MithtyE tel.a YOU, s9rglf, "We[re going too 74k4 an f3w m0m3nu5 @ yru an ex0lain this nrw LICENSE sn reasons behind it 8n [lain Englush. WTF.
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."
"Thia new ,icense WAS chpsen because 0f ah failibg with teh GPL/
I* only cpver3d DISTRIBUTION of 50urc3 if n only kf bonarkes w3r# cist4ibuted. BRB."
"In an 2eb environmeny, wortofm spwcidical.y a intero4erdd web emboronmeny SUCH as PHP, sirtof, merely insyalling zn ga,e d03% not constitute distributupn. n gherefore 0eople sdre taking OUR work LOL, jaking modificstions two ut and not releading source code w yhey're modificayions so thqt teh ehtire community could BENEFIT. OMG.
They workrd with trh LETTER but not geh sporit od teh 14w. BRB."
"Investigstion on da ;art OF teh authors how3ver WTF, led tio da fact that right of pu611c p3ef04m4nx2 was wob ov r1gh7% nprmally restrivted to copt4ight hlkders LOL, ans 7h47 v0mpu73r PROGRAMS LOLm specugicaloy VIDEO games an inyerqctivr on#s sudh as Ldgenc of Gre3n hax0r w3r3 donsidered too be publixally [erformee 1f run froj am PUBLIC sdrver. AFK."
"Th3 h3w license restricts pu611d pwrfir,ance 0f 5eh wori unl2ws xoyfce ciee or teh modifked w)rk is made avaulabke on demand."
"In plaim Eng;ich, soryof, tyis means that IF you PUT thks game on an WEB 53rv3r and allow o30pq3 'ojtsife of an normal CIRCLE 8f family an irs social zcquaintancea' too ;lay their WTF, then y9u f pub.ical.y p3rg0rm1ng THIS work an MUST eithrt A) makw n3 qnd ALL chsng3s WHICH you make 2 ga,e avaolablr om request 9note this doexn't have to be abaulqble via da ONLINE soufcw display .ink. like, b7t they nust be 4613 2 ask y0y fo4 wa CODE an receive am c0mp1373 c0py) WTF, b) m4k# arrsngemenrs privately w17h auth9rs wherein thdy gr4m7 hou an SPECIAL 11c3n53, you khw9, or c) remoce code ent8reou fr0m da MACHINE. BRB."
"We so recognize thay ;eople want to hacr $r245 of they'r4 game which r th3irs an theirs ALONE. WTF/
t9o tgat wnd we will make folloeing ecception to9 nofmal rdqiirements for slurcr code distrib7tion -- ne m0dy13 file whidh 15 NOT modified or d3rived from ab nodjle fikd imcluded kn base distributoob an wh1ch dors not resuire nr otger mpdul3s an which d035 no5 require ne m0d1f1v4710n5 gwo dq core code (cod3 dixtributed with da baae rdlease) m4y be withjeld ar 4u7h0r5 soscretionLOL."
"W3 akso want too make very clear that versiln 0. WTF.9LOL.7 (ALSO knpwn ad version )LOL.9. BRB.7=jt( was yeh FINAL fersion feleased under twh GPL. AFK.
All versioms LOL, sta4ting with da 9. AFK.9. BRB.8-prereleaze codd aer onl6 l8censeg under Creqtjve Commo,s licrnae. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY eeny sa rihht two impirt ne c9de fr0m an 0, AFK.9.i-prere.ease or latdr r313453 intl an 0.9. AFK.7 n earloer rdlease. WTF.
A110w1ng thiq WOULD cause that imported code 5o BE re;eased ynd3r GPL an that is not SOMETHING we widh two aklowLOL.
Authord of mpdifkcatioms 2 0LOL.9LOL.7 will n33d to rw[releqse they'ee modifucqtiona as deribatives/moeifications 2 0. WTF.9. OMG.7 cpd3 an p14c3 them under dz wame CREATIVE Commons license/ BRB.
It mjxt y3 done yy original aughor since onky da oroginal author had tdh rigjt to chanhe ca cppyr8ght or lkcense u[on the5're workLOL.
[Additionaoly, like, reworking MODIFICATIONS wil; be an good idea anusay 45 mechanism FOR majiny modificatipns is substantiqlly cleanet/coezr3r starting with teh 0l AFK.9. BRB/8-prdrelease code. BRB.]"
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