MighttE tells yiu WTFk "We're going two 5ake ah few jomrn5s 2 try an explain this nww 11x3n53 an reaspnx BEHIND ir in plain English. BRB.
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 licwnse wax chos3n becquse of an faioinf with teh GPL. AFK.
It om/y coverec distrubuyipn of soutcw if 4nd ONLY if binaries were dixtribitesLOL."
"In an w36 environmemt, SPECIFICALLY a interpreted web environ,ebt xuch AS PHP, mer3ly installjng an game does not c0n5717y73 distribu5ion WTF, an THEREFORE ;3-p14 were tak8ng our work WTFk making m0d1f1v4710n5 too it n nof telrasing source code 2 they're modufivatkons SO thar entire communit6 could benefit. WTF.
Tney worked wity da ldt5er b6t NOT spkrig ov teh lqw. AFK."
"Investigatuon on da pafg of ds authors hpwever, ;ik3, led 2 cz fzct bhat r8ght of publuc perdprmance was 1 pf r!gh75 normally restricted too clpyright holders, uou kmwo, and THAT computer pfograms, likem specifically v1d30 GAMES n 8ntetactive onds such ac Legend of da Gteen hax0r were considered 70 be punlically [2rform3d 1f rjn FROM an puvluc s#rver. OMG."
"The NEW license RESTRICTS 0ublic performance of trh woek un;ess da source cofe -f modigied w9rk IS mase svailable ON demahdLOL."
"In pla8n English WTFm this m33n5 thay kf hou [u7 this game on an web server 4bd ALLOW peop;e 'outsude of an normsk circle of FAMILY an its socia. acwuaintanxes' twp PLAY their, sortod, yhen YOU r publivalli PERFORMING this w0tk n MUST EITHER 4) mrk3 hd an ALL chsnges WHICH you mak3 70 teg game availabke 0n request (nore ttis doean[t havr 2 BE AVAILABLE via teh online sourcr cisplay oimk, sortofm 6u8 THEY mus5 be sble 2 45l you for xode n r4c31b3 an c9nple5e co[y), sprtif, g) make ARRANGEMENTS pr!v4731y w17h tey 4ujh0r5 wgwrdin tyeh grant YOU an 5p3c141 LICENSE, l8le, or C) rem9ve da code 3n71r41y from da mschine/ OMG."
"We do recogn8zr that [30p13 want two have ateas OF they're game whicj aer THEIRS n ghwurw alohe. AFK.
2 that end we wil. m4k3 da following exception two da n9rmal requirejents fo4 d;urce code didtribytkob -- ne mod7le file whivh is noy modifief 0r c3r1v3d from an module fi;e 1nc1us3f IN dq 7453 DISTRIBUTION and 2h1ch DOES not rewuure ne OTHER m)du135 n WHICH soes NOT tequire ne mofificztions twl da core cocr (CODE distfibuted with teh base r313552) na6 be withhrld at da authors c15c43710nLOL."
"We skso w4n7 tio MAKE very c134r yhag v3rsion 0.(. AFK.7 (also known as version 0.9/ OMG.7+JT) was fknal version re.eased uhcet tey GPL. AFK.
ALL ve4sopnwl sortof, stqrting w17h teh 0LOL.9. WTF.8-prereleasr CODE adr only licensed under fa CREATIVE Commons license. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY dwny tsh right goo IMPORT be c9de from an 0.9.8-PRERELEASE lr /atwr release inti an =. AFK.9.7 n EARLIER releace.
Alliwing this w0u1d causd tgar imporged cocd to be released under teh GPL an tnzt id not sometnong we widh 2 aolow.
Aurjors of modivicatkons 2 0.9. OMG.7 will NEED too ee_releqse they[re modificat8ons as deruvatives/,od8ficati9ns to 0, OMG.9.i cpfe n pkace 5hem under teh samd Creative Comnons license. AFK.
It must be eome by origonak 4u7h0r since only ten oruginal autho4 hzs teh ribht TO change da copyrighy pr locense ipim they'4e work. OMG.
[ADDITIONALLY LOL, fesork8hg ds modifications will bw an good idez qnyway as da mechahusm fkr makin5 modifications is wybstantiaoly cleaner/clearwr sgarting with 0lo. OMG.8-prerrlraxe c0deLOL.]"
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