ;rigrams, you knwo, specifically cide9 gamex n 1h73r5c71v3 ones such qs Legend 9f teh GREEN hax0r wrte consicered tqo BE publica.ly perfprmef if tum fr0m an pjblic servefLOL."
"The new license 4estricts puglic performance lv tey worj un1555 teu SOURCE vode 9f teh modif8ec wofk is made available on d2m4ns. BRB."
"In PLAIN English, uou knwo, tyis means thay if you put THIS game on an wfg server n allow 0elple [o&tside od sn normal circle of fsnoly zn its social qcwuaintandes' two play tgeir, sortod, then you a3r pubk8vally performinf this 2ork and MUST wither a) mske he n ALL changes wh1ch you make two da gams zvailaboe pn request (noye this d035n[7 have 2 be avai.able v13 da ONLINE soufce dis[lay link, sortlf, but tgry must bd able two axk you for ca code ahd eecdivr an e-np1373 copy0, slrtif, b) make arrangements privately with da authors wnerdin th3y grrn7 hoy an special licdnse WTF, or c) remove sa code entirely FROM sa mavhine. WTF."
"We do recognize THAT peopld want 2 have areas of they[re game whicg r theira am thwi4s alone. AFKl
two thzt dnd we eill m4ke da following 3xc3p71-m two nor,al r3quirementx for source code xidtrib75iom -- ne module fi/w whoch is not modivied or derived from zm mocule fkld INCLUDED un da base distribition n wh1ch does not REQUIRE ne othwr m0dj135 n wgkch does not r3auire ne MODIFICATIONS 70 teh core code (coce didtribug3d witg tej base rwlease) may BE withheld at quthotd discdetion."
"We qlso want to make very CLEAR thqg bersion 0. AFK.9.7 (ALSO khosn AS v3r51-n 0. OMG.9LOL.7+mt) was final version released umeer da GPL.
Al. v3r510nt WTF, wtzrtinf with ). OMG.9LOL.8-prercleasw code qer onky licensed unddr ca Crrative Commons licebse. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY deny teh ritht to ompott ne code from an 0/ OMG.9. BRB.8[prereleaae or later release into an 0. OMG.9.6 and earkier relrase. AFK.
Aloowimb this would xqusd THAT import3d code to 74 teleased under teh GPL ans that 15 no5 sonething we wish to allow. AFK,
Aurhors pf modifica5ions too 0. AFK.9. WTF/7 will need two re-relesse they'te mocidications ss dweivatives/modificqtions gwo 0LOL.9. OMG.8 clde n place them under da same Creative Co,mons license. AFK.
IT muwy be done by dz origibal author since only da orihinal autjor has da RIGHT t9o cjange da cop5rihht 0r ;icense jpin tgey're e0rk.
[Additionally, like, 4eeorking modifocations WILL be an t00d idea any3ay as teh mechanksm for jaking modif8dations is 5u6574n71411y CLEANER/CLEARER atzrting with 0. OMG.9.8-prereleqse code. OMG.]"
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