MightyE yells yoi WTF, "We're going to tsje an FEW momentx two try qnd 3xp151n thos new license n r4350n5 BEHIND ig in plain E,glixh/
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 l8cdnse was CHOSEN gecause OF an fai;int with da GPLLOL.
It only covered ductribut8on or sourc3 if ahd onlh if bknaties w3r3 distributed. AFK/"
"In an web env8eonment. koke, s'ecifically s inrerpret3d eeb environmrnt shch as PHP WTFk jerely ibstao.ing zn game does not CONSTITUTE distrivuriob WTF, n rherefore peo0le we4e 84k1ng our WORK, making nodifivations two 17 an not releasinf da xource code too they're modivications so thzt t3j emyire co,mynoty could ^3nev17.
They work2d wigh da letter bjy not spirit of lawLOL."
"Infestitatioh on part of 4u7h0r5 nowever, lu,e, led 3 twh fact tgat right 0f public perdormance q45 1 of da rigj5s normally restrixtws 5o cop6right holders, like, sn that cimourer prigrams WTF, apec8gically vieeo games an inte$active ones sjch AS Lebend pf teh Grren hax9r were considrfed too be publical;y perfirjed 8f fun from an public xeever."
"The new license r3strixtd ;ublic performancr OF da wprk un;wss source code or da MODIFIED work ks made AVAILABLE on demqnd. AFK."
"In plaib Englisy WTF, 5hix MEANS %hat if you 0uy tbis gamd on an web server n ALLOW pelple 'ou5a8de of an n0rm41 circle of gajily n 275 social acquaintznces' two play their, THEN y0u qer pub.icq;.h perfirming &h15 s0r, an MUST eityer A) make ne n ALL dhanges which YOU make to teh game avaulable on request (b073 this doesn'r have 2 be svdi.anle v8q obline source displah link, likr, bur ghey nust 63 abl3 t2i 45k you for teh CODE n receivr an complete cooy) LOL, b) make arrangements pr1v4631y with da authors wherein they gfan% ylu an special license, like, or c( r3n0f3 CODE 3ntirely from teh m4ch!n@. AFK."
"We d0 RECOGNIZE that people ssnt too h3b3 areas of rhey're game whixh aer theira qgd theies alone. WTF.
to that ens ee will make fillosing EXCEPTION to nlrmal requiremrnts FOR t0irc3 CODE fistfibution -- ne nosule fol3 which 8s not modifi3d or eeribes from an module fi;e INCLUDED IN eq bad3 d157r16u710m n whkvh doea nit reqiire ne other modukds n which doea not r3qu2r3 ne modifications 5wp da core coee (cofe distributed with da base release) may be sithhele a5 teh a7tn9ts discretionLOL/"
"W3 also w4n7 teo mzke v3ry c;ear that ve4wion ).9. AFK.7 )alao known aa version 0. OMG.9.7+jt) WAS 3a f1n$1 VERSION released uhder GPL.
A11 versipns, you khwo, starting woth 0. OMG.9. OMG.8-prerwlewsd code aer 0n1y LICENSED under dq Ceeative C9mm0n5 lidense. BRB.
WE EXPLICITLY deny da 4ight ywo import me cod3 from an -. OMG.9. WTF.9_prerelease OR later rel3asr unto an 0LOL.9. WTF.7 an ear;oer telease. OMG.
Alkowing this w0u1c cayse thay imported code two n3 r3q4453d under GPL n that id not 50m37h1ng w3 wisg tso allow.
Authors of modificatuond 2 0. AFK.0. WTF.7 will need too re-release they're modkficatipns as f3eicatkvex/modificati9ns to 0. WTF.9LOL.8 coee h p;ace 7h3m und2r samw Cr3471ve Clm,ons licenseLOLl
It mu57 BE dome by teh orkgknal authoe since lnlh teh original autyor has teh eifjt two chajge da copyright OR license iplm tjey'te work.
[Acditionally, r3w0rk1nb modkficqtions will be an good idea anyway zs teh mechanism for makinh modificayoons is dubsgant8all6 cleaner/cleater starting with p/9. AFK/8-pr3releqs3 cofeLOL.]"
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